tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post6628737934434055131..comments2024-01-05T14:01:30.024-08:00Comments on useless beauty: The future of wool shops + a fat grey felineSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-32023100355794544842010-09-16T21:57:36.793-07:002010-09-16T21:57:36.793-07:00I forgot to say that I love the expression on that...I forgot to say that I love the expression on that cat's face. I can't put my finger on why it makes me laugh, but there it is.Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866575966072871002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-81324847754512366952010-09-16T21:56:41.628-07:002010-09-16T21:56:41.628-07:00Oh, dear. Now someone needs to write a knitting pa...Oh, dear. Now someone needs to write a knitting pattern for a design called Absinthe and Sunny D. YES, DO IT! (Or does the responsibility fall to me because I yelled about it, with credit given for the name to the Ever-Hilarious Susie?)Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866575966072871002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-90184569467375445202010-09-08T18:58:29.393-07:002010-09-08T18:58:29.393-07:00I would read your blog just for the photo captions...I would read your blog just for the photo captions!Marushka C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15501083029600186860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-37654871819198170302010-09-08T15:33:34.200-07:002010-09-08T15:33:34.200-07:00I love this article - I was having much the same d...I love this article - I was having much the same discussion with my son at Christmas. There are two woolshops in Grantham, one Old School and one New School - but both worryingly on the same road. I told my son that if he was going to buy me a Christmas gift, then something from the Wool Shop would be good. But the *right* Wool Shop... I think he can spot a pyramid of Sirdar a mile off now - I scared him!Anniehttp://www.lilliputfarmer.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-13057488228651850262010-09-08T02:31:03.975-07:002010-09-08T02:31:03.975-07:00I think I'll probably actually serve absinthe ...I think I'll probably actually serve absinthe and Sunny D this Christmas. Although I don't know if I can source it locally ;-).<br /><br />I think we're actually unusually well provided for with wool shops. I can think of a good 5 within a 10 mile radius. And people say the Eastern Region doesn't have much going for it! Ha!<br /><br />(Susie, that sounds a rather fine scarf. I'd love to see it!).Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-32466992728528406162010-09-07T23:37:25.566-07:002010-09-07T23:37:25.566-07:00OK, Absinthe and Sunny D actually sounds pretty da...OK, Absinthe and Sunny D actually sounds pretty darn good! And the closest yarn shop to me is at least 40 minutes away and isn't all that great. So I'm jealous. I would LOVE to see a showdown between old school and new school!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-75271755479046221992010-09-07T17:14:59.443-07:002010-09-07T17:14:59.443-07:00I'm jealous. I am not surrounded by wool shops...I'm jealous. I am not surrounded by wool shops. I have to drive 20 minutes to get to one (thankfully it's a good one). I clearly need to live where you live. <br /><br />And I love that you take pictures of random kitties (I would myself, but I have three that actually belong to me, and demand their own camera time).Oh Miss Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14178387496286017950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-26443751796475522292010-09-07T13:58:35.370-07:002010-09-07T13:58:35.370-07:00I think I'd be stoned by the Old School ladies...I think I'd be stoned by the Old School ladies - one pair of giant needles from the pound shop (plastic!) and 5 huge balls of hairy/fuzzy acrylic wool from Wilkinsons = 1 giant scarf (think Tom Baker as Dr Who) which took me 8 months!<br /><br />This, from the daughter of a knitter who only used pure wools, did fairisle that was virtually reversible and preferred 3 ply and size 12s & 13s. The granddaughter of knitters & crocheters - one grandmother did filet crochet. I hang my head in shame. 'Nuff said....Susie Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402749518914063770noreply@blogger.com