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THE HAND!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
So, Alan Dart wrote back. I was rather surprised. He told me I didn't read the pattern notes correctly. Hmmm- so it is. Well, he is English, it's so hard to understand the English- they are so . . . English! Why can't they just write plain American? Can you spell ethnocentric? I'm not really- everyone is beatuiful, in his own way. Even those of us who don't know how to knit hands.
He was really nice about telling me how to read the patten though- he said go ahead and make Halloween hands for everyone. I haven't finished a hand yet, but I did get past that first row of sorrows.
Fingers and pictures to come.
He was really nice about telling me how to read the patten though- he said go ahead and make Halloween hands for everyone. I haven't finished a hand yet, but I did get past that first row of sorrows.
Fingers and pictures to come.
I just wrote an email to Alan Dart, my a for mentioned favorite knitting pattern maker.
http://www.alandart.co.uk/pages/products
Dear Mr. Dart,
I love the hands on your human(ish) toys, but I've tried and tried and cannot make the hands. I finish the thumbs, but when I do the next row
"inc for fingers- K2, inc 1, (K1, inc 1)twice, K3, inc 1 turn and work these 15 sts only." I find no matter what I do, I only have 11 stitches when it's time to turn.
Is this a misprint or do I just fail at making hands? Are there any videos online that show how to do this technique? Do you have any alternative instructions for hands (as opposed to the instructions for Little Lorelei and Barnacle Bill?)
I'm so sad I can't make hands- they are surely the best bit of your human type dolls. If I could knit hands I would knit tiny disembodied hands for all my friends- and they would say that was creepy, and I would agree, but be ever so happy that it was possible.
Thank you,
Shannon
http://www.alandart.co.uk/pages/products
Dear Mr. Dart,
I love the hands on your human(ish) toys, but I've tried and tried and cannot make the hands. I finish the thumbs, but when I do the next row
"inc for fingers- K2, inc 1, (K1, inc 1)twice, K3, inc 1 turn and work these 15 sts only." I find no matter what I do, I only have 11 stitches when it's time to turn.
Is this a misprint or do I just fail at making hands? Are there any videos online that show how to do this technique? Do you have any alternative instructions for hands (as opposed to the instructions for Little Lorelei and Barnacle Bill?)
I'm so sad I can't make hands- they are surely the best bit of your human type dolls. If I could knit hands I would knit tiny disembodied hands for all my friends- and they would say that was creepy, and I would agree, but be ever so happy that it was possible.
Thank you,
Shannon
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
So, I have a Facebook page. (I constantly tell my students to avoid starting sentences with coordinate conjunctions; honestly I’m such a grammatical hypocrite.) Anyway-Facebook page. I signed up for it because a co-worker in India insisted it was the funnest thing on the virtual block. I got one and it was fun for about two weeks, then it lost it’s luster and I gave up playing with it. I’ve found that when I don’t have a “computer job” ie I spend long hours in front of a computer, I lose interest in making more than one senseless website contribution. I think if I had a computer job I would update my Facebook on a daily basis- always telling people what I’m doing and comparing them to each other and telling them I would rather be handcuffed to them than to some other friend; when in actuality I don’t want to be handcuffed to anyone.
According to my current rankings I am “most likely to kick it with Jesus some day” but in fact voted “0% friendly.” Sad commentary. Categories I win in: more powerful, smarter, more famous, more reliable, would rather live with, braver, more adventurous, more naturally talented, funnier, more confident, better catch, better at science (!?) harder worker, crazier, more artistic, more creative, studies harder, more useful, more outgoing (seriously who were they comparing me to?) Categories I lose in: more tech savvy, nicer, more punctual, more likely to skip class (little do these people know) more likely to do a favor for me, more fashionable, better public speaker, (I think I’m pretty good actually) rather have dinner with, would make a better father (duh) has a better profile picture, person I am jealous of, more loyal, would rather marry, more popular, can drink more, better dancer and kinder.
Pooh on those people who think I wouldn’t skip class and I’m a bad public speaker or that they don’t want to marry me- I’m a catch- just ask me I’ll give you a public speech about it while I am skipping class.
Well- I mean I don’t skip class now- I get paid to go to class, if I skip I don’t get paid. That doesn’t work out like it did in college and high school.
So, on Face book I have all these “friends” most of them more along the lines of past acquaintances. (Again with the coordinate conjunction.) Some of them, to be honest, I never really liked in the first place. Time and distance seems to blur the lines though. Some of these people would never give me the time of day when we could have possibly actually been friends. They request to be my friend, and I just accept. The most astonishing Facebook find was Vicki my best friend in 4th-7th grade. We had a little falling out when I stacked her locker so that when she opened it a sanitary napkin fell out in front of everyone- but other than that we were tight. Then I moved away. We wrote back and forth for about a year and then I never heard back from her. I got a friend request from her a few months ago. Wow- long, long time.
It’s an interesting thing to have- I know how to contact these long-losts if ever I want to. There are some other people I would like to know about. Susan, Mac and David from high school; Val, Francie, Rachael and Joe from Geneva; Kent, Joan and Alden from DCC; Jane, Dana, April, Anna, Sam, Dorian from summer missions; Susan, Bil and Jason from Journeymen. There are already too many people to actually keep up with, but I’d like to know how these people are in a general kind of way.
According to my current rankings I am “most likely to kick it with Jesus some day” but in fact voted “0% friendly.” Sad commentary. Categories I win in: more powerful, smarter, more famous, more reliable, would rather live with, braver, more adventurous, more naturally talented, funnier, more confident, better catch, better at science (!?) harder worker, crazier, more artistic, more creative, studies harder, more useful, more outgoing (seriously who were they comparing me to?) Categories I lose in: more tech savvy, nicer, more punctual, more likely to skip class (little do these people know) more likely to do a favor for me, more fashionable, better public speaker, (I think I’m pretty good actually) rather have dinner with, would make a better father (duh) has a better profile picture, person I am jealous of, more loyal, would rather marry, more popular, can drink more, better dancer and kinder.
Pooh on those people who think I wouldn’t skip class and I’m a bad public speaker or that they don’t want to marry me- I’m a catch- just ask me I’ll give you a public speech about it while I am skipping class.
Well- I mean I don’t skip class now- I get paid to go to class, if I skip I don’t get paid. That doesn’t work out like it did in college and high school.
So, on Face book I have all these “friends” most of them more along the lines of past acquaintances. (Again with the coordinate conjunction.) Some of them, to be honest, I never really liked in the first place. Time and distance seems to blur the lines though. Some of these people would never give me the time of day when we could have possibly actually been friends. They request to be my friend, and I just accept. The most astonishing Facebook find was Vicki my best friend in 4th-7th grade. We had a little falling out when I stacked her locker so that when she opened it a sanitary napkin fell out in front of everyone- but other than that we were tight. Then I moved away. We wrote back and forth for about a year and then I never heard back from her. I got a friend request from her a few months ago. Wow- long, long time.
It’s an interesting thing to have- I know how to contact these long-losts if ever I want to. There are some other people I would like to know about. Susan, Mac and David from high school; Val, Francie, Rachael and Joe from Geneva; Kent, Joan and Alden from DCC; Jane, Dana, April, Anna, Sam, Dorian from summer missions; Susan, Bil and Jason from Journeymen. There are already too many people to actually keep up with, but I’d like to know how these people are in a general kind of way.
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