Comments on: Instantaneous Personal Magnetism

By: Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Finished Projects and World Travel

Sheri at The Loopy Ewe » Finished Projects and World Travel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:27:41 +0000

[...] on Two Skeins of Wollmeise $60″. It was only $2, so I bought this one. Still thinking about “Instantaneous Personal Magnetism”, though. This book and a wooden clamp for WH were the two purchases of the day. We spent a whopping [...]

By: Marianne Y

Marianne Y — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:01:52 +0000

I was raised with antiques, both inherited & purchased. When I was little, my Mom bought a chair for 50 cents, that was in pieces, literally. We called it her 50-cent piece of firewood. She took a refinishing class, and it turned into a gorgeous chair, after many long hours of sanding, using ultrafine steel wool, etc. As her class was ending, she was offered $500 for her chair by a classmate. Anyway, I used to go antiquing with my Mom, while she was still alive. Our favorite place was in a tiny town north of Houston. That place had all kinds of glasses, from everyday glasses, to fine, hand-cut lead crystal, china, furniture, and you name it.

An idea for your glasses that I have seen used would be to mix glasses. That is, either use all different antique glasses (that blend together), or use an approximately equal number of glasses of a couple or three patterns, that complement each other. They do that often with china, where sets are broken, because of breakage, so they have to mix and match. Just an idea for you.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:33:33 +0000

Just like Elizabeth D said (above), I would like to know about the sneak-ups. I have never seen Wollmeise mentioned until it is gone! Any advice? Since I have never used that particular yarn, I can’t comment on it (except that everyone else seems to love it), but I do know that Numma Numma is another one of those elusive yarns that I really do like. Can’t seem to get notified on that one either.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:58:28 +0000

As someone who spent many a weekend at estate sales with her then boyfriend/now husband I think you sound like loads of fun! We don’t go anymore since we’ve run out of room!

By: Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:58:17 +0000

That sounds like a very fun weekend! Are you sure you haven’t read that magnetism book before? You seem to have a lot of that already!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:19:17 +0000

Wish I had that book for our weird library! In addition to owning the largest book ever seen on the Antiques Roadshow (a giant dictionary) we have “Personal Hygiene and Grooming for Young Men” which we found and had a huge laugh out of so we bought it. Also, St. Gen is a wonderful place to shop for antiques – lots of little hidden treasures there.

By: Janice

Janice — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:19:04 +0000

I don’t think that you need to collect books with weird titles to ensure your descendants will wonder about you…….. Your collection of ice whackers and other such oddities just may be enough…..

By: Elizabeth D

Elizabeth D — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:09:36 +0000

OK, Sheri, I’m probably the only one reading this blog who doesn’t know the answer to this question, but. . . it’s been driving me nuts for months now, so it’s time to ask. How do I find out about the sneak-ups? Do I just have to be on the store web site when it happens? Is there a schedule? Is there a clue? Is there a certain button to push? Not like I need sock yarn, but . . .

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:07:37 +0000

When we went to our grandparents’ house, I always drank from these cute, opaque white glasses with a clown painted on each side. A few years ago, my grandma gave me a set that she’d found in an antique store. I love them so much.

Btw, will you be getting more Knitting Girl decals? We finally replaced our car after the accident, and my new car looks kinda naked.

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:18:58 +0000

It’s probably a bad sign that I would have bought it. I used to buy books at flea markets all the time, and the more useless to me the better. It’s why for a while I owned a Portuguese-Portuguese dictionary. Not that I had any fluency mind, just loved looking at the words.