Hoo, hoo has fallen in love with colorwork?

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Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 1, 2009 at 8:27pm

I thought it was, "To wit, to woo?" Here's what I remember:

The Owl Song
Of all the fair birds that e'er I did see
The owl is the fairest in her degree,
For all the day long she sits in a tree
And when night comes, away flys she.

To-wit, To-woo, to whom drinks now,
My song is well sung, I'll make thee a vow
And knave is he who drinketh now...

Nose.. Nose... Nose... Nose...
And what gave ye that jolly red nose?
Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg and cloves
And that gave me this jolly red nose.

Traditional 17th Century drinking song.

--PPoo, the older than most of you posters, LOL

Permalink Reply by Kerin on October 2, 2009 at 4:23pm

You know, I think that must have inspired it - I'm going to have to ask my mom if she remembers the poem, as she would have read it to me. I did have a cassette tape of Robert Frost poems that I would listen to, maybe that was it? I just realized this was 20 years ago. Oh dear. The drinking song is a good start though - I am going to track that poem down!

:)
-Kerin

(PS - Susan, i sent the pic of your owl mitt to my hubby, and he thinks it's very cute! for some reason Fridays at his work are Owl days, and everyone emails owl pictures to each other. So that was my contribution, hehe)

Permalink Reply by wendy on October 3, 2009 at 12:55am

PPoo, the elder, this reminds me of Puck of Pooks Hill. I know you're not that old! LOL

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on October 2, 2009 at 10:02pm

To PPoo, the elder:

Good job on finding this. I hope this helps Kerin find what she is looking for. I've googled to look for it and have only come up with a bunch of garbage [with a French pronunciation]

From C, the not so elder

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 2, 2009 at 10:27pm

Some of the things from my childhood stick in my mind. I haven often thought, "To wit...to woo," when I've heard someone say, "to wit...." --P

Permalink Reply by NoKnitSherlock on October 1, 2009 at 6:14pm

One mitten done and modeled by my sweet boy. It was verrrrrry hot today, but he was a good sport and let me take some photos!

This last photo is so blurry, but I love it!
See how one eyebrow is raised as he smiles? As much as he looks like his Dad - that's all me!!!

Permalink Reply by KnitWhich? on October 1, 2009 at 6:16pm

FanTASTIC! I love the mitten, and your boy is SOOOOO CUTE! How old is he? What's his name?

Joanne

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 1, 2009 at 6:29pm

Does your kid know how lucky he is? --PPoo

Permalink Reply by Laura E. Shallenberger on October 1, 2009 at 7:04pm

Hi PeggyPoo...are you snowed in yet? I love snowed in days...it calls fro warm beverages, homemade cookies and knitting :-) I am also honored that you went with PPoo, as I said erlier when you were missing in action due to the snowstorm, PeggyPoo sounds endearing, don't you think?

Permalink Reply by Peggy Stuart on October 1, 2009 at 7:10pm

We'll have to wait until later in the season to get snowed in! However, my internet was snowed out all day yesterday and most of today, but off and on, just working enough to give you hope. And the power went off because of a tree (so the Power Co. said) yesterday for about 5 hrs. I went to a pizza place to download the podcast! (Can't live without my weekly fix!) Here's a present for all of you in warmer climes:

That's not poo, but I can't guarantee there isn't any in it. If so, it's Poo poo. That much is certain. --PPoo

Permalink Reply by NoKnitSherlock on October 1, 2009 at 7:15pm

No way!!!
It's 90 degrees @ my house right now!!! We've got all the windows open, fans running! Can you blend that into a margarita and send it my way please? assuming it's poo-free that is.

Permalink Reply by cherylbwaters on October 1, 2009 at 7:23pm

I'm with Susan! A little Tequila, a splash of Triple Sec, a couple of squeezed limes, a little simple syrup and we won't care how hot it is here!

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