tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post8469706396511869516..comments2023-11-18T11:24:52.834-08:00Comments on Tales from the Den of Chaos: *&@^*^&!!!!!!!Mother of Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-35397827861220086342007-08-21T18:14:00.000-07:002007-08-21T18:14:00.000-07:00Ah, not so much with the post-frogging afterglow, ...Ah, not so much with the post-frogging afterglow, I see. I can't even listen to music while knitting even simple lace. You're a brave woman for trying complicated lace with kids!Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977242576353588533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-39151685709069940902007-08-20T16:47:00.000-07:002007-08-20T16:47:00.000-07:00This is why I have like 10 WIPs going at any one t...This is why I have like 10 WIPs going at any one time... the road sock, with no pattern whatsoever, for k while passenger, the easy sock, with an easy to remember and do pattern, like jaywalker, for when kids are around or I'm pretending to care about their soccer game, etc., etc., culminating in lace for night-time after everyone's gone to bed. The good/bad news is, I still make mistakes!MadMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550335108031470562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-80103728895529749982007-08-20T14:23:00.000-07:002007-08-20T14:23:00.000-07:00I think it's very generous of you to knit Captain ...I think it's very generous of you to knit Captain Adventure a sweater after all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-80130175164183345212007-08-20T11:55:00.000-07:002007-08-20T11:55:00.000-07:00Oh! Nightmare of lace!!! I have decided to only ...Oh! Nightmare of lace!!! I have decided to only work on in the round or top down boring-boring stuff until, well, all my kids are, in college? <BR/><BR/>Or are some people not meant to do lace?Holly Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418216664182801569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-52882429150873228592007-08-20T09:39:00.000-07:002007-08-20T09:39:00.000-07:00At least you can manage to knit what I have termed...At least you can manage to knit what I have termed "Immensely Complicated and Never to Be Attempted" knitting projects like sweaters. I managed to bollux up my very simple scarf from fun fur yarn. There is a big gaping hole in one area, which I will clumsily patch with yarn when I am done...IF I ever finish it, with DD attempting to "help" at all turns. I think the new hiding spot of on top ofScience PhD Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03927647627619995276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-48976364907727273702007-08-20T08:58:00.000-07:002007-08-20T08:58:00.000-07:00Here's a trick I learned from a friend when we wer...Here's a trick I learned from a friend when we were waiting tables together and the bosses kids were really into annoying us. She brought them a big bag of sunflower seeds to eat. Kept them busy for a couple of hours with cracking the shells and eating them. Then again, they were from China and had never had them before so the novelty of it all was there for them. hehJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637748284921278044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-14329964677172241002007-08-20T07:04:00.000-07:002007-08-20T07:04:00.000-07:00I recall standing at the Skaska booth on it's firs...I recall standing at the Skaska booth on it's first appearance at Stitches, sure I could knit one of those Orenburgs -- at least, by the time I'm 90 given the delicate yarn and amazing stuff etc.<BR/>Year one, I said "I'll wait til the kids are older"<BR/>Year two, I said, "to hell with that, I'm buying one". It was pricey. I love it. And even now, that junior high is becoming part of my life,Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468564896579447798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-27662053637622492112007-08-20T06:00:00.000-07:002007-08-20T06:00:00.000-07:00Mercy. Kudos to you for even attempting lace with...Mercy. Kudos to you for even attempting lace with four little ones in the house! Maybe get Captain Adventure one of those nifty little spool knitters that are designed for small kids? You know, the brightly colored plastic ones with the weird faces or whatever? That way he might - MIGHT! - feel less of a need to mess with Mommy's knitting, since he has some of his own. Just a random thought!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-35919241305639249722007-08-19T20:00:00.000-07:002007-08-19T20:00:00.000-07:00Tama, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! I sympathize...Tama, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! I sympathize!!!!!! I knit my smoke ring during naps and before they got up and after they went to bed. Between sessions it was kept in a zip lock bag, INSIDE of a zippered pouch, INSIDE a Backpack!!! little curtain climbers won't get the best of me!!!!!! Ha ha or so I thought....I caught my 1 year old and my 3 year old as they were stomping on the ziplockHDWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615674165808204545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-35154906002756292282007-08-19T19:49:00.000-07:002007-08-19T19:49:00.000-07:00Worsted weight socks. In the round. And excuse m...Worsted weight socks. In the round. And excuse me, the baby is about to feed a whole box of cereal to the dog...Amy Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-91423895886937079112007-08-19T15:13:00.000-07:002007-08-19T15:13:00.000-07:00I learned this lesson during Sockapalooza. I was m...I learned this lesson during Sockapalooza. I was making "Reptilian Lace" from Knitty, and I had to frog the first sock three times, because I kept trying to knit it during breakfast time, and not only is it impossible to keep track of a cable/lace pattern chart while shouting at children to stop poking each other and eat their breakfast, but it is even more difficult when said children keep Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-3101291195765665212007-08-19T13:42:00.000-07:002007-08-19T13:42:00.000-07:00FWIW, I completely understand. I have 3 dogs, a ca...FWIW, I completely understand. I have 3 dogs, a cat, and a chatty husband. Unless I am knitting a simple something, I end up with conversational distractions or a cat running down the hall with the ball of yarn or my yarn will suddenly be covered in dog drool. Ugh! Dog drool is the worst, and the yarn is just never the same after...<BR/><BR/>I have been working on the Mystery Stole 3, and let me Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521692353512148422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-80396461317008964402007-08-19T12:05:00.000-07:002007-08-19T12:05:00.000-07:00Oh, yeah. I made almost an entire lace patterned ...Oh, yeah. I made almost an entire lace patterned sweater on a very, very long car trip with my husband, kids, and dogs. I frogged almost an entire lace patterned sweater when I got home. Now, I keep a "knitting with kids around" project in my purse and a "knitting without kids around" project in my knitting spot.Yarnhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625926254864861603noreply@blogger.com