Comments on: I Love My Dumb Socks (The Copycat Socks)

By: mrspao

mrspao — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:24:17 +0000

Lovely socks

By: Guinifer

Guinifer — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:02:15 +0000

The socks are great!

At our house, faced with the inevitable “shut up”, we worked on substituting “please be quiet.” Surprisingly, when they were younger, it worked. Now that they are teens – well – you know.

By: knittymama

knittymama — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:15:34 +0000

You should totally cast on! They are perfect for knitting around small children. A bit more interesting than plain socks but not enough to mess up when you have to go stop someone from dumping a pound of flour all over the kitchen floor. Not that that happened today…:-)

By: Paige

Paige — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:54:48 +0000

I love your dumb socks, and thanks for sharing the pattern! Goodness knows I need to cast on for another pair of socks like I need a hole in my head, but has that ever stopped me before? No!
Right now my sweet little 4-year-old girl is obsessed with joking about stinky feet, burping, and flatulence. I’m on the “parenting with humor” boat for sure! I guess it’s either that or walk the plank, huh?

By: Surviving

Surviving — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:07:37 +0000

Cute!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:11:16 +0000

BTW, I loved Super Fudge, too. I think I read it in elementary school.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:09:57 +0000

I hear you about the ‘naughty’ words. My kids are making up words now to push the limits. “Bunky” is one of them. Sometimes they’ll say ‘bunky’ and laugh and laugh like it’s a joke, but when they get mad they’ll say ‘You’re a BUNKY.” It’s the tone that makes it inappropriate.

The put-downs in Super Fudge might be easier to talk about as he gets older. A few put-downs, like in LHOTP, are easy–you can just say “Oh, my! That wasn’t a nice thing to say!” and breeze past. When it’s a part of the culture of the book it becomes more difficult because it’s less isolated and more pervasive. As a child gets older, they can discern it more on their own. They also understand that saying ‘shut up’ to someone once is once thing; having it a part of your daily vocabulary is another.

By: Gwyneth

Gwyneth — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:01:35 +0000

Parents exist to confuse,bewilder, & embarrass their offspring. It’s karmic justice for labor & sleep deprivation. Just wait til you get to Pa Ingalls talking about “injuns” and you have to go into lengthy explanations about how American Indians are not how Pa is describing them but at that time white settlers did have some legitimate fears of American Indians. Of course the fears were because the white settlers were not treating the American Indians well. Yeah good times are coming our way.

By: dottycookie

dottycookie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:19 +0000

I love the image of you escaping upstairs to giggle. I do that a lot. Along with eating chocolate with my head in the kitchen cupboard in case the children hear me

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:35:21 +0000

Good luck with the dumbs…

Those socks are really cute!