Re: Help with old english knitting directions

LOL I have already warned the kidlets that they are not to laugh at me!

Higs, Kather> Hi Katherine, have a lovely time, and no, don't forget some

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Hi, Katherine! I wish you all a fantastic trip! Hugs, AUD ;-))

Thanks, AUd. I am really looking forward to it!

Higs, Katherine

Getting caught up... wishing you a safe and fun trip, Katherine! Hugs, Noreen

Thanks, Noreen. I'll tell you all about it when I get back.

Higs, Katherine

They'll laugh the other side of their faces when you produce the wonderful items that you do...

hugz cher have a great time...

LOL Thanks, Cher. I am taking one WIP with me, and yarn for a couple of pairs of socks - basically mindless knitting, as I don't want to miss anything.

Higs, Kather> They'll laugh the other side of their faces when you produce the

that is what I intend to do as well, I have some fleece I want to put to rovings and then trickle drop dye spin it up, and put it in my RV ready for the great tour in about three to four weeks time, depending on if DH can finish the job he's on early enough, if not early May will be fine too..

hugz Cher

Cher and Katherine , I ALWAYS take some work with me , whenm i travel anywhere and esp when i travel to Belgium ,,, My Aquaintances who wonder , where i have the time to have knitted or embroidered `ALL THIS THINGS` , are surprised to hear i do it on those `moments in between`,,, in the airport in the bus , in the morning at my father`s house Before he gets up , on his pace, or in the evenings when he goes earlier to bed... Never mind how much i make ,,,,, "A stich + A Stich = A row + Row and before you know it , i have an other nice item.....I also go to some conventions, and i really hate this long Listening to lectures that sometimes, as interesting as they are , make me sleepy or edgy ,,, my hand could knit or embroider but people Look at me with THIS LOOK , same people don`t hesitate to Talk in Half Loud voices which are far more disruptive to other than my quiet knitting ... I am really seriously considering starting to knit/embroider again in public ,,,,, mirjam

Hi Mirjam,

I took some sock knitting to the pub a couple of times, if I can get the seat near the door, where it isn't so smokey, and once I heard a guy say to his friend at the bar, ''blimey, theres a woman knitting over there!'' so I went to him and said, ''you're knowledge astounds me, that you know what I am doing, a pity you seem to lack tact, however, no matter, would you like to come and learn!'' he looked at me as if I'd gone mad, and Don the landlord, grinned,and said, ''she does many a weird and wonderful thing in a pub, wait til next week, come and see what she's doing then!'' Meaning I was booked to entertain there and this guy obviously had never seen me perform, but he turned up, and of course I ''got'' at him all night, now we are very good friends. He isn't very old, but I feel he's been educated, in tact if nothing else..

Well, my knitting is packed. SO is everything else, and we will be leaving shortly. I have some errands to run before I go the airport, so I don't know if I will be back before I leave or not. If not, I'll see you in a couple of weeks. We are due back on APril 23rd, and I don't think I'll be able to access the group while I am gone, so this could be the last you hear from me for a while.

Have a great Easter, those of you who celebrate it. And whatever else you celebrate at this time of year, I hope it is wonderful.

See you all later.

Higs, Kather> Cher and Katherine ,

I have heard blokes say, ''blimey, there's a woman knitting over there!'' However, usually the tone when they say that is not as bad as when they say ''BLIMEY, there's a MAN knitting over there!!!'', which is what I hear more often : )

on this side of the pond, Aaron, you'd hear it in more expletive terms, LOL

(s-o-b, there's a MAN knitting over there..... holey sXit, there's a Man knitting over there)

Noreen

Mostly it was a comment that I head from guys in football jerseys drinking beer on trains in GB. I do not hear it around California. Maybe because most men in California do not know what knitting is? Maybe, because I live close to SF and folk around here are tolerant? Maybe because several of my friends are attorneys, and no footballer, no matter how stupid drunk, wants to pick a fight with a pack of divorce lawyers?

Aaron

C H E R !!!!! hahahahh as Usual you are hilarious .... Yesterday as the Inciator of the Seminar called to wish me Happy holiday ,,, The seminar is called"Pain of Flash and Blood ", An Interdisciplinary conferece about the representation of the ill, the suffering and the delighting body" . I want to go at least 1 day, There will be pschologists, poets, artists [5 exhibtions by artists who are dealing with their ailments or in general about suffer ++] Linguists , writers , a film about a Girl who has to live in some sort of contraption, philoshers etc... I want to go , am pushed for my time, [ anyway have to travel by train 2 hours to and and back] , and know from experience that sitting like this a whole day, with my hands not doing much, isn`t me. I can listen and make some of the Long stichings i do [on the big work] Or knit [ my son wants a second Moebious] . But In israeli Seminars etc,,,,It isn`t done ,,,, After years of women in the Kiboets General Assemblies knitting ... suddenly it became a no no ... I realy want to do it ,,,, And as i presented it to the Inciator yesterday , for me it is one of the Pleasures of the Flesh ,,,, [ he said he doesn`t mind me doing it, in fact he said he could be a Living Show . I Said , you know people will look at me , He said he doesn`t mind, and said why don`t i suggest it to some other colleagues who are coming., in fact i had a feeling he likes me to do it .. So now i will think and prepare a work i can do without much fuss [ just long technical No counting work .] i will prepare to have one of mine ready , i can take it and always Not do it if circumstances aren`t suitable. Of course there will always be somebdy saying I am doing it for attention , but i am really short for time and it helps me to concentrate on the lectures , whose subjects are`t easy , and when pics are shown i can stop ... mirjam

Well Aaron , A "Woman knitting Over there !!! is usually not so kindly meant , now adays , i think that is one thing That the Feministic movement failed, It used to be the Acepted thing to knit, or handcraft [ Idel habds etc,,,,] Than Suddenly it became unacceted or a something only "primitive women did !!! Educated women Didn`t !!!!" .I am getting so many people reacting to my knitting on trains , busses , Waiting rooms , etc,,,,, that i know it is an odity ,,,, Almost like Breast feeding in public, Used to be done only by "Primitive women" than became Done by all who felt like doing it. Nobody now in Westen world would say a woman breast feeding is Primitive ..... So i really feel it is time Public knitting or crafting should be accepted again. The last woman who commented to me about this being "primitive" , got an answer that my clothes Primitively better looking than her`s ,,,, i am loosing ,my patience for all the strange remarks of people ,,,, who don`t mind other writing on their laptops, or listening to music , or phoning with half the world talking about Personal stuff in public ... If this is tolerated , why isn`t my handcrafting tolerated ..... As to fellows saying something about Knitting Men ? well it is still an odity ,,, Do it more and spread the Stiches mirjam

Gosh Mirjam, I am quite out of breath reading all this....lol well done you

hugz cher and birthday greetings from me too, didn't know I'd missed it..

That's great Mirjam, well we take to the old steam trains that slide through Dorset, from Corfe Castle through to Somerset and back again, a great friend of mine, gets you all to board with a spinning wheel and you sit and spin and chat to sight seers, and let them have a go too...great fun apparently, I've not done it yet but plan to this year..lol

hugz Cher