Comments on: One Sock, Two Sock… http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/ Insights into my artistic endeavors and other things... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: wendee http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3268 wendee Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:37:09 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3268 Your socks are fantastic. They look like a favorite well-worn denim jeans - you know, like the kind you can't wait to put on at the end of your work day because they are so comfy and relaxing. Ahhh, just right! Recently I made the change after many years with my team to become a freelancer for my company rather than a full-time employee. My boss gave me a copy of "Oh the Places..." in my farewell package. I cried like a school girl with a skinned knee! It is such a great book. However, my favorite is the seldom-seen title "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are"? And I love "Horton Hears a Who" although I didn't discover it until a few months ago. They are making a new movie about Horton - details here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451079/ Amy, have you tried the new "watch it now" feature on Netflix? It's great - and a super way to see many classics! Plus, it's in-sto-matic! Your socks are fantastic. They look like a favorite well-worn denim jeans - you know, like the kind you can’t wait to put on at the end of your work day because they are so comfy and relaxing. Ahhh, just right!

Recently I made the change after many years with my team to become a freelancer for my company rather than a full-time employee. My boss gave me a copy of “Oh the Places…” in my farewell package. I cried like a school girl with a skinned knee! It is such a great book. However, my favorite is the seldom-seen title “Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are”? And I love “Horton Hears a Who” although I didn’t discover it until a few months ago. They are making a new movie about Horton - details here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451079/

Amy, have you tried the new “watch it now” feature on Netflix? It’s great - and a super way to see many classics! Plus, it’s in-sto-matic!

]]> By: Laura http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3256 Laura Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:17:07 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3256 Oops, sorry. I see there on your last post that it's Koigu. What a really great colorway!! Oops, sorry. I see there on your last post that it’s Koigu. What a really great colorway!!

]]> By: Laura http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3255 Laura Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:15:47 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3255 I love this post Amy! What I remember about learning to read... is that I could read before I started kindergarten. And when the teachers discovered it they thought I was some kind of freakish child prodigy or something. I was taken straight to the principal's office and sat on his lap to read a book. Then I was reading to the class. I thought it was strange! heh Before I started K I was reading everything in sight - billboards, street signs, everything. It just always came easy to me through school too - thank goodness - because nothing else did. Dr. Seuss... Go Car Go... One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish... Green Eggs and Ham. Those are some of my favorites because my Papa used to read them to us when we would visit my grandparents house and have to wait for dinner, or we were bored or whatever. Some of the best memories of my life. :) Beautiful socks! What yarn is it? I love this post Amy! What I remember about learning to read… is that I could read before I started kindergarten. And when the teachers discovered it they thought I was some kind of freakish child prodigy or something. I was taken straight to the principal’s office and sat on his lap to read a book. Then I was reading to the class. I thought it was strange! heh Before I started K I was reading everything in sight - billboards, street signs, everything. It just always came easy to me through school too - thank goodness - because nothing else did.

Dr. Seuss… Go Car Go… One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish… Green Eggs and Ham. Those are some of my favorites because my Papa used to read them to us when we would visit my grandparents house and have to wait for dinner, or we were bored or whatever. Some of the best memories of my life. :)

Beautiful socks! What yarn is it?

]]> By: turtlegirl76 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3246 turtlegirl76 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:59:57 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3246 Wonderful! I love the color of them! Great job and the next pair looks so much fun! Wonderful! I love the color of them! Great job and the next pair looks so much fun!

]]> By: jessie http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3231 jessie Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:46:44 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3231 There is something quite satisfying about conquering socks, I think because "turning the heel" has ominous and terrible overtones, like "slaying the dragon." My own grandmother, who could knit Aran sweaters with just a page of handwritten notes, and who probably knit more miles of stitches than any living blogger today, never knit a pair of socks. "Oh, no," she'd say with her eyes wide, "You have to Turn the Heel." Good for you. They look wonderful. Now you can slay a dragon. There is something quite satisfying about conquering socks, I think because “turning the heel” has ominous and terrible overtones, like “slaying the dragon.” My own grandmother, who could knit Aran sweaters with just a page of handwritten notes, and who probably knit more miles of stitches than any living blogger today, never knit a pair of socks. “Oh, no,” she’d say with her eyes wide, “You have to Turn the Heel.”

Good for you. They look wonderful. Now you can slay a dragon.

]]> By: Felicia http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3217 Felicia Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:44:58 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3217 Your socks are pretty. When I first starting making socks I had a similar problem with casting on too many stitches on the second sock. I kept that pair for myself and every time I dig them out of the back of the drawer and slip them on I remember the slip up. If only I could get over this need for perfection! Your socks are pretty. When I first starting making socks I had a similar problem with casting on too many stitches on the second sock. I kept that pair for myself and every time I dig them out of the back of the drawer and slip them on I remember the slip up. If only I could get over this need for perfection!

]]> By: Stephanie http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3205 Stephanie Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:40:13 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3205 I came across your blog from a comment you left on my blog.... I love your first pair of socks! From the pictures, they do not looked mismatched or ill-fitting. They look perfect. I cannot wait to try knitting my own socks. I have just one more knit gift to finish, then I can cast on for my first sock (keeping my fingers crossed). I still have my childhood The Cat in the Hat book, including my younger brother's recoloring of all the illustrations. ;) I came across your blog from a comment you left on my blog….

I love your first pair of socks! From the pictures, they do not looked mismatched or ill-fitting. They look perfect. I cannot wait to try knitting my own socks. I have just one more knit gift to finish, then I can cast on for my first sock (keeping my fingers crossed).

I still have my childhood The Cat in the Hat book, including my younger brother’s recoloring of all the illustrations. ;)

]]> By: Momma J http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3203 Momma J Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:17:32 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3203 Oh the things you have accomplished and the places you have gone since your entrance into the world! Late, but on your time, as you have always done! From walking across the room at 8 months then deciding no, not yet...to waiting to ride a bike.. to oh so many other things! So nice to see the beautiful socks finished...and the knitting adventure continuing...Proud as always, and blessed because of you! Oh the things you have accomplished and the places you have gone since your entrance into the world! Late, but on your time, as you have always done! From walking across the room at 8 months then deciding no, not yet…to waiting to ride a bike.. to oh so many other things! So nice to see the beautiful socks finished…and the knitting adventure continuing…Proud as always, and blessed because of you!

]]> By: Tanya Nichols http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3202 Tanya Nichols Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:00:28 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3202 My favy book as a child was not dr.seuss although the Grinch is downright GENIUS...it was a series titled "Babar" written in French originally, translated into English using handwriting...that is how I learned to read cursive....love the books and they bring a delicious happy feeling when I see them...OH and also Richard Scarrys books...LOVE LOVE them... Much Love Amy!!!! My favy book as a child was not dr.seuss although the Grinch is downright GENIUS…it was a series titled “Babar” written in French originally, translated into English using handwriting…that is how I learned to read cursive….love the books and they bring a delicious happy feeling when I see them…OH and also Richard Scarrys books…LOVE LOVE them…

Much Love Amy!!!!

]]> By: Lolly http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3192 Lolly Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:12:42 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2007/03/04/one-sock-two-sock/#comment-3192 YEA!!! I am so happy that your socks turned out so well! I love them. Now you can do Socktoberfest too ;) Love the colors in that yarn, Amy! YEA!!! I am so happy that your socks turned out so well! I love them. Now you can do Socktoberfest too ;) Love the colors in that yarn, Amy!

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