tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post7960219056355685387..comments2024-01-15T12:58:07.035-05:00Comments on Sheepish Annie: Doing The Right ThingSheepish Anniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564802976550099985noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-86128912564921980412008-04-03T23:47:00.000-05:002008-04-03T23:47:00.000-05:00Speaking of 'the North' we won the Earth Hour awar...Speaking of 'the North' we won the Earth Hour award for the most committed country for energy savings (perhaps they phrased it a bit differently). Nonetheless, I'm feeling pretty darn proud!!!!Geraldine https://www.blogger.com/profile/07410019941984295767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-8952572730947253232008-03-31T20:48:00.000-05:002008-03-31T20:48:00.000-05:00I'm going to say it right out loud -- I've never u...I'm going to say it right out loud -- I've never used a lifeline.<BR/><BR/>(Hope the knitting goddesses aren't listening. OTOH, I don't have a lace project on the needles right now, so who knows what they'll aim at!)<BR/><BR/>"If I wasn't yelling at my knitting, I don't think the cat would recognize me."<BR/><BR/>It's lines like that (that and this dang cold) that reduce me to eyes-leaking Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-74794209936877453882008-03-31T17:42:00.000-05:002008-03-31T17:42:00.000-05:00Well, it still looks great!We celebrated Earth Hou...Well, it still looks great!<BR/><BR/>We celebrated Earth Hour by turning off everything. Of course, it happened here at 2 am and we were all asleep anyway, so I'm not sure that really counts as "conservation."Yarnhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625926254864861603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-42918042286626366562008-03-31T14:57:00.000-05:002008-03-31T14:57:00.000-05:00You are a daring sheep indeed!You are a daring sheep indeed!Cursing Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525488337844130010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-20369461957491328972008-03-31T13:03:00.000-05:002008-03-31T13:03:00.000-05:00I am 1-1/2 inches into my first real lace project ...I am 1-1/2 inches into my first real lace project -- all the way up to 30 stitches -- and I haven't used a lifeline yet. It seems really stupid to put one in when I can still pretty much count the stitches just by eyeballing them.<BR/><BR/>Of course, every stitch of every row has been knit and frogged and knit and tinked and knit again at least three times...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-82907811586635382662008-03-31T12:31:00.000-05:002008-03-31T12:31:00.000-05:00I never use lifelines. If you're not living on th...I never use lifelines. If you're not living on the edge, you're not living, right?Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822650054072508484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-29254282930063239412008-03-31T11:50:00.000-05:002008-03-31T11:50:00.000-05:00I had no idea about "Earth Hour" until it was over...I had no idea about "Earth Hour" until it was over either... Guess I should fire up the computer more often on the weekends... But honestly, the threat of the babysitter coming over and seeing the squalor we live in was more pressing than anything on-line. That and I really wanted to go out on a date with my sweetie. Alone. Someplace that didn't involve play structures or cartoon characters.Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509664226326597740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-3076459172850290032008-03-31T08:09:00.000-05:002008-03-31T08:09:00.000-05:00The shawl looks fabulous. I would suggest in the k...The shawl looks fabulous. I would suggest in the kindest way possible that you give a lifeline a try. It helps to limit gray hairs and screaming in frustration. But it's your shawl so you do as you wish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-57751220452241960352008-03-31T07:58:00.000-05:002008-03-31T07:58:00.000-05:00We observed Earth Hour by going out to eat. The re...We observed Earth Hour by going out to eat. The restaurant was packed! I guess we all had the same idea!<BR/><BR/>Love the shawl - you may inspire me to make one. And lifelines... well, I tried but I discovered counting and fudging work just as well for me, too.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08733284959927260751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-13518233723105084912008-03-31T07:17:00.000-05:002008-03-31T07:17:00.000-05:00Yup, you did better'n me: I didn't even KNOW abou...Yup, you did better'n me: I didn't even KNOW about Earth Hour 'til it was all over. And I feel like a dufus. Ah, well. I may choose my own Earth Hour sometime soon, and I'll do it the drastic way -- just shut off the main breaker. No TV or computer or oven light to cheat. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-63082941684728833522008-03-31T01:15:00.000-05:002008-03-31T01:15:00.000-05:00I'm a sinner. I missed the whole Earth Hour notice...I'm a sinner. I missed the whole Earth Hour notice and thus my bulbs were a-blazin' the entire time. What is this lace of which you speak? Yikes!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052659387592324948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-38553844512130711162008-03-30T22:24:00.000-05:002008-03-30T22:24:00.000-05:00I don't like to use lifelines either. When I star...I don't like to use lifelines either. When I started knitting lace I used them and I felt like they were slowing me down too much. But I do count my stitches after every row to make sure I'm on track. I guess that's not any faster. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-51384890458115682402008-03-30T21:16:00.000-05:002008-03-30T21:16:00.000-05:00Ahhhh...Sheepie, I think lights were only part of ...Ahhhh...Sheepie, I think lights were only part of the Earth Hour equation, I could be wrong. We did the lights and everything else out here and were amazed to see a lot of participation up the mountainside!<BR/><BR/>Did you say snowstorm??? I want some....send it west, ok. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about your knitting conundrums but the colors are incredible, it's fixable, right!!!<BR/><BR/>Huggs, GGeraldine https://www.blogger.com/profile/07410019941984295767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-67112852498749467222008-03-30T21:11:00.000-05:002008-03-30T21:11:00.000-05:00Okay - I'm gonna go for it here 'cause really - if...Okay - I'm gonna go for it here 'cause really - if you wanna come all the way over here and TP me, go right ahead!<BR/><BR/>Lifeline is one of the rituals required to appease the knitting gods. They are cranky gods, but very observant, and thanks to your efforts, someone else skated by their notice today. Why not put in that lifeline - and let them pick on someone else tomorrow? (But let me knowKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01966643349355325198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-8642573691505986682008-03-30T20:34:00.000-05:002008-03-30T20:34:00.000-05:00Lace = Lifeline!And I agree with jacqui - blogger ...Lace = Lifeline!<BR/><BR/>And I agree with jacqui - blogger needs to allow the <del> tag in comments.sheep#100https://www.blogger.com/profile/04207640881710412597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19341251.post-45791583229060512002008-03-30T20:13:00.000-05:002008-03-30T20:13:00.000-05:00lifelines are for the 'Ants' in life. you, my frie...lifelines are for the 'Ants' in life. you, my friend, you are a Grasshopper [knitter] just like me! <BR/><BR/>you scoff in the face of winter, no wait, dropped stitches. you scoff in the face of starvation, no wait, tinking back to before your diety or mine was born. you live in the moment.<BR/><BR/>... hmm. starvation and winter death are one thing. frogging lace is another. <BR/><BR/>put in a Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293773775102508262noreply@blogger.com