Re: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-12-01 Thread harlequin lace
- From: Jean Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 8:28 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag My knitting bag was made for me by a friend of my mother's back in the 1950s. I don't do a lot of knitting (probably why it's lasted so well

[lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-26 Thread Jean Leader
My knitting bag was made for me by a friend of my mother's back in the 1950s. I don't do a lot of knitting (probably why it's lasted so well) but have been using it recently so got round to taking some measurements. It's a sort of combined bag and apron, and it's not that easy to explain what

Re: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-24 Thread Jenny Barron
maureen harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What on earth is a fanny pack ? it's a bum bag, you have it on a strap round your waist jenny barron Scotland where we are expecting blizzards today To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL

Re: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-24 Thread Joy Beeson
At 11:07 PM 11/23/05 -, maureen harvey wrote: What on earth is a fanny pack ? A bum bag. (Sorry; I forgot this is an international forum.) A purse on a belt, the pouch usually worn in back -- but worn in front in crowded places. A large one is a good day pack. (The large ones *have*

[lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-23 Thread Joy Beeson
At 03:54 PM 11/22/05 -0800, Bev Walker wrote: Does anyone own the ideal knitting bag? I'm excluding the fancy one made by the backpack people - that's too over the top. Mine is exceedingly simple -- I carry my socks-in-progress wrapped in two 22 furoshikis. (Think of a furoshiki as a

Re: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-23 Thread maureen harvey
What on earth is a fanny pack ? Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK Where we have forecast for snow tommorrow - Original Message - From: Joy Beeson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace-chat@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:04 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag At 03:54

[lace-chat] Re: ideal knitting bag

2005-11-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 23, 2005, at 18:07, Sue Harvey in Norfolk, UK wrote: What on earth is a fanny pack ? And here I thought that fanny was the *Brit* euphemism for bum (US: butt)... :) A fanny pack is a smallish, shaped, pouch, usually made of the light-weight, rip-stop nylon. It'll, often (though