tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post6119921000371498289..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: Bad Housewife, Episode 7: Knitting Bookmarks & Knitters in LiteratureFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-19134685940902331582012-10-25T08:49:13.530-07:002012-10-25T08:49:13.530-07:00I mean that the Madame Defarge part was hilarious,...I mean that the Madame Defarge part was hilarious, but this doesn't look quite right. I loved Princess Diana and what happened to her was terrible.Frisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-63770451495119652342012-10-25T05:52:42.995-07:002012-10-25T05:52:42.995-07:00I am a Dickens fan! Hilarious!I am a Dickens fan! Hilarious!Frisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-29223561084718120882012-10-25T01:12:33.744-07:002012-10-25T01:12:33.744-07:00This is not a suggestion, but when Princess Diana ...This is not a suggestion, but when Princess Diana died and the public were enraged at the initial lack of understanding from the Royal family as to how the nation felt a friend of mine who lived near St James said to me that the gathering crowds were so hostile she was just waiting for the knitting to come out. You have to be a Dickens fan to understand but I thought it was brilliantly insightful on Margaret's part.Alexhttp://thinkinginfragments.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-13872266655259102492012-10-24T07:05:10.126-07:002012-10-24T07:05:10.126-07:00Thanks for the suggestions! There is probably end...Thanks for the suggestions! There is probably endless kntting I haven't thought of. Penelope weaves rather than knits, but that's close enough. Frisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-20575858223463264732012-10-24T07:03:37.021-07:002012-10-24T07:03:37.021-07:00Ellen emailed me to add:
Ulysses' Penelope kn...Ellen emailed me to add:<br /><br />Ulysses' Penelope knits, in the Secret Garden Dicken's sister teaches Mary Lennox to knit. Oliphant's Kirsteen. Grace Poole in Jane Eyre. EllenFrisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-68486881926408034982012-10-23T06:10:37.148-07:002012-10-23T06:10:37.148-07:00There might be knitting in Elizabeth Goudge's ...There might be knitting in Elizabeth Goudge's Green Dolphin Street, or Daphne du Maurier's Rebbeca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com