Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl Mcphee

In article ,
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
"KNITTING RULES"

Amazon.com has a feature that lets you "search inside a book."
Put in a topic and it will find a page that mentions it.
Maybe you could use that to browse. Be sure to put in some
unusual topics.

Thank you But i don`t think so , i am, still on a very slow modem ,
maybe after i changed to the quicker one,,, just now my old phone
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She has put up photos on her weblog of a few pages of her new book,
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off.

I think the URL is
http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog

She just did a complete redo of her bedroom in one week flat:
sanded and polyurethaned floors, painted walls and trim, replaced
electrical outlets, cleaned up the sawdust and all.

=Tamar

Richard Eney spun a FINE 'yarn':

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She just did a complete redo of her bedroom in one week flat:
sanded and polyurethaned floors, painted walls and trim, replaced
electrical outlets, cleaned up the sawdust and all.

=Tamar

What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and knitting and
not working on her remodeling job)



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"YarnWright" wrote in message
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Richard Eney spun a FINE 'yarn':

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She just did a complete redo of her bedroom in one week flat:
sanded and polyurethaned floors, painted walls and trim, replaced
electrical outlets, cleaned up the sawdust and all.

=Tamar

What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and knitting and
not working on her remodeling job)

You're joking, right?

Shelagh

Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':


"YarnWright" wrote in message
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Richard Eney spun a FINE 'yarn':

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She just did a complete redo of her bedroom in one week flat:
sanded and polyurethaned floors, painted walls and trim, replaced
electrical outlets, cleaned up the sawdust and all.

=Tamar

What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and knitting
and not working on her remodeling job)

You're joking, right?

Shelagh

end quoted

Am I???

Noreen

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YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':

Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':


"YarnWright" wrote in message
...
Richard Eney spun a FINE 'yarn':

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She just did a complete redo of her bedroom in one week flat:
sanded and polyurethaned floors, painted walls and trim,
replaced electrical outlets, cleaned up the sawdust and all.

=Tamar

What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and
knitting and not working on her remodeling job)

You're joking, right?

Shelagh

end quoted

Am I???

Noreen
end quoted

Actually, I thought one week to do that in one room was a LONG time,
but as a carpenter's wife, I would....

Noreen

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"YarnWright" wrote in message
...
What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and
knitting and not working on her remodeling job)

You're joking, right?

Shelagh

Am I???

Noreen

Actually, I thought one week to do that in one room was a LONG time,
but as a carpenter's wife, I would....

Noreen

I dunno Noreen, it sounded pretty bitchy to me. Last year I worked on a
much smaller re-do to my guest bathroom and it took me over a month. That
was only painting, new fixtures, new handles on a cupboard and some
beadboard on one wall. I had to put a coat of primer, let that dry, and
then two coats of colour on the walls. It was very diddly. I was amazed
that she got that all done in a week (with help). Mind you, I had other
things to do during the day, like normal everyday things and only worked on
my re-do at night when DH was at work, and not on weekends. The only thing
I needed carpenter-like skills for were to cut the beadboard, baseboard and
crown railing, and I had that done where we bought the stuff.

I guess my point is that not everyone works at your obvious "lightening"
speed.

Shelagh

Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':


"YarnWright" wrote in message
...
What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and
knitting and not working on her remodeling job)

You're joking, right?

Shelagh

Am I???

Noreen

Actually, I thought one week to do that in one room was a LONG time,
but as a carpenter's wife, I would....

Noreen

I dunno Noreen, it sounded pretty bitchy to me. Last year I worked
on a much smaller re-do to my guest bathroom and it took me over a
month. That was only painting, new fixtures, new handles on a
cupboard and some beadboard on one wall. I had to put a coat of
primer, let that dry, and then two coats of colour on the walls. It
was very diddly. I was amazed that she got that all done in a week
(with help). Mind you, I had other things to do during the day,
like normal everyday things and only worked on my re-do at night when
DH was at work, and not on weekends. The only thing I needed
carpenter-like skills for were to cut the beadboard, baseboard and
crown railing, and I had that done where we bought the stuff.

I guess my point is that not everyone works at your obvious
"lightening" speed.

Shelagh

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Sorry you thought I was being bitchy, Shelagh, I wasn't!
I was being PRACTICAL,
when you're being paid to do a job, it's prudent TO get it done in a
timely manner, otherwise you're not MAKING money.
Look at it from YOUR end, if you were paying ME X bux an hour, wouldn't
you prefer I get it done in a week rather than a month???
Now, from MY end, if we BID the job at X bux for the total job, if it
takes a week, we make x bux and hour, if it takes a month, we make x
CENTS an hour...
Kapeesh?
Noreen


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"YarnWright" wrote in
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Sorry you thought I was being bitchy, Shelagh, I wasn't!

i didn't think it sounded bitchy. i thought you were teasing.
obviously you have more redecorating experience than most
people, so you *can* get things done faster.
some people, like me, get sidetracked easily... or in the
case of my kitchen, get really interested in trying to figure
out the ages of the different wallpaper layers...
lee
--
Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if
there be
one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of
blindfolded
fear. - Thomas Jefferson

enigma spun a FINE 'yarn':

"YarnWright" wrote in
:

Sorry you thought I was being bitchy, Shelagh, I wasn't!

i didn't think it sounded bitchy. i thought you were teasing.
obviously you have more redecorating experience than most
people, so you can get things done faster.
some people, like me, get sidetracked easily... or in the
case of my kitchen, get really interested in trying to figure
out the ages of the different wallpaper layers...
lee
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Thanks, Lee.
I guess I just rub our Shelagh the wrong way no matter what the subject
is. Ah well, it's a big world.

Noreen

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In article ,
YarnWright wrote:
Richard Eney spun a FINE 'yarn':

snipped

She just did a complete redo of her bedroom in one week flat:
sanded and polyurethaned floors, painted walls and trim, replaced
electrical outlets, cleaned up the sawdust and all.

=Tamar

What took her so LONG????
Noreen
(nevermind, i figured it out, she was probably sitting and knitting and
not working on her remodeling job)

She had to put out the fires the "professional" floor sanders started,
clean all the sawdust out of the entire house because they hadn't
properly taped up the doorway, shop and feed the family, do laundry,
work on her next book, wait for paint to dry, move furniture, and
prepare for her book tour, which did include some knitting - after all,
that's her day job.

=Tamar