tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post1141917833193120944..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: Hat trickKnitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-43122107286578075322010-02-27T16:46:49.237-08:002010-02-27T16:46:49.237-08:00You are so right about setting up before putting s...You are so right about setting up before putting something aside. I find I can jump right into things as long as I know where I'm going and where I left off, but if I don't leave myself that little gift it can take forever to get off the ground. Small increments are such wonderful things!EGunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941668303286640744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-32555399001962421382010-02-26T05:29:59.022-08:002010-02-26T05:29:59.022-08:00Just now catching up with my blog reading. I so lo...Just now catching up with my blog reading. I so love the yarn and pattern for you new sweater.<br /><br />Waiting for my new sock book to arrive; it should get here today. I have some yarn already wound into two balls. <br /><br />I'm sure I have told you that I knit a pair of things, socks, sleeves, whathaveyou, simultaneously.FUZZARELLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12340378858926874634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-73339775120158493912010-02-25T14:42:27.014-08:002010-02-25T14:42:27.014-08:00anyone who loves the OED is A#1 in my book - not j...anyone who loves the OED is A#1 in my book - not just because i work for oxford university press. do you know that we have a wonderful blog, with a regular column i suspect you'd enjoy? find it <a href="http://blog.oup.com/category/reference/oxford_etymologist/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. i've posted a question about words and phrases (e.g., "Well I'll swan") and he responds in a post. it's pretty great!lorihttp://www.timethrums.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-79660258107653922652010-02-25T14:21:25.963-08:002010-02-25T14:21:25.963-08:00Keep the hat-tricking up and we might have to make...Keep the hat-tricking up and we might have to make you an honourary Northerner. How might you be with skates, stick (hockey not knitting needles) and puck??Another Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174032957623543821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-91604275145901571182010-02-25T09:57:22.254-08:002010-02-25T09:57:22.254-08:00I was just reading Chip and Dan Heath's Made t...I was just reading Chip and Dan Heath's <i>Made to Stick</i> and their new book, <i>Switch</i>, so I don't remember which this was in, but they called this giving out a punch card with two punches already on it.<br /><br />I do that on long rows, too: rather than just doing half of the repeats, I'll do half and then give my future self a head start by doing another repeat or three.<br /><br />That way they don't seem so long.<br /><br />(Thanks for the shout out!)Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-43928482836984298242010-02-25T09:55:55.066-08:002010-02-25T09:55:55.066-08:00Got to say the OED didn't help me as much as I...Got to say the OED didn't help me as much as I'd've liked. I have a hard time with cricket, football, and what the heck is that thing in soccer that keeps a goal from being a goal? I ought to know by now. I must be obstinate. (dead octopus?! ewwww)<br /><br />Great Knitting! Nearly there!Gwenhttp://laflaka.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-27478411604058843022010-02-24T18:38:11.181-08:002010-02-24T18:38:11.181-08:00Hurray for landing that hat trick! Now I know the ...Hurray for landing that hat trick! Now I know the etymology of hat trick :)<br /><br />I'm spinning and spinning as I watch the Olympics. I made a hole in one--finished spinning the yarn for my daughter in law's birthday gift.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-91267248920436480822010-02-24T18:12:28.449-08:002010-02-24T18:12:28.449-08:00hmm, I have only heard "a hat trick" use...hmm, I have only heard "a hat trick" used in hockey, and I was under the impression that fans tossed their hats and caps onto the ice to celebrate this. Is this a folk etymology?Evelynhttp://lostthethread.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-11434131648860572172010-02-24T17:51:39.999-08:002010-02-24T17:51:39.999-08:00And in Detroit, when a Red Wing gets a hat trick, ...And in Detroit, when a Red Wing gets a hat trick, they throw dead octupus (i?) on the ice. Perhaps Rick and the girls want to try this out with yours....Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-23715626627501172802010-02-24T17:15:13.541-08:002010-02-24T17:15:13.541-08:00Sounds like you are right on target, go girl go!!!...Sounds like you are right on target, go girl go!!!Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532734471654743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-635160940522768672010-02-24T16:16:10.967-08:002010-02-24T16:16:10.967-08:00Minnesota hats off to you! (Usually parsed as &qu...Minnesota hats off to you! (Usually parsed as "Minnesota, hats off to you", the U of MN fight song, but in this case we Minnesotans are doffing our hats...I'm sure you catch my drift.)<br /><br />And I couldn't agree more about the value of getting something even a wee bit started to ease the continuation.twinsetellenhttp://twinset.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-33988539596679714332010-02-24T16:00:10.108-08:002010-02-24T16:00:10.108-08:00Hats off to you in tracking that one down! Love lo...Hats off to you in tracking that one down! Love love love that texture and total gnarlyness.AlisonHhttp://spindyeknit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-45117895199759026892010-02-24T12:53:29.375-08:002010-02-24T12:53:29.375-08:00I inherited a two volume dictionary that goes into...I inherited a two volume dictionary that goes into the origin of words and phrases. I've loved it from when I was a child, now my two go browsing through it from time to time.<br />Hope you reach your goal for FridayJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473367240638223881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-92135858121221510742010-02-24T11:45:26.870-08:002010-02-24T11:45:26.870-08:00I like your concept of beginning so that the task ...I like your concept of beginning so that the task is not so daunting the next time you face it. I can imagine it works very well with socks. Right now I'm surrounded by piles of stuff I began sorting yesterday - my desk is looking better so it will (hoepfully) give me the push to keep going today!<br /><br />Good luck with seaming on Friday so you can finish this weekend.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-64372630647197154752010-02-24T11:40:16.050-08:002010-02-24T11:40:16.050-08:00I am missing my wheel too, and can't wait to g...I am missing my wheel too, and can't wait to get back to it next week! I suppose I've accomplished a hat trick too, as I cast on for my second sleeve last night. Almost home!!!elizabethhttp://www.trailingyarn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-41582769247904545512010-02-24T10:10:18.010-08:002010-02-24T10:10:18.010-08:00This is just why I so love your blog!
The knitting...This is just why I so love your blog!<br />The knitting of course, but you are so wise, and so inquisitive in just the way I'd be if I allowed myself the time for it, so I end up learning wonderful things, vicariously, just by visiting your blog!<br />I'm loving your sweater, and proud of you for your Hat Trick! And Chris' is just scrumptious, too.<br /><br />hmmm...methinks I must break out the Sea Pearl from SS09 soon.<br />(((hugs)))Nana Sadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337300042637714815noreply@blogger.com