| Show 100110001111 f - 1 6W The Salt Lake Tribun9 Sunday November 26 1989 t 7- 7- 7 4r f' t b ''7' T- -- 4 401e"otlelsumet ) Knitting sweaters as wearable art - °c t ( lq: natl ' Scotts sweaters: fish mice parrots elephants snowmen bunnies and poodles She adds color and interest by using jewels and buttons for eyes all of which she emphasizes "can go through the wash" "I recently started knitting cardigans of wool" she said "I consider them outdoor sweaters to be worn like a coat Wool is practical for such use because it is warm and since children remove theni when they come inside in the sweaters don't take such a beating They even can be machine-washecold water "I shop for wool in Canada when I go back home for a visit It is much cheaper there The yarn has a rather coarse texture but works up well in the outdoor sweaters "Acrylic yarn is available in a wide range of colors and lends itself to pattern My personal theory is if you knit with fine expensive yarn you should use a minimum of pattern so the emphasis is on the yarn When you knit with less expensive acrylics emphasis should be on pattern" Mrs Scott has an eye for design and for a bargain "I bought a raincoat for 50 cents at a garage sale recently- she said "The coat was probably worth 50 cents but the 18 brass buttons on it were a real find I used them on the wool cardigans" Mrs Scott would knit for free but knitting for money enables her to help out with some extras for the family like the trip to southern England in 1987 with her husband and daughters establishments B&Bsl the perfect way to "We found travel with small children Hotels just don't work B&Bs are usually in homes and the atmosphere is casual Several in which we stayed were on working farms They have highchairs and cribs and we had the chance to meet people of all ages from all over the world many also traveling with CO All manner of creatures decorate Mrs I' 0 vipat""0 i e ' '' 0 9ot24-- ' Q 'I') &) Q ' k- 4 d : ' '''i' 04 - ot child" Alk WS '' d heavy-machiner- :Itrt:1): 0 "I don't want my sweaters to be treated like heirlooms" she said "I want them to be worn As a mother I know how hard children are on clothes I and knit most items with acrylics because they can be machine-washedried Acrylic yarns come in vibrant colors which last through repeated is less washings I knit lots of sweater vests because they are practical There fit to them so they can be worn several years and then handed down Knit jumpers are practical for the same reason They seem to grow along with the By Pat Capson Tribune Lifestyle Writer Debra Scott confesses to being addicted to knitting "A friend got n- started in 1984" she says "and I haven't stopped since" Her children's sweaters are wearable art featuring original designs front and back They could be called theme sweaters One model features a dinosaur a popular theme on the front holding a rope Follow the rope to the back and you find it tied to a sleigh on which sits a second dinosaur Another has a colorful barn and lambs on the front and a farmer on a tractor surrounded by pink pigs on the back Some sweaters have a sunny scene fore and a rainy scene aft Mrs Scott began knitting for her two daughters Abby 5 and Lily 3 Her sweaters sweater vests and jumpers now are sold in a local art gallery "I realized several years ago that I had knit more sweaters for my daughters than they could possibly wear in the foreseeable future" she laughed "So when a friend offered to show them to the owner of a gift shop in Ketchum Idaho I had a supply on hand It was an exciting experience for a novice knitter A customer who happened to be in the store bought one the owner bought two and ordered six more" Mrs Scott was born Debra Reynolds in Fort Fairfield Maine close to the Canadian border "I insisted on being called Debra" she said "not wanting to go through life as a second Debbie Reynolds" She met husband David a Salt Lake City natfve when both were students at the University of Maine Orono She was studying for a degree in accounting and he was pursuing a master of arts degree in business After graduation she used her accounting background as a controller for a small corporation in Bangor Maine before moving to Utah in 1979 and taking a job with a computer-softwar- e company Meanwhile Mr Scott moved back to Salt Lake to work in the family's y business The couple married in 1983 after what Mrs Scott describes as "six years of negotiation" Today the only clue to her Maine heritage comes when she says she likes life "oot here" Mrs Scott began knitting when she was pregnant with her first child "It has worked out well" she said "I wanted to be home when I had children Since I was knitting a!I the time anyway it's nice to be able to do it for money The fact that people are willing to pay for my work somehow validates it" Mrs Scott's sweaters are popular with mothers because most are knit from acrylics fro4 Iwo 7 - -- : 4 't517 4 ( 14'4f !'31- 11 1) 'o ! t 4 C ' - 41 - -- '' 1''s''' 4"14- It'' -- ''tg children" '' 2 'll 44-- ' 1 Cot ' ' - fif - p rg t 0 ' 1 house on the Avenues with a yard The Scott family lives in a full of vegetables flowers and plum trees Mrs Scott admits to doing routine domestic chores "reluctantly" preferfurniture play bridge the den decorate second-hanring to sponge-pain- t ski or camp with the family And knit Debra Scott's original designs are knit into wool cardigans worn by daughers Lily 3 and Abby 5 Mrs Scott sells items d The insincere compliment is on the rise dissatisfied if someone didn't pat us on the back once in awhile By Ray Recchi Fort Lauderdale News & No This need for recognition has become so obvious that most management training courses these days include a section on praise techniques Naturally this means it is sometimes carried to insincere extremes After all most of us know when we'vP done an average job or a below average job So when we are praised for such a job we are forced to question all former and future compliments issued from that source A former boss of mine for example was so regular with both praise and that I was convinced he marked them on his calendar months in advance At the end of June for example I figured he charted out his third-quartpraise and pressure plan Under July 22 it would say "Say something nice to Recchi" On or about Aug 4 he would write "Tell Recchi to shape up" Eventually I took all his comments good or bad with a sack of salt Sun-Sentin- matter how much one is paid money is never enough is it? If you do a good job — whether that job entails cutting a lawn or cutting a MO million real estate deal — you want more than cash You want credit You want praise congratulations some acknowledgment of a job well done So do I So does everyone no matter what they might say zilWhy else would a hard-bitte- n lionaire such as Donald Trump put his name on everything he can buy? What else could explain the tears shed by super-tougsuperstar athletes who are elected to their sport's Hall of Fame? Why else would the entertainment business have an awards show every other week? Of course one might argue that when you've got all the money you need recognition is all there is to work for But even those of us who need every penny we make would be put-dow- h I have also worked for bosses who regarded praise as redundant and were stingier with compliments than dollars Such people feel that hiring you is a compliment and each paycheck and raise are additional compliments A few even feel it is insulting to compliment a professional for merely doing his job Given a choice between the two types I would choose the latter If not particularly motivating he is at least honest Perhaps because praise has come to be considered a management must however the number of masters of the insincere compliment is on the rise To anyone who has ever studied the relationship between supply and demand it should come as no surprise that compliments are getting cheaper So you may ask where's the harm in that? Who gets hurt if someone gets a compliment? 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