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KnitHappens
New Pal
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 Posted - 08/07/2006 : 6:07:38 PM
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You know, I get so happy when I see someone knitting on tv. I've seen it on many of the shows my kids watch which is awesome!!
I was watching tv today and a commercial came on for a medicine for rheumatoid arthritis (I can't remember the name of it right now)...anyway, and elderly woman was sitting on a train knitting!
Knittin' Mom to 5
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Sher
Permanent Resident
1292 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2006 : 08:55:04 AM
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susiknits
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 10:46:15 AM
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The commercial is for Humera, and my attention was caught by the fact that she threw the yarn and THEN STOPPED to say her line. Okay, nice throw, but how many of us stop to tell our kids/SOs/DHs to take out the trash after we throw the yarn and before we complete the stitch?
Just a thought.
Not only that, but with Rheumatoid Arthritis, should she be using circular needles??? Huh???
-- susi
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ForestBird
Chatty Knitter
USA
265 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2006 : 4:27:00 PM
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Er, how do circular needles exacerbate RA any more than any other needles...?
"Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."
Alfred North Whitehead, Dialogues (1954)
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kaidyd
Chatty Knitter
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2006 : 5:04:04 PM
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What strikes me each time I've seen the ad is that she must have very long arms to hold her knitting down so low. It seems to me that the way she knits would be a good thing since her arms/wrists are supported on her legs. However, my arms are short---I don't think I could ever knit that way.
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SpicyYarn
New Pal
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 5:11:33 PM
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| OK, here's my story...and Susi, I'm stickin' to it, too! There used to be a Northern Bath Tissue commercial that said that Northern was softest because it was quilted. They showed some animated ladies sitting around an enormous sheet of Northern...knitting!!! It drove me crazy! Finally, after a week or two of airtime, Northern fixed the mistake and the ladies were shown quilting around the sheet of tissue! Quilting...knitting, what's the difference, right? To a bunch of ad execs, nothing! |
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KnitHappens
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 6:29:04 PM
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Spicy..that is hysterical!!
Humera...yes that's the one. I always tell my family "wait until I'm done with my row" LOLOL
Knittin' Mom to 5
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abt1950
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 08/08/2006 : 10:12:25 PM
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Spicy, I remember that commercial very well. I don't know how that one got by quality control...
Anne
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terigeek
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 08/11/2006 : 11:32:04 AM
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Originally posted by SpicyYarn
OK, here's my story...and Susi, I'm stickin' to it, too! There used to be a Northern Bath Tissue commercial that said that Northern was softest because it was quilted. They showed some animated ladies sitting around an enormous sheet of Northern...knitting!!! It drove me crazy! Finally, after a week or two of airtime, Northern fixed the mistake and the ladies were shown quilting around the sheet of tissue! Quilting...knitting, what's the difference, right? To a bunch of ad execs, nothing!
Very true. Back then, I was a cross stitch junkie and it was all over the RCTN boards. (rec.crafts.textiles.needlework) I think it took a few months of letter writing and complaining, but they finally reanimated the cartoon to show them with needles and thread instead of knitting needles. Although one of the ladies still had knitting needles stuck in the her bun hairdo.
And don't even get me started on the idea of the implied message that women's handcrafting is deemed suitable for wiping oneself with...grrrr
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abt1950
Permanent Resident
3019 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2006 : 1:36:57 PM
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The one that I really hate is the little old lady teaching crochet commercial. She's crocheting bunny air freshener covers. It's a cable tv commercial, I think, that's intended to show how the advertiser's channels are so much better than the competition. It plays into all the uncool stereotypes and demeans the art of crochet.
Anne
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chantalscraftycorner
Warming Up
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Posted - 08/14/2006 : 10:17:44 AM
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I haven't seen those on tv yet .. when I do watch tv it's usually on a cartoon channel for my daughter. But I noticed that there are lots of cartoon characters knitting too !
Chantal
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chantalscraftycorner
Warming Up
79 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2006 : 10:18:02 AM
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I haven't seen those on tv yet .. when I do watch tv it's usually on a cartoon channel for my daughter. But I noticed that there are lots of cartoon characters knitting too !
Chantal
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Corddrymum
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 08/14/2006 : 2:00:40 PM
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Hi Chantal,
When you're listening to the cartoon network, listen for the "voice of the cartoon network" which is my younger son!
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susiknits
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 08/14/2006 : 10:14:28 PM
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I've seen that crochet'ed bunny thing commercial. I just keep thinking it's so stupid, I dont' listen.
-- susi
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