Comments on: A time for congratulations http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Alex http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3351 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:39:36 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3351 Yeah, it was a pretty unpleasant scene when they called Tope out! I think I was the only one in the room who totally understood what was happening (other than Tope, of course) as it happened. After she left everyone else sat around saying, "Wait, was that for her <i>exams</i>? For real? No! Really?" But it all ended up well and Tope looked like she had just won a million dollars when it was over. And we all got to share in the collective "yuck" after toasting back some of the cheap "sweet sparkling wine" that the department "generously" keeps on hand for such occasions. Yeah, it was a pretty unpleasant scene when they called Tope out! I think I was the only one in the room who totally understood what was happening (other than Tope, of course) as it happened. After she left everyone else sat around saying, “Wait, was that for her exams? For real? No! Really?”

But it all ended up well and Tope looked like she had just won a million dollars when it was over. And we all got to share in the collective “yuck” after toasting back some of the cheap “sweet sparkling wine” that the department “generously” keeps on hand for such occasions.

]]> by: Kate http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3350 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:30:36 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3350 Oh my Lord. Until now I had been a (not very secret) lurker, but that story is definitely enough to make me break my silence. Good God. I have to go start studying now. I don't know if I'm really going back to graduate school, but, clearly I need to start studying just in case. Apparently my exam might be, you know, tomorrow. (By the by, don't we think this is exactly the level of stress with the potential, to say, disrupt the functioning of major organ systems?) Hope all else is well up North! Oh my Lord. Until now I had been a (not very secret) lurker, but that story is definitely enough to make me break my silence. Good God. I have to go start studying now. I don’t know if I’m really going back to graduate school, but, clearly I need to start studying just in case. Apparently my exam might be, you know, tomorrow.

(By the by, don’t we think this is exactly the level of stress with the potential, to say, disrupt the functioning of major organ systems?)

Hope all else is well up North!

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3330 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:29:30 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3330 Congrats to Tope!!! Best wishes to her as she completes all the requirements for her degree. Yay that orals are done!!!! Congrats to Tope!!! Best wishes to her as she completes all the requirements for her degree. Yay that orals are done!!!!

]]> by: Kristy http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3325 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:39:03 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3325 Congratulations to your friend Tope! It's a huge accomplishment, and will always remain a great story to tell. Congratulations to your friend Tope! It’s a huge accomplishment, and will always remain a great story to tell.

]]> by: Melinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3322 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:24:32 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/01/31/congratulations/#comment-3322 Ah, I made a blanket sized Clapotis out of blue Malabrigo and learned that lesson. One corner in noticeably lighter than the rest where I alternated skeins. I've also noticed this in 100purewool and now just automatically alternate. I'll be looking forward to seeing the sweater all together. I just love that color! Ah, I made a blanket sized Clapotis out of blue Malabrigo and learned that lesson. One corner in noticeably lighter than the rest where I alternated skeins. I’ve also noticed this in 100purewool and now just automatically alternate.

I’ll be looking forward to seeing the sweater all together. I just love that color!

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