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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: And the answer is ... #105132 03/06/2004 1:28 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country I have to say that the yarn is as long as the thread from which it is made up. Technically, that's true, Rhub, but once a yarn becomes a yawn, it's a waste of thread. Qualitatively, a thread is only as long as the yarn. Quantitatively, it can yawn on long after the yarn is finished. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter knitting the thread #105133 03/06/2004 10:22 AM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country In best, faldagian nit-picking mode There's nothing wrong with a nit-picker, Rhub, as long as he sticks to his own knitting. Actually, there is nothing wrong with a nit-picker who is helping to knit the knitting. Too many nit-pickers want to unknit the knitting. How many nits could a nit-picker knit if a nit-picker could learn knitting? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter no flies on frank, no cooties on me! #105134 03/06/2004 1:43 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park as a KNITTER, i take umberage at the suggestion that i have lice (or as they are better known, cooties!) or that i spend time with cooties.-- i know that nit picking is endless task (and NYC, for one, has at least one professional nit picker, who hastens childrens return to school by clearing there hair of nits for a substantial fee.) but nit picking and knitting have nothing in common. (when knitters pick at their knitting, they either 'tink' (work backwards stitch by stitch to undo a mistake, or they FROG (Rip it, rip it, rip it!) back rows and rows of work to resolve a long past problem. But they never nit pick! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Ruling the roost #105135 03/06/2004 2:02 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country when knitters pick at their knitting, they either 'tink' (work backwards stitch by stitch to undo amistake, or they FROG (Rip it, rip it, rip it!) back rows and rows of work to resolve a long past problem. But they never nit pick! Then we need more tinkers and fewer Froggers around here, de Troy. Regardless, at the end of the day, the business of knitting should be about knitting. Tinking should be an exception, not the rule. When tinkers rule the roost, tinkers think tinking is thinking. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter When tinkers rule the roost, #105136 03/06/2004 5:44 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Don't ever (leave) tinkers to chance. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: When tinkers rule the roost, #105137 03/06/2004 6:43 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country Don't ever (leave) tinkers to chance. Dam the tinkers. If they go on strike, we'll get a frogger to fill the void. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: When tinkers rule the roost, #105138 03/07/2004 11:06 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC ooh, a double play (on words). Ruthless. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: When tinkers rule the roost, #105139 03/07/2004 11:33 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country grapho addict grapho addict Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country ooh, a double play (on words) I'm just trying to say that voids (in the line-up) are easier to fill than empty seats (in the stadium). If you want to grow the franchise, you have to enfranchise the audience. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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