Cross-posted to Chat: pick one or the other if you reply.
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I have just rejoined after finally noticing that there
hadn't been any traffic for a long time --and eventually
getting around to looking into it-- so I'm probably a little
off the wall.
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The first few messages that arrived appeared to be
castigating lurkers for lurking -- I've always thought
lurking a virtue (and find it a virtue that is very
difficult to cultivate). Imagine a list where all thousand
of us said "Me too" to every post!
Every performance needs an audience; it's a pity there is no
on-line way to sit quiet and look attentive.
The situation was clarified when I read more messages, but I
still want to say that Arachne should be a place where those
who have something to say feel free to say it, and those who
have nothing to say feel free to say *that*.
We are all of us one or the other at times.
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Nearly everybody has a use for a square of lint-free cotton
cloth. Big R and other box stores sell a large assortment
of them, and I've made a lot of "furoshikis" -- 22" square
if I make them from 45" fabric, but 24" square when that can
be cut economically. Burrito-wrapping a sock-in-progress
with its yarn and needles keeps things from getting dirty
and tangled in my bag, and keeping a furoshiki or bandanna
on my lap while waiting for something makes putting the work
away when called a quick grab-and-stuff.
I intend to iron one of the plain black furoshikis today.
The dress I want to wear on Palm Sunday is very low in the
neck -- not only is this neckline drafty, it looks
ridiculous. A black neck scarf takes care of both problems.
In a pinch, a 24" bandanna can be tied over my ears to keep
them warm. (My head scarves are at least a yard square.)
(Both bandanna sizes can be thought of as about a third of a
meter, and a yard is almost a meter.)
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Long before 9/11, I ran a round robin (a letter forwarded
from one reader to the next, with each recipient removing
his old contribution and adding a new one: it was how we
managed before e-mail made mailing lists possible.) The
package nearly always failed to return if sent across a
national border.
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I looked up "piccalille" and "peccadillo" in the Compact
Oxford English Dictionary. All quotes & spelling possibly
inaccurate -- I needed both my sewing glasses and the
magnifier that came with the O.E.D. to read the entry, so
I'm not checking anything.
"Piccalille" started out meaning a cutwork edging, then
transferred to the collars and ruffs so edged, and ended up
as a stiff support for a ruff!
"Peccadillo" is a diminutive of the latin word for "sin",
and completely unrelated to "piccalille".
Me speculating: it seems obvious that "pick" and "pike" and
"piccador" share an ancestor, since a piccador is one who
pokes with a pike.
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On 3/20/13 1:04 PM, Bev Walker wrote:
Just a thought about the fast pace of technology these
days - it is possible that flash drives will be replaced
by something else within two years?
I just took a look at my Drive E, and there is a nice flat
spot on the back where one could put a decal.
And (as was later pointed out) decals can be put on anything
with a patch of smooth surface.
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I will be left out of anything that requires Pay Pal.
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I scanned my Arachne pin and posted the file at
http://www.joy.debeeson.net/HAT.JPG
It isn't very clear, but I don't think my scanner can do
much better.
--
Joy Beeson
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/
http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
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