tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post3479797631323517474..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: Wassit? Wassit? No clew on the Internet!Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-79717711706102994412013-02-26T01:08:03.325-08:002013-02-26T01:08:03.325-08:00just dropping by to say hijust dropping by to say hiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-448517272744012702008-12-10T07:11:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:11:00.000-08:00The old reference to Theseus having a clew suggest...The old reference to Theseus having a clew suggests that either clews are older than knitting, or knitting is much older than any of the academics want to admit. My guess is that knitting is older.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-78578645381274636972008-11-10T13:00:00.000-08:002008-11-10T13:00:00.000-08:00Do you know when this dates dack to? I'm intereste...Do you know when this dates dack to? I'm interested in the history of textiles and tools, and just wondering what would be the oldest one.Stitchlilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07754162816451971304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-46186284139474859662008-06-10T12:31:00.000-07:002008-06-10T12:31:00.000-07:00I got the word from my mother, who was always very...I got the word from my mother, who was always very careful in her language.<BR/><BR/>If you are living in a dirt floor environment, you will keep your working yarn on your clew to keep it clean. If you are knitting in every spare moment, then you will always have your clew (on its clew hook) with you. That is, in common usage, a clew is/was a collective noun that included the clew hook, just when I speak of taking my knitting with me, that includes needles and clew, including clew hook.<BR/><BR/>The other interesting reference is to Theseus which predates all references to knitting. Did Theseus use his clew for weaving? Or, ???Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-6413955684706928092008-06-08T18:47:00.000-07:002008-06-08T18:47:00.000-07:00My understanding is that a clew (also spelled clue...My understanding is that a clew (also spelled clue) is the ball of yarn -- the hook is called a clew hook. Remember the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur? Theseus escaped from the labyrinth because he had been given a clew. I have a nice clew hook that a blacksmith friend made, which I use at our living history events.Goody Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01577460045565347734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-52162959855103706322008-05-03T11:39:00.000-07:002008-05-03T11:39:00.000-07:00Hmm, I haven't heard that definition. I know a cl...Hmm, I haven't heard that definition. I know a clew is a ball of thread or yarn or cord.<BR/>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clewJanice in GAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642298460152468319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-77520526493596667942008-04-21T08:16:00.000-07:002008-04-21T08:16:00.000-07:00Very interesting. I have never heard of a clew, bu...Very interesting. I have never heard of a clew, but my husband would probably like one. <BR/>Ha ha ha... my husband needs to get a clew.Little Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344967447603390965noreply@blogger.com