Comments on: Stitchy's Guide to the Smithsonian American History Museum

By: Karen C.

Karen C. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:31:25 +0000

I found your site while searching for images of characters from emmet otter’s jug-band christmas. Great content. Oh, and you can order an image of the inside of the kick-butt poem mittens from the smithsonian…check out this curator answer:

Do you have a pattern for these?
â€”Laura, Michigan

http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object.cfm?key=35&objkey=193
Curator Response:

Although we have photographs of the mittens, including a view of one of them turned inside out, we don’t have a pattern for them. The black-and-white photos showing both sides of the mittens are Negative Numbers 79-7965 and 79-7966. The mitten turned inside out is Negative Number 80-3786. Information on ordering images is here. http://photo2.si.edu/policies.html

If you make a pattern, please post!

By: karrie

karrie — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:52:21 +0000

Don’t even get me started on how much muppet feet freak me out. and there are way too many of them in Emmet’s Christmas show. I am freaked out just thinking about it.

By: ru

ru — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:44:07 +0000

I have actually tried the project of dyeing yarn with black walnuts after noticing how definitively they dyed my children’s hands. It was successful in that it made a fairly dark, permanent dye. Unsuccessful in that I really hated the poopy brown color.

By: GD

GD — Wed, 31 May 2006 20:02:00 +0000

I LOVED EMIT OTTERS JUG BAND CHRISTMAS!

By: LPC

LPC — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:04:11 +0000

If you watch the French Chef DVD’s, you’ll see Julia truss a chicken using a knitting needle. I’m hoping that’s not the only reason she had them in her house.

By: Abigale

Abigale — Tue, 30 May 2006 21:42:57 +0000

The Swedish Chef *always* creeped me out as well!! I thought I was the onlly one! Real hands – on a muppet… shiver.

Have fun!

Abi

By: anne marie in philly

anne marie in philly — Mon, 29 May 2006 22:23:34 +0000

like julia child, I began seriously knitting late in life – age 47! but I can appreciate the art form now in ways I could not when my grandmother first taught me (age 13). I even received my CYCA Knitting Teacher Certification in 2004, and have been teaching at a local community center.

the lesson – NEVER say you are TOO OLD to do anything!

By: Shelley

Shelley — Mon, 29 May 2006 20:13:18 +0000

Very very cool. I remember reading that each year Mr. Roger’s mom would knit everyone in the family a sweater. He always asked for the same one.

By: elisa

elisa — Mon, 29 May 2006 18:33:03 +0000

Man, I really need to get to DC again – I would love to see Julia’s kitchen.

Thanks for the mini-tour!

By: Elena

Elena — Mon, 29 May 2006 11:23:26 +0000

How?! How did I miss Ma and Emmett the last time I was there?! That would’ve been so much cooler than Fonzie’s stupid jacket.

“Golly, do you have mashed potatoes?”