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NotFromHere · 02-07-2005, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
"The 4,400 acres of McNeil Island saw the last 'civilian' leave in 1936 when the penitentiary became the only business on the island. "

Bilmore?

You either have to be a prisoner or a state worker. Or, I could be incredibly incredibly old.
Or a murder with a laptop.

greatwhitenorthchick · 02-07-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Ladies --

Quick questions:

* Do younger knitters create and embrace their own lingo for this stuff? Do you "get your knit on," etc.?

* I understand the psychic benefits of the process, but what are the ends? Once scarves have been created for family members and pets, what should we expect next?

I ask because Ms. Gap has taken to the needles as well. Their sharp points adequately dampen the temptation to mock (for now), but still, I fear for the future.

Many thanks,
Gattigap

I only make shit for me. Sweaters, cardigans etc. I don't make scarves.

Shape Shifter · 02-07-2005, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
A spinster cannot be hip by knitting pre-hipness. That would be like a bumch of twenty sometings with hope going for their Masters of LIbrary Science and you suddnely have a cool job. No. In fact, you are probalby the reasons it was not hip in the first place and the fact that it was so unhip makes it possible to be a trend in the first place. Its ironic.

that said, you acn go to a knitting circle and tell the knewbers you are old skool

Isn't "fisting" a knitting stitch?

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 02-07-2005, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
A spinster cannot be hip by knitting pre-hipness. That would be like a bumch of twenty sometings with hope going for their Masters of LIbrary Science and you suddnely have a cool job. No. In fact, you are probalby the reasons it was not hip in the first place and the fact that it was so unhip makes it possible to be a trend in the first place. Its ironic.

that said, you acn go to a knitting circle and tell the knewbers you are old skool

The SO made a baby's hat, but I use it as a cock sock.

NotFromHere · 02-07-2005, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
* I understand the psychic benefits of the process, but what are the ends? Once scarves have been created for family members and pets, what should we expect next?

Gattigap

Sweaters mostly.

Anne Elk · 02-07-2005, 06:41 PM

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Originally posted by Gattigap
Ladies --

Quick questions:

* Do younger knitters create and embrace their own lingo for this stuff? Do you "get your knit on," etc.?

* I understand the psychic benefits of the process, but what are the ends? Once scarves have been created for family members and pets, what should we expect next?

I ask because Ms. Gap has taken to the needles as well. Their sharp points adequately dampen the temptation to mock (for now), but still, I fear for the future.

Many thanks,
Gattigap

Yes, there is knitting lingo, most of which exists as acronyms in the knitting blogs and posts to various yahoogroups. Terms you may hear in conversation include swatch, stash enhancement, frog, rip, KIP, and porcupine wrestling. DPNs, or double pointed needles, are the most dangerous weapon in the knitters arsenal.

Once the scarf has been mastered anything is possible:

a uterus-

an edible thong-

a grenade-

Anne Elk · 02-07-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
that said, you acn go to a knitting circle and tell the knewbers you are old skool

Finally, I'm an old skooler! I feel so hip.

Anne Elk · 02-07-2005, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Isn't "fisting" a knitting stitch?

Umm ..... no.

NotFromHere · 02-07-2005, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The SO made a baby's hat, but I use it as a cock sock.

You're sick.
And why was she knitting a baby's hat?

coltrane jr.?

ThurgreedMarshall · 02-07-2005, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
In your's the black guy is the butt of the joke. That is you post because of the T reference.

He was only mentioned in mine because there was a black guy in the shot with the image that was the butt of my joke. If the fat guy was in a photo with an overweight woman, or a crazt woman or whatever, I would have posted it and used some other name. I think my T. use is different in that regard.

I think both of you are fucking retarded. But I'm glad to see you're wearing your helmet more often.

TM

ThurgreedMarshall · 02-07-2005, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
When you were 4?
I think I did that when I was like 5 or 6. But that was before airbags. And it was in a parking lot, not on the streets. Driving on the streets with a 4 yo in your lap sounds not so smart.

Your new avatar is incredibly annoying and un-clever. You should go back to a supermodel or risk being scrolled over completely.

TM

02-07-2005, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The SO made a baby's hat, but I use it as a cock sock.

Good lord, if that isnt a scream for an engagement ring, I dont know what is. Dude, is she thirty yet? You better get a move on

And was she sipping a pitcher of mojitos and watching Legally Blonde Two while knitting? Things are lookin grim for RP, arent they?

sunnybunny · 02-07-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I invented posting pictures of people and labeling the black guy Thurgreed. He loves that.

Could one of the Mods please offend Paigow in some way so she'll get back "on the wagon" again...this getting on and falling off and getting on again routine is very tiresome.

Pretty Little Flower · 02-07-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
I have neither authorized nor condoned this post. However I do look forward to your off broadway show. Will it be easier to get tix than to the Brett Soemrs and Joan Rivers things?

You be the judge.

* * *
paigowprincess: in fact, ithink your seelby date was over before you started posting
paigowprincess: why not jusy
p_l_flower: Yup
paigowprincess: just give it a rest for a whi;e
p_l_flower: Hey, on way back from lunch
paigowprincess: a well deserved retirement
p_l_flower: I saw a von Dutch hat display in Saks
p_l_flower: I could do a riff on that
paigowprincess: only in minesota
p_l_flower: Kind of a post-ironic, 2001 style post
p_l_flower: I bet it will be even lamer thany
p_l_flower: anything I posted last week
paigowprincess: you have a bet

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 02-07-2005, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Good lord, if that isnt a scream for an engagement ring, I dont know what is. Dude, is she thirty yet? You better get a move on

And was she sipping a pitcher of mojitos and watching Legally Blonde Two while knitting? Things are lookin grim for RP, arent they?

Whiff.

Or in other words, my attempt at getting a phoned-in knee jerk response from Paigow was successful. There was no hat, dumbass, unless Pavlov's dog* was wearing it.

*second Pavlov ref of the day.