Comments on: THE PROPER CARE AND FEEDING OF THE CROCHET-BASED ECONOMY http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/ Crochet news @ CraftGossip Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:38:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jd wolfe http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-571 jd wolfe Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:30:30 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-571 that's us - light and sunshine!!! glad i could give anyone a laugh. jd that’s us – light and sunshine!!! glad i could give anyone a laugh.
jd

]]> By: aparna http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-547 aparna Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:32:38 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-547 hi JD, this is sooo awesome. I just fell off my chair laughing.....soo true and soo cool. and the rest of the comments from everybody else is makes me feel as though i have come out of the frozen cold into lihght and sunshine and warmth. thank you. aparna hi JD,
this is sooo awesome. I just fell off my chair laughing…..soo true and soo cool. and the rest of the comments from everybody else is makes me feel as though i have come out of the frozen cold into lihght and sunshine and warmth. thank you.

aparna

]]> By: jd wolfe http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-539 jd wolfe Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:47:44 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-539 carmella, you're too funny. do your skeins multiply in the dark like mine do??? jd carmella,
you’re too funny. do your skeins multiply in the dark like mine do???
jd

]]> By: carmella http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-537 carmella Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:41:36 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-537 ok. QUIT SPYING AT MY HOUSE!!! i crochet, am doing some loom knitting and when my friend offered to teach me to knit and asked if i had any needles..i have about 15 prs and i do not knit YET!! and then she asked if i had a skein of yarn. i could say NO cuz i do not have ONE.....many many of course. i am so glad we are keeping the ecomomy going!!!! ok. QUIT SPYING AT MY HOUSE!!! i crochet, am doing some loom knitting and when my friend offered to teach me to knit and asked if i had any needles..i have about 15 prs and i do not knit YET!! and then she asked if i had a skein of yarn. i could say NO cuz i do not have ONE…..many many of course. i am so glad we are keeping the ecomomy going!!!!

]]> By: jd wolfe http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-535 jd wolfe Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:37:05 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-535 You gals all MAKE MY POINT so well!! Thanks for the additional comments of items I overlooked in my quest to define the Crochet-Based Economy. Rather - the lack of economy in my house. LOL. I have not only an entire room devoted to my stash - but also a significant portion of the basement. But, I am at least better than my friend Joan who has a rented storage unit full of 'bargain' yarn! Can't wait to help her clear it out. Please keep those comments coming! jd You gals all MAKE MY POINT so well!! Thanks for the additional comments of items I overlooked in my quest to define the Crochet-Based Economy. Rather – the lack of economy in my house. LOL. I have not only an entire room devoted to my stash – but also a significant portion of the basement. But, I am at least better than my friend Joan who has a rented storage unit full of ‘bargain’ yarn! Can’t wait to help her clear it out. Please keep those comments coming!
jd

]]> By: Sheri Hernandez http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Sheri Hernandez Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:30:36 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-533 Guilty as charged! LOL Guilty as charged! LOL

]]> By: christi http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-532 christi Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:03:30 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-532 another add: scissors! or other sharp, metal implement used for similar purposes...i think i keep fiskars in business, too, with all the crochet (& sewing!) i also do! awesome article! i should foward this to my whole family..."see? THIS is why!" lol ;) ~christi :) another add:
scissors!
or other sharp, metal implement used for similar purposes…i think i keep fiskars in business, too, with all the crochet (& sewing!) i also do!

awesome article! i should foward this to my whole family…”see? THIS is why!” lol ;)

~christi :)

]]> By: Louise Volta http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Louise Volta Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:34:20 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-531 Right On! Love it, love it , love it. Thanks you for sharing your thoughts. Louise Right On!
Love it, love it , love it.
Thanks you for sharing your thoughts.
Louise

]]> By: edna http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-529 edna Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:56:58 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-529 good job! I love it. It's so true. Nothing more to add. You said it all. good job! I love it. It’s so true. Nothing more to add. You said it all.

]]> By: Christy http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Christy Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:29:55 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-528 I am so glad I am not a traitor to the cause! One project at a time?!? Blasphemy!!! For those of us cross-breeds (both knitters and crocheters), I would add NAS = Needle Acquisition Syndrome as well as the general NAAS = Needlework Accessory Acquisition Syndrome, we can't forget all those lovely gadgets that help us create our works of love, if not, art. BAS (as stated by Bonnie) and FIPAS (Free Internet Pattern Acquisition Syndrome) I would freely include in the PAS, lest we get too confused by too many abbreviations. And, on the topic of ecology, many of us also recycle those grocery bags to use in projects. Plus, we have encouraged yarn manufacturers to create yarns with other such renewable resources as corn, soy, bamboo, sari fabric, etc. Yeah for us needleworkers who assist in the global economy as well! This is not to forget those independent designers, who have been encouraged to create more patterns to feed our addiction. And several of those designers have become published as a result of the internet and our societal needleworkers support. And then those ball winders, that necessity to aid us in keeping order of our stash. Or, at least, attempted order. Plus the act of winding can be meditative, as well, as addictive. And for the computer programs, we also need them to keep a list of our WIP, WIM and to aid us in calculations and conversions. So, computer programmers are a portion of *another* industry we support. You are so right! With out us crocheters (and knitters, too!) our economy, as well as our society in general, would completely collapse! Thank you for putting into words what so many of us feel! Happy Hooking! Christy I am so glad I am not a traitor to the cause! One project at a time?!? Blasphemy!!!

For those of us cross-breeds (both knitters and crocheters), I would add NAS = Needle Acquisition Syndrome as well as the general NAAS = Needlework Accessory Acquisition Syndrome, we can’t forget all those lovely gadgets that help us create our works of love, if not, art. BAS (as stated by Bonnie) and FIPAS (Free Internet Pattern Acquisition Syndrome) I would freely include in the PAS, lest we get too confused by too many abbreviations.

And, on the topic of ecology, many of us also recycle those grocery bags to use in projects. Plus, we have encouraged yarn manufacturers to create yarns with other such renewable resources as corn, soy, bamboo, sari fabric, etc. Yeah for us needleworkers who assist in the global economy as well!

This is not to forget those independent designers, who have been encouraged to create more patterns to feed our addiction. And several of those designers have become published as a result of the internet and our societal needleworkers support.

And then those ball winders, that necessity to aid us in keeping order of our stash. Or, at least, attempted order. Plus the act of winding can be meditative, as well, as addictive.

And for the computer programs, we also need them to keep a list of our WIP, WIM and to aid us in calculations and conversions. So, computer programmers are a portion of *another* industry we support.

You are so right! With out us crocheters (and knitters, too!) our economy, as well as our society in general, would completely collapse!

Thank you for putting into words what so many of us feel!

Happy Hooking!

Christy

]]> By: Leah http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-527 Leah Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:23:59 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-527 ROFLMAO!!! So true, jd!!!!!!!!!!! I can't forget my once blank computer disks and the disk storage books also!!!!!! :)) Leah ROFLMAO!!! So true, jd!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t forget my once blank computer disks and the disk storage books also!!!!!! :) )
Leah

]]> By: Ronnie Titus http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Ronnie Titus Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:48:43 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-525 May I add to your list - computer software? For how do we maintain our lists of inventory? Or, for that matter - the infamous "wish list"? Thank you for including commission checks into the economic factors...I'm awaiting the arrival of my next BAS (book acquistion syndrome). Ronnie May I add to your list – computer software?

For how do we maintain our lists of inventory?
Or, for that matter – the infamous “wish list”?

Thank you for including commission checks into the economic factors…I’m awaiting the arrival of my next BAS (book acquistion syndrome).

Ronnie

]]> By: GJ Amber http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-524 GJ Amber Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:17:32 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-524 Doing our part for the economy. Yeah! That's it. And ecology-don't we all recycle grocery bags to keep various projects in? Loved your article. Glenda Doing our part for the economy. Yeah! That’s it. And ecology-don’t we all recycle grocery bags to keep various projects in? Loved your article.

Glenda

]]> By: Wendy http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Wendy Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:28:03 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-523 I think you are absolutely right without crocheters Rubbermaid would no longer be in business and I nor my husband would no longer have a job. So I must say thank you to everyone of you. Although I have less time to crochet working for them. No need to check on the binders we do not make those. But we do make every size tote you can think of and under bed storage boxes plus lots more a crocheter could use. Now can you imagine all the Rubbermaid in my house? LOL I think you are absolutely right without crocheters Rubbermaid would no longer be in business and I nor my husband would no longer have a job. So I must say thank you to everyone of you. Although I have less time to crochet working for them. No need to check on the binders we do not make those. But we do make every size tote you can think of and under bed storage boxes plus lots more a crocheter could use. Now can you imagine all the Rubbermaid in my house? LOL

]]> By: Alice http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/comment-page-1/#comment-522 Alice Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:46:33 +0000 http://crochet.craftgossip.com/the-proper-care-and-feeding-of-the-crochet-based-economy/2007/07/09/#comment-522 JD, you see things the same way I do. Crochet and all the stuff that goes with it are taking over my house! Is this an obsession? When the last child left home, I was finally going to have a "guest room". Yarn, Patterns, etc moved in first and brought all their Rubbermaid with them! JD, you see things the same way I do. Crochet and all the stuff that goes with it are taking over my house! Is this an obsession? When the last child left home, I was finally going to have a “guest room”. Yarn, Patterns, etc moved in first and brought all their Rubbermaid with them!

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