tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post8925478847905684230..comments2023-09-27T01:23:35.214-07:00Comments on Knitting Linguist - The Year of the Magpie: Travels with knittingKnitting Linguisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289230533275408343noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-12133041924370197962009-11-28T17:55:44.083-08:002009-11-28T17:55:44.083-08:00Your trips always sound awesome. It was so sweet ...Your trips always sound awesome. It was so sweet of Rick to do all the driving too. (Oh and sitting on the couch he makes the others look like dwarfs...)Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858229995977474385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-58139575994414248972009-11-27T14:51:08.909-08:002009-11-27T14:51:08.909-08:00Lovely all around! Love having someone else drive...Lovely all around! Love having someone else drive. You've got excellent results.<br /><br />maybe we need to go to a museum this weekend. Maybe not - holiday weekend. I'll keep cooking.Gwenhttp://laflaka.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-6205866617566769542009-11-26T04:14:51.421-08:002009-11-26T04:14:51.421-08:00Sounds like a great trip...it's wonderful to s...Sounds like a great trip...it's wonderful to spend some quality family time together. I love that picture of Rick with Grandmom and the girls. He is so tall by comparison! <br /><br />Aren't Amish quilts amazing? I hand-quilt, but I don't think I'll ever be that detailed, or that regular in my stitching! I agree with Ellen, though...quilting is just as meditative as knitting (and it tends to go faster, too). <br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving!EGunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941668303286640744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-14943679638060501512009-11-25T19:51:36.875-08:002009-11-25T19:51:36.875-08:00Oh! I think I like it! Is it an adult sized Zimme...Oh! I think I like it! Is it an adult sized Zimmermann Surprise Jacket??<br /><br />Lovely trip to the Bay Area. Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-77211138056865703622009-11-25T16:29:38.034-08:002009-11-25T16:29:38.034-08:00Congrats on finishing! I hope this means you are p...Congrats on finishing! I hope this means you are pleased with the results.<br /><br />I am so jealous you saw the Tut exhibit the first time around. My parent's thought I was too young and didn't take me. Of course they didn't know I would become an archaeologist!<br /><br />Have a great holiday!PammieJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299270453503447647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-45072622589404816252009-11-25T12:39:54.817-08:002009-11-25T12:39:54.817-08:00I better not get started on the subject of mummies...I better not get started on the subject of mummies and textiles and the things treasure-hunters did to what they considered "worthless rags of cloth".Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-28956408979006974692009-11-25T12:21:37.925-08:002009-11-25T12:21:37.925-08:00Aren't those Amish quilts amazing? Wholecloth,...Aren't those Amish quilts amazing? Wholecloth, not pieced at all, right?<br /><br />Sounds like a great drive up and fun w/Grandmom and the City. Her time in Europe must've been fascinating. Right between the two World Wars.Carrie Khttp://mymiddlenameispatience.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-59548185731361977512009-11-25T10:17:16.573-08:002009-11-25T10:17:16.573-08:00Have a great time on your trip & happy thanksg...Have a great time on your trip & happy thanksgiving!Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532734471654743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-44063990724030798102009-11-25T08:44:23.142-08:002009-11-25T08:44:23.142-08:00I see that RobinH answered your question quite wel...I see that RobinH answered your question quite well. <br />I'm a traditionalist, thinking quilts really should be quilted by hand, but then, I'm also a realist, knowing that my time is so precious and limited, the machine will probably have to do the work or I'll never get any quilting done! Even the piecework, tho' I learned to piece by hand, originally...alas, quilting is scheduled for my retirement, tho' - lolol!<br />What a fun trip!!! I know you're glad to have had the visit...they're so important. <br />Have a great Thanksgiving (is that Elecktra?)<br />(((hugs))Nana Sadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337300042637714815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-49980199631310993052009-11-25T07:28:56.409-08:002009-11-25T07:28:56.409-08:00Your terminology is exactly correct- quilting is t...Your terminology is exactly correct- quilting is the stitching that holds the layers together amd the act of doing that stitching by hand or machine. (Also the activity of making quilts- though quilters have differing opinions as to whether a blanket where the layers are tied (held together with a single stitch at intervals, usually knotted on the 'front') should be referred to as a quilt or just a blanket. I think the commonest usage is that anything with multiple layers stitched or otherwise fastened together is a 'quilt', though.) <br /><br />I won't get into the divide between hand quilters and machine quilters (it could cause outbreaks of violence in your comments!). <br /><br />And I think that there are few mentions of textiles in museums because a) textiles often don't survive as well as say, pottery and b)it was often women's work and not well documented. But there are some good exhibits out there (the ones I've been to are not close to you, I'm afraid, but)- the V&A has a fabulous textiles collection. And I was at the NY Museum of Natural History over the weekend to see the spider silk tapestry and Silk Road exhibition, and there was a lot of discussion of textiles there, including a fascinating film describing how silk is manufactured. <br /><br />And lastly (sorry, I'm babbling at length here), last week I invested in an LED booklight for knitting in the dark during long car trips, and it worked *brilliantly*- got me about 6 extra hours of knitting time on the NY trip, since nearly all the driving was in the dark. I got the sort with a clip and a flexible neck, and clipped it to the shoulder belt. Highly recommended.RobinHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10325359641194305097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-76041608522148983902009-11-25T06:59:59.732-08:002009-11-25T06:59:59.732-08:00What a busy weekend. I saw Tut at the British Muse...What a busy weekend. I saw Tut at the British Museum, some years before you, ahem. The only thing I can remember is the golden mask, which I found quite hypnotic. <br /><br />Grandmom must have enjoyed your visit so much.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045029232081633077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-81514631521958042102009-11-25T06:37:47.204-08:002009-11-25T06:37:47.204-08:00It appears to have been a 100% successful trip, do...It appears to have been a 100% successful trip, down to the excellent fit of Electra. <br /><br />In a former life I quilted quite a bit. I would be pretty surprised if more than an example or two of machine quilting got into that exhibit, so yes, those stitches were by hand. The rhythm of putting those stitches in, rocking the thimble back and forth and loading the needle with 3, 4, 5 stitches before drawing it through the fabric layers is nearly as meditative as knitting.twinsetellenhttp://twinset.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-26299417873449770852009-11-25T05:24:55.640-08:002009-11-25T05:24:55.640-08:00Why that looks like Electra -- it sounds like a go...Why that looks like Electra -- it sounds like a good trip and I bet those photo albums of Europe in the 30's are amazing. How lucky to have been able to spend so much time with your grandmother. She sure looks happy to have you all there. (I saw King Tut in NY back then, too.)Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-46353186353721298052009-11-25T00:22:28.886-08:002009-11-25T00:22:28.886-08:00Sounds like a wonderful trip!
I am amazed by quil...Sounds like a wonderful trip!<br /><br />I am amazed by quilting - some marvellous designs and gorgeous craftsmanship - but I have no desire to take it up!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760744006915967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3105432749747104284.post-87382475816056787662009-11-24T23:14:00.763-08:002009-11-24T23:14:00.763-08:00It always amazes me, the detail that goes into the...It always amazes me, the detail that goes into these quilts and the way they are able to endure such a long time. Congratulations on your finish, look forward to the photosJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473367240638223881noreply@blogger.com