Mossy Cottage Knits

Go right ahead and include me, Ryan, It's been happening since i was eight:)
And you are so right, Brows just don't seem bushy or large or what have you until after a "ripping" or agonizing half hour with the tweezers, which is why in my land they get groomed only once or twice a year, when something really important happens, or i cut my bangs,whichever.
I am so wanting to join the Moby Dick Read along(see i resisted temptation:))

I am so disappointed. I thought we might be treated to a photo of TMK's brows post-rip.

But, I wanna know...how bad was it, TMK?? Should I continue to avoid it...or...gulp...what?
Lisa

Lisa: It really wasn't that bad. Mostly, the wax was a lot hotter than I expected it to be. ;-) TMK

Now, now, Lisa. You don't think we'd reveal The Mysterious K's identity for something as mundane as the "before and after" of a brow-waxing, do you? :-)

My opinion--although I see TMK has already chimed in for herself--is DO it! It's really not that painful and the results are pretty great. The worst part is how red your skin gets and how dorky you look. I usually go get my brows done with an African American friend from work and she comes out looking all fresh and elegant and I come out looking as if I have a localized sunburn.

Devin, you avoided the temptation of the "Dick-Along?" I am VERY impressed.

well I have to say this about Moby Dick (and please do not ban me from the group after I say it) I read it in college with a VERY good teacher who LOVES the book (brought a harpoon in to show us how it is thrown and everything) and I read EVERYTHING up until the last 10 pages. Then I put it down. I did not finish it. Somehow, I felt like the book had insulted me by not being the book I wanted it to be. And with that, I closed it and have not looked back. And I got an A in that class.

I didn't realize Cuzzin Tom, Supremely Rare Jewel, was MOVING to Mongolia. Ferever, like? What a sock opportunity! And sweaters for children, and other cold folks. Wow. Stash-reduction made simple! I have a very, very cute little kids' hat that looks Tibetan to me, but could also be fairly Mongolian, methinks...

Joan, Supremely Rare Jewel says the move is for 1 1/2 years or so, but who knows? We had a loooooong talk about it the other night and he is going to be doing some very interesting things!

Oh my god: what a great girlish gabfest! First, I will admit, I started crying over what you wrote about me. I heart you too, Mz Ryan! Your blog has been an inspiration indeed.

Cuzzin Tom, I was initially supportive of your move, but this information about 1.5 YEARS has made me change my mind. Quit the crazy talk. Oh, not effective? Well, then, what can we knitters do to warm the people of Mongolia? Will you be able to set up a mail drop? Let's talk (I am, of course, offering up EVERYONE's services, not just my own!).

Moby Dick has now moved to my side table. I apparently purchased this used from the University Book Store, probably back in 1973, for $2.40, and over the last 31 years it has moved with me as many miles as Queeg traversed over the sea. Aside: what's the deal with nautical miles? Why aren't regular miles good enough? At any rate, having finally opened the darned thing I found that the last 256 pages of this behemoth are just apendices and glossaries and commentaries (none as funny as Ryan's crowd's commentaries). I'm ready to go. I've even got a bookmark.

OK, I'm gonna do my eyebrows. What the hell. They're catapillar eyebrows, those odd Scandinavian eyebrows that are dark at the nose edge but become quite light at mid-brow (think Viggo Mortensen without the bone structure).

Hey, wait--I can't waste any more words HERE. I've got my own blog to fill now!

love, Janine

Wow, that eye-searingly-bright sock is gorgeous!! Yum!

And TMK, good on ya for taking the plunge with the eyebrows. I need to do it, but I'm way too chicken after my upper-lip-waxing incident.

You think the eyebrow waxing was rough? I actually had to wax my underarms for a couple of years because I would rash terribly if I shaved 'em. (Yeah, I know - too much info). Now, that hurt like hell the first couple of times. I walked around doing my ape impression because the old pits hurt so much! Fortunately, I'm back to shaving now, and I don't miss those days.

You know, I've never read Moby. I'll have to go see if I've got in my (own) library....

Hmm... Moby Dick. I was supposed to have read that, once. I read parts of it. Enough to write a paper on, but not much more.

Ryan - you volunteering to collect items? Sounds like a call for knitted items to me. Can we call ourselves Cuzzin Tom's Knittin' Mongol Horde?

Love the socks and am glad to hear the waxing was a success. As to the Dick-Along, I completely enjoyed reading the book in a group a coupla years ago. We dubbed ourselves the Hyphen-Dicksters, in honor of an early question regarding Melville's title. Our fearless leader was my friend who's read Moby-Dick more times than I can count ~ she gave us each a copy of her Dick Mix cassette as a reward for completing the book, and then she & I made a three-minute Super8 film that riffs on the whale tale . . . The Dick-Along will benefit from an experienced reader, so take the helm!

ROTFLMAO
Melissa you so get the prize for "best title for assorted knitting group":)

If you haven't already, read *Ahab's Wife or, The Star-Gazer* by Sena Jeter Naslund. It's marvelous. Inspired by a single sentence, "Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last," Naslund creates an amazing life for Una Spenser. I promise it's right up your alley.

And do I hear a call to knit warm things for Mongolian children? I'm in.

Wait one damn minute. There's a HYPHEN in the title of Moby Dick? I mean, Moby-Dick? When did THAT get inserted. I would swear on my stack of stored yarn that I have never ever noticed it. Of course, I've never opened the book before, but I've admired it on the shelf A LOT.

Okay, I tried to read "Dick" once. But the title got in my way, and I was a little too angry to get into the book. I could possibly try it again ...

I wanna knit for the Mongolian children too! I think a mail drop is in order; who could pass up an amazing opportunity like this?!

Janine, I went online and found this statement on Wikipedia.com: "Melville spelled the whale's name without a hyphen, but used a hyphen in the title of the book." Double-check this for us, will you?

A disclaimer, Dear Readers: While I'm excited about all this interest in MobyHyphenDick, just because *I* liked the book, doesn't mean anyone else will. There's no question that it's a slog and, as one reviewer said, "the story's themes [are interwoven] with a huge swath of Western literature, history, religion, mythology, philosophy, and science." Now, while that's the kind of stuff that, pardon the pun, floats my boat, it may not yours. I'm just sayin'...

Oh, and I forgot to tell you that I am SO ENVIOUS of those socks. Tell TMK that her socks are the shit, and she should wear them proudly everywhere. Espcially over a pair of leather boots. They are absolutely beautiful.

OK, since no one else will, I'll bite, I'm up for a DICK ALONG! Of course, I agree it is awful, but it's still funny in a 7th grade kind of way and sometimes you just have to have a moment of regression to keep adulthood in perspective. Anyway, believe it or not, I've never read it.

Cuzzin Tom--kudos to you for taking on this new adventure! We will definitely miss you, but I am sure you will do great work.

I'd be happy to be a member of the Knittin' Horde, but I'm very slow, so those poor children may shiver a bit longer than they ought if I'm in charge of their outfitting.

The sock is fabulous! By the way, what is an "eye of partridge" heel? It doesn't look much different than what I've been doing, but my heel expertise is decidely lacking.

You could post the results by just cropping the image to TMK's eyebrows. I don't imagine I'd be able to ID her on the street from the brows. Well, perhaps if they were plaid!

Happy weekend to all!

I want to see the brows. I can't believe how much I looked forward to the brow story and it would be nice to see the pretty results.
Ryan, Fresh and elegant-- funny. I look sunburned after waxing too.
Those socks are so cool. Is TMK brave enough to wear them in public?

If…

A=I am self-employed, and therefore always available to accept packages; and

B=I don't knit,

Then…

C=I would like to contribute my office/garage as the mail drop/collection point for all things knitted for small Mongolian children.

TMK

Does MT have the capabilities to filter entries to just a small number of people? Just wondering. From over here in that "blogs-for-dummies" corner.

I dunno, Perclexed, but this inquiring mind wants to know why your inquiring mind wants to know...

geez, i'm late and seem to have missed the gabfest-

um, are we reading *the book*? i read it, under much duress, for a lit class back in the dinosaur days when i was in college, but i probably should give it a better try and have another go at it-

'cuzzin tom goes to mongolia' is a blog i will look forward to- good luck, ct, we'll all be wishing good things for you-

count me in for knitting warm little things too- lots of woolen yarn sniglets around here for ittle hats and socks-

stay happy-

1) Gorgeous sox!

2) OK, since you brought the whole thing up... I have always wondered if, when you wax your upper lip, the hair grows in finer and thinner as they say, or becomes a fully-fledged moustache and you are committed to waxing for the rest of your life.

I do know a straight guy who has his eyebrows waxed regularly and he says it has changed his life... whatever *that* means.

3) Am going to read "Ahab's Wife" since already did Dick but have fun!

4) Am in for knitting for Mongolian kids!

5) You're so witty, I'm off to peruse your friends' links - surely they must be as fun as you are. Thanks for another great entry!

OK OK I fixed what I broke while attempting to battle some spam, and the comment counts now work again...
Dick along. That is too funny. Never read it. Have 6 books about setting limits with strong willed children sitting on my dresser. I'll get back to you in about 10 years.

OK, first off, "Moby Dick" is the third greatest novel ever written. First is "Ulysses". Second is Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow". Did ya'll know Melville was gay? True. You'll never read the book the same way again, esp. the scenes of Ishmael in bed with Queequeg and the sailors working together with their arms plunged to the elbows in barrels of sperm oil to squeeze out the lumps.

Secondly, that's all the tease you get for now about the Mongolian kiddies, tho I sure like what I'm hearing! I'm traveling right now, back in AZ on the 14th and have to speak with Powers That Be. Don't worry about details like mail drops and stuff. Yer gonna dig it, it'll be easy, and all your friends will want to join you in creatin' some mighty good karma. If everything lines up, we can unleash the Horde in a couple of weeks.

I had to drag my husband, kicking and screaming to the salon to get his eyebrows waxed before our wedding. Now? He asks for salon gift certificates as gift-giving holiday presents so he can maintain the well-groomed niceness a fresh wax affords him. Hey, he works retail, the better he looks, the more he sells...HIS words, not mine.

Ok, so we're Dicking Along and Hording Along. Wow. This is fun! If we do start our own little reading group, I propose we read "Ahab's Wife" next.

Ryan, Six Apart (the MT company) just bought LJ. I dunno. I guess you just hit a nerve yesterday I didn't know was exposed. I feel like there's enough competition about my latest craft not to roll how people blog into it. Anyway, I guess that just came out of some paranoia that Six Apart buying LJ was going to topple all the little (and not so little) communities we've built via LJ. And while it may not require the same tech saavy knowledge that MT does, I like it.

Then again, *everything* hit me the wrong way yesterday, so take the above with a grain of salt. I sat down and cried for 10 minutes when I realized my bamboo size 5 DPNs were way too "sticky" for me to use on the pair of socks I'm finally making for myself, and when I called aroudn NO ONE on the Eastside sells Inox. WTF? I'm driving to Seattle today to stock up on sock sized Inox DPNs, because dammit. No one should have to go through that. ;D

First off, those socks are gorgeous!! Only one Frankie hair, shocked I tell you, my Corgi's are blowing right now and my feet are covered, let me know I'll send some black fur your way.

Second.... I made a very good living waxing the heck out of my local population to fund my yarn habit. If the wax felt too hot, it probably was. It really should not be more than 100-105 degrees or so which is a bit above body temp. Red flags above the eyebrows... a bit of aloe vera gel usually sooths this. It's the rare customer of mine that gets red afterward (usually the redheads, sensitive gals). Pits hurting from wax, bad technique, even the guys who I pit wax don't complain. Waxing makes the hair wayyyy thinner after a while, definitely worth it.

My big prob, no one to wax me except DH and he is getter better.... really!

Thanks for lots of reading entertainment but Taffy and Wagatha Christy want more Frankie Photo Ops!

AnnaMarie in Idaho

FIRSTLY, thank you for the much needed HUG.
sigh.
Now, tis time to nominate you for some Honor.
"Best description of a Loving Partner" would be today's
Medal.(Trophy?) If it were up to me
in any way shape or form.
Start writing that acceptance speech.
We love ya honey. We really really love you!

Yowza - what socks!!! Only one hair from Frankie? Honey, the way my cats shed, I'm surpised that people at work aren't picking cathair off me every two minutes.
So doesn't Mongolia supply cashmere to the world? C'mon, fess up Supremely Rare Jewel, you're really going there for the cashmere aren't you?
As for the Dick-along, ROTFLOL. Haven't read it actually, but funny enough, DH bought a copy a few weeks ago, and it's sitting on the bookshelf, thrashing its whaley tail, asking to be opened.
Yes, yes, we MUST have eyebrow pictures, please, oh pretty please?

hey, i'm always game for a good dick-a-long. and count me in on the mongolian children knitting. sounds a little twisted to say those 2 things in one comment. and i second nathania's recommendation of ahab's wife, i could not put it down!!!!!!!!!!!

I tried to write lovely things about...well, cold mongolian children, Dicks and new blogs...but I am so overcome by even the thought of waxing anything that I have to go get a glass of wine. I'm still recovering from an incident in 1998 in which one half of one of my shins was waxed before I was in the car.
The horror. She better look pretty good. I'm having a flashback.

Oh, come on now...I knew we wouldn't get to see her *whole* face...but surely, the brows??? Come on ladies, I refuse to be convinced to suffer potential trauma without visual assurance it's worth it. ;)

Never read Moby. The whole dick-along thing makes me think of the first Margaret Cho video...."No Dick for me, please". Har...gets me laughing every time. I would probably be more interested in Ahab's Wife...hmm. Maybe. If there were dragons...or elves...or vampires...or fairies...well, I'd be in...but Old Men and whales? Hmmm. Might need more encouragment on that too!

I need to thank both Ryan and Cuzzin Tom for helping me with my diet. For a number of days, Ryan, you helped me with the image of foot sweat fogging up clear boots. Cuzzin Tom, the visual of several men elbow to elbow getting the chunks out of sperm oil was equally helpful. so far, I'm down 4 pounds. Less time eating = more time knitting = more warm Mongolian children. See how nicely that all works out?