tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post4102717962854990679..comments2024-03-28T18:15:56.064+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-75853040881410193562013-04-25T13:21:30.886+01:002013-04-25T13:21:30.886+01:00I frequently have that same experience. In fact, ...I frequently have that same experience. In fact, I've been approached in a restaurant, called a name not my own, and asked if I was still working at a place I've never heard of.<br /><br />I keep looking for those people who look "just like me" but I haven't seen one yet...'cept maybe my sister.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226371437929271405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-61156283594179712992013-04-24T20:30:43.292+01:002013-04-24T20:30:43.292+01:00I've been a (mostly silent) member of Amy'...I've been a (mostly silent) member of Amy's "Fit to Flatter" Ravelry group since just about the beginning. I think Amy would say that if you knit the Relax sweater and love wearing it, that's all to the good. Her information is more about giving you information about what shapes tend to look good on Your Shape ... but not to put the kibosh on any specific item; particularly if you love wearing it.<br /><br />As for reunions and such, just got off the phone with my dad who has just made plans to go to his 60th Oberlin reunion in a month. He's quite tickled.Sarah JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-57957896442171126912013-04-24T19:35:31.274+01:002013-04-24T19:35:31.274+01:00Facial recognition is a complex thing. My mother ...Facial recognition is a complex thing. My mother and I each tend to be "recognized" by people who really don't know us. We seem to have the Standard Face or something like that, even though we don't actually look that much alike. On the other hand, a friend once insisted that I had snubbed her in a distant city that I hadn't been in for ten years. I am about average at picking people I know out of old photographs, but I am not good at comparing sets of old photos and trying to correlate people I never knew in person.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-10298637579125234252013-04-24T18:49:59.160+01:002013-04-24T18:49:59.160+01:00I am constantly being recognised by complete stra...I am constantly being recognised by complete strangers. I will be walking along the street and some hulking chap with a beard will greet me like a long lost friend, not realising that he is changed utterly from the young teenager who was once in my class. I often spend whole days trying to reconstruct the class, usually around one or two unforgettable individuals.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-31377893706487885902013-04-24T18:45:08.914+01:002013-04-24T18:45:08.914+01:00I signed up for a Craftsy class on fit when they f...I signed up for a Craftsy class on fit when they first began and was underwhelmed. But I gave it another chance with the Lucy Neatby double knit class and have been quite pleased. I grabbed a tatting class on sale the other day and on hearing your reccomendations, I've added the Herzog class to my wish list. One thing I've noticed is that unless you have an urgent need, wait, they have lots of sale opportunites. Wendelenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390173211882355104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-59992931974223507802013-04-24T17:21:20.658+01:002013-04-24T17:21:20.658+01:00On the other hand, a friend's grandmother once...On the other hand, a friend's grandmother once told us of being recognized by someone she hadn't seen for sixty years, when they both were schoolgirls. The recognition was mutual, too - my friend's gm wasn't embarrassed by an apparent stranger claiming her as an old acquaintance. Some people just look the same over the years, I suppose; white-haired and wrinkled, perhaps, but the same somehow unmistakeable features.<br />-- stashdragonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-80033674506228486782013-04-24T15:59:51.713+01:002013-04-24T15:59:51.713+01:00the photos on the post about St Kilda are fascinat...the photos on the post about St Kilda are fascinating... indeed the text too. <br /><br />what a life to be on those tiny islands with nothing to do but chores and knitting and well, dealing with Mother Nature! <br /><br />Southern Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704854973003741122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47243426106937166372013-04-24T14:03:15.006+01:002013-04-24T14:03:15.006+01:00I can corroborate that, having taken a class with ...I can corroborate that, having taken a class with Anne in person. She's an excellent teacher (and a lovely person, as well).Ruth in Ontario, Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-6386177988788578462013-04-24T11:45:56.246+01:002013-04-24T11:45:56.246+01:00You will not be disappointed by Ann Hanson. She is...You will not be disappointed by Ann Hanson. She is not only a talented designer but a also a very effective teacher. Mary momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455093822321503823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47208745789118839282013-04-24T11:00:42.285+01:002013-04-24T11:00:42.285+01:00It's an odd thing memory. My husband hasn'...It's an odd thing memory. My husband hasn't recognised the young me for years - in our wedding photos for example. I, of course, still imagine I look like that until I look in the mirror! There was a programme on memory presented by Maureen Lipman on BBC last week (still available on iPlayer). She went back to meet her class mates after about fifty years and they all seemed to remember each other (for the camera anyway). It was not all lightweight. There was some interesting discussion with doctors and neuroscientists. The reality of Alzheimer's disease is brought home forcefully when they compare a slice of a normal brain with one of an Alzheimer's sufferer.<br /><br />Having signed on for the Brioche (free) and Lucy Neatby (half price) and then not had time to work through either of them, I have resisted any more classes on Craftsy. Both techniques are ones which I would like to master at some point.<br /><br />I don't know what Ann Hanson is like as a teacher but she designs beautiful patterns.hatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-50996659780156903592013-04-24T09:43:19.067+01:002013-04-24T09:43:19.067+01:00I avoid school reunions for the same reason - once...I avoid school reunions for the same reason - once recently accosted in the street by someone I thought was a total stranger. He said he had been to school with me - but I can't remember him at all. He was, I am sure, genuine because of people and events he mentioned but I would have passed him by. It is also one reason why I will also ignore the plea from one of my old universities to help organise a reunion!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-86509301771742569862013-04-24T08:44:37.580+01:002013-04-24T08:44:37.580+01:00This year will be the 50-year class reunion of my ...This year will be the 50-year class reunion of my high school class. I'm not making the long drive to the Midwest for it because I haven't seen my classmates in all these years. One or two have pictures up on Facebook, and I would not be able to pick them out in a crowd...virtual strangers. I totally understand your experience with Geoffrey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com