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RoseByAny
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USA
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 Posted - 02/28/2002 : 5:12:50 PM
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socknitters.com uses a purple sock (with white toes and heels) to recognize each other at events... I just saw a show today about an online quilting group that uses pink flamingos as their mascot...
do you think Knitters Review should have a mascot? Some symbol, animal, something that when we're out and about identifies us as members of knitters review? I wonder if we've run into each other at the grocery store and not even know it!!!
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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Elizabeth
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2002 : 8:08:52 PM
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OOOOH! Yeah. Like people who know Esperanto wear badges (bearing a little green star?) so that they can identify each other while travelling. We could have a secret something...like the Masons... I LIKE IT.
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Alissa
Seriously Hooked
USA
632 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2002 : 8:43:14 PM
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What a great idea! Maybe Clara has a preference? Maybe we should knit little smilie faces and turn them into pins?
Alissa
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Theresa
Chatty Knitter
Norway
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Posted - 03/01/2002 : 04:34:12 AM
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or stars? And everybody who proves they knitted their star could get an extra star under their name? hehehe 
Theresa
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Clara
queen bee
USA
4364 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2002 : 10:13:22 AM
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Hey that's a good idea! And we could have a backup secret handshake to weed out any impostors.
So far we have smiley faces and stars as suggestions. Let's do a bit more brainstorming and then decide on a mascot. (We already have a cat-in-chief, but he'd be pretty hard to knit...)
You guys are so great!
Clara
Your friendly Knitter's Review publisher
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BessH
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Posted - 03/01/2002 : 11:02:42 AM
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I don't like smiley faces which, I realize, is a very personal reaction, but I adore the idea of a mascot. I also like the idea of a pin or badge I could knit. Stars upon 'ars a la Dr. seuss's sneetches is a fun idea. Maybe a little knitted roman forum motif. A styliazed version of it is visible on this site:
http://ancient-coin-forum.com/
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Elizabeth
Permanent Resident
USA
1557 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2002 : 11:56:14 AM
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I've got a great five-pointed star pattern from EZ's Alamanc. I'm already knitting them (in mettalic gold) as presents for my students...
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Clara
queen bee
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2002 : 1:54:46 PM
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Bess - no problem with a personal reaction! You may be right. Unless you used super-fine yarn, the smiley face could look a bit lumpy and in need of orthodontics. I'll check out the forum motif, too.
Elizabeth - do you have any pictures of your stars? I'd love to see one! Perhaps we could work out a curious hybrid.
Other ideas anyone?
Clara
Your friendly Knitter's Review publisher
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RoseByAny
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USA
12598 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2002 : 2:11:51 PM
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Well, the quilting guild I saw used pink flamingos, but it wasn't neccessarily a quilted one, so I don't think we need to feel obligated to do something everyone can knit (since that could limit us for the new knitters, of which I number myself)
And while I love the idea of cats, they're so common I don't know that it would deliniate us, and also, while I feel that calicos are far superior, there might be some of you who disagree (you'd be wrong, of course, but you still might disagree )
Sheep, maybe? Llamas? Or maybe someone can design a pin or something based on knitting needles and yarn....
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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Kristin
Seriously Hooked
USA
606 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2002 : 2:46:57 PM
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How about a computer screen with yarn coming out of it? LOL 
Hmmm...seriously though, how about something that incorporates both knitting and computers/internet since this is an online forum? |
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RoseByAny
Permanent Resident
USA
12598 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2002 : 3:27:08 PM
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This might be considered mocking various political and social causes, and I don't intend it to, but...
What about a tiny scarf - which anyone can knit - looped ala the pink breast cancer, or red AIDS ribbons? We could pick a specific color if we want, or some special identifying characteristics - maybe it only has tassels on one end, or it's horizontally striped... But even the newest knitter can pull off a 6" long scarf (looped it would be a 3" pin) so truly anyone who signs on here can participate....
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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Lissa
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2002 : 4:19:22 PM
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Amie, that's a WAY better idea than I came up with! Clara could post a pattern, so we'd all have it!I was thinking that if we each made a tiny ball of our favorite yarn, sprayed it with fixative and glued a pin (like for a brooch) on it, we'd all recongnise each other, but every pin would be different. I'm thinking an inch in diameter, or so...
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chris
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2002 : 4:37:04 PM
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The ladies at our LYS had on pins back at Christmas time that a former employee had made each of them. They were tiny knitting needles (toothpicks with seed beads on the ends) with a tiny swatch on them, some on each needle, and a pin back attached. They were totally cute. I never did find out whether she used the toothpick to knit them or just really skinny needles!
chris (that's 50!!)
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Alissa
Seriously Hooked
USA
632 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2002 : 7:34:54 PM
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Hmmm, you all have done alot of brainstorming while I was off goofing around this weekend.
I like the idea of the star, maybe we could come up with a way to leave those toothpick knitting needles in them?
I have a sweater ornament made by a friend that has the same idea. She knitted it on worsted and appropriate sized needles then stuck the toothpick needles in at the end to look like it was being knitted. Very cute!
Alissa
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Clara
queen bee
USA
4364 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2002 : 08:04:26 AM
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Hmmm. To incorporate computers and yarn, how about if each of us gets one of those Radio Flyer red wagons, puts our computer in it, and then dumps a bunch of yarn and our current projects in it, and just pulls it around wherever we go?
Wouldn't that be a funny sight!
OK, so we have several factors to try and integrate:
- Different experience levels
- Different color/yarn preferences
- Different fiber-related passions (dyeing, spinning, and knitting are the top three)
- Different financial situations (i.e. a $230 custom-crafted pewter pin might not be a hit with everyone)
Are you all committed to this being something each person makes his/herself, or is there room to have something pre-made that you can then customize? Obviously I'd try to keep the costs as low as possible. Just a thought.
Clara
Your friendly Knitter's Review publisher
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RoseByAny
Permanent Resident
USA
12598 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2002 : 2:51:16 PM
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I already have a Red Flyer with all my yarn and WsIP... hadn't thought to add the computer tho'
Maybe that should be a poll next week - Knitter's Review Mascot: homemade or not?
I really like the idea of making my own - if we do something knit, but I'd rather not have to purchase spray glue and other trappings I'm going to use once (let me spend the money on yarn!!!). Of course, I just ran down my knitting list to Alissa, and it might be 6 or 7 years before I'm ready to take on a new project! If we go with the little scarf/ribbons, we've all got that in scrap anyway, but more than that, and I'd say if someone can mass-produce them it might be best!
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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e_looped
Seriously Hooked
USA
712 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2002 : 3:01:08 PM
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This sounds like a GREAT idea!! I think the little scarves in the loop sounds really cool. You could do that so quickly! If we all cast on enough stitches for five inches and then knit four rows all in different colors - and the end strands can be our tassles?
I'm just trying to think of something that could be cute.
I would love to meet some of you at the TKGA convention if you're going to be here.
erica :)
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RoseByAny
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USA
12598 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2002 : 6:06:23 PM
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I hadn't even thought of making the scarf sideways! I guess at that size it makes sense, and it sure makes the tassels easy!
I like the scarf-loop because we've already all got the materials, and it's quick and cheap, but it's very individual (we could even make different scarves to match different sweaters), but does it involve the dye/spin aspect well enough for those interested in that? I suppose you could use yarn you've dyed/spun yourself...
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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Alissa
Seriously Hooked
USA
632 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2002 : 8:17:21 PM
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Rose,
Don't wait to start your scarf until you have finished all those projects. You will have 5 stars by then
I couldn't even begin to list all the project I have got waiting to BE started let alone the ones that are started and abandoned. Then there are the things I carry around everywhere. Someone was trying to be funny at christmas and bought me a bag with wheels. I love it!!! So does my back.
Alissa
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Theresa
Chatty Knitter
Norway
224 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2002 : 05:44:42 AM
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I really like the scarf idea... could be super easy or more difficult (I'm thinking little intarsia gold stars on each end..?), different colors and yarns to suit everyone... or, oh wait, it needed to be a specific color or pattern to be more identifying? I like Clara's idea of a secret handshake. Or perhaps just some code words? like "how many stars ya got?" Preferably uttered in a stage whisper out of the corner of the mouth, behind a potted plant... oh, this is fun.
Theresa
http://bagatell.blogspot.com |
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kdemoure
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2002 : 07:41:31 AM
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Hello all. I'm new here. I really like the idea of the scarf. I suspect that it would be easy enough to recognize the symbol in spite of all the variations in yarn and pattern. I knit a small swatch of yarn on toothpicks a couple of years ago leaving the toothpicks in the knitting. This was knit with the yarn left over from a pair of socks that I'd knit as a gift. I sent the pin along as an additional gift. Apparantly it was a bit hit. If wanted, it would be easy enough to leave the toothpicks in the scarf or to add them after we're through knitting it to appear as if it's still being knit.
Katherine DeMoure
http://www.summerwings.com
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