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Posted by Aud on Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:30 AM Post subject: Re: Sunday afternoon
"Wooly" <no@body.nunya> skrev i melding news:5hdeh2lejk5uheefnbu3l25heuo5latrl3@4ax.com...
[quote:486a8623e3]On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:57:32 -0400, "Marilyn" <fcorliss at comcast dot net> spewed
forth : try http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/lavender_wookpak.jpg [/quote:486a8623e3] Again beautiful work from you.
Wooly! Two nice sweaters!!! I try to get inspiration! LOL! (I have had a "non produtive periode", and wait to
get over it :-D Made a baby sweater which came out well, and "the little mother" was very happy.But I had no
"spirit" doing it. No worries about that, I have lots of other things to do. But I bought some yarn for a
cardigan this summer, and I know I soon will "need it".) Aud ;-)
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View entire thread: So, what is everyone doing today?
Posted by ellice on Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:31 PM Post subject: Re: So, what is everyone doing today?
Hey Brenda - You can bet that the last couple of weeks the field manager is being extremely nice...and accomodating.
As the environmental remediation guy and I discussed - the builder is definitely "waiting for the other shoe to
drop" - I'm sure they're nervous that legal action is forthcoming. In the meantime we're getting them to fix
everything, to the best detail we can - before the lawyer stuff starts. What fun. DH just keeps saying "Free
House" - or at least half a house... Not planning on going away again... So glad to have my baby (the lovely big
MAC graphics machine) up again. Just ordered some upgraded system stuff. DH is just kind of funny about my having not
done this sooner - but with all kinds of goofy workers in the house I just wouldn't take a chance with all the equipment
getting damaged. It was kind of weird only using the net when DH had his work laptop home, or when at school, etc. Kind
of disconnected but I got a lot of stitching & knitting done - actually finished my first two baby sweaters. Thanks
again for saying I'm a bright spot - aside from the bright red hair that doesn't happen too much <bg> Ellice On
8/28/06 3:04 PM, "Brenda Lewis" <rhiannonveritas@netscape.net> wrote: [quote:9ae60ee3b3]ELLICE! You
are back! Finally, a bright spot in my day. Kick the builder's backside and don't you ever disappear for so long
again. {scolding tone off} Missed ya! ellice wrote: Hi All, *snip* At least for today I'm done babysitting the
carpenter that was in replacing the trimwork in the Dining & Living Rooms - which was taken off when the drywall was
removed, and the hardwood floors taken up, and then all of it sanitized and air-scrubbed and dehumidified for 4 weeks
after the little leak seen in the exterior stonework turned out to have gone down to the hardwood which then warped like
crazy and then....well you get the picture. Oh, did I mention the little bit of mold on one of the studs and the
sheathing (cleaned and or replaced). Or that we're hoping to have the interior done in about a week, so then all the
furniture piled up all over can be put back in place. After they also re-insulate the basement level rooms that got
affected (yeah gravity and water running down), and, well, find the downspouts for the exterior they took off when
reflashing the windows (had to remove then replace stonework). And then... Part of today I'm spending putting all the
documents together to send to my DB (the attorney) so he can get started on our action against our builder. What fun.
So - sorry about being away from RCTN for so long. I have missed all the various discussions and etherfriends. I'll
try not to babble too much...for now Ellice in Brambleton (the suburb/exburb of DC) [/quote:9ae60ee3b3]
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View entire thread: Directions for making a pin keep
Posted by ellice on Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:51 PM Post subject: Re: Directions for making a pin keep
On 10/13/06 3:46 PM, "Karen C - California" <KMC528@aol.com> wrote: [quote:369bd8510d]ellice wrote:
Hmmm, I can put you on the list to send baby sweaters to - I made one, and then by the time I finished it was a bit
small for the baby....So, now I'm searching for people I know with relatively new babies to give the sweater to. And,
yes, I did do one for charity as well (different, more washable wool blend). ellice I just relocated an old favorite
baby sweater pattern when I was looking for something to make for a friend's coming grandchild. Succinctly, first you
knit a long striped rectangle. Then you turn it on its side, and pick up stitches for the yoke along the long edge.
The hat is done the same way. [/quote:369bd8510d] Interesting. I got a really nice pattern that's done without seams
from the shop. An old - from the 50s pattern - ends up with a lovely openwork bottom and yoke - you knit trom the
bottom, then split it into 5 sections, knit the left front, then an arm, then the back, then an arm, then the right and
finally just have to seam the arms. The original pattern maker, or who supplied the pattern to shops, etc did so with
the intent that you also make the sweater for charity. It was I think anly 2 skeins of yarn, and done on pretty big
needles - 10s - but worked fast and is really pretty. If you're interested I'll look for the directions - I know I have
them to do again. I'm sure I did the sweater in about 2 weeks. It's pretty much in a 1 yr kind of size - more or less.
ellice
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Posted by Karen C - California on Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:46 PM Post subject: Re: Directions for making a pin keep
ellice wrote: [quote:a4448db31c]Hmmm, I can put you on the list to send baby sweaters to - I made one, and then by the
time I finished it was a bit small for the baby....So, now I'm searching for people I know with relatively new babies to
give the sweater to. And, yes, I did do one for charity as well (different, more washable wool blend). ellice
[/quote:a4448db31c] I just relocated an old favorite baby sweater pattern when I was looking for something to make for
a friend's coming grandchild. Succinctly, first you knit a long striped rectangle. Then you turn it on its side, and
pick up stitches for the yoke along the long edge. The hat is done the same way. -- Karen C - California
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View entire thread: Directions for making a pin keep
Posted by ellice on Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:18 PM Post subject: Re: Directions for making a pin keep
On 10/13/06 11:57 AM, "LizardGumbo" <elizabeth@bubbleseffervescentdesigns.com> wrote:
[quote:5f5ae58e37]ellice wrote: I do agree with you. One of the canvas work classes that we taught at the shop is a
pincushion/frame weight - depending on how you stuff it. Done with really nice assortment of threads, geometric
stitches - but when done - you can use it, and should use it. These things hold up! I'm sure I could have made it
decoratively, but I just really needed one and didn't have the time to make it pretty AND solid for hard use.
[/quote:5f5ae58e37] Hey - I totally understand that! [quote:5f5ae58e37] snip beautiful sitting room description
[/quote:5f5ae58e37] Thanks - it's my alternate universe....It's a theory. Before the floor got ripped up - our friends
whose 4 kids are our nominal godchildren were all over for dinner (while all the college agers were in town). I was
really surprised when the 16 yr old - and the 19 yr old (boy) & 21 yr old thought the sitting room was "really
cozy and nice and they could definitely imagine just hanging in there and reading or hanging out" . I was stunned.
Of course, the 11 year old - well - she's the one who at Rosh Hashanah dinner I caught jumping on the new, and somewhat
splurgy, sectional in the family room... [quote:5f5ae58e37] I have a 3-year-old and a 10-month-old and we're planning a
pregnancy some time within the next 18 months, so the pretty stuff will have to wait until I've gotten them successfully
out of the house, which may take a couple more years. <VBG Nah - don't wait on all the pretty stuff, but you're
definitely busy. Just[/quote:5f5ae58e37] let them see the pretty stuff - on high shelves ;^) Hmmm, I can put you on
the list to send baby sweaters to - I made one, and then by the time I finished it was a bit small for the baby....So,
now I'm searching for people I know with relatively new babies to give the sweater to. And, yes, I did do one for
charity as well (different, more washable wool blend). ellice
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