tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post4868077142073770681..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: StalledKnitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-18253456678892323322009-11-02T13:30:27.035-08:002009-11-02T13:30:27.035-08:00Common problem. The anticipation is So Much Worse...Common problem. The anticipation is So Much Worse than the actual shot, even if it's two at the same time. I mean, the frogging! Not shots. Sorry. (I'm not sure you need to worry about the yarn holding up. Give it a soak when you're done. Won't help with threadbare yarn, but will take care of the kinks.)<br /><br />The long slide into the solstice, but such a busy one!Gwenhttp://laflaka.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-7771448575384900642009-10-30T22:25:22.187-07:002009-10-30T22:25:22.187-07:00She's prepared, she looks the part and looks w...She's prepared, she looks the part and looks well-loved in that shawl, and she's deservedly proud of herself and it shows. Congratulations to both of you!<br /><br />As for the frogging, come meet my friend Nancy. She will happily frog anything for me anytime, saying that when it's not your own mistakes ripping away, it's great fun.AlisonHhttp://spindyeknit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-44225173353431843812009-10-30T15:01:56.125-07:002009-10-30T15:01:56.125-07:00Not that I particularly enjoy frogging hours and h...Not that I particularly enjoy frogging hours and hours of work...but at my house it's a fun time for me and my six-year-old! She gets the job of pulling out the knitting and I wind the yarn into balls. It makes the ball winding go so much faster for me to have someone else doing the ripping, and she LOVES to do it for me! A fun time for all. :)<br /><br />So far I haven't ruined any yarn by frogging; I've had some yarn not like to be frogged several times (it gets fuzzy), but I've heard from others that can be cured by washing the yarn and then weighting it down while it hangs drying. It doesn't bother me to knit with kinky yarn, but that's just me.<br /><br />Besides....even though it sucks to rip out all those hours of work, you'll be able to knit yourself something you'll really love afterwards, right? (or you can go with what Carrie K said and put that sweater in time out while you knit something more fun!)Kassiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155318438132971920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-44225332477780396482009-10-30T11:42:48.736-07:002009-10-30T11:42:48.736-07:00She's so cute in the shawl! I agree that with...She's so cute in the shawl! I agree that with twinsetellen that she looks like you. Wonderful that she did so well at the presentation too. <br /><br />If you really can't frog it yourself you can always send it to me and I'll frog it for you and send it back. I don't mind frogging. While you are waiting to convince yourself to frog you really should take up something that good for traveling and work and meetings and meet-ups and etc that this next couple of months entails. Frogging a project wouldn't be good for any of those so you can put it out of your head that you should be doing frogging instead of knitting and get some good portable projects going.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858229995977474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-22445804006635425852009-10-30T10:21:05.243-07:002009-10-30T10:21:05.243-07:00Oooh, we love E. Nesbitt here! One of the great d...Oooh, we love E. Nesbitt here! One of the great delights of having a reading child is that he is now recommending books to me. And I'm enjoying them. (Andrew Clements, the Fablehaven books.)<br /><br />And sometimes - projects need a time out before they get frogged. So they can stew in their iniquity, or something.Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-64124449390780704642009-10-30T06:59:56.233-07:002009-10-30T06:59:56.233-07:00Cast on for some socks! They'll make everythin...Cast on for some socks! They'll make everything better....Wanderingcatstudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459444703722115118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-34008314807260148142009-10-30T06:47:33.451-07:002009-10-30T06:47:33.451-07:00After years of hearing that my DD looked like her ...After years of hearing that my DD looked like her very-absent father, she was delighted to hear that she looks like me! (but she's older)<br /><br />Your younger DD - wow. Just wow. Not only is she adorable, but she does indeed look like you! (no surprise)<br /><br />What a great project and three cheers for getting thru the 3 minute memorized material.<br /><br />Have a wonderful trip. And I think you're right, and I've re-read novels, but never realized that's what I was doing until you put it so eloquently (as you always do)...! Frogging the jacket will come. All in good time. <br />(((hugs)))Nana Sadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337300042637714815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-74717765047425562622009-10-30T06:04:56.396-07:002009-10-30T06:04:56.396-07:00Sweet - and a perfect debut for the shawl. She sur...Sweet - and a perfect debut for the shawl. She sure does look like you! I say, with everything you have going on, throw Electra aside, it will still be froggable no matter how long it sits. Knitting is supposed to be fun, right? Or donate it as a prize to something, a silent auction, a raffle.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-2940884187809993272009-10-30T04:03:30.151-07:002009-10-30T04:03:30.151-07:00I think your suspicion is right that it will proba...I think your suspicion is right that it will probably be easier than it sounds to unweave the ends and unravel the sweater. But that doesn't mean that you have to do it now! I've been known to leave things for a year, even, and they're still froggable. I usually find that giving myself permission to do something fun first immediately makes the hard project interesting again. And you should definitely be having fun...you're to busy to spend time dreading your "free" time!EGunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941668303286640744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-8922124043243607502009-10-29T23:42:35.500-07:002009-10-29T23:42:35.500-07:00Oh my, I've never noticed how much she looks l...Oh my, I've never noticed how much she looks like you [don't tell her I said so - daughters sometimes don't like that sort of thing!]<br /><br />Have a great weekend - I hope it's relaxing!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-24942119899403958102009-10-29T21:13:35.807-07:002009-10-29T21:13:35.807-07:00Like Twinsetellen I was astonished at how much YD ...Like Twinsetellen I was astonished at how much YD looks like you. She looks so poised and confident.<br /><br />Brilliant idea to try to sell it! You never know who might fall in love with it just as it is. Then you'd have a fresh start.<br /><br />ugh, five weekends away from home. Unbearable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-65413948165038998022009-10-29T18:49:07.256-07:002009-10-29T18:49:07.256-07:00I understand your stall - and I think you capture ...I understand your stall - and I think you capture the reason, too. Don't worry, this means the urge to get to something else will soon move your forward to frogging the jacket.<br /><br />Your youngest suddenly looks exactly like you. I'm puzzled with myself - I've seen pictures of her before, and this time I nearly gasped at the likeness. Perhaps the shawl is the finishing touch? Regardless of what made this so clear to me, she is just lovely.twinsetellenhttp://twinset.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-75967496656731524432009-10-29T18:32:26.647-07:002009-10-29T18:32:26.647-07:00She looks lovely and so elegant with the shawl!
I...She looks lovely and so elegant with the shawl!<br /><br />I once tried the reread in my spare time idea with a book I brought back from a friend one Friday late at night,,, I found myself still reading around noon Saturday and it was the third time I read that book!<br /><br />I think we should offer the ravley masters the idea of opening a section where we can offer knits like your elektra for sale. If you could put it therewith a good photo and measurements you may have the good luck of finding it a loving home :)Rachelhttp://www.knittingintranslation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-21282013917583526642009-10-29T16:55:17.777-07:002009-10-29T16:55:17.777-07:00Robert Jordan's latest is a chunk!
She's...Robert Jordan's latest is a chunk! <br /><br />She's adorable. <br /><br />Put off the frogging and find something fun. In your "free" time.Carrie Khttp://mymiddlenameispatience.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-67403291753242254602009-10-29T16:43:22.263-07:002009-10-29T16:43:22.263-07:00What a cutie she is!What a cutie she is!Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-12119400984833639752009-10-29T13:46:07.336-07:002009-10-29T13:46:07.336-07:00She looks so sweet. What a nice island of calm in ...She looks so sweet. What a nice island of calm in all your franticness. You couldn't just sort of leave the mitred thing on a bus or something, could you?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045029232081633077noreply@blogger.com