tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post1162350197771450516..comments2024-01-05T14:01:30.024-08:00Comments on useless beauty: Vintage Knitting Patterns and me possibly slain by chocolate cakeSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-78720783181252289172011-02-01T19:32:08.606-08:002011-02-01T19:32:08.606-08:00The vintage patterns are just gorgeous. The maker ...The vintage patterns are just gorgeous. The maker of the chocolate cake should be banned from any and all kitchens, from a lowely house kitchen to the largest industrial. If it's a kitchen, they should not be allowed near it. I say this, because chocolate cake is pretty hard to screw up (I could make them when I was ten, really), and anyone who can manage it is a danger to society.<br /><br />I don't know what Jeyes Fluid is, but it sounds disgusting.Oh Miss Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178387496286017950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-69020098019982282872011-02-01T14:43:42.488-08:002011-02-01T14:43:42.488-08:00Yes! Jeyes fluid and ammonia! This is exactly what...Yes! Jeyes fluid and ammonia! This is exactly what it was like. Well it hasn't killed me but I will not be repeating the experiment. It was at Tatties in Cambridge, the one opposite the music shop (this only makes sense if you know Cambridge) not the one on Trinity Street which has not tried to poison me yet. (+++ I would wear that skirt, actually, Gingerbread Lady. I would wear it <i>without shame</i>).<br /><br />Crafty Cripple, it actually wasn't me, I had never heard of it, but I have googled and it does look rather interesting. I am surprised they have it in WHSmith! I will have a look when I go in tomorrow.<br /><br />Denise! Partner's favourite episode of Animal Cops Houston is when a cat falls into a cactus! It recovers fully I hasten to add but it is really mad for a while. (This makes Partner sound meaner than he is. The cat does recover, I promise it is fine ;-) ).Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-40157014090338147522011-02-01T10:26:44.944-08:002011-02-01T10:26:44.944-08:00So spill the beans on where you got the cake/it...So spill the beans on where you got the cake/it's brand so we don't also have to suffer :-)<br />Did you notice that second pattern is 4ply ?? If I knitted that for my DH I'd be knitting it til the end of the world ....Viviannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03478973141660495485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-17601895709864288042011-01-31T17:37:25.423-08:002011-01-31T17:37:25.423-08:00I tried the fancy digital row counter that could k...I tried the fancy digital row counter that could keep track of 3 projects at a time -- but I tended to forget which project was which, or the solar cell didn't get enough light and it forgot for me. Ultimately I went back to writing in the pattern margins and on sticky notes which tend to be less than sticky enough to remain with the pattern.Marushka C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15501083029600186860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-12279360544756924982011-01-31T17:22:09.029-08:002011-01-31T17:22:09.029-08:00Bad chocolate cake is just BAD. I've some of t...Bad chocolate cake is just BAD. I've some of those books from my late MIL. <br /><br />I had to run for the bus today. I thought of your post on running. Except if I fell over it would have been on a cactus instead of a bush.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229883789485107841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-81369722119445680182011-01-31T14:31:50.993-08:002011-01-31T14:31:50.993-08:00I used to do the tally system, but now I am all te...I used to do the tally system, but now I am all technological and have a knitcounter on my iPod. Oh am so forward looking!<br /><br />Oh by the way, after your review of Oh Comely (it was you wasn't it?) I bought it on a whim at WHSmith and it is a great magazine, I'm finding it hard to put it down as it is so pretty to look at, and interesting.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254578516714017969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-77926704918801333122011-01-31T12:07:08.621-08:002011-01-31T12:07:08.621-08:00Heyhey! I'm famous! Or I will be, when you sel...Heyhey! I'm famous! Or I will be, when you sell the rights to this book and become the Barbara Cartland of the Ravelry set. Did I mention I was on Ravelry too? And on Self-sufficientish. Not that I'm stalking you. Honest.Maria Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-5646483442560624222011-01-31T11:38:25.921-08:002011-01-31T11:38:25.921-08:00And, by the way, I happen to know who that psycho ...And, by the way, I happen to know who that psycho in the cardigan lured into his motel room. She's to be seen right here:<br />http://gingerschatz.blogspot.com/2010/09/balm-for-crafting-soul.htmlThe Gingerbread Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060553716262145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-91793727127880074152011-01-31T11:33:49.905-08:002011-01-31T11:33:49.905-08:00I was given a bar of Hershey's chocolate as a ...I was given a bar of Hershey's chocolate as a thank you gift and it nearly killed me. We checked the wrapper to make sure it hadn't gone off, then reeled in shock when we discovered it was supposed to taste that rank. So I melted it to cover some fairycakes with - and had to throw the whole flipping lot out to the birds. No one would touch them because of the weird aftertaste ... yes, kind of like Jeyes Fluid or something else containing amonia. <br />So if someone wants to know what I think is wrong with the USA today - forget the economy. Forget foreign policy. Forget healthcare. NO ONE - and I repeat: NO ONE can tackle these issues before the MATTER OF THAT ROTTEN CHOCOLATE IS DEALT WITH!!<br />(Sorry. This subject forces me to use my outdoor voice.)The Gingerbread Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060553716262145464noreply@blogger.com