tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post1710024569856796947..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: Coming and goingKnitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-55971412700548366422008-02-17T20:32:00.000-08:002008-02-17T20:32:00.000-08:00I completely concur with your February theory. Tha...I completely concur with your February theory. <BR/><BR/>That shawl and socks are gorgeous! Lucky girl. <BR/><BR/>Cannot look at your spinning post - must not go to darkside.....have fun at work tomorrow! Me too. [big sigh].Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-468764369699236762008-02-17T10:58:00.000-08:002008-02-17T10:58:00.000-08:00The lace gifts are beautiful... you do know... han...The lace gifts are beautiful... you do know... handknit socks = love.<BR/>Mmmm, the colours in that Briar Rose skein... they're Gorgeous!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01500636360349398921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-33917590620261842472008-02-17T09:10:00.000-08:002008-02-17T09:10:00.000-08:00Someone made you socks! And a shawl, and a bag......Someone made you socks! And a shawl, and a bag... So lovely.<BR/><BR/>I can never remember one year to the next what winter does around here (SF Bay Area), other than it often rains on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge around Christmas, when family is visiting and driving back and forth between East Bay and Marin.<BR/><BR/>In Alabama, I remember often having the first strong spring, nearly summer warm weather day around the beginning of March. (Usually my birthday, which is probably the only reason I remember.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-79406647010694999442008-02-17T07:03:00.000-08:002008-02-17T07:03:00.000-08:00I can't comment on California weather, but we alwa...I can't comment on California weather, but we always used to get a January thaw in Michigan. These days, who knows. One winter we have no snow until February, the next we have rain one day and three days of snow, week after week!Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-44383872455058992912008-02-17T06:48:00.000-08:002008-02-17T06:48:00.000-08:00I'm so glad that you liked your swap stuff. It wa...I'm so glad that you liked your swap stuff. It was lots of fun knitting for you. I do think you're being generous in your praise about the buttonhole bag. LOL. That thing felted so oddly long that you might be able to store your new ocean kayak paddles in it--hahaha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-28925951803782902802008-02-17T03:19:00.000-08:002008-02-17T03:19:00.000-08:00Oh boy, I hope you forgive me for my terribly lazy...Oh boy, I hope you forgive me for my terribly lazy commenting on your recent posts. I'm posting one reply for your last five posts. You're clearly a better person than I am. :-) Hee! In all seriousness, I'm sorry that work has been so stressful for you lately. I know what it's like living in an environment of budget cuts. On the other hand, the knitting gods are looking on you with favor. You've got some GORGEOUS socks and your new goodies that you received in the mail are spectacular. How wonderful!! Thanks for posting. I love reading about your days. :-)<BR/><BR/>BTW, I totally agree with you about your weather observations. When I lived in the midwest for years and years, we'd occasionally have "Indian Summer" days in October where it would be gorgeous 70+ degree days. We'd think it would stay like that forever...and the next day it was below freezing. That's how February is now in SoCal. It's cold at night. I'm wearing 2 layers of fleece plus a robe and then suddenly it's 82 degrees in the daytime. I think Wow!!! I can open up some windows. Grab my lighter clothes. And I do. And 2 hours later I'm begging to have my fleece layers sewn to my body permanently. ;-) Indian February???hopalong682003https://www.blogger.com/profile/03402622861874478950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-41590033267996108512008-02-16T21:46:00.000-08:002008-02-16T21:46:00.000-08:00In Northwestern Oregon where I was born and raised...In Northwestern Oregon where I was born and raised, and then moved back to for a dozen cold, dark, dreary, drizzly winters, it stops raining for 1-3 weeks in February and you'd beter get outside right then and cut back your roses. Woe to you if you miss it because you are on vacation; you'll be clipping and cutting in cold rain. I haven't lived in SoCal for enough winters to verify your hypothesis, but it's all west coast, ya know?<BR/><BR/>I love the shawl! I think I need to spin up some yarn love and knit me one of those.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-3249596202809555502008-02-16T14:49:00.000-08:002008-02-16T14:49:00.000-08:00What delicious surprises--gorgeous lace and beauti...What delicious surprises--gorgeous lace and beautiful yarns to play with as well. Life is good!<BR/><BR/>I totally understand the February-as-spring idea. When I lived in central Texas, I used to get outraged in February when the temperatures soared above 90 degrees for a week or so. After all, Austin only gets about a millisecond of winter; why waste any of it on early summer weather?<BR/><BR/>Here in upstate New York, it also felt like spring today. The sun was shining on us all at the Ithaca winter festival. Of course, it was just 30 degrees out, but it felt like spring nonetheless. I guess it's all relative... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-23291489340811701322008-02-16T12:41:00.000-08:002008-02-16T12:41:00.000-08:00Oh, my, gosh - the lace is gorgeous. And you are ...Oh, my, gosh - the lace is gorgeous. And you are right about that shawl - I have a short little shawl that I keep at work and it finds its ways around my shoulders often in the summer when the a/c is chilling things down ridiculously.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to see what comes of the new yarn, especially that yarn that says "daughter socks". Oh, you know when the Goth phase starts, don't you? Yes, age 13. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com