tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post4574445127887329340..comments2023-08-01T05:13:06.314-04:00Comments on Still Life With Yarn: A Tale of Two Socks and Two ShawlsLoren Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960126704097428609noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-67127534753527300612008-12-05T10:54:00.000-05:002008-12-05T10:54:00.000-05:00Weird, Sharon. Usually when someone comments here...Weird, Sharon. Usually when someone comments here, I get an email. I didn't get one for your last two comments. Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>I'm kind of glad I don't have a girl, so I don't have to get sucked into the Twilight thing (pun sad, I know). Think of it this way -- they're probably very quick reads ;)<BR/><BR/>It's a small world here in Arlington. I'm surprised that we only kind of crossed paths that one time.Loren Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960126704097428609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-62228237057790960392008-12-05T08:12:00.000-05:002008-12-05T08:12:00.000-05:00Max's parents will stand out: his Mom Marcy is pr...Max's parents will stand out: his Mom Marcy is probably over 6 feet tall, and his Dad Scott is VERY short. They are a great family. We know them well. I only mentioned to Max that you were a Mom I emailed with about knitting. I don't know your last name, and Max couldn't remember Jake's, so your anonymity is preserved!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-66404849449663473672008-12-05T08:09:00.000-05:002008-12-05T08:09:00.000-05:00I'm impressed--Wodehouse is great!! Next you'll h...I'm impressed--Wodehouse is great!! Next you'll have him reading C.K. Chesterton. :-)<BR/><BR/>My Sam is into the Twilight series, which she really wants me to read along with her. We saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and it was ho-hum. I so WANT to be a good Mom and share these books with her, but I know they're going to bore me to death (and take me away from all the books I have stacked on my bedside table, not to mention my New Yorkers). Oh, the real life dilemmas of a 21st century Mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-63604175486806535192008-12-04T19:20:00.000-05:002008-12-04T19:20:00.000-05:00I'm glad to hear that you plan to revisit socks, S...I'm glad to hear that you plan to revisit socks, Sharon. They really are a pleasure to knit and to wear. I think once you get one that fits right, you'll never look back. I'm happy to enable you at any time :)<BR/><BR/>I asked, and apparently the boys are in Star class together. Jake says Max is a good guy, and Jake's pretty picky, so that says a lot. Maybe I'll get to meet him at Colonial Fair tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I pulled him out of his reading slump with some P.G. Wodehouse. He's hooked now.<BR/><BR/>LLoren Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960126704097428609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-42229750639523039542008-12-04T18:00:00.000-05:002008-12-04T18:00:00.000-05:00I'm thinking I will return to socks in the darkest...I'm thinking I will return to socks in the darkest days of winter (February). I think I told you that I took a sock class last January, and completed a beautiful sock that was too small for my foot. I was so disheartened I put it all away, never getting to the second one. All of your recent work is just lovely, Loren. You are a true artist.<BR/><BR/>I drove a Swanson 6th grader to Hebrew school with my daughter yesterday, and asked him if he knew a Jake T. at school. His name is Max B. (protecting the names of the innocent here). He said he did!<BR/><BR/>SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-58347415804106397612008-12-04T15:45:00.000-05:002008-12-04T15:45:00.000-05:00Sharon,You're just going to have to learn how to k...Sharon,<BR/><BR/>You're just going to have to learn how to knit socks. It's as simple as that. I can only imagine how crazy busy things have been for you lately. I hope you managed to take a little time to relax on Thanksgiving (ha! she said, knowing what her own paltry Thanksgiving was like), or at least had fun.<BR/><BR/>I think for the Estonian shawls I would break out that Yarn Chef laceweight I custom-ordered. I think it would look beautiful in one of those patterns.Loren Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960126704097428609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-20470221868080181312008-12-04T14:49:00.000-05:002008-12-04T14:49:00.000-05:00I like the rectangular shawl. What yarn would you...I like the rectangular shawl. What yarn would you use? <BR/><BR/>How was your Thanksgiving? Life has been crazy busy. I hope you're well. As usual, I have sock envy looking at yours!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-60246607000473927872008-12-04T08:12:00.000-05:002008-12-04T08:12:00.000-05:00so pretty! Hate it when the socks won't go over m...so pretty! Hate it when the socks won't go over my heel. Both pairs are fantastic.<BR/><BR/>As are both of the shawl patterns. Do you feel you need some zen time (repetitive pattern)? if so, go with the Madli. The Miralda one looks more fun. They both are beautiful though. what are your yarn choices for each pattern?kippihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05346284045882651761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266182378025878077.post-91245243505104692472008-12-03T15:06:00.000-05:002008-12-03T15:06:00.000-05:00oh, I can see the pattern in the second sock much ...oh, I can see the pattern in the second sock much better than when you show me at home; now I see why you keep trying to get me to see that it's a cool pattern. of course the color looks totally different in the picture.Scott T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02057466019736735862noreply@blogger.com