Strands of Floss

"Judy" wrote in message news:STyJd.917$2i4.507@trnddc01...

"Brenda" wrote in message
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I'm firmly on the Ort side. Orts remind me of Orcs and Orc-bashing used
to be a hobby of mine (AD&D) so it just makes for a continuum through my
pastimes.

Jan J. wrote:
I find it very amusing how a simple question from
a newbie can take a 90 degree turn and become
quite a hot topic.

BTW, I'm a Snippet fan. Orts sound too much like
something you pick out of your teeth after a meal. LOL

Ducking and running from the Ort faction. ;-)

okay, I guess I will vote too. I prefer snippets.
Judy


You orta be voting for orts!! LOLOL

Gillian

Looked in Concise Oxford Dictionary and much to my surprise there was
'orts' meaning 'refuse scraps' , leavings. Looked in
'hyperdictionary' and it gave 'A small scrap or leaving of food after
a meal is completed, or a scrap; a bit', and the related words
included garbage, bones and rubbish

I'm definitely on the side of snippets; Dictionary def - a small
piece cut off. After all they aren't rubbish, but useful things and
really stash waiting to be used. Its a lively and pretty word.

But orts ...sounds too much like cold brussels sprouts, congealed
gravy and messy plates!

Sally

But the pieces that I call orts ARE scraps and bits. They are either too
short, frayed or warn to be used anymore. They're definitely NOT part of my
stash anymore. Maybe be have a confusion of terms here and are actually
talking about snippets AND orts? "Snippets" could be the longer pieces that
we can maybe get one or two more stitches out of and "orts" could truly be
those scrap pieces that are not going to be used no matter what. :-))
Liz from Humbug
P.S. Besides, I actually like Brussels sprouts - even cold. :-))))) You
can keep the congealed gravy though, and I would love to send you my messy
plates.

Aah that's why orts is okay with me - I love cold brussel sprouts.
Now Miss Picky Eater probably doesn't.

Don't bother Lucille, I ran faster than the wind.

There's a rude comment begging to be let out dealing with brussel sprouts
and wind. :-))))))))))))
Liz from Humbug

On 1/25/05 4:50 PM, in article
et, "Dr. Brat"
wrote:

Lucille wrote:

"Dr. Brat" wrote in message
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Regency Novel Character: Haughty Snippet

Elizabet


Gee, I'm smarter than I thought LOL Actually I had no idea
there was such a person, in literature or for real, but if you can be Dr.
Brat and Sheena can be Lucrezia, I may give some thought to that name.

I don't know if there is such a person in literature either. I was
suggesting that the name would fit such a genre. I think it's cute.
Maybe you should adopt it, if you like it!

Elizabeth

Does sound like a name out of a regency romance - or a satire of one!

Haughty Snippets, Chatelaine of Hardanger

Cheryl

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:56:49 -0800, Liz Hampton
wrote:



Looked in Concise Oxford Dictionary and much to my surprise there was
'orts' meaning 'refuse scraps' , leavings.
But orts ...sounds too much like cold brussels sprouts, congealed
gravy and messy plates!

Sally

But the pieces that I call orts ARE scraps and bits. They are either too
short, frayed or warn to be used anymore.
Liz from Humbug
P.S. Besides, I actually like Brussels sprouts - even cold. :-))))) You
can keep the congealed gravy though, and I would love to send you my messy
plates.

No thanks! (Unless they are valuable ones like Crown Derby - then I
would be willing to receive! (But please keep the sprouts for yourself
- don't even like hot ones)

Sally

I vote for SNIPPETS!!!

Ort sounds too much like an acronym for a disease passed along by an infected
bird or animal.

--
another Anne, add ingers to frugalf to reply

Liz Hampton wrote:


But the pieces that I call orts ARE scraps and bits. They are either
too short, frayed or warn to be used anymore. They're definitely NOT
part of my stash anymore.

Uh, "worn" but I'm the same as you, Liz. If it's long enough to be
usable, it goes back on the skein.

Maybe be have a confusion of terms here and are actually
talking about snippets AND orts? "Snippets" could be the longer
pieces that we can maybe get one or two more stitches out of and
"orts" could truly be those scrap pieces that are not going to be
used no matter what. :-))

Now this woman is *thinking*!!!! The *snippet* goes back on my
skein until such time that it gets used up enough to become an *ort*.

I've tried to make an ort container--even got one of the empty
ornaments to do it--but I stitch so many places that I don't carry it
with me so they keep getting thrown away. I've even tried a sandwich
baggy for temporary storage but somehow the orts keep getting tossed.
sigh.

For those of you who can't decide which it should be, maybe the term
should be "sniports"!

Joan

On 24 Jan 2005 07:25:39 GMT, (Telnes) wrote:

My question is this - While you are working a piece what do you with partial
strands. I've been using the single strand doubled and through the loop to
start a color.. It has made a big difference in the neatness of the back. But
right now, I have a wad of strands. i.e. 2 strands left on the length of
white, 4 strands left on the yellow, 1 strand of red,light gray, dark gray,
light medium and dark blue, etc, I don't want to toss them because the colors
are used again in another section of the sampler. There has to be a better way.
Any tips?
Zipper bags. Either a branded floss bag or snack bags from the
grocery store. And a bit of paper or light cardstock inside the bag
with the symbol and the color number. Welcome to Stashing.
Darla
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:52:32 GMT, Lucretia Borgia
wrote:

Snippets I tell you, Snippets One of these days you English speaking folk
must learn how to speak English lol

Ort sounds very German to me, but I am not sure. Snippets just won't
do anyway!
Dutch. So a cousin to German.
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:56:49 -0800, Liz Hampton
wrote:

But the pieces that I call orts ARE scraps and bits. They are either too
short, frayed or warn to be used anymore. They're definitely NOT part of my
stash anymore. Maybe be have a confusion of terms here and are actually
talking about snippets AND orts? "Snippets" could be the longer pieces that
we can maybe get one or two more stitches out of and "orts" could truly be
those scrap pieces that are not going to be used no matter what. :-))
Yep, what Liz said.

You can *have* your Brussels sprouts! And mine!
Darla
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