tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post115542023148251121..comments2024-01-23T11:10:44.714+00:00Comments on Celtic Memory Yarns: The Strange Case of the Man Who Knitted SocksJo at Celtic Memory Yarnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10783844924689656726noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155506519699091522006-08-13T23:01:00.000+01:002006-08-13T23:01:00.000+01:00What a wonderful post--as all of yours seem to be!...What a wonderful post--as all of yours seem to be! My DH is always interested in learning about the history of knitting--especially male knitting. I'll pass this on to him. <BR/><BR/>(BTW--I am raising a couple of knitting males. Currently he is finishing the second of his first pair of socks! And my 7yo son is knitting his first scarf from yarn he spun himself.)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155456889530791512006-08-13T09:14:00.000+01:002006-08-13T09:14:00.000+01:00A great move by the Govt. there Jo .Hopefully the ...A great move by the Govt. there Jo .Hopefully the Welsh mines were a hot-bed of socialism. Did you ever see a series called "When the Boat Comes In?" . It was set in Tyne and Wear and includes lots of social and political history including The Black and Tans. I don't know if they were volunteers as the ones portrayed are the biggest B*****ds .I should know more ,all English kids should know more.Holly is reading my huge "Socialist Verse" which includes a very sad poem by a member of a firing squad who having shot a member of The I.R.A writes a poem to the guys mother begging forgiveness for his ignorance. <BR/> Anyhow on lighter matters I think there are borrowers,house fairies or whatever who take things which they return if you ask nicely . Also patterns for old English smocks ..I keep meaning to search one out. I'd probably have to source good linen fron Eire. We have an agricultural museum in Reading that has some beauties. Part of your post just brings back my telling that council woman that wearing warm sweaters would mean turning down the thermostat and her face ....obvious to me. Holly saves my old Laura Ashley cats. and lusts after the Welsh wool suits they had and even beautiful long woollen stocking .I wore that in the 1980s but admit I walked everywhere as my parents had no car and neither have we .I makes you more aware of the elements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155441954937638082006-08-13T05:05:00.000+01:002006-08-13T05:05:00.000+01:00you GO girl!i find that boys really like knitting ...you GO girl!<BR/>i find that boys really like knitting a lot. the sum of the appealing tools, some problem-solving to work out, and a product to show for their troubles really appeals. and i also find that boys and men are overwhelmingly attracted to wool and yarn. they seem to find it very comforting.<BR/>ohio is the first place i lived though, where men are fascinated with spinning and knitting, but will not allow themselves to indulge.<BR/>i try and try, but they always demur. of course it doesn't stop me from trying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155431364210931452006-08-13T02:09:00.000+01:002006-08-13T02:09:00.000+01:00Since my children moved from home, more of my thin...Since my children moved from home, more of my things tend to stay where I put them, although I still often have similar cases to yours, which is especially irksome when it's my glasses that have disappeared - adds the problem of not being able to see well enough to find them! After a big cleanup of my play, I mean work room, I came across a bag of yarns that I lost many years ago. It had been placed in a careful spot, but clearly a bit too careful for me.<BR/><BR/>I, too, have been surprised when I've added a glitzy element. I think of myself of the natural, simple, plain coloured sort of person, but maybe variety is that proverbial spice adding to life.<BR/><BR/>Here, in Australia, when I say to people at my ex-work that I'm filling my time with things like spinning and knitting, I often get a long 'Oh' in response, as though they can't work out how that would engross me so much. Mind you, I sometimes then get requests for commissions from them. I KIP at a local cafe once a month, and most of the other customers just give us a quick look, and then don't worry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155425369744807442006-08-13T00:29:00.000+01:002006-08-13T00:29:00.000+01:00your banging male heads together to get what you w...your banging male heads together to get what you wanted and my pretending to be the hysterical helpless woman to get my freezer yuck picked up yesterday instead of today sound like variations of a similar theme - we do what will work at the time to get the desired effect. heheheh I told DH what I stooped to to get the pick up yesterday and he had a good laugh about it - knowing how far from that hysterical helpless female I really am. <BR/><BR/><BR/>The Tailor looks like he could be a relative - which of course means he looks like a lovely person to me :D <BR/><BR/>I have put so many things in the perfect spot to keep them knowing I will know exactly where they would be when I need them -- I guess they must be off on world tours also because I still haven't found some of themrhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07857144840375879009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155424438363181302006-08-13T00:13:00.000+01:002006-08-13T00:13:00.000+01:00OOPS--knitting needles from bicycle wheels! Not sp...OOPS--knitting needles from bicycle wheels! Not spinning wheels.<BR/>Diane/Bloomington,In.USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30877720.post-1155424237421690762006-08-13T00:10:00.000+01:002006-08-13T00:10:00.000+01:00Very strong images come to me as I read your descr...Very strong images come to me as I read your description of the coal mines,the coldness/darkness and spinning wheels being made from bicycle wheels and men knitting.Could be a scene from a movie.<BR/>Diane/Bloomington,In.USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com