Comments on: A big storm knocked it over http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:15:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-276 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:36:49 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-276 I deny complicity. The action was his and his alone. I deny complicity. The action was his and his alone.

]]> by: Alex http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-275 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:54:10 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-275 Actually Lorinda, despite Ellen's denials, I actually did use the flash ONCE in the MFA trying to get that shot, and she was complicit in it. The lighting was so lousy (for a camera, that is) that everything kept coming out <i>really</i> blurry (too long of an exposure time). I decided to try it once with the flash, so I mumbled out something like, "Gee, what does this setting do? (FLASH) Oh my, what an accident!" In any case, the flash didn't help any — the final picture just looked washed out. I just tried to take it at a very high resolution and stay <i>verwy, verwy</i> still. If someone figured out an easy way to stabilize a camera without the bulkiness of a tripod, they could make a mint... Actually Lorinda, despite Ellen’s denials, I actually did use the flash ONCE in the MFA trying to get that shot, and she was complicit in it.

The lighting was so lousy (for a camera, that is) that everything kept coming out really blurry (too long of an exposure time). I decided to try it once with the flash, so I mumbled out something like, “Gee, what does this setting do? (FLASH) Oh my, what an accident!” In any case, the flash didn’t help any — the final picture just looked washed out. I just tried to take it at a very high resolution and stay verwy, verwy still. If someone figured out an easy way to stabilize a camera without the bulkiness of a tripod, they could make a mint…

]]> by: Lynda http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-270 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:00:36 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-270 Ellen - thanks so much for your comments on my Rogue- I just LOVE mine. It was such a fun knit, and I wore it like crazy until it just got too hot! Your homespun yarn is GORGEOUS and perfect for it! Ellen - thanks so much for your comments on my Rogue- I just LOVE mine. It was such a fun knit, and I wore it like crazy until it just got too hot! Your homespun yarn is GORGEOUS and perfect for it!

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-268 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:43:57 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-268 I was just teasing about telling on you to the MFA (I just won't answer the phone when they call back). I loved the ambient light in your photos; the warm tone was evocative of another era. The pic with the lady looking down her nose at your knitting was too funny. And thanks for the compliments *blush* About LOTR, I can see your point about movies being too self important. If I like something, I can usually suspend my disbelief, and I was predisposed to love Peter Jackson's movies because I loved the books. Normally, though, I am like you Ellen in that any lapse of logic drives me nuts. Just saw Lady in the Water. Way too many stretches that irked me (like "how does she know to wear clothes? she's a water nymph"). So I focussed instead on the wonderful cinematography and the humor. And, Sarah, I'm guessing you are like I am in that you'll love the movies but draw the line at appearing anywhere with prosthetic elf ears. Now may I make a request? Will you ladies blog on movies/books that you like? It's not knitting and spinning but it's fun to get to know you better. I was just teasing about telling on you to the MFA (I just won’t answer the phone when they call back). I loved the ambient light in your photos; the warm tone was evocative of another era. The pic with the lady looking down her nose at your knitting was too funny. And thanks for the compliments *blush*

About LOTR, I can see your point about movies being too self important. If I like something, I can usually suspend my disbelief, and I was predisposed to love Peter Jackson’s movies because I loved the books. Normally, though, I am like you Ellen in that any lapse of logic drives me nuts. Just saw Lady in the Water. Way too many stretches that irked me (like “how does she know to wear clothes? she’s a water nymph”). So I focussed instead on the wonderful cinematography and the humor. And, Sarah, I’m guessing you are like I am in that you’ll love the movies but draw the line at appearing anywhere with prosthetic elf ears.

Now may I make a request? Will you ladies blog on movies/books that you like? It’s not knitting and spinning but it’s fun to get to know you better.

]]> by: Diane http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-258 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:15:17 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-258 Yikes, at least all we got was a rainy day from the "tail". Bamboo sock yarn...interesting, do report more as you go along. Lovely stash enhancement; I'm looking forward to our Fiber Fest (Fingerlakes Fiber Fest), followed after by Rhinebeck. Not that I really need anything, but a girl's gotta leave her options open! Yikes, at least all we got was a rainy day from the “tail”.
Bamboo sock yarn…interesting, do report more as you go along.
Lovely stash enhancement; I’m looking forward to our Fiber Fest (Fingerlakes Fiber Fest), followed after by Rhinebeck. Not that I really need anything, but a girl’s gotta leave her options open!

]]> by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-257 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:35:10 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-257 Lorinda. Now, then. I am not buying that a woman who could make that hilarious remark yesterday about the lime (fiber) belonging with the coconut (not to mention plenty of other witty and trenchant comments) has "an IQ somewhere between eggplant and educable." I just don't buy it. And now you float this great idea about putting the chart up to a mirror. I never thought of that! I loved seeing the picture of you on YH's site today! Very lovely! And I swear now, before God and everybody, that we did not use flash in the MFA. Our digital camera is very good at using the light available, although I have to admit that I fiddled with the settings a lot to get the best pics I could. I'll report back on the bamboo sock yarn more extensively, but the short version is that it is a great yarn. Splits a bit as you would expect, but the wool blend keeps that to a minimum. My sister pretty much has me dead to rights on the LOTR deal. That's the problem with sisters. They know you too well. Lorinda. Now, then. I am not buying that a woman who could make that hilarious remark yesterday about the lime (fiber) belonging with the coconut (not to mention plenty of other witty and trenchant comments) has “an IQ somewhere between eggplant and educable.” I just don’t buy it.

And now you float this great idea about putting the chart up to a mirror. I never thought of that!

I loved seeing the picture of you on YH’s site today! Very lovely!

And I swear now, before God and everybody, that we did not use flash in the MFA. Our digital camera is very good at using the light available, although I have to admit that I fiddled with the settings a lot to get the best pics I could.

I’ll report back on the bamboo sock yarn more extensively, but the short version is that it is a great yarn. Splits a bit as you would expect, but the wool blend keeps that to a minimum.

My sister pretty much has me dead to rights on the LOTR deal. That’s the problem with sisters. They know you too well.

]]> by: Sarah http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-256 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:31:04 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-256 Oh, Lorinda, Ellen thinks that LOTR (and other fantasy/science fiction films) takes itself too seriously and so she finds it amusing. (She can't suspend her disbelief at all.) I myself think that she is just unable to get into the spirit of the thing. In this she and I differ very greatly. I own the boxed set of the director's cut DVDs and watch them regularly. Oh, Lorinda, Ellen thinks that LOTR (and other fantasy/science fiction films) takes itself too seriously and so she finds it amusing. (She can’t suspend her disbelief at all.) I myself think that she is just unable to get into the spirit of the thing. In this she and I differ very greatly. I own the boxed set of the director’s cut DVDs and watch them regularly.

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-253 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:11:40 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/25/bigstorm/#comment-253 Thanks for chatting me up in the Harlot's comment section! My 15 seconds of fame will pass all too quickly, so I won't let my head swell. How do you live with yourself being able to drop words like "nimbus" and "blood volume" into a conversation? If I were you (and could knit like you) I wouldn't sleep. Cool museum pics, but MOM! Alex and Ellen were taking pictures in the museum, I'm telling! Was it without flash so it was allowed, or did you snap them and then look around as though blaming someone else? LOVE the bamboo! Can't wait for the final pic and review of the yarn. I laughed at loud at the panda comment. Yay to starting your Roguish sleeves! I'm noodling on two things. 1) If you have to knit the Rogue pattern backward, can you hold it up to a mirror? and 2) I can't get out of my mind your comment about LOTR being unintentionally funny. I confess to having an IQ somewhere between eggplant and educable, so I missed the joke. Care to explain in small words so I can understand? Thanks for chatting me up in the Harlot’s comment section! My 15 seconds of fame will pass all too quickly, so I won’t let my head swell. How do you live with yourself being able to drop words like “nimbus” and “blood volume” into a conversation? If I were you (and could knit like you) I wouldn’t sleep.

Cool museum pics, but MOM! Alex and Ellen were taking pictures in the museum, I’m telling! Was it without flash so it was allowed, or did you snap them and then look around as though blaming someone else?

LOVE the bamboo! Can’t wait for the final pic and review of the yarn. I laughed at loud at the panda comment.

Yay to starting your Roguish sleeves!

I’m noodling on two things. 1) If you have to knit the Rogue pattern backward, can you hold it up to a mirror? and 2) I can’t get out of my mind your comment about LOTR being unintentionally funny. I confess to having an IQ somewhere between eggplant and educable, so I missed the joke. Care to explain in small words so I can understand?

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