Comments on: In the Beginning http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James B http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 James B Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:11:47 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1155 Great story Deb...i found it through the same writing project... <em>James B's last blog post..<a href='http://thinkpop.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/olympic-history-with-bmx-racing/' rel="nofollow">Olympic History with BMX racing</a></em> Great story Deb…i found it through the same writing project…

James B’s last blog post..Olympic History with BMX racing

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]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 --Deb Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:16:43 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1124 As luck would have it, the knitting counts as recreation and can be done in front of the television, while sitting with friends, during a movie, while waiting on line at the bank ... very handy! As luck would have it, the knitting counts as recreation and can be done in front of the television, while sitting with friends, during a movie, while waiting on line at the bank … very handy!

]]> By: Joan Kremer http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Joan Kremer Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:25:28 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1121 Hi Deb, Fascinating story you have! I, too, grew up both knitting and writing, but ended up dropping knitting for the writing, though I still remember trying to control all those different-colored yarns! I know enough to admire the skill required! Joan Hi Deb,
Fascinating story you have! I, too, grew up both knitting and writing, but ended up dropping knitting for the writing, though I still remember trying to control all those different-colored yarns! I know enough to admire the skill required!
Joan

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Lillie Ammann Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:48:01 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1091 Deb, I think the bottom line is probably that knitting (or needlecraft in general) doesn't really interest me. It's like those people who want to have written a book but don't want to write it. I'd like to show off a finished item ... but I don't want to actually knit it or crochet it. :-) <em>Lillie Ammann's last blog post..<a href='http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/08/09/right-brainleft-brain/' rel="nofollow">Right Brain/Left Brain</a></em> Deb,
I think the bottom line is probably that knitting (or needlecraft in general) doesn’t really interest me. It’s like those people who want to have written a book but don’t want to write it. I’d like to show off a finished item … but I don’t want to actually knit it or crochet it. :-)

Lillie Ammann’s last blog post..Right Brain/Left Brain

]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 --Deb Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:57:43 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1088 @Joanna--interesting question! My knitting blog, though, is much more my "personal" blog than this one is. I rarely mention my family or my dog (or my knitting) here, while I don't talk about writing over at Chappysmom. This blog feels more "formal," though hopefully not in a stuffy way. I don't post my reading lists here, either, even though there's a certain amount of overlap between the way a person writes and the things a person reads. I hesitate to say that one blog is work and the other one is play, because I wouldn't be doing either if I weren't having fun, but ... one's avocation and one's hobby? @Lillie--The teacher can make a difference. No reflection on your grandmother-in-law, but I know that when my own grandmother tried to teach me to crochet, it didn't go well--too many expectations. It wasn't until college, when I'd spent a semester in London and drooled over the gorgeous yarn I was seeing and regretting that I didn't know what to do with it that I decided that I really wanted to learn to knit. I came home, bought a great book called "Knitting in Plain English" by Maggie Righetti, and taught myself. I loved that book, too--she opened my eyes to the idea of holding the yarn in my left hand (which still strikes me as more practical than in the right hand), and explained about circular knitting, rather than knitting flat pieces and sewing them together. Genius. And when you throw in spinning my own yarn and then knitting with THAT? Well! It doesn't get better! @Joanna–interesting question! My knitting blog, though, is much more my “personal” blog than this one is. I rarely mention my family or my dog (or my knitting) here, while I don’t talk about writing over at Chappysmom. This blog feels more “formal,” though hopefully not in a stuffy way. I don’t post my reading lists here, either, even though there’s a certain amount of overlap between the way a person writes and the things a person reads. I hesitate to say that one blog is work and the other one is play, because I wouldn’t be doing either if I weren’t having fun, but … one’s avocation and one’s hobby?

@Lillie–The teacher can make a difference. No reflection on your grandmother-in-law, but I know that when my own grandmother tried to teach me to crochet, it didn’t go well–too many expectations. It wasn’t until college, when I’d spent a semester in London and drooled over the gorgeous yarn I was seeing and regretting that I didn’t know what to do with it that I decided that I really wanted to learn to knit. I came home, bought a great book called “Knitting in Plain English” by Maggie Righetti, and taught myself. I loved that book, too–she opened my eyes to the idea of holding the yarn in my left hand (which still strikes me as more practical than in the right hand), and explained about circular knitting, rather than knitting flat pieces and sewing them together. Genius. And when you throw in spinning my own yarn and then knitting with THAT? Well! It doesn’t get better!

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Lillie Ammann Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:35:16 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1083 Deb, I enjoyed the story of your start in blogging, and I admire your ability to knit. My grandmother-in-law tried for years to teach me ... with no success whatsoever, not a reflection on her teaching but on my lack of skill. <em>Lillie Ammann's last blog post..<a href='http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/08/06/life-is-a-piece-of-cake/' rel="nofollow">Life is a Piece of Cake</a></em> Deb,
I enjoyed the story of your start in blogging, and I admire your ability to knit. My grandmother-in-law tried for years to teach me … with no success whatsoever, not a reflection on her teaching but on my lack of skill.

Lillie Ammann’s last blog post..Life is a Piece of Cake

]]> By: Joanna Young http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Joanna Young Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:10:28 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1081 Thanks for sharing your blogging journey Deb. I'm wondering if one of your blogs is more 'you' than the other? Or do you just have different feelings and emotions towards them? Joanna Thanks for sharing your blogging journey Deb. I’m wondering if one of your blogs is more ‘you’ than the other? Or do you just have different feelings and emotions towards them?

Joanna

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Sharon Hurley Hall Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:06:28 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1080 Thanks for taking part, Deb. Looks like you fell in love with blogs as much as I did. Inspiring story - and I'll have to check out those blogs. <em>Sharon Hurley Hall's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Getpaidtowrite/~3/359400426/' rel="nofollow">The Freelancing Life</a></em> Thanks for taking part, Deb. Looks like you fell in love with blogs as much as I did. Inspiring story – and I’ll have to check out those blogs.

Sharon Hurley Hall’s last blog post..The Freelancing Life

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Brad Shorr Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:43:59 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/08/08/in-the-beginning/#comment-1079 Great story, Deb. I didn't know you had another blog out there. Looks like you're putting lots of time into both of your blogs, so I can see why your knitting time is limited. I used to put in tons of time on my personal (humor) blog, but pretty much gave up on it. Too much time! <em>Brad Shorr's last blog post..<a href='http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/blogs/how-i-started-blogging/' rel="nofollow">How I Started Blogging, or Ready, Fire, Aim</a></em> Great story, Deb. I didn’t know you had another blog out there. Looks like you’re putting lots of time into both of your blogs, so I can see why your knitting time is limited. I used to put in tons of time on my personal (humor) blog, but pretty much gave up on it. Too much time!

Brad Shorr’s last blog post..How I Started Blogging, or Ready, Fire, Aim

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