Comments on: The best thing http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:58:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Owl http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2794 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:06:35 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2794 *Hugs!* *Hugs!*

]]> by: MonicaPDX http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2723 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:02:47 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2723 Ach, sadness... Hope things get better, Sarah. At least you've created something inspiring with it; this post is a great tutorial, and the fiber looks wonderful. I recently got several lbs. of a Suffolk X fleece from a friend, to spin for sock yarn, so I found it very timely. I have no combs; I'll be using ye old 'improvisational' flick method with a dog slicker brush. [g] But I figure studying your photos will give me some points to think about while I experiment to find what works best. So there, you've not only learned something new, but passed along some help. Thanks! ::hugs:: Ach, sadness… Hope things get better, Sarah. At least you’ve created something inspiring with it; this post is a great tutorial, and the fiber looks wonderful. I recently got several lbs. of a Suffolk X fleece from a friend, to spin for sock yarn, so I found it very timely. I have no combs; I’ll be using ye old ‘improvisational’ flick method with a dog slicker brush. [g] But I figure studying your photos will give me some points to think about while I experiment to find what works best. So there, you’ve not only learned something new, but passed along some help. Thanks! ::hugs::

]]> by: debsnm http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2721 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:42:52 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2721 I'm sorry you're sad. It horrible to feel so bad, but I hope it helps you to know that there will be an end to the sadness, whatever the cause. Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the sadness it a poster I had when I was a teen. It was a picture of a kitten hanging from the end of a rope. It said "Hang on, Friday's coming!" But I always think of it as "When you've reached the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!" Sometimes I hang for what seems like forever. I hope you hang on too! I’m sorry you’re sad. It horrible to feel so bad, but I hope it helps you to know that there will be an end to the sadness, whatever the cause. Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the sadness it a poster I had when I was a teen. It was a picture of a kitten hanging from the end of a rope. It said “Hang on, Friday’s coming!” But I always think of it as “When you’ve reached the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!” Sometimes I hang for what seems like forever. I hope you hang on too!

]]> by: Shelda http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2719 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:55:57 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2719 Sorry you're sad, Sarah! Sadness surely seems to come and go. My grandmother's advice for feeling sad is to do something anonymously purely to help someone else. That seems to work pretty well too ;) I'm still resisting spinning! Even with lovely photographs! Sorry you’re sad, Sarah! Sadness surely seems to come and go. My grandmother’s advice for feeling sad is to do something anonymously purely to help someone else. That seems to work pretty well too ;)

I’m still resisting spinning! Even with lovely photographs!

]]> by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2717 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:51:55 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2717 I'm very sorry that you have been feeling sad. I hope that you will feel more lighthearted soon. Winter can be rather demoralizing in and of itself, but at least it is a good time to spin and knit and to learn new techniques. But even though it may have been written in a less than optimal mood, I love this post. Very nice photographs and an interesting process that I was ignorant of until now. And I agree with Helen about the T.H. White quote, etc. Well said, Helen! I hope you feel better soon, Sarah! I’m very sorry that you have been feeling sad. I hope that you will feel more lighthearted soon. Winter can be rather demoralizing in and of itself, but at least it is a good time to spin and knit and to learn new techniques.

But even though it may have been written in a less than optimal mood, I love this post. Very nice photographs and an interesting process that I was ignorant of until now.

And I agree with Helen about the T.H. White quote, etc. Well said, Helen!

I hope you feel better soon, Sarah!

]]> by: Helen http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2715 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:08:17 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2715 How nice to find someone quoting TH White. An unhappy man who produced so much lightness and kindness in his writing. Do you know Sidney Smith's advice to Lady Georgiana Morpeth on avoiding low spirits? I have often found it helpful, not necessarily because of the advice, but because of what it reveals about him, his suffering, and his wish to help someone else avoid it. The one I would add to the list is, Don't cry in the bath. How nice to find someone quoting TH White. An unhappy man who produced so much lightness and kindness in his writing. Do you know Sidney Smith’s advice to Lady Georgiana Morpeth on avoiding low spirits? I have often found it helpful, not necessarily because of the advice, but because of what it reveals about him, his suffering, and his wish to help someone else avoid it. The one I would add to the list is, Don’t cry in the bath.

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2711 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:54:49 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/10/the-best-thing/#comment-2711 Thank you for that excellent tutorial. You have a good photographer. The wool is lovely, and I have no doubt that you will create something divine for it. I wish I could take your sadness away, but I know life isn't that simple. So I wish you learning for your mind, wool for your fingers and peace for your soul. Thank you for that excellent tutorial. You have a good photographer. The wool is lovely, and I have no doubt that you will create something divine for it.

I wish I could take your sadness away, but I know life isn’t that simple. So I wish you learning for your mind, wool for your fingers and peace for your soul.

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