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Ditzy Girl
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USA
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 Posted - 08/10/2004 : 7:35:43 PM
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When I was taking my sock lesson today a young girl ( young teenage) came in and wanted some sticks to knit with. I just smiled and thought here is a new knitter. When she came up to pay, I was sitting close to cash register, I asked her what she was knitting, her answer a shawl for her mother. I thought that was nice and told her so. I just think that is so cool.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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spin_or_knit
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 05:38:08 AM
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I was knitting a sock a while back in the doctor's waiting room, and someone said "You look like you are knitting, but you can't be. You have too many sticks." I thought that was cute. DPNs do look like sticks, though.
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Schleppenheimer
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 06:10:29 AM
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Zola,
I love your story about the "two sticks to knit with." Makes you feel like there's a future for knitting! |
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Dagny
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 06:54:42 AM
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Actually, a lot of other laces still call them sticks. I was (re)taught to knit by a very old Finnish lady who spoke very little English (she prefered to swear at you in Finnish) and she always called needles sticks.
Dagny in Maine
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VaxGirl
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 07:39:10 AM
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Interesting... I used to work with several Russian immigrants. One day I was knitting and one of guys also called them sticks. I wonder if that is the translation for some languages.
"SmellyCat, SmellyCat, what are they feeding you?" |
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Pinky Yarn
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USA
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 10:59:45 AM
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i've had non-knitters call them sticks, but u have to admit, they DO look a bit more like sticks than needles if u ask me
- Katie
"Say what you mean, and mean what you say"
The next generation of knitters :-)
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mokey
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 11:34:26 AM
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To me needle impies an opening to put thread through. My son calls them sticks sometimes.
"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi |
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knittykat
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 08/11/2004 : 11:40:22 AM
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I think it's cute. It boils knitting down to its most basic explanation: sticks & string. Makes it seem a lot less intimidating when you're learning!
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