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Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:28:59 GMT, "Midwest poster"
spewed forth : 7.5 inches would fit my foot. ;-) But seriously, I hope you get some relief soon. The "large" size Jaywalker sock knitted to gauge wouldn't turn my heel either. I wear a size 10 and my ankle is 9.375" in diameter whether I'm being fat or thin on any particular day. It isn't about size with these sox, it's about flexibility or stretch and lack of same. I gave up quite some time ago on fancy patterned socks - nobody sees them anyhow so I spend that effort on sweaters and scarves. Opal and similar sock yarns are fast knits and make their own patterns - what more can a girl ask for? +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... |
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Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right
Well, they would be easy to knit, but I wouldn't want to put them on the
bords! Higs, Katherine Sue W wrote: LOL Mirjam, I don't think it would be easy! "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message ... Are you kniotting sopcks for birds ? sorry couldn`t resist mirjam t.knitnet wrote: "Sue W" wrote in message . com... I'll admit to having knitted about 2/3 of one sock using the larger number of stitches and 2.5mm needles. It measures about 7.5 inches around. When I tried it on, I couldn't get my heel through the leg part, - not much stretch to it at all. I'll rip it when I can get round to knitting much again (carpal tunnel syndrome). -- Sue W in East Anglia, UK 7.5 inches would fit my foot. ;-) But seriously, I hope you get some relief soon. -- Jan in MN |
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Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right
Hahahahah Sue it wouldn`t be easy ,, but very interesting ,,, What was
the name of the folk story where the girl knits something for her brothers who were turned into geeze ?????? mirjam |
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The Six Swans (was Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right)
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
Hahahahah Sue it wouldn`t be easy ,, but very interesting ,,, What was the name of the folk story where the girl knits something for her brothers who were turned into geeze ?????? mirjam I love that fairy tale. I have a copy of it in a collection of Grimm's Tales and it's named "The Six Swans" (No. 49), but it may be geese in other translations. Here's the wiki on the story, for those who don't know it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Swans The wiki entry includes a link at the bottom to an annotated version of the story. -- Threnody |
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The Six Swans (was Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You WereRight)
Threnody wrote:
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Hahahahah Sue it wouldn`t be easy ,, but very interesting ,,, What was the name of the folk story where the girl knits something for her brothers who were turned into geeze ?????? mirjam I love that fairy tale. I have a copy of it in a collection of Grimm's Tales and it's named "The Six Swans" (No. 49), but it may be geese in other translations. Here's the wiki on the story, for those who don't know it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Swans The wiki entry includes a link at the bottom to an annotated version of the story. I think it was swans, and an Australian writer wrote a trilogy based on the story. Leda is the girls name. sue |
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Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:16:11 GMT, Wooly wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:28:59 GMT, "Midwest poster" spewed forth : 7.5 inches would fit my foot. ;-) But seriously, I hope you get some relief soon. The "large" size Jaywalker sock knitted to gauge wouldn't turn my heel either. I wear a size 10 and my ankle is 9.375" in diameter whether I'm being fat or thin on any particular day. It isn't about size with these sox, it's about flexibility or stretch and lack of same. I gave up quite some time ago on fancy patterned socks - nobody sees them anyhow so I spend that effort on sweaters and scarves. Opal and similar sock yarns are fast knits and make their own patterns - what more can a girl ask for? +++++++++++++ I like to do a pattern just because it's more fun to knit! Alison |
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The Six Swans (was Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right)
And I think it must all go back to the Greek myth in which Leda was
seduced by Zeus when he came to her as a swan. That Zeus had lots of girlfriends and lots of disguises. Hesira suzee wrote: I think it was swans, and an Australian writer wrote a trilogy based on the story. Leda is the girls name. sue |
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The Six Swans (was Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right)
In article .com,
"hesira" wrote: And I think it must all go back to the Greek myth in which Leda was seduced by Zeus when he came to her as a swan. That Zeus had lots of girlfriends and lots of disguises. Hesira suzee wrote: I think it was swans, and an Australian writer wrote a trilogy based on the story. Leda is the girls name. sue In my Brothers Grimm collection.( Dutch translation) are notes for each and every story they wrote. For the Six Swans it states the following. The story is based on an old story that was found in a Latin work, a Dolophatos, written in 1190 by monk named Johannes from the Lotharingsche abby, Haute-Seille. At the time it was very common to hear stories where a ball of yarn will lead the way to an answer, as well as that there are demands made for the hero or heroinne to by silent for a period of time and is also not allowed to laugh, so not to break the spell. It also states that the same story lines were found in Arabic and Indian stories long before that. Els -- Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr |
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The Six Swans (was Jaywalker socks was Wooly, You Were Right)
In article , Alison
wrote: Story telling is a little bit like fashion designing. "what goes around comes around" with an added twist, to fit the times....LOL, a touch of wisdom, punishment, and evil influences and always a bit of romance, and virility, which ends in fertility, and oodles of kids.....LOL. sounds like daily life. Els Els On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:28:35 GMT, (Els van Dam) wrote: In my Brothers Grimm collection.( Dutch translation) are notes for each and every story they wrote. For the Six Swans it states the following. The story is based on an old story that was found in a Latin work, a Dolophatos, written in 1190 by monk named Johannes from the Lotharingsche abby, Haute-Seille. At the time it was very common to hear stories where a ball of yarn will lead the way to an answer, as well as that there are demands made for the hero or heroinne to by silent for a period of time and is also not allowed to laugh, so not to break the spell. It also states that the same story lines were found in Arabic and Indian stories long before that. Els I am sure I remember this as The Seven Swans. The girl had to weave 7 shirts out of nettles, never speaking, to change her brothers back. After various story details (meeting prince, marrying prince, being accused of being a witch, being tied to a stake to be burned) she manages to finish all but half of the seventh shirt. The swans show up at the stake, she throws the shirts over each swan, and they turn back into men, but the last brother still has a swan's wing because she couldn't get it finished. I discovered that the Andrew Lang (British) version is Six Swans. And the Andersen version which I thought I was remembering actually is called Wild Swans and has 11 brothers. This is a great website for fairy tales: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/other.html -- Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr |
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