tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post6824953309447868573..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Knowing When To Fold 'EmWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-14675384069628960572013-01-21T20:06:56.335-03:302013-01-21T20:06:56.335-03:30SAW:
With all you do, knitting might tip you over ...SAW:<br />With all you do, knitting might tip you over the top!!<br /><br />Yes 'pleasing project' delights us no end. I think it was courtesy of my daughter's then partner reading from a very old magazine.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19475917955499155902013-01-21T20:05:39.989-03:302013-01-21T20:05:39.989-03:30Friko:
I found it easier as I age. Something about...Friko:<br />I found it easier as I age. Something about time running out and life too short, et al. :)<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37811979408972974392013-01-21T19:58:47.212-03:302013-01-21T19:58:47.212-03:30I like the expression "pleasing project."...I like the expression "pleasing project." Gardening, cooking, painting - all take on that feel for me. Not knitting though - I was never able to master that.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-91774409526581555382013-01-21T16:20:45.883-03:302013-01-21T16:20:45.883-03:30Now, dear www, that is true wisdom. Knowing when t...Now, dear www, that is true wisdom. Knowing when to give up and in and over.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48095545808490758422013-01-20T19:46:37.537-03:302013-01-20T19:46:37.537-03:30Could be GM! I now recall your post on them. Very ...Could be GM! I now recall your post on them. Very soft thread and the constant checking on where the needle was going "done me in".<br /><br />But my friend up the road races through them even with the soft thread. Go figure.<br /><br />she's already knit up the balls I gave her ++<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br /><br /> Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-17347941288081097752013-01-20T18:14:16.029-03:302013-01-20T18:14:16.029-03:30Ruffle scarves?
I think it is my fault, I was th...Ruffle scarves? <br /><br />I think it is my fault, I was the one who directed you in that direction. I have made about six and set my sister off on them too.<br /><br />There was one brand of the thread that proved frustrating, it was very soft and I ended up ripping back and spray starching, ironing and re-rolling it around card, before beginning again. Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66035088218187447062013-01-20T15:25:01.259-03:302013-01-20T15:25:01.259-03:30T:
They're actually all knit rows but done thr...T:<br />They're actually all knit rows but done through a premade hole on the strip which was what bogged me down completely.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88994645042348179082013-01-20T15:24:03.173-03:302013-01-20T15:24:03.173-03:30OWJ:
And I've always wished I could crochet, ...OWJ:<br /><br />And I've always wished I could crochet, one of my blog friends even put a video together for me on the process. My tension is far too loose for it.<br /><br />good luck with the needles!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71959863955496429362013-01-20T15:12:56.527-03:302013-01-20T15:12:56.527-03:30Yep - and know when to walk away and know when to ...Yep - and <i>know when to walk away and know when to run....</i>, that's useful too. <br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Those scarves look complicated - far removed from the knit one/pearl one poor effort I'd be capable of! Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53504336893552704402013-01-20T12:17:30.868-03:302013-01-20T12:17:30.868-03:30Irene:
No I didn't buy all of them just the 2....Irene:<br />No I didn't buy all of them just the 2. Excess I don't like. Not one bit!<br /><br />Yes, it was an enormous relief, I hate unfinished stuff that baffles me!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20299006311422409382013-01-20T09:39:51.231-03:302013-01-20T09:39:51.231-03:30I have always wished I could knit.
Just could not....I have always wished I could knit.<br />Just could not. Years ago did some crochet work and made afghans<br />for everyone in family.<br />Was so good for me to sit still (which is difficult for me to do). Need to find my yarn and needles<br />and see if I can remember "how"One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44972123736844350542013-01-20T02:50:42.338-03:302013-01-20T02:50:42.338-03:30Don't you love it when you find the finished p...Don't you love it when you find the finished product of something you're so desperately trying to create yourself? I always experience that as a big relief. Especially if the price is right. Some projects are just not meant to be and fate will tell you so. That's why you found that woman with her 20 scarves. U hope you bought all if them. Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37198263995346955992013-01-20T02:26:30.046-03:302013-01-20T02:26:30.046-03:30Delighted for you Molly! I will move back now to a...Delighted for you Molly! I will move back now to a nearly finished Aran Blanket and few other pleasing projects. :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83640546852798242312013-01-20T01:56:36.303-03:302013-01-20T01:56:36.303-03:30And here I am, congratulating myself on successful...And here I am, congratulating myself on successfully turning a heel on a very basic sock! Granted, the last sock I knitted was a strangulated, yellow affair when I was in third class (8 yrs. old?) But this one now? Agricultural looking, no thing of beauty, but definitely a "Pleasing Project!"mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.com