Lobster Mitten I read the other day that, because of the recession, there is now a surfeit of lobster on the east coast and the department of fisheries is thinking of running an ad campaign to promote the sale of lobsters. I wonder if it will be a little like the milk campaign – “Got […]
I saw this slogan printed in very large letters on the side of a truck the other day. It sounds like one of the great euphemisms of life. But that company certainly has brought a lot of life to, well, fungi! Now, if you thought knitting companies had difficulty finding a marketable name, given the
When I started out in the knitting business or this business of knitting, there was a small mail order yarn store in Quebec called La Folie de Laine. I once asked the owner what the name of her business was in English – not a great question since we should be a totally bilingual country
Robyn Gallimore of Red Bird Knits sent me an e-mail with this picture. It is one of her sock of the month patterns – Scarborough Fair – with the comment, “Since you like fold(folk) songs, here’s one for you!” I replied, saying that she had been knitting and spinning too much – I liked “folk”
