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Helen Kelley's column was the first thing I turned to when I got my Quilter's Newsletter magazine, and I ended up keeping all my back issues, just because I enjoyed rereading her columns so much. She was one of a kind, and her joy was contagious.
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You gave us the word"fangle" and then turned around and gave us the answer to"fankle" which is it?
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Isn't it one of those little purple sticks that is used as to use on the touch screen of embroidery screens, or to use to help push fabric thru the machine?
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
Isn't that like a watchmacallit? LOL!
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a little doodad type thing? like an ornament or something you'd play with while your mind is wandering :?:
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Fashioned or made.
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Fangle -- an unintentional typographical error that causes great confusion and distress in guessing game participants.
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Maybe a new take on "tangle?"
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Could be this site needs a "spellchecker" button.....?
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Good answer. I like this on the best of all. LOL
Originally Posted by meemersmom
Fangle -- an unintentional typographical error that causes great confusion and distress in guessing game participants.
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Originally Posted by kuntryquilter
Good answer. I like this on the best of all. LOL
Originally Posted by meemersmom
Fangle -- an unintentional typographical error that causes great confusion and distress in guessing game participants.
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I'm a bit confused - at first you typed fangle, then below you typed fankle - which word did you mean to post? 'fangle' the way Helen used it meant to 'maneuver'. Please set me right?
Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
Helen Kelley's THE JOY OF QUILTING is one of the most enjoyable books I have read. It is a collection of short stories about quilting and her adventures. You would all enjoy it.
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle." Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle. Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing! |
Is it like a thangle? Woops, didn't see the previous entry when I sent this. Thanks for the explanation.
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My Roget's lists it as "newfangled" meaning unusual, modern, changeable, neological, fashionable. It does not list "fangle" as a word on its own.
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A new approach to doing something or new idea but not necessarily better is what I understand it to be.
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Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
I have been reading a fantastic, whimsical book called JOY OF QUILTING by Helen Kelley and I came across a wonderful new word in her book that I had never heard of. I was wondering if anyone on the board knows what a "fangle" is? I will expose the meaning after some of you guess.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
A tangle with fangs? I've always used it as new fangled or fancy invention. I learned 2 new quilting words this week too...quilt poop and thread turds. Can't wait to throw those into a conversation! :lol:
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Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
Helen Kelley's THE JOY OF QUILTING is one of the most enjoyable books I have read. It is a collection of short stories about quilting and her adventures. You would all enjoy it.
This is her explanation - "This afternoon I have been taking my 'fankle' apart, bit by bit. A fankle is what Scottish needleworkers call a snarly mess. Until I met people who do large, counted thread pictures and kept their flosses in controlled assortments, I thought that everyone's embroidery threads were in a fankle." FANKLE?????????????? That's a new question all together. Some days I feel as though my quilting is in a fankle. Get the book. You will love it! Thanks everyone for guessing! |
Originally Posted by rosemary krupski
The answer is above. Read UP!
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Originally Posted by kwilter
Could be this site needs a "spellchecker" button.....?
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Is it spelled fankle or fangle?
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Her answer is on page 2
Love the word - I will definitely be using it! |
fankle [ˈfæŋk ə l] Scot dialect. vb (tr) to entangle. n. a tangle; confusion [from fank a coil of rope, from fang, obsolete variant of vang] Used only in the west of Scotland. Be cool. Dinnae get yeself in a fankle.
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Originally Posted by QuiltingrandmafromMi
You gave us the word"fangle" and then turned around and gave us the answer to"fankle" which is it?
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Originally Posted by Tartan
A tangle with fangs? I've always used it as new fangled or fancy invention. I learned 2 new quilting words this week too...quilt poop and thread turds. Can't wait to throw those into a conversation! :lol:
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Originally Posted by Tartan
A tangle with fangs? I've always used it as new fangled or fancy invention. I learned 2 new quilting words this week too...quilt poop and thread turds. Can't wait to throw those into a conversation! :lol:
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Originally Posted by Tartan
A tangle with fangs? I've always used it as new fangled or fancy invention. I learned 2 new quilting words this week too...quilt poop and thread turds. Can't wait to throw those into a conversation! :lol:
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Originally Posted by Quiltaddict
Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Originally Posted by Tartan
A tangle with fangs? I've always used it as new fangled or fancy invention. I learned 2 new quilting words this week too...quilt poop and thread turds. Can't wait to throw those into a conversation! :lol:
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Originally Posted by paulswalia
how about "how can I fangle this queen quilt under my throat space?"
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Originally Posted by lorraine43
Originally Posted by paulswalia
how about "how can I fangle this queen quilt under my throat space?"
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Could it mean muddle? In Scotland we would say fankle but maybe fangle is close enough?
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I think it means innovative, or cutting edge. i.e. as in "new fangled" I heard that my whole life and it always referred to some new car or product
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Originally Posted by mack
Could it mean muddle? In Scotland we would say fankle but maybe fangle is close enough?
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You certain sound like a Scot Toni, relocated to Texas?
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
I was thinking of something like a thangle.
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Something new, but silly - kind of a useless invention.
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trendy, show-offy, glitzy, gaudy?
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Originally Posted by paulswalia
how about "how can I fangle this queen quilt under my throat space?"
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