tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post6639056216054630618..comments2023-12-29T15:48:55.596-05:00Comments on Samurai Knitter: Fiberhead!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-24317833231184508442012-05-01T10:43:03.669-05:002012-05-01T10:43:03.669-05:00D'awwww! What a cute little loom!
Yeah, don&#...D'awwww! What a cute little loom!<br /><br />Yeah, don't overwind your shuttle. If it's too thick, it's really annoying as it drags through the shed.Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-59010583235582829922012-04-04T16:31:05.240-05:002012-04-04T16:31:05.240-05:00yeah, that's what happens when you talk to kid...yeah, that's what happens when you talk to kids like they're people, rather than like they're babies, and give them access to what interests them.<br /><br />my son, when adopted at 2.5, had a small, very garbled vocabulary (has partial hearing loss and foster family had talked babytalk). on top of that, he was later diagnosed as dyslexic.<br /><br />but at the end of 8th grade, he tested as having a mid-college-level vocabulary. about the same time, he told me something arcane about hitler. knowing that he hadn't yet had 20th-century history in school, i asked him how the heck he knew that.<br /><br />he looked at me pityingly and said, "mom, the history channel. duh."ellen in indynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-55944737931368753732012-04-04T13:58:33.282-05:002012-04-04T13:58:33.282-05:00My mother's vocabulary was extensive. She use...My mother's vocabulary was extensive. She used the word "wonky" often and only in the last few years have I heard other people using it commonly, ie. 'the sweater is looking wonky.' One summer at a workshop at lunch someone was studying vocabulary for a test (nte maybe) and throwing the words around the table. I got most of them and they were kind of staring at me. My excuse...upbringing and reading. Go Goob! HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-80522492053879674462012-04-04T08:49:03.180-05:002012-04-04T08:49:03.180-05:00I had the problem of using words I had only read a...I had the problem of using words I had only read and never heard pronounced. I knew how they were spelled, but didn't always get the right em-fah'-sis. <br /><br />You don't have to wind the entire ball of yarn on to the shuttle at one go. Go ahead and start the fun part.roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-85668768364026352232012-04-03T16:21:15.861-05:002012-04-03T16:21:15.861-05:00Oops. "Anonymous" re: Saint Christopher...Oops. "Anonymous" re: Saint Christopher was me.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-74694916332370415282012-04-03T16:20:13.436-05:002012-04-03T16:20:13.436-05:00I believe St Christopher was only downgraded to &q...I believe St Christopher was only downgraded to "optional" rather than "required to be believed in" - so he's still a saint if you want him to be.<br /><br />I have been known to photocopy a page of the dictionary (and on occasion, a grammar text) when people tried to tell me I had mistyped their work. I think in college I would have done it if necessary, but in the lower grades I think it would only have gotten me in trouble. Fortunately I had well-educated teachers who knew how to look up words themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-6169045520813358962012-04-03T13:07:08.927-05:002012-04-03T13:07:08.927-05:00Ah, vocabulary! Now there's a movement I can ...Ah, vocabulary! Now there's a movement I can get behind. I love words like maw, entrenched, amongst others. I didn't know they'd been downgraded like poor Mr. Christopher was by that pesky College of Cardinals a few decades back. I asked the lady at the religious store I was in a few weeks ago about a Mr. Christopher medal and she was quite snippy that it was SAINT Christopher and I told her "nuh-uh, he was demoted years ago." I didn't get/buy a medal.<br /><br />You go, Goob. Since April's Poetry Month you can play along with the rest of us.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674498749658797831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-18537156263467769622012-04-03T12:51:22.428-05:002012-04-03T12:51:22.428-05:00Over the years (even in college) my daughter has b...Over the years (even in college) my daughter has been downgraded for using non-words - maw, entrenched and amongst. Go figure.<br /><br />Way to go on the poetry Goob!Galadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246042661575565455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-48400491569001358282012-04-03T11:49:09.447-05:002012-04-03T11:49:09.447-05:00One of the best poems I've ever read!One of the best poems I've ever read!Nicole Thttp://twiter.com/secretanarchistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-76051006348904515912012-04-03T08:48:27.852-05:002012-04-03T08:48:27.852-05:00One of my mom's favorite stories about me as a...One of my mom's favorite stories about me as a child was when I told her my two-year-old brother had wandered off. I very calmly informed her that he had "espied" some swings in a neighbor's yard. :)Sarah Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09484353038355163400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-20701031871930037702012-04-03T07:11:59.273-05:002012-04-03T07:11:59.273-05:00The two and a half year old I nanny was talking to...The two and a half year old I nanny was talking to me the other day and I asked her a question. Her response? "Unfortunately, I did not"<br /><br />Complete with hand motions. Those big words in little mouths can really get you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00539286824195140523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-54826669238391291172012-04-03T06:47:14.064-05:002012-04-03T06:47:14.064-05:00I, too, had a precocious child when it came to voc...I, too, had a precocious child when it came to vocabulary. She used the word facetious and the kindergarten teacher was surprised. Not that she used the word but that she used it correctly.<br /><br />The Goober is smart because (besides good genes) you allow her access to all kinds of materials. What a difference an information rich environment makes for a kid. Our kids are so going to outstrip us! I can't imagine living without the internet anymore.Donna Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877384848664758611noreply@blogger.com