Pattern for a Thneed

You're not alone, there, Mirjam. I always felt the Dr. Seuss books were
Demeaning to children...
JM2C,
Noreen


"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
...
I must say i am tottaly ignorant about Dr, Zeus books , only saw one
once ,
mirjam


"madhatress" wrote in
:

Hi All,

For Christmas this year, DBF's uncle has requested that I
knit him a Thneed? Does anyone know where I can find one? I
have been Googling, but haven't found much.

tell DBF's uncle you would be delighted to knit him a thneed
(everyone needs a thneed!) but he will have to provide you
with the Truffula tuft. a proper thneed can *only* be made of
Truffula!

lee hoping everyone gets the Dr.Suess reference...

--
war is peace
freedom is slavery
ignorance is strength
1984-George Orwell

Yes, Mirjam!
First, I was deathly sick a lot in second grade, and spent a lot of time
reading in bed.
Then, in third grade, there was a contest over summer break, to read a book
a week, and write a book report.
A book a Week?? Childrens books? Well, heck, I had the 'lists' of ALL the
recommended books for my age group read in a week, with 9 weeks of summer
break to go!
On to the next age group and so on, till I had read and wrote book reports
on more than anyone participating in the City of Chicago School districts!
My mom still has my award.
Hugs,
Noreen


"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
...
Noreen you TOO read so much and as `soon ` as possible??? when i was a
teenager there were not so many Hebrew Teenager suitable books , and i
was a Heavy Reader ,,,, thus i read almost every thing ,,,, At 16 i
got Rheumatic Fever and was bedridden , thus i asked my mother to go
to the public library and bring me books , in the order they stood on
the shelves , and i read all the Hebrew and English books they had .
In those times Russian Literature was still The Thing here ,,Later
when my children grew up i read what they read ,,,,, but not dr Zeus
which they never read ,,,Here it was not so known [ only by name]
mirjam

"enigma" wrote in message
. 9...
"madhatress" wrote in
:

Hi All,

For Christmas this year, DBF's uncle has requested that I
knit him a Thneed? Does anyone know where I can find one? I
have been Googling, but haven't found much.

tell DBF's uncle you would be delighted to knit him a thneed
(everyone needs a thneed!) but he will have to provide you
with the Truffula tuft. a proper thneed can *only* be made of
Truffula!

lee hoping everyone gets the Dr.Suess reference...

Well, I know it's Suess, after the other post telling us so, but gotta
say,
I never got into Dr. Suess... thought it was beneath me, even as a little
kid....
(I was reading at a 2nd year college level in the fourth grade... back
THEN
2nd year college was something to be PROUD of, not like the remedial level
they're at 'today', lol!)
JM2C,
Noreen

Nadia ?
A thneed ????? What is that ???
never met this word , maybe he wants a sneed ???
if so i had a pattern somewhere ,,,,i am off to look ...no result so
far ,,, I am so sure i knew it once ,,, but i might be wrong ,,, It is
a kind of head covering scarf isn`t it ?? shold be in the
neighbourhood of a wimple , a barbette ,gorget etc...
mirjam
005 22:21:43 -0500, "madhatress"
wrote:

Hi All,

For Christmas this year, DBF's uncle has requested that I knit him a Thneed?
Does anyone know where I can find one? I have been Googling, but haven't
found much.

TIA
Nadia

Thank you Jenn ,, i just came to the thought it might be a snood
,,,and was looking for my lost patterns , seems i mistook sneed for
snood ,,,, At least found the description for it

A thneed is what the Oncelers knitted in Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax'. It's
anything. Hard to explain. I finally found a good example of what it
is he http://natureknitter.blogspot.com/
Ctl+F and type in thneed. It'll take you to the spot on the page
where it's located.

HTH,
Jenn

"The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message
...

Well, I know it's Suess, after the other post telling us so, but gotta
say, I never got into Dr. Suess... thought it was beneath me, even as a
little kid....

Dr Suess was *beneath* you?!?!? Dr Suess was a very intelligent person to
come up with such wonderful and entertaining stories! It takes more than
people think to rhyme like that... and make up his own language that would
be entertaining to all ages. I, for one, have always admired Dr Suess, and
still do at my age! His stories will be around for generations to come,
thankfully!

Gemini

"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
...
I must say i am tottaly ignorant about Dr, Zeus books , only saw one
once ,
mirjam

Dr Suess books are very entertaining to children, Mirjam! Too bad you
didn't have the opportunity to read them... or have your children read them.
I also think the rhyming theme of those books help children to appreciate
poetry and humor! )

Gemini

"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
...
"The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message
...

Well, I know it's Suess, after the other post telling us so, but gotta
say, I never got into Dr. Suess... thought it was beneath me, even as a
little kid....

Dr Suess was *beneath* you?!?!? Dr Suess was a very intelligent person
to come up with such wonderful and entertaining stories! It takes more
than people think to rhyme like that... and make up his own language that
would be entertaining to all ages. I, for one, have always admired Dr
Suess, and still do at my age! His stories will be around for
generations to come, thankfully!

Gemini
To each their own
Noreen

"The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in
:

You're not alone, there, Mirjam. I always felt the Dr.
Seuss books were Demeaning to children...

no, those Dick & Jane books were demeaning to children. Dr.
Suess is very intelligent & full of very subtle and powerful
messages on ecology, war, etc.
the rhyming prose is one of the *best* ways for children to
learn reading through listening. it develops many different
parts of the brain.
i'm sorry you think Dr.Suess is beneath you. i, too, was an
early reader, starting before 3 & reading my dad's Master's
degree coursework texts when i was 4 & 5. i *loved* the
Dr.Suess books & read them to my older brother (who wasn't an
early reader).
i read them to my 5 years younger brother when he came along
& i used them to teach him to read by himself at age 4. i am
now reading them (& have been since his birth) to my now 5
year old...who is also starting to read them on his own.
lee

Noreen I can understand your "devouring" books - my girls were the same and
in third grade in their May break of two weeks they had to write a book and
make it look like a real book with notes of the author etc and references to
any one who inspired the book etc.

DD #1,Shauna spent her time reseaching the origin of the piano from
Encyclopaedia Britannica. She started from the very beginning up to the
present instrument, giving her inspiration as Sister Mary Therese her piano
teacher. I still have the book.

-- DD #1 who was just five years of age, and not required to write a book,
also did one about her holiday break and illustrated it with pictures from
magazines - still have that one too and marvel at her good spelling
considering the graduates from high school nowadays.

Both girls a currently writing books - Shauna a text book on Statistics and
Colleen a text book on Dressage God Bless Gwen



Gwen Kelly


"The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message
...
Yes, Mirjam!
First, I was deathly sick a lot in second grade, and spent a lot of time
reading in bed.
Then, in third grade, there was a contest over summer break, to read a
book
a week, and write a book report.
A book a Week?? Childrens books? Well, heck, I had the 'lists' of ALL
the
recommended books for my age group read in a week, with 9 weeks of summer
break to go!
On to the next age group and so on, till I had read and wrote book reports
on more than anyone participating in the City of Chicago School districts!
My mom still has my award.
Hugs,
Noreen


"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
...
Noreen you TOO read so much and as `soon ` as possible??? when i was a
teenager there were not so many Hebrew Teenager suitable books , and i
was a Heavy Reader ,,,, thus i read almost every thing ,,,, At 16 i
got Rheumatic Fever and was bedridden , thus i asked my mother to go
to the public library and bring me books , in the order they stood on
the shelves , and i read all the Hebrew and English books they had .
In those times Russian Literature was still The Thing here ,,Later
when my children grew up i read what they read ,,,,, but not dr Zeus
which they never read ,,,Here it was not so known [ only by name]
mirjam

"enigma" wrote in message
. 9...
"madhatress" wrote in
:

Hi All,

For Christmas this year, DBF's uncle has requested that I
knit him a Thneed? Does anyone know where I can find one? I
have been Googling, but haven't found much.

tell DBF's uncle you would be delighted to knit him a thneed
(everyone needs a thneed!) but he will have to provide you
with the Truffula tuft. a proper thneed can *only* be made of
Truffula!

lee hoping everyone gets the Dr.Suess reference...

Well, I know it's Suess, after the other post telling us so, but gotta
say,
I never got into Dr. Suess... thought it was beneath me, even as a
little
kid....
(I was reading at a 2nd year college level in the fourth grade... back
THEN
2nd year college was something to be PROUD of, not like the remedial
level
they're at 'today', lol!)
JM2C,
Noreen

Gemini, I agree - my girls used to love to have us read it to them when they
were very young and since both read encyclopaedias before they even went to
school I think the facination of the rhymes sent them searching for more
than just prose and fiction God Bless Gwen

--

Gwen Kelly


"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
...
"The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message
...

Well, I know it's Suess, after the other post telling us so, but gotta
say, I never got into Dr. Suess... thought it was beneath me, even as a
little kid....

Dr Suess was *beneath* you?!?!? Dr Suess was a very intelligent person
to
come up with such wonderful and entertaining stories! It takes more than
people think to rhyme like that... and make up his own language that would
be entertaining to all ages. I, for one, have always admired Dr Suess,
and
still do at my age! His stories will be around for generations to come,
thankfully!

Gemini