Comments on: On the Road: Beach Skirts and Other Pleasures

By: DownUnderGal

DownUnderGal — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:09:29 +0000

Oh Yvonne – it was Far From the Madding Crowd for me.
Shudder, shudder.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:24:10 +0000

Inkgrrl said:
Hobby Lobby is in Arizona, only an 8-hr drive or so from me due east on the 10.

Hobby Lobby Roadtrip! I’ll go with you. I’m dying to check HL out. I won’t be much help with keeping you from bringing home more puppies, though. I might bring one home too. Seems there are many good dog rescues in AZ.

By: Yvonne Lindsay

Yvonne Lindsay — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:43:20 +0000

Strop, Thomas Hardy! OMG, I still haven’t recovered from Tess of the D’Urbervilles (read when I was 16 for English in High School.) Nope, give me a happy ending any day of the week. Actually, make that EVERY day of the week.

By: Yvonne Lindsay

Yvonne Lindsay — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:41:43 +0000

Robyn En, you’re a goddess! Thank you!

By: McB

McB — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:24:03 +0000

Dang and blast you, Jennifer Crusie. Because of you I spent entirely too much money on yarn today. No, none of it is variegated, but the colors are such pretty jewel tones and lovely to the touch. And I have way more than I’ll probably need. Can I send you the bill?

By: DownUnderGal

DownUnderGal — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:50:37 +0000

Oh Jenny, you sound so mellow. That’s the ocean for you. Nothing like waves on sand to soothe the inner soul.
One of these days I’m gonna get me a beach shack…….
well, probably not but we all have to have goals.

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:47:02 +0000

For those of you who shop Hobby Lobby, do you know that there is a weekly on-line coupon that you can print out and take to the store. It’s something different from what they have in the weekly ads you get in the newspaper or pickup at the store.

By: JulieB

JulieB — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:28:20 +0000

KayT — She did not answer the Wash question.

By: Robyn En

Robyn En — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:00:19 +0000

What a fabulous sounding week. I always sleep better by the ocean too, so soothing.

Hey Yvonne, I was looking at the ROCKING good Hobby Lobby website, and they have an internation website for all us US-challenged…http://www.craftsetc.com.
Maybe you’ll find the felting stuff there

By: Strop

Strop — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:12:44 +0000

And The Guardian is too earnest for me. I used to be an Independent reader but they started driving me nuts a couple of years ago… so I’ve ended up with The Times, the Sunday Times and the Yorkshire Post on Saturdays. Not necessarily brilliant but at least not so deadly earnest.

By: Strop

Strop — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:08:39 +0000

Chick lit vs Thomas Hardy… makes no difference to me as I avoid both like the plague:-)

By: Jenyfer Matthews

Jenyfer Matthews — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:34:23 +0000

Hobby Lobby sounds like a dangerous place to go – especially since I only get to indulge in my crafty-supply replenishment once a year. I think I’d be on sensory overload there! But in the best possible way

Yes, pictures of the shawl – and the beach skirt please!!

I don’t knit, but if I did I’d probably only use variegated yarn!! (But then again, I love tie-dye too.) And I almost always buy marbled color / tone-on-tone fabric for my quilts. Straight solids always look so flat to me.

By: bekidawn

bekidawn — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:12:45 +0000

Hey Jenny! Wanted to drop by and say THANK YOU for the time and all the wonderful lessons you gave all of us this past week. The shared bed thing is kind of strange, but next year, I’d rather do that than the sleeper sofa! Regardless, by the time anyone GOT to bed, the tiredness kicked in before awkwardness had a chance.

While it was an amazing treat to be back in my own bed last night sleeping next to snoring Richy and loooooong Marlo, I did feel bad about missing the collaging process. If it makes you feel any better, I brought home the pieces I’d selected and am planning to do one up in my own sweet time for the WIPs.

My sister has vacated my head… today she was with my mother as we shopped. Beth always had a gift for choosing Mom’s clothes and it happened again today as Mom was looking for an outfit for the CMAs for Wednesday. The laughter and crying is so cathartic, it’s hard to mind.

Enjoy the rest of your stay at the beach and I hope the shawl turns out for you. The shells sound like just the thing. Hugs, kisses, and all good wishes. May there be many craft stores on your route home.

By: AgTigress

AgTigress — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:58:22 +0000

Oh – to add to my last post, and reply to one comment made by Strop, who raised the subject of Posy Simmonds’ latest book: P.Simmonds definitely does NOT write ‘chick-lit’! She writes very witty, subtle and basically good-natured social SATIRE in her work for adults (she publishes children’s books too). Her series cartoons appear in the Guardian, which is the best of the British quality daily papers. She pokes fun at the earnest, well-educated, politically liberal British middle-class person – who is the typical Guardian reader. Which is why I think that some American readers will not ‘get’ all the jokes.

By: AgTigress

AgTigress — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:18:46 +0000

I feel an urge to go and buy some variegated yarn and start knitting something. Oh dear.

I almost mentioned the new Posy Simmonds book myself, but then reckoned that maybe no-one in the USA would have a clue who she was. She is the absolute GODDESS of graphic novels – a real genius. She draws brilliantly, and her social comment is so acute it makes one tingle – but I think you may have to be British to understand all of it, which is why she might not be a big name across the pond. Her work is totally integrated, as she does both the writing and the drawing. I recommend her work unreservedly.

By: glee

glee — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:28:53 +0000

Cherry brunch/lunch/whatever in Phoenix? Please post to jcf when you settle on a date/time, and maybe I’ll come over for it. It’s only 5 1/2 hours from San Diego by car and an hour by plane. Variegated yarn? Lovely stuff. really. I always fall for it.

By: Kay T

Kay T — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:27:46 +0000

Did I miss it or did Jane Espenson also not answer the question about Wash?

I am feeling so crafting challenged, I might have to go buy a picture frame or something. We have a ginormous Joanne’s that is rather amazing. Never made it into the middle there either.

By: Yvonne Lindsay

Yvonne Lindsay — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:50:28 +0000

Za Za, thanks for the explanation on the felting! Since the things I’ve shrunk have all been accidental to date my mind is boggled at the thought of doing it on purpose! I like the concept, though. Will check out our local craft supply store and see if they can point me in the right direction.

By: Pam W.

Pam W. — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:22:31 +0000

Inkgrrl–we’re planning a Phoenix Cherry brunch/lunch/gabfest and what better reason to come to the Valley of the Sun–Hobby Lobby and cherries! No danger here. Come, be tempted, listen to the siren’s call… Crying crafts and cherries, alive, alive oh.

By: Diane (TT)

Diane (TT) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:51:55 +0000

I, too, felted a sweater inadvertently. I think I washed it in cold water (in the machine) and my lovely bluebell sweater came out all felt-y and much too small. I don’t remember whether I gave it away to strangers or to my 10-year old niece (who turns 11 today!).

I haven’t been to Hobby Lobby, since a) neither in my town is in an area that I ever visit and b) I have enough uncompleted projects, thank you. However, I may have to go anyway…