Pickles by Brian Crane for October 17, 2023

My wife’s volunteer group at the hospital is called Hooks and Needles.

Hmmm… Opal’s a hooker.

I know the difference but I would still ask What are you knitting

But a million times you keep doing it

It’s best to avoid her at ALL times!!

Opal’s crochety all right.

The only thing that makes a crocheter crazy is asking what they are knitting.

Good advice, Earl.

Knit(picker) 1, purl 2.

Hell, I didn’t know the difference.

Just avoid her all together.

So, Opal, you didn’t answer his question. What are you crocheting?

Just hope she doesn’t start ‘Tatting’. You’ll get doily poisoning Earl.

It’s just nitpicking to me.

Apparently Roscoe feels the same

She got you hooked there…

I don’t knit, I crochet, so there is no reason why my husband should make this mistake but he does. He also calls my skirt a dress. I never wear dresses since there is no versatility with them like there is with skirts but he still gets it wrong! Sometimes I wonder if this stuff is just another incidence of passive aggression.

Does that make Earl a knit-wit? I hope knot, er not!

someone jumped on their menstrual cycle first thing in the morning

She started a new project now that she has finished his leash. Same color, wonder what is is going to be this time.

Or just avoid her altogether.

You asked Earl yesterday what annoys him…maybe it’s stuff like this when you jump his case over little things…

I just love the Roscoe : )

How about Opal lovingly answers the question that she knows is being asked, rather than just respond pedantically and most unhelpfully? Earl is showing interest, and Opal is teaching him to just stay away. OK, maybe I answered my own question there…

t’is a mark of wisdom to know when to withdraw from the front.

Good – now you’re off the hook…..

I’ve never been a big fan of Opal. She seems naggy and shrewing more often than not. She doesn’t treat Earl particularly well and is condescending to him on numerous occasions.

Maybe he should just stick to neutral territory and ask “What are you making?”. But believe it or not, there are kits to incorporate both into one project.

Good idea Earl, keep a low profile.

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Opal, news flash, men really don’t care if it is knitting or crocheting, they are just trying to be polite, so you might try to do the same in return.

Opal: touchy,touchy…..

This conversation is the one I have with my husband over and over. He’s a cowboy. To me, all events are rodeo. He gets annoyed when I refer to cutting, roping, penning, all individual shows and events, anything to do with horses, as just a rodeo. Me: do you have a rodeo this weekend? Him: No. I’ve told you a hundred times, I have team penning. Me: whatever.

Doesn’t she ever use four needles?

When the brow is knitted, walk away.

What ya making?

“Darn” you Earl for showing you care what Opal’s making.

Snideness always at the tip of her tongue.

My wife does both so I’m not asking which is which

Roscoe probably agrees!

I think it’s best to just avoid her altogether.

Well ….. Earl …… Your “FINALLY” learning …. after, How many “DECADES” …. :)

I answer that question all the time. I crochet. But most of the time I know they are just interested and really didn’t/don’t notice the difference in tools. Lately mine have been a compliment on the color of the item I am crocheting.

The secret to a long life….or at least one not truncated waaaaaaaay too early.

Before I did either one, I used to remember the difference this way: the one with two needles has two Ts in it — double needles for double letters. There are no double letters in crochet.

Poor girl just having a poor decade … worried that her curse is late.

But do you know?

Make it simple. What are you making???

She is knitting her brows.

She’s got barbs alright.

Don’t know if my Dad ever figured out the difference before he died. My mother has done both.

I’m surprised Earl talks to Opal at all… she’s mean.