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churchlady
Warming Up
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 Posted - 08/23/2012 : 06:17:29 AM
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I think a nice option might have been for people to say whether they had seen one of his books, patterns, or a reference to Kaffe Fassett, but had no idea how to pronounce his name. I know I certainly didn't until very recently until I saw a quote from him (in Vogue Knitting, I think), where he said it rhymed with "safe asset", as in a good bank.
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Chayah
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 08/23/2012 : 06:41:32 AM
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Thanks, I always thought Kaffe rhymed with 'half'. :))Chayah
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purlgin
Chatty Knitter
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Posted - 08/23/2012 : 1:22:59 PM
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eldergirl
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 08/23/2012 : 8:09:56 PM
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I too spent years mis-pronouncing "Kaffe" and said it "Taffy" like purlgin.
And like churchlady, I discovered it in the same way.
Who knew?
Anna
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yarnlover
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Posted - 08/24/2012 : 07:29:41 AM
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And of course, that isn't his real name. I read what it was somewhere, but can't remember it.
I took a class a few years ago with Brandon Mabley, his associate, and Kaffe sat in doing needlepoint during the breaks in between his classes. He was very nice, friendly to everyone, but what I really liked was that he let Brandon have the floor - this was a class on color, Kaffe's world - and he didn't horn it. If Brandon asked his opinion, he gave it, but very short - this was definitely Brandon's classroom and Kaffe didn't interfere.
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marfa
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USA
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Posted - 08/24/2012 : 12:44:46 PM
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How do.
Many many years ago I took a class w/Liza Prior Lucy who co-wrote his 1st quilt book, GLORIOUS PATCHWORK. Her name, when you see the cover, is in a seriously small font. She taught us that it does rhyme w/ safe. I made a double bed size quilt from one of the patterns in it for a young neighbor friend who is now in high school out in Washington state.
Kaffe's sense of color is indeed glorious, no matter what the medium might be!
Martha
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hillstreetmama
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Posted - 08/27/2012 : 4:03:37 PM
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I once googled "how to pronounce Kaffe Fassett", and it led me to a thread here. I've been here ever since.
And yes, I heard the same "safe asset" rhyme. I heard him speak when he came to a quilting event. He also showed some knitting, and told a lot of stories. I loved when he told about the lady in a bookstore looking for "that new book by Gloria Snitts". (Okay, for those not in the know, the book was "Glorious Knits".) His stuff is WAY cool - knitting and quilting - but a little out of my league, knitwise. I'd love to see the inside of his house - I'll bet it's quite colorful.
Jan
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But how do you say "Kaffe Fassett"?
