Mary-Helen Ward

Kiwi by birth, now at home in Sydney. Have PhD on doing PhD in Australia (no, really). Retired. Queer granma. Happily partnered with @sandrahw. Etc etc.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@helenbarrett @Si_Case No, this is not correct. Please, do some research. As a journalist you are making a fool of yourself with these assertions. Knitting has a rich and complex history which academic research is revealing.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@helenbarrett @DuilleDesign Rubbish. Sailors, who often had hours to themselves on board ship, are known to have been skilful knitters. Why are you assuming they were made by people on shore?

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@AdelaideBook @bairdjulia she asked about ‘weird’ hobbies. 😀

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@AdelaideBook Arsehole. I assume he was drunk. And that’s not meant as an excuse.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@kariebookish Sandra and I said this at the start of this: Bad actors will take advantage of this upset. And it gives me no pleasure to be right. Thanks for your clear analysis, and take care of yourself Xx

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@web_goddess @jonoabroad Hang on... what?!? 😳

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@kariebookish This is the perfect phrase: “lived making” vs “staged making”. Thank you.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@alipatts @squirrel_pigeon @AndiSatt I’m not. But I’m not sure why you think you will never be able to use it again, and are talking about it as if it was gone.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@alipatts @squirrel_pigeon @AndiSatt Many changes have already made, and I doubt most users are even aware of what is happening. It’s not going to be the end of Ravelry.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@kateatherley @kariebookish Yes, swatch swatch swatch. For drape and feel as well as gauge and size.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@squirrel_pigeon @AndiSatt Ummm... why are you suing the last tense? Ravelry is still doing this.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@KateHeppell @woollythinker Instagram. That’s what happens there. The interface isn’t designed for text based conversations, as you’ve described. So much pain and hurt and confusion.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@PhillipAdams_1 It’s not a novel. It’s a biography. She didn’t make it up.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@gilmae @web_goddess It was his tone. I have friends and replies who are psychs and none of them would speak to a client like that.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@web_goddess I found that extremely unhelpful. Dismissive and patronising. Some psychologist!

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@justasitsounds @web_goddess I doubt there is enough popcorn in the whole world for this.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@web_goddess @OphelieLechat I hope you get some answers. It’s the weirdest thing ever and it’s hard not to get paranoid about the response.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@CastIronBalcony Oh my... 😂😂😂

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@anintegralstate @thesiswhisperer Thank you Liz! It is a great calmer I agree. See also, don’t get it perfect, get it finished. That’s hard for some students.

[Mary-Helen Ward @drwitty_knitter]

@mrbenjaminlaw There were a bunch of them on our flight from Auckland in Friday. Irish. It was 36C in Sydney when we landed, and we were highly amused at them all putting their hoodies on to leave the plane while we removed the light shirts over our singlets.