tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post7992923839805798992..comments2023-12-29T17:11:59.237-04:00Comments on Desideratum ~ Art ~ Jewelry ~ Life: Warm Feet - Darning SocksGwen Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-18463420187361439702010-10-25T09:24:38.442-03:002010-10-25T09:24:38.442-03:00Thanks Arija, I have always enjoyed mending... and...Thanks Arija, I have always enjoyed mending... and seeing how long I can make something last... sort of a little contest with myself..Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-61848153479885362102010-10-25T01:17:14.793-03:002010-10-25T01:17:14.793-03:00Great job Gwen. No need to hide to hide the mendin...Great job Gwen. No need to hide to hide the mending, it is like the wrinkles of character we develop on our faces. <br />I like your reenforcing of the weak spots as well as darning of the heel. So much easier next time they need mending.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-22761852754952898892010-10-13T19:04:39.538-03:002010-10-13T19:04:39.538-03:00I agree!! no cold floor getting through.I agree!! no cold floor getting through.Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-39707308896789052222010-10-09T11:19:57.520-03:002010-10-09T11:19:57.520-03:00To mend is to delight! ThanksTo mend is to delight! Thanksannell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-33481659731927630622010-10-07T13:30:05.971-03:002010-10-07T13:30:05.971-03:00Hi Embellisher, It was a quick fun little task... ...Hi Embellisher, It was a quick fun little task... now I am going to visit you.Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-35720130623672967212010-10-07T11:38:26.993-03:002010-10-07T11:38:26.993-03:00Lovely texture and colours your darning has produc...Lovely texture and colours your darning has produced.My first visit to your blog must go and poke around some more now.Maya Sara Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809463746704452013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-38407323989628440852010-10-07T10:32:29.280-03:002010-10-07T10:32:29.280-03:00Yes it's very OK... Thanks so much!!Yes it's very OK... Thanks so much!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-16672487798479511462008-06-03T11:26:00.000-03:002008-06-03T11:26:00.000-03:00Violet Sky, very cool to hear that the Scottish ha...Violet Sky, very cool to hear that the Scottish had their own name for them... I have a bit of Scottish in my past before they moved to Ireland... is that the part that makes me frugal... glad for it anyway...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-21766762531265250982008-06-02T23:23:00.000-03:002008-06-02T23:23:00.000-03:00That doesn't sound familiar to me, but my mother w...That doesn't sound familiar to me, but my mother was Scottish...<BR/><BR/>If they are still around I should send them to you. A light bulb sounds rather fragile. But maybe you are a gentler person than I would be!VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-1578371498560040662008-05-30T20:42:00.000-03:002008-05-30T20:42:00.000-03:00Violetsky... weren't they called darning eggs... I...Violetsky... weren't they called darning eggs... I used to have a couple of them long ago... this time I had to use a light bulb...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-81433583324917079822008-05-30T20:35:00.000-03:002008-05-30T20:35:00.000-03:00Those socks could become a trendy item if you let ...Those socks could become a trendy item if you let too many people know about this!!<BR/><BR/>My brother and I recently came across our mothers' sewing basket with darning needles and and two of those wooden darning thingies (I'm sure they have another name, just can't think of it at the moment) and we were laughing at it and saying: who would we ever give these to? no-one darns socks anymore. Well, well.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-63333936857098440182008-05-27T00:50:00.000-03:002008-05-27T00:50:00.000-03:00Gwen: I recently put up a post about hands, but af...Gwen: I recently put up a post about hands, but after seeing these socks...I wish it had been about feet! And great vignette in the first photo too.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870075379758015838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-59935916350611190322008-05-27T00:06:00.000-03:002008-05-27T00:06:00.000-03:00Hillary that is co cool that we were both stopping...Hillary that is co cool that we were both stopping drafts at the same time.... I guess it is moving towards winter there... thanks for checking out my blog<BR/><BR/>Thanks D.jewel, but i only do this one blog and put everything in it... my work and garden take the rest of my time... <BR/>I don't think i would be able to keep more than one straight!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-78091116659438559092008-05-26T23:03:00.000-03:002008-05-26T23:03:00.000-03:00Hi ThereNice blog. Nice artwork too.Do you have an...Hi There<BR/>Nice blog. Nice artwork too.<BR/>Do you have any other blogs?<BR/>My main blog is slysidonia at the Live Journal site. come check it out!<BR/>I love meeting other artists and seeing how different their perspectives are. <BR/>See you again soon! <BR/>Jeweldark jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127612055568781933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-7669898133834278972008-05-26T13:54:00.000-03:002008-05-26T13:54:00.000-03:00It's winter here in New Zealand and I have just st...It's winter here in New Zealand and I have just stopped the draughts in my husbands favourite pullover. Your sox made me smile. I really enjoy reading your blog. Parallel things on the other side of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-3180993246566692122008-05-26T13:11:00.000-03:002008-05-26T13:11:00.000-03:00Marie, can you imagine one of your designs on the ...Marie, can you imagine one of your designs on the bottom of a sock... now that would be a surprise for the observer...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-52858809166568247832008-05-25T19:25:00.000-03:002008-05-25T19:25:00.000-03:00Gwen...they look so cozy and warm...so understand ...Gwen...they look so cozy and warm...so understand how parting with them would just not be an option! I looked at the pic of the tops...and you'd never know there was any defect from that angle...but must admit I giggled when I saw the bottoms. Just struck me funny that sight...the things we do for warm toes.Marie Altonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06701433382557929101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-87831029459585966032008-05-25T13:23:00.000-03:002008-05-25T13:23:00.000-03:00Sometimes I think we don't give enough attention t...Sometimes I think we don't give enough attention to our dear ol' feet... <BR/>I really like making things last as long as they can...that may be making do... but that seems just right...<BR/><BR/> I love to hear about thoughts that are triggered by other things... all these thoughts tucked away for safe-keeping ...only needing a spur to bring them back to the front of our visual minds...and with their attached associations... it fills up our worlds so... and when we look around we are the only one there.. How busy our minds can be... <BR/><BR/>I appreciate all of your generous thoughts and ideas and triggers and visions and humor... Thank you so much... it is food...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-6497006344239813312008-05-25T10:17:00.000-03:002008-05-25T10:17:00.000-03:00Gwen, I seriously think you have just displayed a ...Gwen, I seriously think you have just displayed a big seller in your art store. I really believe tourists (and I) would buy socks made like these look! How quaint and folksy can you get? I'll bet you could make two pair, put a good price on them and they would be gone the first hour. By the way, I adore them. How much for two pair?Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831577769797947426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-27582075243677700052008-05-25T08:05:00.000-03:002008-05-25T08:05:00.000-03:00I'm happy I came here after Bill's comment. An alr...I'm happy I came here after Bill's comment. An already great post got even better, thinking of wives down the ages being the artists, in simple homes where survival was the main goal. I know you knitted those socks to begin with, Gwen, and as far as I'm concerned they only got better with the mendings. They look as though they are even more padded for comfy walking now.<BR/><BR/>I just can't tell you how happy it makes me to know you are up there living this life of arts - homey arts and the fine art you sell. I don't really have words to tell you what this post does to and for me. But you know how I feel about it.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-43653830657171652962008-05-25T01:23:00.000-03:002008-05-25T01:23:00.000-03:00Brings a tear to my eye. I'm reminded of my grandm...Brings a tear to my eye. I'm reminded of my grandmothers, Pearl and Maud. Aside from their daily routine of dealing with men demanding meals, they found time to do this kind of work. As well as needlepoint and quilts that to me are quite the artistic expression. But the men were grubbing for the cash to keep the family going. Farmers. the men but artists the spouses.William Evertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552959930900393198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-13407082826756641012008-05-24T23:12:00.000-03:002008-05-24T23:12:00.000-03:00Great job Gwen saving some much loved friends! I t...Great job Gwen saving some much loved friends! I think of my favorite socks as friends. Like when I've had a tough day and I need comfort, put on my friends and it's "Aaaaah!" <BR/>Hey, I used to sing that song when I was little in elementary school. Is there a verse that goes "There's a hole in my bucket, Dear Liza...Dear Liza....? I haven't thought of that in years!Anethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586391189475336018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-4767328087989595762008-05-24T15:23:00.000-03:002008-05-24T15:23:00.000-03:00I wish I was there Laura to see your shawl... soun...I wish I was there Laura to see your shawl... sounds lovely... <BR/>This bit of mending is really something I probably shouldn't have shown... If I had done it properly... I would have went carefully back and forth and up and down in a very basic over/under pattern as if I were doing plain weaving... This was just a speedy job on the road to warm feet.<BR/><BR/>hey Sandy you are right...I guess the dog and the socks go together as far as their faithfulness goes...<BR/><BR/>Sharon, I have had these old socks for so long they are like members of the family... probably if I whistled for them, they would come!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-68886230176902426722008-05-24T14:57:00.000-03:002008-05-24T14:57:00.000-03:00I really like this post and how your are able to i...I really like this post and how your are able to incorporate your daily life in such a way that it's interesting and inviting. Oh, and the socks are definitely keepers....very cozy!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08587519421636814074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-18318133143057886632008-05-24T14:51:00.000-03:002008-05-24T14:51:00.000-03:00Well I prefer the view from the bottom of the feet...Well I prefer the view from the bottom of the feet, hahaha, they look like a faithful pair of socks..haha. Fun post...<BR/><BR/>ssandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.com