Comments on: Harajuku Madness http://blogs.litfan.com/archives/563 Battling bad books, bad yarn, the US Postal Service, and other absurdities Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Batty http://blogs.litfan.com/archives/563/comment-page-1#comment-1609 Batty Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:17:34 +0000 http://blogs.litfan.com/?p=563#comment-1609 The insane vocal gymnastics are one of the reasons I don't watch American Idol. "Showing off" to outdo other contestants is such a big deal that singers take a song and sing every note to within an inch of its life, frequently hitting every other note on the way there. It sounds like they're howling -- and it's even worse when they don't actually manage to hit the note they were looking for. I guess they just lost it somewhere along the way, forgot where they were going... Anyhow, I hear you on the sock pattern. I've also seen shawl patterns that are written to be "challenging" -- just like the video game that's written so you have to save/reload every couple of seconds to make it through. Some people enjoy this style of play, but it's not for me. The socks came out really beautiful, well worth the effort. But I can see why you're not crazy about knitting them again. The insane vocal gymnastics are one of the reasons I don’t watch American Idol. “Showing off” to outdo other contestants is such a big deal that singers take a song and sing every note to within an inch of its life, frequently hitting every other note on the way there. It sounds like they’re howling — and it’s even worse when they don’t actually manage to hit the note they were looking for. I guess they just lost it somewhere along the way, forgot where they were going…

Anyhow, I hear you on the sock pattern. I’ve also seen shawl patterns that are written to be “challenging” — just like the video game that’s written so you have to save/reload every couple of seconds to make it through. Some people enjoy this style of play, but it’s not for me.

The socks came out really beautiful, well worth the effort. But I can see why you’re not crazy about knitting them again.

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.litfan.com/archives/563/comment-page-1#comment-1606 Karen Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:16:22 +0000 http://blogs.litfan.com/?p=563#comment-1606 I can understand her wanting to wear them (I just want them!)- they came of fabulous(but when don't your projects}! I can understand her wanting to wear them (I just want them!)- they came of fabulous(but when don’t your projects}!

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