tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976487919592131709.post6529827773976750719..comments2023-06-13T10:11:43.695-05:00Comments on Knitting Contessa: Crazy Weekend-- Mad Mondaytinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00900438434583832194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976487919592131709.post-13745302191561066932008-01-14T21:38:00.000-06:002008-01-14T21:38:00.000-06:00Oh Tina,Thank you for . . .1) making me laugh so o...Oh Tina,<BR/>Thank you for . . .<BR/>1) making me laugh so often.<BR/>2) letting me off the hook about writing my own blog. You do it so well, the world doesn't need me to communicate regularly with it. I'd be an old English-teacher-environmentalist drudge with no sense of humor. <BR/>3) for the carrot cake recipe. I've been making Great Aunt Shirley's recipe for over 40 years (yes, it's very good), but I didn't even know there was such a thing as sour cream frosting. I've been decking it with cream cheese frosting.<BR/> <BR/>And something to consider regarding your neck . . . <BR/>TURTLENECKS! That's my preferred aging-gracefully-work-around. You're a knitter. You have infinitely creative pointy objects. They, on the other hand, have knives. You can rip out. They can't. Think of all the dashing designs. Think of that great Dick Tracy character whose turtlenecks were so long that they covered his mouth. Drat. I forget his name. [But I'm a sissy where knives or hospitals are involved.]<BR/><BR/>Now . . . about the jowls thing . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976487919592131709.post-45322370683370837082008-01-14T19:38:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:38:00.000-06:00Tina, about that fear of too little yarn for the s...Tina, about that fear of too little yarn for the socks -- if you have a second set of needles, weigh the yarn, sock on needles & extra needles and then weigh just the sock on the needles. If you have a kitchen scale you can do that often, otherwise you're stuck with a quick stop in the post office lobby.<BR/><BR/>The other thing I've done in the past is to wind a new center-pull ball from the free end and start knitting the second sock (or take all to the scale and try to get the new ball the same weight as the sock & old ball). I never cut them apart so I can use the last little bit possible.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270585225479625674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976487919592131709.post-72100864955002267632008-01-14T19:34:00.000-06:002008-01-14T19:34:00.000-06:00My neck is always what worries me. The "English" ...My neck is always what worries me. The "English" chin, or lack thereof, runs in my family.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17816505253762307430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976487919592131709.post-46084875687094799542008-01-14T17:34:00.000-06:002008-01-14T17:34:00.000-06:00Loved the Cliff Notes!Loved the Cliff Notes!Virtuoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306817256544517175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8976487919592131709.post-69280582716913064662008-01-14T16:39:00.000-06:002008-01-14T16:39:00.000-06:00I always have more trouble with plain socks than c...I always have more trouble with plain socks than complex ones. The plain ones seem unending. I did be Mine from the book on the plane to keep my brain moving!Melissa Morgan-Oakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924231630580404009noreply@blogger.com