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Comment on White Cloth, Mixed Cloth, and High Horses by Freyalyn

Freyalyn — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:25:58 +0000

Excellent and interesting blog post. I hadn’t heard of the Equus Altus sculpture before – I had no intention of ever entering the Trinity shopping centre, but I may have to now, purely to see this. h

Comment on Sunk Island by theknittinggenealogist

theknittinggenealogist — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:26:32 +0000

They had them before they got married. ;o) Rose Ann was born in 1825 and her parents married in 1828. She retained her mother’s maiden name as her surname and her father’s surname as a middle name. You see this a lot in the Yorkshire parish records for the 18thC and early 19thC. Even if the birth father of a child subsequently marries the mother, the child usually retains the mother’s surname.

Comment on Sunk Island by Lisa and Robb

Lisa and Robb — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:43:17 +0000

I’ll admit confusion about how your married relatives had illegitimate children.

Comment on Knitting For Victory Talk – There Will Be Cakes (Possibly). by Celeste Flower

Celeste Flower — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:09:20 +0000

I would dearly love to come to this talk, Penelope, but it is our school spring fair on Saturday and all hands are needed. Likewise, although Bolton Castle is often on our weekend agenda at this time of year, it is DH’s birthday and we have other plans. I am wondering, if this is something you do often, whether we might have met already! Do let us know where and when you are next dressing up.
Hope the whether stays nice for you, because then the Tudor garden will look really nice too.

Comment on Knitting For Victory Talk – There Will Be Cakes (Possibly). by theknittinggenealogist

theknittinggenealogist — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:09:45 +0000

Hi Kate

I saw the NZ clothing coupons online, today and it seems you had separate coupons for “Wool” which I found intriguing!

Comment on Knitting For Victory Talk – There Will Be Cakes (Possibly). by Kate

Kate — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:04:59 +0000

I’d love to hear what you have to say about Fair Isle in wartime but England is a long way from New Zealand. Do you think you might write it up for your blog afterwards? Also I’d love to see you as a Tudor lady. I am being one myself for a concert in Dunedin next weekend. Hope it all goes well.

Comment on Timbertops Lonsdale Spinning Wheel by theknittinggenealogist

theknittinggenealogist — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:49:32 +0000

Hi Ellen

If you email me: penelopehemingwayATgmail.com will see what i can do but don’t know much yet as have been busy tracing Listers and Smiths!

Comment on Timbertops Lonsdale Spinning Wheel by Ellen Bradley

Ellen Bradley — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:57:52 +0000

I notice that your grandmother is a Dawson — I too have Dawson ancestry that I have had difficulty tracing. Can we connect?

Comment on “You’re Doing It All Wrong!” by Connie

Connie — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:09:04 +0000

I am pleased to find this article and this great supply of information as I am working on a (german language) blog with the subject “knitting intelligence”…

thanks for your infos, you are doing it the right way!

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