Comments on: I wanna know two things

By: yve

yve — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:10:35 +0000

I had your problem with sleeve caps, recently. I ended up moving my seam to 1.5 stitches into the sleeve instead of 1, effectively making the sleevecap slightly smaller and making sure I took in the remaining ease more evenly all around the sleeve and it helped somewhat, but not perfectly. I think in future, I’m going to put in a lifeline before I start shaping sleeve caps, then if it ends up hugely out, it’s going to be easier to rip back and adjust, because puffy sleeves look so silly on me.

By: cyndy

cyndy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:13:50 +0000

I have no easy answer for the bailout or the sleeve cap, but I love the zinnia! I have a hard time growing a good zinnia…they always look dried up or moldy on the stems..what’s your secret?

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:38:33 +0000

Bailout, I am not an economist but it seems like that money has to come from somewhere. And in my experience, that usually means that comes from the rest of us.

If the sleeves really really bug you, you could re-knit the sleevecaps to make them smaller or force them to fit from the shoulder seam down and take a deeper underarm seam on the sleeve. The other option is to say that you meant for them to be puffed all along. Like Anne of Green Gables.

Oh, hey, you might want to update your copyright.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:18:45 +0000

What a lovely zinnia!

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:04:28 +0000

Hopefully this will give you some perspective as to how well the bailout deal will affect the common American:

http://www.mcsearcher.com/page.php?code=f51d30cc

Unless the deal reached this morning has had some attachments added since the last proposal, companies will be bailed out of the shitty deals they made, but not the actual homeowners who signed the same papers. Regardless, Americans who have lost their homes to foreclosure due to one or two missed payments (and this has happened over and over) will need somewhere to live; why shouldn’t it be the deed in question? If the mortgage companies are not forced to renegotiate with these CUSTOMERS, we will literally be handing over billions of dollars with absolutely no recourse in recovering any of it, short or long term.

By: grace

grace — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:20:05 +0000

I say make the risky investors pay back the money they lost. Much like the mortgage/credit card/loan people make you do when you default on your loan. Oh, you don’t have the money now? Well, then we’re going to have to hike your interest rate to 1 billion % and you’re going to have to pay back 3/4 of it right now. You don’t have the money? Well, then you might want to start with selling all your stuff to raise the money.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:24:23 +0000

can’t answer the first question, or the second, really. but it’s obvious that our government doesn’t care what it’s decisions mean for the average person. that’s all i know!

By: kv

kv — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:38:08 +0000

someone just e-mailed me caluculations on sending every adult american 500.000 dollars, taxable, instead of the bailout. suggested it would allow people to pay for their homes, their health care, their credit cards, etc, etc. interesting solution that we’ll never see.

By: margene

margene — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:18:34 +0000

Armscye, that’s what I’ve been told. Sounds like you need to make the sleeve smaller around to begin with.
My sense on the bailout/no-bailout is we’re screwed either way.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:01:08 +0000

I dunno on either count.
My question with the ARMs is this: if so many people are losing their homes when the ARM unlocks and goes to a higher rate (we’re ignoring the people who are losing jobs in our not-recession for this instance), why for the love of all that’s holy are the mortgage holders NOT just saying, “Okay, you can pay this amount, we won’t raise your interest. Yet.” That means the homeowner keeps paying, the bank keeps getting the money, no one cries. GAH.