Comments | triskellian: Purple socks, food and knitting, or, two reasons for <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/secretrebel">secretrebel</a></strong> to feel guilty

triskellian

Purple socks, food and knitting, or, two reasons for secretrebel to feel guilty

Oct 20, 2006 07:52

At long last, I am able to return to my rightful place at the head of the Purple Sock Friday cult. After many long months of being unable to find any purple socks, not even for ready money, I struck gold in John Lewis in Milton Keynes yesterday! To make up for the terrible time when I was unable to make my observances, these socks are two colours ( Read more... )

knitting, misc

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bateleur October 20 2006, 08:26:35 UTC

I like the pure potential of the yarn before I've decided what to do with it

One of the things I most love about artwork is the feeling of looking at a clean page of good quality cartridge paper (the chunky 150gsm stuff) and wondering what I'm going to draw on it.

Sounds like pretty much the same thing with yarn.

triskellian October 20 2006, 08:43:47 UTC

Yep. The trouble with yarn, though, is it gets really expensive, really quickly (well, it needn't, but I'm not interested in the potential of cheap acrylic). And you have to buy it in fairly large quantities for the potential to be worth having (not much potential in one ball) ;-)

bopeepsheep October 20 2006, 11:45:32 UTC

But with odd balls at least you can pet them and just enjoy the sensory/visual experience. :D

secondhand_rick October 20 2006, 08:40:43 UTC

... scarf yarn for secondhand_rick, but they didn't have any of the right sort

No, no gods, why? Why do you taunt me so?

triskellian October 20 2006, 08:46:01 UTC

Hee hee! There was some of the right texture, and technically the right colour, but I think the colour had too much pink in it and you'd have dismissed it as girlie. And there was some in the right colour, but it was too thin (I don't like you enough to knit you a scarf out of thin yarn - it'd take a million years and be really boring).

Yes, this is just me taunting you some more ;-)

secondhand_rick October 20 2006, 08:57:24 UTC

Buh-buh-but does that mean... you're one of the gods?

triskellian October 20 2006, 09:18:08 UTC

Yes.

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triskellian October 20 2006, 09:19:54 UTC

Green tea was one of the flavours I had on Tuesday. I think it's my favourite G&D's flavour :-)

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triskellian October 20 2006, 11:19:08 UTC

Maybe we should have an SDP meet at G&Ds :-)

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undyingking October 20 2006, 09:03:42 UTC

Introduction to PHP

Excellent, soon you shall be my PHP guru. I don't think I know anyone else who even uses it.

triskellian October 20 2006, 09:25:09 UTC

Patchwork is all PHP, so zandev presumably knows how.

Hey, maybe we should set up phpbarites ;-)

undyingking October 20 2006, 09:33:57 UTC

Only if you can tell me how to pronounce it.

secondhand_rick October 20 2006, 09:50:04 UTC

Only the Phantom Raspberry Blower of old London Town can do it justice.

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frax October 20 2006, 09:28:25 UTC

In honour of you I happened to pick my purple socks as well this morning although I haven't checked that my PA was wearing hers (an office rule I started on Fridays).

But Rogue looks amazing, in fact so amazing I may have to make it myself once I have finished all the socks I am doing for Christmas.

See you tomorrow!

triskellian October 20 2006, 11:08:51 UTC

I love that you make your PA follow my religion :-)

Rogue's lovely. I heartily recommend it (both pattern and garment), and shall enthusiastically show it (and yesterday's haul) to you tomorrow. There's acres of stocking stitch, but almost all of it also has cabling on the same row, so it doesn't get boring.