Huh. How odd. You know what? I know that... have for years. But as I was thinking of it in dance terms, my brain decided that the straight-diagonal line was the important bit (imagining two people hands reaching to each other) and decided to substitute N and Z.
Weird -- but also makes sense, because both letters are equally squarish. You're totally right about the yarn mistake --- but on reflection, I think I stand by the choice of N and Z for dancing. Huh. Amy On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 10:29 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Ummm, Amy it's S-twist or Z-twist. N and Z are the same, one's just turned > sideways. > > HTH, > Beth > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:callers- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Amy Cann > > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:14 PM > > To: Caller's discussion list > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Gender free dances > > > > Here's a thought I've been toying with for a while: > > > > A term we use in knitting to identify which way yarn twists is "N-wise or > Z- > > wise" > > > > (think of a piece of yarn, look at the slanty lines the plies make, look > at the > > center slashes of an N, then a Z. See it?) > > > > How many moves could be identified this way? > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
