Finished knittinig the waistcoat!

Sorry, that should be 'knitting'!

Mary

"Mary Fisher" wrote

Congratulations! Is there a picture of it on the net somewhere? I'm still hesitating to start one I want to make; too many UFOs right now.

=Tamar

When it's dry I'll get Spouse to take a picture of me wearing it. It's from a Vogue pattern.

You still haven't said how that's pronounced and if it's named for the river :-)

Mary

Mary Fisher spun a FINE 'yarn':

Mary . . .

Tamar didn't answer (perhaps didn't see your query!), but Mirjam quickly did...unfortunately, I can't provide you the response, as I've already cleaned my cache... Noreen PS, congrats on finishing and looking forward to the photo!

I asked Richard, I don't see Mirjam's posts.

Mary

It'll be good to see the pictures Mary, it sounds very unusual.

Mary Fisher spun a FINE 'yarn':

Mary . . . I was *only* informing you that while Richard *DIDNOT* answer, someone did.... ;) Noreen

My family pronounces it to rhyme with "hammer" - unlike either the babyname books or the river. It's from an old letter to someone about seven generations back in the family; New England Protestant families tended to use Biblical names, so ultimately it's of Biblical origin.

=Tamar

Thanks. Never heard of 'the babyname books' :-)

Mary

It's still drying, the cotton is thick (DK) and made thicker still by the doubled gold thread. I spun it but the final airing is taking ages. It's too warm to light a fire to help the drying and I don't want to risk spoiling the shape by hanging it on the line.

I can't wait to show everyone :-)

Mary

Bought the buttons today.

How is that even with my own sixty years of buttons, my mother's ninety years and Spouse's mother's eighty years, I never had the right number, size or colour of buttons in all the jars in my drawer???

Mary

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Ah, I see. They were around many years ago but more often than not, in my limited experience, the meanings don't stay the same :-)

I thought 'babyname books' was something I'd missed, it makes sense now!

Mary

snipped-for-privacy@radix.net (Richard Eney) wrote in news:1tmdneRoptFeR8vVnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@posted.radix:

ah! like the baby name books that give the meaning of Brendan as "prince", when the actual meaning is "stinking hair"? yes, all names *must* have pleasant meanings ;) the meaning of my son's name is 'tear' or 'little drop of water'. lee

YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':

. . ;)..and now that Richard *DID* answer, I guess its a moot point, snicker! Noreen who really was only trying to be helpful.

enigma spun a FINE 'yarn':

enigma. . .

and MY name supposedly comes from Honora, definition honorable... snicker, snort! Noreen