tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post115809078532591380..comments2024-03-18T20:56:05.132-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: Knitting Neuroses on ParadeFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158927102223034492006-09-22T08:11:00.000-04:002006-09-22T08:11:00.000-04:00"When winter first begins to biteand stones crack ..."When winter first begins to bite<BR/>and stones crack in the frosty night<BR/>when trees are black and stones are bare<BR/>'tis evil in the wild to fare."<BR/>Though Bilbo should have ben wearing trousers, anyway.<BR/><BR/>Eve, an SCA woman who made the Allah socks also made some that said 'blessing' in Qufic (http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/Knitting/EgyptKnit3.html), and I know exactly where you're coming from.LauraJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903583499215247315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158687510581303662006-09-19T13:38:00.000-04:002006-09-19T13:38:00.000-04:00I wanted to knit the Islamic socks from Nancy Bush...I wanted to knit the Islamic socks from Nancy Bush's Folk Socks when I realized that part of the striping included the words "Allah." I think I'm going to replace it, because as much as I'm a fan of Islam, I'm not Islamic, and it would feel weird wearing that on my feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158403153368744562006-09-16T06:39:00.000-04:002006-09-16T06:39:00.000-04:00There is another "winter is icumen in" parody, th...There is another "winter is icumen in" parody, the details of which (author, possible inaccuracies in my remembered version) I cannot for the life of me track down, but it might do the job for mittens:<BR/><BR/>Winter is icumen in,<BR/>Lloud sing tishu!<BR/>Windeth blo and snoweth sno<BR/>and all is icy nu<BR/>Sing Tishu!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158260908739755632006-09-14T15:08:00.000-04:002006-09-14T15:08:00.000-04:00Without seeing the pattern, it's hard to guess how...Without seeing the pattern, it's hard to guess how much poem you have room for, but what about Vides ut alta stet nive candidum/Soracte, nec iam sustineant onus/silvae laborantes geluque/flumina constiterint acuto?<BR/><BR/>Horace Odes Book I, ix: as soon as Dolores replaces the text.<BR/><BR/>Love, JeanJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158249725607759362006-09-14T12:02:00.000-04:002006-09-14T12:02:00.000-04:00How about the one that goes "winter is the king of...How about the one that goes "winter is the king of showmen, turning tree stumps into snowmen..."?<BR/><BR/>~x~Sweet Camden Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983732031040847147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158238187964803662006-09-14T08:49:00.000-04:002006-09-14T08:49:00.000-04:00'Summer broke and drained. Now we are safe.The day...'Summer broke and drained. Now we are safe.<BR/>The days lose confidence, and can be faced<BR/>Indoors.'<BR/><BR/>Philip Larkin, 'So through that unripe day', from The North Ship. Not the one about his mum and dad. ;) I'm also quite fond of the last few lines of 'Winter'. Or 'All catches alight': 'A drum taps: a wintry drum.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158230065596140912006-09-14T06:34:00.000-04:002006-09-14T06:34:00.000-04:00"No peevish winter wind shall chill . . ."from Eli..."No peevish winter wind shall chill . . ."<BR/><BR/>from Eliot's A Dedication to My Wife is short enough. I'd love to see these mittens. I used to quilt words into blankets, but one had to go looking for them. Words on mittens would be wearing one's heart at the end of one's sleeves, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158199794490461252006-09-13T22:09:00.000-04:002006-09-13T22:09:00.000-04:00I think you should just put whatever piece of poet...I think you should just put whatever piece of poetry you like one there, winter related or not. If you do it in Latin again it won't matter how many swear words there are.<BR/><BR/>And, I love how many of your readers have suggested poetry. Like high school english class only infinitely better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158196448007238932006-09-13T21:14:00.000-04:002006-09-13T21:14:00.000-04:00For mittens, how about: "In the depth of winter, I...For mittens, how about: "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." (Albert Camus)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158187722411779012006-09-13T18:48:00.000-04:002006-09-13T18:48:00.000-04:00HOw about something from the Welsh poet W.H.Davies...HOw about something from the Welsh poet W.H.Davies:<BR/><BR/>Come, rich and lovely Winter's Eve,<BR/>That seldom handles gold;<BR/>And spread your silver sunsets out,<BR/>In glittering fold on fold<BR/><BR/>Silver Hours 1932Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158180162080954242006-09-13T16:42:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:42:00.000-04:00Perhaps you are knitting the Baby Surprise Jacket ...Perhaps you are knitting the Baby Surprise Jacket because Dolores has gotten herself with lamb in all her recent gallivanting about?Marcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04194778153887961831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158179407556005772006-09-13T16:30:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:30:00.000-04:00Wow, you got some lovely poetry suggestions. I wa...Wow, you got some lovely poetry suggestions. I was going to suggest the actual verbiage you probably use in, say Feburary..."yes, it is fucking cold". Not poetry in the strictest sense, but perhaps you could work it in as some performance art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158177680938410762006-09-13T16:01:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:01:00.000-04:00Totally OT on the mittens, here. But had to thank ...Totally OT on the mittens, here. But had to thank you, Franklin, for your completed sock post and mentioning Charlene Schurch's book, Sensational Knitted Socks. I went to Amazon, I read the blurbs, I ordered. (Used, as I'm on a fixed budget.) It just got here yesterday, and I'm in love. *Great* book, esp. w/the different instructions including 2 circulars, which I prefer - one reason I jumped at it. I likely would've spent hours researching umpteen sock books had I not read your post, and still be dithering over which might be best for a novice sock knitter. Thanks much, and grateful hugs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158171821515474662006-09-13T14:23:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:23:00.000-04:00Geez, how big are your hands?Geez, how big are your hands?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158171055634871802006-09-13T14:10:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:10:00.000-04:00Thanks Franklin, once again, for sustaining me in ...Thanks Franklin, once again, for sustaining me in small but important ways. I would love to be your neighbor, but cannot live in Chicago (grew up in Homer, Alaska and did my 40yrs of long winter -- but OH! the mittens!)<BR/>Between Buddhism and being pretty much a weirdo knitter myself (ain't it fun?), I feel related with you in spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158169082698036262006-09-13T13:38:00.000-04:002006-09-13T13:38:00.000-04:00Rain, rain go away!Come again another day.Little F...Rain, rain go away!<BR/>Come again another day.<BR/>Little Franklin wants to play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158159157994260962006-09-13T10:52:00.000-04:002006-09-13T10:52:00.000-04:00Any Emily Dickinson frags? Or Saphho (not likely t...Any Emily Dickinson frags? Or Saphho (not likely to talk about winter, but ...)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158157098081415002006-09-13T10:18:00.000-04:002006-09-13T10:18:00.000-04:00"Now Winter Nights Enlarge" by Thomas Campion (cir..."Now Winter Nights Enlarge" by Thomas Campion (circa 1600) has some mitten-worthy lines:<BR/><BR/>Let now the chimneys blaze<BR/> And cups o'erflow with wine,<BR/>Let well-tuned words amaze<BR/> With harmony divine.<BR/>Now yellow waxen lights <BR/> Shall wait on honey love<BR/><BR/>[Or this:] <BR/><BR/>The summer hath his joys,<BR/> And winter his delights;<BR/>Though love and all his pleasures are but toys<BR/> They shorten tedious nights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158156754298825572006-09-13T10:12:00.000-04:002006-09-13T10:12:00.000-04:00Three little kittens,They lost their mittens,And t...Three little kittens,<BR/>They lost their mittens,<BR/>And they began to cry,<BR/>Oh, mother, dear,<BR/>We sadly fear,<BR/>Our mittens we have lost.<BR/><BR/>What! Lost your mittens,<BR/>You naughty kittens,<BR/>Then you shall have no pie.<BR/>Meow, meow,<BR/>Then you shall have no pie.<BR/><BR/>The three little kittens,<BR/>They found their mittens,<BR/>And they began to cry,<BR/>Oh, mother, dear,<BR/>See here, see here,<BR/>Our mittens we have found.<BR/><BR/>What, found your mittens,<BR/>Then you're good kittens,<BR/>And you shall have some pie.<BR/>Purr-rr, purr-rr,<BR/>Then you shall have some pie.<BR/><BR/>Three little kittens,<BR/>Put on their mittens,<BR/>And soon ate up the pie.<BR/>Oh, mother, dear,<BR/>We sadly fear,<BR/>Our mittens we have soiled.<BR/><BR/>What! Soiled your mittens,<BR/>You naughty kittens, <BR/><BR/>And they began to sigh.<BR/>Meow, meow,<BR/>And they began to sigh.<BR/><BR/>The three little kittens,<BR/>They washed their mittens,<BR/>And hung them out to dry.<BR/>Oh, mother, dear,<BR/>Do you not hear,<BR/>Our mittens we have washed?<BR/><BR/>What! Washed your mittens?<BR/>Then you're good kittens!<BR/>But I smell a rat close by.<BR/>Meow, meow,<BR/>We smell a rat close by.<BR/><BR/>You may have to go down a needle size to get it all in.<BR/>Think tight. Must knit tight!!!!! <BR/>Why limit yourself to winter pussycat?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158154887188325882006-09-13T09:41:00.000-04:002006-09-13T09:41:00.000-04:00I've always loved "The Snowstorm" by Ralph Waldo E...I've always loved "The Snowstorm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158150991723835642006-09-13T08:36:00.000-04:002006-09-13T08:36:00.000-04:00I love the poetry suggestions so far, and a few do...I love the poetry suggestions so far, and a few do get a bit depressing after the first couple of lines, mind you my suggestion is a case in point. But as a British person I thought I should suggest some Shakespeare (and it was the first thing that came to mind):<BR/>"Fear no more the heat o' the sun,<BR/>Nor the furious winter's rages;"<BR/><BR/>Mind you I also quite like:<BR/>"Now the hungry lion roars<BR/>And the wolf behowls the moon"<BR/>If that's not too fanciful for mittens?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158150460600272132006-09-13T08:27:00.000-04:002006-09-13T08:27:00.000-04:00I'm with Jacquelin.If they were my mittens, I'd go...I'm with Jacquelin.<BR/><BR/>If they were my mittens, I'd go the Tiddly Pom song. And thanks to the most excellent translation of "The House at Pooh Corner" by Brian Gerrard Staples, I have it in Latin.<BR/><BR/>Quo plus<BR/>NINGIT - tiddely pum<BR/>Eo plus cadit<BR/>NIVIS - tiddely pum<BR/>Et frigorem<BR/>DIGITORUM - tiddely pum<BR/>Ignorat<BR/>QUIVIS - tiddely pum.<BR/><BR/>(My apologies for any transcription errors, my Latin is not so much rusty as non-existant.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158149536074959852006-09-13T08:12:00.000-04:002006-09-13T08:12:00.000-04:00A slight take-off on Billy Collins:"Can we go insi...A slight take-off on Billy Collins:<BR/><BR/>"Can we go inside and knit together?"Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158149221863634342006-09-13T08:07:00.000-04:002006-09-13T08:07:00.000-04:00Gracious, I love the alternative suggestions; I've...Gracious, I love the alternative suggestions; I've had that mitten pattern for quite a while - I've been smitten with it since Nanette Blanchard of Knitting in Color made one (just one) mitten a few years ago; I wonder if you'll be the person to complete the pair?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1158123593895800142006-09-13T00:59:00.000-04:002006-09-13T00:59:00.000-04:00Franklin! (Note correct spelling....)Exhibit A is ...Franklin! (Note correct spelling....)<BR/><BR/>Exhibit A is known as the "Baby Ahead Sweater." You know that suddenly it won't be safe to drink the water in some office or other because 5 people you know will be preggers at the same time! So the only way to go is to always have at least one "baby ahead" sweater. <BR/><BR/>Linda "K"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com