Got a question...

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" 
<catlady at w...> wrote:
>
> 
> << 20% for wearing a  Fair-Isle sweater >>
> 
> I hate to be serious, but what's liberal about wearing a Fair Isle
> sweater? Sometimes in USA, you can say 'wearing a sweater' (any kind
> of sweater) as an anti-liberal statement, because of Jimmy Carter's
> suggestion to save energy (petroleum oil) by turning the thermostat
> down, maybe even down low enough that I don't have to fan myself while
> wearing nothing but undies (please forgive the terrifying mental
> image). But (returning from that digression) I didn't think that
> setting the thermostat was a hot political issue in UK.
>

Rita
I was going to explain all about Fair Isle sweaters and about how they 
are hand-knit icons worn by those of a woolly Liberal tendency -see:

http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/collections/textiles/textiles.htm

Well, they are, and turning down said thermostat is just as important 
here as in the US. However, in googling for a suitable link, I also 
found patterns for Elvis wigs:

http://www.theshed.co.uk/elviswig.html

and for bottles of fruit juice:

http://acechick.typepad.com/knit/

and as a consequence, feel in need of a lie down in a darkened room.

Carolyn
Previously unaware that 'stitch and bitch' groups existed..