tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post5742017340421862521..comments2024-03-18T20:56:05.132-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: In Which I Am Temporarily DeflatedFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-15501461079663078392008-06-12T17:46:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:46:00.000-04:00You are better than me. When I make a mistake, I ...You are better than me. When I make a mistake, I point it out to my knitting group and say "I don't have to remove it, it's not a big deal". Then I go home and have spasms of guilt and low self-esteem and next thing I'm ripping it out. When I show it to the group next time, they point and laugh and remind me that it wasn't "a big deal". Grrrrrrrrr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-35307971530741744142008-06-01T23:41:00.000-04:002008-06-01T23:41:00.000-04:00Have I told you lately that I love you? Gawd.Have I told you lately that I love you? Gawd.KHMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05370307704273976378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-70415954987305765112008-05-21T17:58:00.000-04:002008-05-21T17:58:00.000-04:00that yarn looks strangely familiar... I'm knitting...that yarn looks strangely familiar... I'm knitting a Diamond Fantasy shawl in something very similar (red Trekking sock yarn) Yum.jmdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12090446353540366953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-31839626502015611682008-05-20T17:45:00.000-04:002008-05-20T17:45:00.000-04:00Oh, Franklin, you are just too, too funny. I was l...Oh, Franklin, you are just too, too funny. I was laughing out loud and got my whole office in on the joke as I tried, with some success, I might add, to read aloud your "rhymes with" section.<BR/><BR/>Oh, dear, you screwed up and made still made art (and laughter) with it. <BR/><BR/>Well done!Sheldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03022394078131953011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-35720188120670162212008-05-20T15:37:00.000-04:002008-05-20T15:37:00.000-04:00...you don't know me, and I think I've only commen......you don't know me, and I think I've only commented, maybe...once? But I'm one of your biggest new fans (definitely - just ask my wife how much I talk about you, and always as if I KNOW you) and I have to register here my EXTREME jealousy that you're going to Toronto for the Harlot's bday/wwkip day!!!! I sooooooooo want to be you right now! Up until this moment, I just wanted to be your best friend, but now, I want to be you. I've never wanted to be a man before....let alone a man who has sex with men; lesbian thing and all....<BR/>have fun!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-74261485987479831442008-05-20T14:23:00.000-04:002008-05-20T14:23:00.000-04:00I just found your blog today, and this post is the...I just found your blog today, and this post is the funniest thing I've read in ages. I'm truly sorry about the skipped row; that really sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-2183956096618668862008-05-20T11:21:00.000-04:002008-05-20T11:21:00.000-04:00I think I'll take Antigone's way out of this one a...I think I'll take Antigone's way out of this one and whine alot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-26443423903726719252008-05-20T10:53:00.000-04:002008-05-20T10:53:00.000-04:00The problem is...I truly BELIEVE in lifelines. But...The problem is...I truly BELIEVE in lifelines. But I also am truly SURE I don't need them...until I definitely DO. Always, that's too late.<BR/>(sigh)<BR/>Rip-it dear. You're ABOSLUTELY right it will be the ONLY thing you notice. Just ask me what I see when I look at my (much, much simpler) Queen of Hearts? Yup. The row I call "the Broken Hearts!"<BR/>lolol<BR/>And I LOVE your creativity on what you <I>really</I> said...!<BR/>(thank goodness, there's really no relation between you and Oedipus, beyond the "gouging out eyes" thingy!)<BR/>(((hugs)))Nana Sadiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337300042637714815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-13082296638456477682008-05-20T05:04:00.000-04:002008-05-20T05:04:00.000-04:00It's a good thing you explained the mistake ... be...It's a good thing you explained the mistake ... because I sure couldn't see it by just looking at the arrow. But then ... you're a GREAT knitter and I'm a dabbler. I would have ripped back myself for a BIG mistake tho. I only leave the "little" ones in and forget they were even there.<BR/><BR/>This shawl is going to be a beauty!Rhonda the Stitchingnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293726323658592275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-14498085975876648142008-05-19T22:24:00.000-04:002008-05-19T22:24:00.000-04:00See, we all make errors...face in previous e-mail ...See, we all make errors...face in previous e-mail is suppose to be in fact...<BR/><BR/>I leave you with this "everything has a crack in it, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohenella at the riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845915505427091023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-68349599419883875872008-05-19T22:21:00.000-04:002008-05-19T22:21:00.000-04:00this is the face of lace...lace will do you in eve...this is the face of lace...lace will do you in every time. I did a lace shawl in 2005 and it took 12 months.<BR/><BR/>I feel your pain, in face I know your pain.<BR/><BR/>Ellaella at the riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845915505427091023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-83010411732877671122008-05-19T22:15:00.000-04:002008-05-19T22:15:00.000-04:00Zit! Zit!That was my favorite part. I say that oft...Zit! Zit!<BR/><BR/>That was my favorite part. I say that often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-63506864644566965262008-05-19T15:55:00.000-04:002008-05-19T15:55:00.000-04:00Oh, Franklin! You always make me laugh! I feel yo...Oh, Franklin! You always make me laugh! I feel your pain. Thank you for sharing your life with us! You are the greatest!Donnababyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370342481744399387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-47035229599851512572008-05-19T15:52:00.000-04:002008-05-19T15:52:00.000-04:00Oh Franklin, I am so sorry you suffered a lace cal...Oh Franklin, I am so sorry you suffered a lace calamity, but oh how I laughed at your rhyming reproduction of your reaction!Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091275490613600640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-69547929012167537032008-05-19T15:30:00.000-04:002008-05-19T15:30:00.000-04:00Could have been worse - you could be knitting it i...Could have been worse - you could be knitting it in Kid Silk Haze.<BR/><BR/>I spit in the eye of Death because after you have had to rip back KSH, you fear nothing... except ripping back more KSH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-63148065348885612032008-05-19T13:33:00.000-04:002008-05-19T13:33:00.000-04:00Thank you for making this mistake, because I neede...Thank you for making this mistake, because I needed a laugh, and while I hate to laugh at another's lace misfortune, having had a bit of my own, I actually laughed out loud, and that isn't easy to accomplish on Mondays. Thanks, you are one funny Tina Yotherbucker!!Senora Fuertehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03219423259201655544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-17073948908134036662008-05-19T12:34:00.000-04:002008-05-19T12:34:00.000-04:00Argh, I deeply sympathize. I would rip it out too...Argh, I deeply sympathize. I would rip it out too, because knowing that error was there would destroy my pleasure in the lace. And no, I never use lifelines either. Lifelines are for weenies.Deborah C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10541110133935524762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-71144406988307402572008-05-19T10:40:00.000-04:002008-05-19T10:40:00.000-04:00Oh, gawd, just when I was going to suggest maybe u...Oh, gawd, just when I was going to suggest maybe using a lifeline, the last paragraph jumped up and made me laugh so hard, it threw me into a coughing fit. Just call me beeotch. (I'm now using a lifelife in a <I>swatch</I>, just to see if I can get through the thing!)Tommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440414362879424169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-80887331558725473762008-05-19T10:07:00.000-04:002008-05-19T10:07:00.000-04:00Am I wrong, or is that where you stopped to take t...Am I wrong, or is that where you stopped to take the picture on Thursday? You did that for us, and the gods still mocked. <BR/>jenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-65458541749875734652008-05-19T09:08:00.000-04:002008-05-19T09:08:00.000-04:00This may have been a moment when the dear ElizZim ...This may have been a moment when the dear ElizZim might have said to incorporate your fashion-joi-de-vie into the pattern.<BR/><BR/>But I'm with you. No one may have noticed and you may have been able to cross your eyes until you saw the shawl pirouetting like a pirate in a tutu and still that one little row would have stood out.<BR/><BR/>No, correct that, the absense of that row would have stood out. And frankly, a wedding shawl is prolly not a moment to rediscover zero with the Mayans. If you get a little further verklempt please just cry into a nice pinot noir. It can be quite therapeutic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-91256166627098537442008-05-19T07:25:00.000-04:002008-05-19T07:25:00.000-04:00The curse of perfectionism. Poor you.Go knit some...The curse of perfectionism. Poor you.<BR/><BR/>Go knit something really simple til it doesn't hurt any more.<BR/><BR/>Still, if you're going to do such Black Belt level Ninja knitting you may as well Get It Right.<BR/><BR/>Then make sure you use lifelines for the rest of the shawl!<BR/><BR/>I'm currently knitting Evelyn A Clark's "Swallowtail Shawl". Noticed I'd made a real muck up of one bit Saturday (while watching the FA Cup final - which Our Team WON!). <BR/><BR/>Frogged back to ball.<BR/><BR/>Started again.<BR/><BR/>NOW I understand the pattern, & can, generally, sort out further minor glitches.<BR/><BR/>I'm leaving the BBN stuff to you, though!Bronchitkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978386500200045533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-69366674437470959572008-05-19T00:47:00.000-04:002008-05-19T00:47:00.000-04:00Thanks. Now I have Tom Lehrer's song "Oedipus Rex...Thanks. Now I have Tom Lehrer's song "Oedipus Rex" going through my head.<BR/><BR/><I>There once was a man named Oedipus Rex.<BR/>You may have heard about his odd complex.<BR/>His name appears in Freud's index <BR/>Cuz he loved his motherrr.</I><BR/><BR/>That sucks about the missing row though. Been there.FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-23716357555365041992008-05-18T22:09:00.000-04:002008-05-18T22:09:00.000-04:00I'd have ripped too, but only after a while.I woul...I'd have ripped too, but only after a while.<BR/><BR/>I would have been so PO'd when I first found the mistake, that I wouldn't have trusted myself to rip it out without doing significant damage.<BR/><BR/>I usually make the WIP sit in a corner until it's learned its lesson. Then I rip and re-start.<BR/><BR/>I don't use lifelines either; I'm too lazy. Which, when I say it, sounds contradictory.geogrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935352129240009810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-20313504380585990972008-05-18T19:47:00.000-04:002008-05-18T19:47:00.000-04:00that was the best non swearing swear I ever heard!...that was the best non swearing swear I ever heard!<BR/>Peace.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083203261712250854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-63407009037175124072008-05-18T19:41:00.000-04:002008-05-18T19:41:00.000-04:00Nope, won't hear that from me - not everI never us...Nope, won't hear that from me - not ever<BR/><BR/>I never use lifelines or markers (except at the beginning of a round).<BR/><BR/>I like the exhilarating feeling of whizzing around the row without a net, especially on Sharon Miller and Hazel Carter patterns.<BR/><BR/>Funny, the only person who didn't look at me strangely when I described this wonderful "careening" feeling at the local S&B was The Harlot. Think that's a coincidence?<BR/><BR/>I'd rip it too, with likely as colourful an accompaniment.<BR/><BR/>Leslie - knitting therapistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com