tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post3281327370917554007..comments2023-12-29T15:48:55.596-05:00Comments on Samurai Knitter: Maunderings.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-56284044139437737642009-04-01T06:20:00.000-05:002009-04-01T06:20:00.000-05:00Julie,I have been doing sleeves as swatches ever s...Julie,<BR/><BR/>I have been doing sleeves as swatches ever since I read it in one of Elizabeth Zimmerman's books. She said something clever like you have to knit the silly things anyway, you may as well make it useful knitting.<BR/><BR/>Love your discussions on history and art.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17039774325929712448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-61978603511762651492009-03-31T13:32:00.000-05:002009-03-31T13:32:00.000-05:00I wrote a short story once about reincarnation... ...I wrote a short story once about reincarnation... the subject being reincarnated went from being a tom-cat to an Egyptian princess--she got pregnant from a peasant and was stoned to death. Several times. <BR/><BR/>I think if I revised that story--I'd add that picture--I'mt totally fascinated now! (Story is on my website--called 'The Cosmic Joke'Amy Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-45145232508695687052009-03-31T13:12:00.000-05:002009-03-31T13:12:00.000-05:00I grabbed the Acrobatic Dancer's picture and rotat...I grabbed the Acrobatic Dancer's picture and rotated her, and she could certainly be a portrait. The Egyptians (heck, even the Victorians) were not as <I>ZOMG!boobs!!11!eleventy!</I> as still-Puritan America.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of mastodons and mammoths, some kids just found a Jefferson's mammoth vertebra in a field fairly near me.Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-76764950466599523232009-03-31T10:40:00.000-05:002009-03-31T10:40:00.000-05:00You're not a geek, Julie, you're educational and e...You're not a geek, Julie, you're educational and enthusiastic. I love your blog and love the instructive posts, although an equal potion of Goob stories and pictures would be appreciated.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674498749658797831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-5276864240853411612009-03-31T10:21:00.000-05:002009-03-31T10:21:00.000-05:00Sleeves and socks, the same issue with me. One ge...Sleeves and socks, the same issue with me. One gets done and the other languishes.<BR/><BR/>PamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-11106686169149324072009-03-31T10:15:00.000-05:002009-03-31T10:15:00.000-05:00I feel your pain on the sleeves. After FINALLY fin...I feel your pain on the sleeves. After FINALLY finishing one sleeve, three nights later I was able to start the second one. Sleeves are even more interminable when you get next to no knitting time.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02429539000041713324noreply@blogger.com