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So, Daran, what you’re saying is that reality, at its base, is knitted from highly collectible cosmic yarn? Does that mean that a black hole is a place where Somebody dropped a stitch?
Sorry, the idea just came to mind after seeing the image you linked to.
By the way, Esteemed Author, this page seems particularly striking to me. Mirka looks and sounds like she’s getting literally lost in her knitting.
Yay! And while she’s knitting the troll will pick up his house and fly away, leaving her dazed in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but a sweater knit of highly collectible yarn to show for her efforts. ^___^
Is she knitting English or Continental (German) style? US people often use the English style with yarn held in the right hand and looped around the needle before pulling it through the old stitch (easy to learn, good control of yarn), while many Europeans prefer the Continental style with yarn held in the left hand and picked through the loop with the right needle (faster, only slightly trickier to learn). I would’ve thought that a Yiddish-speaking community would be more likely to have come from Germany and use the Continental style, but English is also possible. I wonder if there’s a grandmother handy who could be consulted? Yes, I’m nitpicking, but I like both knitting and details about traditions :)
I’m enjoying this comic very much - including the Shabbos sequence somebody was concerned about, especially because it’s a glimpse into a different culture, and it fits into the easy, storytelling pace.
@ Reetta: To my eyes, she’s knitting English style. I say this as a knitter who can knit both English and Continental. As you noted, Continental has the yarn held in the left hand. As the yarn is in her right hand, it can’t be Continental. In fact, it looks like Mirka is mid-throw.
I also would have thought that a more European knitting tradition would be followed by such a community but anything is possible. Either way, it’s a lovely panel.
September 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am
No Ground! What did I tell you? The whole world’s been gobbled up by strange matter.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Want more proof? Check out this image of subatomic particle tracks.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:07 am
This image. Sorry about that.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:18 am
I still want to know what ‘collectors item’ yarn is!
September 17th, 2008 at 6:19 am
So, Daran, what you’re saying is that reality, at its base, is knitted from highly collectible cosmic yarn? Does that mean that a black hole is a place where Somebody dropped a stitch?
Sorry, the idea just came to mind after seeing the image you linked to.
By the way, Esteemed Author, this page seems particularly striking to me. Mirka looks and sounds like she’s getting literally lost in her knitting.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:44 am
So that’s what you mean by getting weird - wish my knitting could open holes in the floor!
September 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory
September 17th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Er, let’s linkify that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory
September 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Beautiful. It’s hard to get that much momvement in a still image. One more reason to love Hereville.
September 19th, 2008 at 5:59 am
I love the narration here. The tone just seems so right.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Thanks, everyone! I’ve been really enjoying reading the comments!
September 21st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Yay! And while she’s knitting the troll will pick up his house and fly away, leaving her dazed in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but a sweater knit of highly collectible yarn to show for her efforts. ^___^
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:47 am
Is she knitting English or Continental (German) style? US people often use the English style with yarn held in the right hand and looped around the needle before pulling it through the old stitch (easy to learn, good control of yarn), while many Europeans prefer the Continental style with yarn held in the left hand and picked through the loop with the right needle (faster, only slightly trickier to learn). I would’ve thought that a Yiddish-speaking community would be more likely to have come from Germany and use the Continental style, but English is also possible. I wonder if there’s a grandmother handy who could be consulted? Yes, I’m nitpicking, but I like both knitting and details about traditions :)
I’m enjoying this comic very much - including the Shabbos sequence somebody was concerned about, especially because it’s a glimpse into a different culture, and it fits into the easy, storytelling pace.
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 am
@ Reetta: To my eyes, she’s knitting English style. I say this as a knitter who can knit both English and Continental. As you noted, Continental has the yarn held in the left hand. As the yarn is in her right hand, it can’t be Continental. In fact, it looks like Mirka is mid-throw.
I also would have thought that a more European knitting tradition would be followed by such a community but anything is possible. Either way, it’s a lovely panel.
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:27 am
I keep thinking the trick is going to have to do with the definition of ‘the better sweater’ -for instance, how many arm-holes it has!