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Wow - that's wonderful!!
-- Kandice Seeber www.lampwork.net "Shirley Shone" wrote in message ... Well I have just given something away that is not rubbish. I have just given the WI over a thousand pounds worth of coned yarn, cotton and pure wool. I bought it whilst I was working knowing I would only have a small pension when I retired. Little did I know that the first day of retirement I was put on the list for a heart bypass. After having it I never used my knitting machine again. Pushing the carriage across is the same type of action as ironing. When I iron I am in acute pain after doing 3 items. It takes me days to get the ironing done. So the cones have sat there accusingly until this week and my great workroom clear out. I bagged it up in 16 large bags and sent it to the WI's Knit and Knatter group. They sit and knit things like hats mittens, little jumpers and scarves and they get sent to the third world countries. So someone will benefit and I have more room for my gentler pursuits. It grieved me to see it go with all that money that I tied up in it but since the bottom of machine knitting has dropped out no one wanted to buy it. Shirley In message , Peggy writes Why is it that if you make stuff people insist on giving you things, 'I'm sure you'll find a use for'. Like all their colour-ugly, left over sewing threads that are now so ingrained with dirt and dust that you have to throw the first few layers away. Or fabric that was never pretty. Even though it's 'vintage' now, it's still ugly. Or rusty pins? Why? I don't know about the rusty and dirty stuff, but I think that the reason people give artists "ugly" stuff is because lots of people view the creative process as something magical. It's my suspicion that they believe that anyone who can create also has the power to transform "ugly" into "beautiful." When somebody gives me something ugly and expects me to make something pretty out of it, I usually take it as a compliment. Of course I rarely manage to actually achieve beauty, but that's another issue altogether... -- Shirley Shone |
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Polly S. wrote:
melinda wrote: He's tall for a 2 yr old, but worn 'normal' it drags on the ground! If he's watched I put the ends through the loop so it stays on, but the weather is warming up a bit here, at least he'll have it for next winter. I dug out the hand piecing for one of the quilts and have done a tiny bit, need to tidy up the table before I can use my machines... :-( LOL I didn't realize he was 2!!! For some reason I was seeing a teen or pre-teen!!! Ummm... not so good then, as a little Dr.Who! There are pictures on our web site, although he's looking a bit less shaggy now had his hair trimmed for the first time yesterday. No problems at all :-) -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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