tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post99064857559198091..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-80936024785385120222015-01-31T19:03:25.254+00:002015-01-31T19:03:25.254+00:00As a member of a generation that was taught to lay...As a member of a generation that was taught to lay in provisions for winter, prepare for the future, buy things that will last, and expect to leave heirlooms, not to mention emulate the wise ant and not the flighty grasshopper, I find it annoying that we are all now expected to be grasshoppers who are ready to flit with a single suitcase at the drop of a job offer. I feel there is a happy medium that is being eroded by the companies that want us to have to buy new because we fell for their labelling us and got rid of our supplies.<br />=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39338629752742407212015-01-31T01:23:28.101+00:002015-01-31T01:23:28.101+00:00I like your explanation of the difference between ...I like your explanation of the difference between hoarding and collecting. I feel so much better that I am merely a collector of yarn (and fabric)!<br /><br />Mary G. in Texas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-2336248426015704502015-01-30T18:03:29.259+00:002015-01-30T18:03:29.259+00:00Pocket Squares - maybe a yarn that has a blend of ...Pocket Squares - maybe a yarn that has a blend of wool (for easy of knitting) with a bit of silk or linen to make it a bit stiffer for wearing in the pocket? Hester from Atlantanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-89139184469730101902015-01-30T17:13:40.857+00:002015-01-30T17:13:40.857+00:00Speaking from experience of having my digestive sy...Speaking from experience of having my digestive system rearranged, pain is to be expected. Likely it's from the gas used to inflate the abdomen, and will pass, but yeah, the morphine doesn't touch that pain for some reason. Best thing to do is move as much as you're able to help the gas work its way out.<br />Hoarding-wise, that's something I've always been a bit afraid of, but I've come to the following conclusion.... Yarn is always useful, and I have no problem handing it off to a good home. Yarn and books don't count for hoarding (imho) especially if it causes no emotional distress for you to give them away to good homes (aka other people who will read/knit with them).Melfinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939155022202916671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-85576479588271788222015-01-30T14:30:46.259+00:002015-01-30T14:30:46.259+00:00Keep in mind that linen is harder on the hands, an...Keep in mind that linen is harder on the hands, and hence slower to knit. My arthritic hands have given it up, although I love my knitted linen items dearly. If you go with linen, I will send you tips for making it less of a battle. Linen, pressed and blocked, will make a nice grisp pocket square. Silk, also lovely, will have a softer finish, whatever type of silk you choose. It lacks elasticity and tends to feel a little "dead" in the hands as you knit it (Can you tell that I used to work in an LYS?). I suspect that you might find either a bit sloer to knit than the wools you are used to. You might ask loop about fine cottons as well; they can be starched up to a nice finish, if thats the goal.Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-91303654611754082202015-01-30T13:34:51.038+00:002015-01-30T13:34:51.038+00:00As part of my job I have seen lots of photos of ho...As part of my job I have seen lots of photos of hoarder's homes - not collecting, I assure you. People are helped, then begin hoarding again. There doesn't seem to be a medical solution. The big fear is fire and safety access. Last year several people here died in fires because the firefighter rescue folks couldn't access the interior of the house, or find the person. Very sad.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-1442625874125153392015-01-30T12:52:44.582+00:002015-01-30T12:52:44.582+00:00We've done a lot of reading on hoarding (famil...We've done a lot of reading on hoarding (family member problem). The literature points out the difference between hoarding and collecting. The collector's acqisitions are specific and goal oriented. The hoarder's issues are the inability to part with items and nonspecific acquisition of "stuff". Parting with just about anything causes the hoarder great anxiety.<br /><br />I think you are safely in the collector category when it comes to yarn Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16226371437929271405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-51834091107852616052015-01-30T11:58:16.852+00:002015-01-30T11:58:16.852+00:00Massachusetts Housing Councils are trying to comba...Massachusetts Housing Councils are trying to combat hoarding in public houses because of the risk of fire and the hoarding preventing firefighters from getting to the tenants. https://www.masshousing.com/portal/server.pt/community/property_managers/239/hoarding_resources. Every so often newspaper reports of fire mention owners possessions getting in the way of firefighters. Patiencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-73907410745738393392015-01-30T11:22:38.060+00:002015-01-30T11:22:38.060+00:00Councils in England provide help to people who are...Councils in England provide help to people who are elderly/disabled/infirm whereby the bin men will collect from nearer to the house - but you have to be 'on the list'. This may be worth exploring for bottles/papers weeks even when it's not icy. <br /><br />I know what you mean about general anaesthetics - my son had three when he was in primary school and each time I convinced myself that he would not come round! I had one once and felt that I was being awakened from the most beautiful and blissful sleep.<br /><br />My late husband would often say to me over many years that all you need to knit is one ball of wool! He could never understand why anyone would 'need' a stash which by its very acquisition created a backlog of work. I never managed to convince him that it was just lovely to have and to hold and to smell and to fondle. He once expressed his frustration to the owner of a wool shop when I was buying yet more! She told him it was an illness! He would be pleased to know that I have now cleared the loft and am working through the garage and using my healthy ebay income to create the nucleus of a new and extremely discerning stash!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-19211380793666316692015-01-30T09:40:35.483+00:002015-01-30T09:40:35.483+00:00If hoarding has become a "recognised psychiat...If hoarding has become a "recognised psychiatric disorder" it must be because some company think they may have discovered a pill to cure it. No thanks, I won't be taking that one!jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com