tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post407853980133163046..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: A quite shamelessly long post about knittingLucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-50996663710890779122008-02-14T23:24:00.000+01:002008-02-14T23:24:00.000+01:00I wonder why I am such a knitting moron when my mo...I wonder why I am such a knitting moron when my mother is such a wonderful needlewoman of all sorts? Is it something to do with math? Something primitive? Mine grow monstrously.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it's daydreaming?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64995103718074708502008-02-12T10:29:00.000+01:002008-02-12T10:29:00.000+01:00Rosie - that's the ticket!Meggie - thanks!Apprenti...Rosie - that's the ticket!<BR/>Meggie - thanks!<BR/>Apprentice - that's an interesting story, and I can well believe, as pompoms seem to be one of those things that everyone maintains a nostalgic affection for, and has some memories of (rather like madeleines in France!). There's also something magical about the way they go from flat to round, and how they ought to fall apart when you cut them, but don't. They take just long enough to make to be absorbing, but are quick enought to provide instant gratification. In short, pompoms are all round good eggs!<BR/>Stitch - well if I made lovely natural wool from scratch like you, I'd probably be snobby about it! Lidl don't have yarn regularly, it's a serendipity kind of place.<BR/>Beth - nice to see you, knitting aficionado that you are! Perhaps I'll have started an internet pompom craze...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-81524635859527913962008-02-12T03:39:00.000+01:002008-02-12T03:39:00.000+01:00I LOVE LOVE LOVE those pompoms. What a great idea!...I LOVE LOVE LOVE those pompoms. What a great idea! Wonderful post, write long about knitting anytime!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-76249312517648324792008-02-10T16:46:00.000+01:002008-02-10T16:46:00.000+01:00Love the shawl!Entirely in agreement about large h...Love the shawl!<BR/><BR/>Entirely in agreement about large hand-knit shawls - I recently made one in entrelac, using odd balls of handspun, and I love it and use it lots.<BR/><BR/>As one who might be in danger of becoming an "only-my-own-handspun-wool" snob, perhaps I need a trip to Lidl to restore the balance.stitchworthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827825336666824765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-75185146782320961582008-02-10T14:05:00.000+01:002008-02-10T14:05:00.000+01:00Lovely pompoms. A friend who was recently writer i...Lovely pompoms. A friend who was recently writer in residence at an oncology unit got the patients who didn't want to write to make pompoms and she said it was huge success, memories flooding back and people going home with stories other than today's cannula horror.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-24711008269546951352008-02-09T22:20:00.000+01:002008-02-09T22:20:00.000+01:00What a fun post! I love the coloured bobbles makin...What a fun post! I love the coloured bobbles making your shawl bright! What fun.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-72515664426593907302008-02-09T20:14:00.000+01:002008-02-09T20:14:00.000+01:00I can see that I have been missing out on a wholes...I can see that I have been missing out on a wholesome pleasure. I have always fancied a mithril coat to turn away the arrows of my dwarvish neighbour...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-36139123429081177982008-02-09T19:56:00.000+01:002008-02-09T19:56:00.000+01:00Isabelle - touries, what a wonderful, Gaelic sound...Isabelle - touries, what a wonderful, Gaelic sounding word! Would it be touries you'd be having on your tam-o-shanter?<BR/><BR/>Rachel - you reassure me. That Gromit sweater is quite fabulous. I am certain that the pan-European snobbery against Lidl is a conspiracy to keep us spending over the odds at Carrefour, Tesco etc. They do some great stuff and apparently their ethical etc record is better than many!<BR/><BR/>ML - go on, knit, you know you want to!<BR/><BR/>Leslee - but knitting with a nice wool isn't boring anyway, and I found the shawl was great for doing in front of the telly, as it was so straightforward I could do it by feel.<BR/><BR/>Lesley - you too eh? that makes me feel better.<BR/><BR/>Pol - it's odd isn't it, and looks vwery different again when knitted up. It will probably be the most fiddly so far...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-67363612409170211712008-02-09T17:22:00.000+01:002008-02-09T17:22:00.000+01:00That last 'wool'looks strangely like pebbles in ne...That last 'wool'looks strangely like pebbles in netsFire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-19439628068343761402008-02-09T10:37:00.000+01:002008-02-09T10:37:00.000+01:00I'm a big fan of Lidl too. Is this what it has com...I'm a big fan of Lidl too. Is this what it has come to: looking forward to Saturday afternoons rummaging through the miscellaneous bargains in a cut-price supermarket? Did I ever aspire to anything more?Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-64460570664500292072008-02-09T01:30:00.000+01:002008-02-09T01:30:00.000+01:00Hm, I probably should have checked back here befor...Hm, I probably should have checked back here before I bought yarn last weekend to make a rectangular shawl with a simple pattern in it (the pattern says it's for "beginners" - just knit and purl and a few yarn overs). We'll see how it goes - haven't started it yet. Plain cream-colored wool, so it'd be boring without the knit pattern. Heh, may be boring anyway!lesleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127872882510411387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-34911215662295798232008-02-09T01:24:00.000+01:002008-02-09T01:24:00.000+01:00Gorgeous textures and soft colours - again I wish ...Gorgeous textures and soft colours - again I wish I knit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-4193166827021151342008-02-09T01:20:00.000+01:002008-02-09T01:20:00.000+01:00There's nothing wrong with a spot of hardwearing p...There's nothing wrong with a spot of hardwearing plastic. My <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tournesoleil/2101196783/" REL="nofollow">most popular creation ever</A> is entirely acrylic.<BR/><BR/>I so wish there was a local Lidl here. Wonderful shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-44566212677118276292008-02-08T23:56:00.000+01:002008-02-08T23:56:00.000+01:00Hmm, lovely. You almost inspired me to knit, but t...Hmm, lovely. You almost inspired me to knit, but this isn't practical: I have far too many other things that I need to do, or that I want to do more than I want to knit. But you did make it sound like a fun thing to do, and I love your bobbles. Or touries, as we might call them here.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.com