tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post7983978220373988413..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-58454539550400651862008-09-15T23:42:00.000+01:002008-09-15T23:42:00.000+01:00I am so terrified of genteel Southerners (and othe...I am so terrified of genteel Southerners (and other areas, but this is where I live with it) of a certain age, otherwise die-hard liberals and Democrats, who just cannot bring themselves to pull the lever for a black man. I hear it at the grocery, at synagogue, from my in-laws, and it just frustrates me to no end. Jim Crow is not dead; he is alive and well and telling otherwise good-hearted old white folks to stay home rather than vote for Obama. <BR/><BR/>I am so tired of the statement, "I don't have anything against the man personally, but I don't believe I can vote for him." That is just code and if you have lived here long enough, you know what it's code for. <BR/><BR/>It just stinks to live in the only tiny blue pocket in a red state and know your vote doesn't count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-70373726969657317032008-09-15T20:49:00.000+01:002008-09-15T20:49:00.000+01:00Jean, I sent you an email about Astor's Barrister ...Jean, I sent you an email about Astor's Barrister Wig method: =tamar is pretty much correct.Shanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704810407872873565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-37296260048867193082008-09-15T19:04:00.000+01:002008-09-15T19:04:00.000+01:00i am more amazed that any knitter can like palin. ...i am more amazed that any knitter can like palin. she is scary.knititchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143430462744751602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-74881020246637461542008-09-15T14:03:00.000+01:002008-09-15T14:03:00.000+01:00Sister, that is.I agree with Mary Anonymous. Obam...Sister, that is.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Mary Anonymous. Obama knows a lot about economics and, like many of the wise heads, saw this coming. He issued a statement on the crisis at 6 AM which is all over the wire services already; McCain has yet to comment. The links are too long to post; you can see for yourself by googling "Obama statement financial crisis". This crisis is a Republican creation; McCain's principal adviser on economics is Phil Gramm, a major supporter of the "no regulation" philosophy that got us here.<BR/><BR/>A remote parking jitney is the bus that picks you up in the remote (and therefore cheap) parking lot at an airport to take you to the terminal.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06969718871594953655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-1961803713751092322008-09-15T13:47:00.000+01:002008-09-15T13:47:00.000+01:00On Obama's knowledge of economics: One of the many...On Obama's knowledge of economics: One of the many reasons I like him is what I've heard about his work experience right after graduating from Columbia. He worked briefly for a company in NYC as an analyst of international economics and finance. His coworkers say he learned quickly and was quite good at it. As someone who worked in international financial firms, this is impressive. As is the fact that he gave up this work to become a community organizer in Chicago.<BR/>MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-63570728186220009672008-09-15T13:15:00.000+01:002008-09-15T13:15:00.000+01:00Since you'd have to alter the basic cap shape to f...Since you'd have to alter the basic cap shape to fit the bear anyway, it might be worth experimenting.<BR/><BR/>Peering at the picture: Astor's Barrister's Wig seems to me to be made by knitting each segment outward for six or eight rows, folding it over after a purl row and knitting it together with the original base stitches so that it doesn't sag and open. Then the next segment area is knitted across; a stitch or two seems to be left plain on the base row between segments, to make the separations.<BR/><BR/>Astor's with those perfect tight little rolls is ever so much better than the 19th Century hat, which makes separate loops in groups by making a bunch of double yarnovers and then dropping the extra to make the hanging loop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com