tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post2133503082830480098..comments2023-11-03T06:16:11.862-04:00Comments on insidious truth: A word about knitting (or, at least, a word I found while knitting)laughinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-26570571328296215522008-05-26T08:38:00.000-04:002008-05-26T08:38:00.000-04:00I don't think that I've seriously looked at a clot...I don't think that I've seriously looked at a clothing catalogue since Sears stopped sending them out when I was a teenager, so I can't say for sure that the term doesn't appear reference to clothes here, but I don't think so. This is the first time I'd seen it used like that, though after I saw it in the one knitting book I found it pretty quick in another one.<BR/><BR/>I think around here if I've ever heard the word faggot that it was either being yelled at a particular person or else it was said after the word flaming.<BR/><BR/>I think that one might hear the word from a certain history teacher if you're particularly annoying while trying to say something about his beloved Spartans.laughinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999190808736700318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-86214811131561696552008-05-25T12:24:00.000-04:002008-05-25T12:24:00.000-04:00I think that faggoting just meant 'tying in a bund...I think that faggoting just meant 'tying in a bundle'.<BR/><BR/>There's a type of embroidery called 'faggoting', produced by pulling out horizontal threads from a fabric and tying the remaining cross threads into groups of an hourglass shape. You see it sometimes in clothes catalogues. The current Boden catalogue has a white shirt with faggoting.DDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492663951378700643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34877723.post-72906147440881022882008-05-23T10:06:00.000-04:002008-05-23T10:06:00.000-04:00You are right, You'd think after allthese yearrs t...You are right, You'd think after allthese yearrs they'd come upwith a better word. Hmmmmm<BR/><BR/>Have a great memorial day Weekend.Diva's Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16177643214210147206noreply@blogger.com