Knitting bug -- OUCH!

Thank you! I am definitely going to try this.

Murielle

I can kind of manage that, only since I don't turn it continuosly, it's like that on one side, then I turn it and wind for a bit, then turn again. Well, it's not quite like the cotton balls, but sometimes mine turn out looking really good.

sue

It can be done on an OLD HAND MIXER if you still got one in ytou house ,,, mirjam

Vintage Purls spun a FINE 'yarn':

Vintage Purls. . . Mea culpa but still laughing! Yes, mind was in the gutter, but really, if it wasn't, you'd not be sure it was ME, yes?? Would you have me any other way, LOL??? Hugs, Noreen

David R. Sky spun a FINE 'yarn':

David R. Sky. . . And my DH says, sXit floats, doesn't it?? Gawd, I am bad, very very bad. Smacks self on forehead, knocks self out, face on keyboard, but laughing all the while! (they're coming to take me away, hee hee hoo hoo hah hah!) Good to "see" you, David! Hugs, Noreen

YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':

David! My reference to my DH's statement was NOT meant to imply that you are 'sXit', so please don't misconstrue, I typed what immediately came to mind before thinking how it might come out! mea culpa, Noreen

Hi Noreen - lolol!

My initial response to your dh's comment was, "not necessarily!" Do you want the details?? I think not, at least not in this forum.

Well, maybe... if I've accidentally strewn some of my yarn into the potato pancake I fried... water-absorbant, no??

David

David R. Sky spun a FINE 'yarn':

I heard your evil cackle before I read it, David! V.E.G. Hugs, Noreen. . .

The ones before the electric ones? The ones with the the hand-windie-thing? I haven't seen one of those for ages. Used one, though. When I was a kid we had them.

(My grandmother used to whisk her eggs with a knife. They always formed perfect little peaks. Even with an electric mixer I can't do such a beautiful job.)

Okay, now everyone knows how old I am. ;-))

Murielle

You're only as old as you feel. Somedays I feel like I'm pushing 100 (when the Fibromyalgia is REALLY flaring up and will barely let me move), but most days I feel like I'm still in my teens. Of course I also have days when my son thinks I have totally lost my mind and reverted to childhood... especially when I'm goofing around with our youngest dog, or just in a really silly mood and goofing around period! ;o)

PS. I just re-read your message. I have one of those hand-windie mixers in my drawer that was my Mom's years ago... it has a wooden handle on it. Hey... we're a family of packrats, we rarely throw *anything* away if it "could be used someday". LOL

I still have a hand NON ELECTRIC one and from time to time use it ,, when i married i didn`t have an electric one ,,,, i think nly after 5 years of marriage i got the first electric one ,,,, yes the non electric one can be used but also the electric one !!!! mirjam

I hear you! I have those hundred-year-old days too. They're such fun ... not. But silliness! Yay! Love the silliness. There are too few people who let their silly-side shine. I love my silly-side. Though, sometimes I fear I'm the only one who does. ;-))

You have one of those mixers! Good on you! I'm a packrat too. Not very smart for someone who lives in a tiny apartment, but packrats are packrats whether we live in hobbit holes or mansions.

Hugs, Murielle

I have often said that even if I won a HUGE lottery and could afford to, I wouldn't live in a mansion. Number one... too much housework, and I don't like other people puttering around doing mine for me. Number two... WAY too much room, and being a packrat it would fill up fast with things I find at antique shops, flea markets, etc. ;o)

My Mom & Dad were both packrats and I got all their stuff as well as my own... and God bless him, my son is also a packrat who will get my stuff as well as my parents'. I *seriously* have to start weeding and donating some of the stuff, before it breeds too much and takes over the house. Wait... too late, it's coming down from upstairs, and up from the rec-room to meet me on the main floor. AHHHHHH.... being taken over now!!!! LOL Being silly rules!! ;o)

LOL! I really must start "un-packing" though. I used to be so good. I'd cull my books once a year or so. Not any more. I've become more and more "ratty" as I get older. ;-))

Murielle

I still have one, Murielle. They are not that hard to find.

Higs, Katherine

I haven't seen one since I was a kid. Always enjoyed playing with them, though. ;-))

Hugs, Murielle

My granddaughter still likes playing with them.

Higs, Katherine

They used to have little plastic kids' ones that actually worked. Remember?

Those mixers were so much fun. I remember turning the one I played with--a real one from Mom's kitchen drawer--into all kinds of things. They made great "car motors". LOL!

Murielle