One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring. From LearnThat.org. [Aldo Leopold.]
That's cuz the other skein is already in progress. From Wordnik.com. [March 2007] Reference
Each skein is 3 balls of Baby Ull. When I finish Susie's shawl, I'll see if I can use these for some of Cookie's socks. From Wordnik.com. [March 2007] Reference
Untitled skein will be produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
Lucy Lawless and John Hannah will co-star in the untitled skein, with Whitfield making only. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
As written, it should work with just about any sock yarn and takes less than a 100g skein which is what they usually are. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Thus you will see that a single 'skein' stretched from shore to shore, consisting of nearly three hundred separate threads. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
The skein of yarn gave promise of a perfect fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Come, hold out your hands and take this skein of wool. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The skein was too tangled to be thought out all at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
The skein of algae also lends the reefs their dazzling colors. From Wordnik.com. [Reefs: Coral's Faltering Partnership] Reference
For the model were used one skein of electric-blue knitting-worsted and. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
One skein of white and blue Saxony will be sufficient for two sets; use. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
"The skein is to be knit into socks for the soldiers," she says simply. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886] Reference
She parted with caressing fingers the skein of tow on the frowsled head. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
The one was holding a great skein of wool, and the other was winding it. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown)] Reference
Weigh each dried and cooled skein and note the increase in weight of each. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Materials required are 12 skeins of gray Germantown yarn and 1 skein of blue. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
Remove, squeeze, rinse with water, squeeze, and dry skein No. 1 for weighing. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Silk is taken from the reel and twisted into a skein of raw silk and thus exported. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
"It ought to be," said Grace conservatively, starting to wind another skein of wool. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Place a piece of silk skein, from Experiment 22, in the liquid and boil ten minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
"I am almost minded to make you hold this skein of yarn, as a penance, while I wind it.". From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886] Reference
No complicated tangle in the way of a plot had ever been anything like the skein this was. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
He was mischievously occupied in knotting the skein of thread which his grandmother was using. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
It has been a pretty tangle for a long time, but the skein is all coming out smoothly at last. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
Fate gave her a small skein of silk, and said: "Preserve it carefully; it will be of use to you.". From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Who can foretell that the skein, hitherto so tranquilly unwound, will not suddenly become tangled?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There's jest two ends to the skein, though, and if you can git hold o 'the right one it's easy work. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
The drug-czar/junkie-daughter skein is powerfully drawn, but it's the most formulaic and predictable. From Wordnik.com. [Soderbergh Keeps His Streak Alive] Reference
If, when yarn we are winding, It chances to tangle, then, as perchance you may know, through the skein. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
I jumped out and waved down a motorcycle rider who was slowly weaving through the tangled skein of buses and trucks. From Wordnik.com. [On the Road,] Reference
Wolsey and Campeggio, to answer to King Henry's accusations, she had a skein of embroidery silk round her neck is well known. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
This skein, based on "A Small, Good Thing," is the most faithful to its source: elsewhere, Altman riffs freely on Carver motifs. From Wordnik.com. [A Diorama Of Dysfunction] Reference
But investigators acknowledge that nearly a month after the blast, they have a skein of tantalizing leads-without a clear direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail To 'The Jihad Office'] Reference
There was the Connecticut primary this week, where Brown could inherit much of Tsongas's support, and a skein of big-state primaries ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Can He Beat Bush?] Reference
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