Comments on: Almost Manly

By: Abbey

Abbey — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:56:00 +0000

Love the ‘Dad’ sweater. Nature Wool is a light worsted that has a lovely hand dyed red yarn. I made a Lucy bag out of it.
I think my cat needs a blanket too…now that it’s getting cold, she’s curling up in our blankets instead of her bed.

By: melanie

melanie — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:15:00 +0000

Remember when they taught you that a paragraph should have a central theme? Well here’s what I have to say to that. Whenever you’re ready to go to Webs you just give me a call! Great job on the manly sweater!! But I don’t know about posting all of those completed projects at once. Way to make a girl feel inadequate. I love the pictures of the mills! I love mills in general, I know this is weird, but I find them to be very romantic. At least the broken down ones. I’m such a weirdo. How cool is it that knitting runs in your blood so??

By: Kathen

Kathen — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:31:00 +0000

Wow, what a joy to read about the origins of your fantastic sense of humour and knitting skills. I bet almost every one of us knitting bloggers were inspired by our Moms. (Could you actually go to a store and buy childrens mittens and hats in the early 60′s? My mom always implied that you could not.)
Luv Kathen

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:02:00 +0000

Not a blogger myself but I love yours. (I also live about 25 minutes away from the mills of Manchester.)

For your father’s sweater you might want to take a look at Cascade 220. It’s the right gauge, has great yardage, feels good and comes in an absolutely super range of colors.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:04:00 +0000

Seems like worsted weight is what you’ll be wanting to use for your dad’s sweater. He has good taste. It’s a nice sweater.

This is a good site that explains the gauges.

http://www.yarnstandards.com/weight.html