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Posted by steelbreeze on Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:11 PM    Post subject: Re: colour changers



Phil wrote: [quote:703de4b3e4]For all your Craft needs please visit our online shop you won't regret shopping with
Calico Laine. http://www.calicolaine.com [/quote:703de4b3e4] Uh, nice site, but absolutely nothing to do with machine
knitting, unless you count the crochet cotton!

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Posted by Leah on Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:19 PM    Post subject: Re: new to group

Hi again Judy, [quote:2e0ce02c50]Leah, Thanks..I am sure I was going to fast..I have had my machine 10 years too. But
is has been in the box, waiting for me to retire..I haven't messed with it this year..Been hand knitting and
crocheting..But I haven't given up.. Thanks again, [/quote:2e0ce02c50] NP! I just hope I gave some useful advice. I
really do enjoy my machine now that I've learned some maintenance tricks and hope that others do the same. You will be
able to knit faster with it once the carriage gets a little wear on the sticky spots. I know exactly where my USM
carriage sticks now and why, and I was considering using an emery board to lightly file that edge, but just working it
across the bed has made that part loosen up enough I don't think it will be necessary now. I did use the emery board on
the mold spots on a set of cheap Luxite crochet hooks because they were catching on the yarn, and I didn't have any
sandpaper available, so I used the rough side of the nail file then the fine to smooth all those hooks, which I use when
going out in public, so I don't risk losing any of my better hooks. I also hand knit (flat and circular) and crochet,
and I think each method of crafting has it's own charms and uses. Leah

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Posted by Judy P on Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:52 AM    Post subject: Re: new to group

Leah, Thanks..I am sure I was going to fast..I have had my machine 10 years too. But is has been in the box, waiting for
me to retire..I haven't messed with it this year..Been hand knitting and crocheting..But I haven't given up.. Thanks
again, judy

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Posted by Leah on Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:28 PM    Post subject: Re: new to group

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:13:12 GMT, "Russ Gordon" <russgordon@houston.rr.com> wrote: Hi Russ,
[quote:c8fd712242]Should all the needles move in the same smoothness? [/quote:c8fd712242] I have some needles that are
stiffer than others and sometimes squeek while I'm knitting, but not with the frequency you describe. I'd check to make
sure none of the needles are bent, because those who give up their machines quite often state they never got it to work
for them, and it could be they bent some needles by trying to force the carriage across the machine. Other things to
check include seeing that the table the machine is on is as level as you can get it. Check the seams at the back of the
machine where the parts fit together to see they are relatively close in alignment. Also check the needle retaining
bars at the front to make sure they are relatively flat, as it could be a matter of how closely fit the machine is after
assembly. Very unlikely is the possibility of a problem with your KP if it's a green USM KP. The old ISM KP were a
different plastic, and pieces would sometimes chip off them; I had to replace my #3 ISM KP due to a chip, so if it's a
clear plastic ISM KP, there could be a chip or crack causing needles to stick, but my carriage stuck more frequently
than the needles did when going across the row than what you've described. [quote:c8fd712242]A circle of Wax was
included, and directions show where to apply it. But, I don't know how to get the wax where the needles go into and
through the KP. The hunk of wax is too large to rub it into the small canal. I've sort of shaved it into the particular
areas of concern. [/quote:c8fd712242] I apply wax to more areas than the ISM book stated, as my personal experience with
the USM carriage upgrade I got dictated that it was necessary for me to lube additional parts on the machine to help the
USM carriage glide more freely. I'm glad to hear Bond is including wax with the USM; when I got the USM carriage
upgrade kit, they specified I would never need to wax the KP again! You also should check the needle channels
themselves, because if the machine sat before you got it, there could be yarn bits, dust or maybe even some wax build up
from prior use. If it's not a waxy buildup, you can use canned air that's used to clean computer equipment to blow the
gunk out of the channels. A Q-Tip might work, but if there's wax, then cotton from it might get stuck in the channels.
I have to admit I'm not sure what to recommend if you've got wax jammed in the channels. I'd probably use a plastic
tapestry needle tip to loosen it up, and then canned air to blow it out. If the problem is really bad, you may need to
take the needle retaining bars off one at a time and wipe the needles themselves clean as you clean the channels and
check all the needles to see if they're bent. Rather than shaving your wax and possibly gumming up the needle
channels, there are 2 other options you can look into to lube the needle channels. Most KM companies recommend a
machine oil to lube up your machine. I would not recommend the ones used on metal machines, but there is a machine by
Silver Reed (AKA Studio and Singer in the past) that's also a hobby plastic machine called the LK-150. It comes with
it's own machine oil. You can see about purchasing a bottle of that and putting it on a Q-Tip and applying to the
affected channels, but faster to apply and probably less messy would be the silicone spray lubricant you can find that's
used on the ISM/USM quite often. There are a couple of names recommended: Lori Lin Knitting Machine Lube (they also
make a yarn spray which goes on the yarn and not the bed) and Bond America's Easy Knit Spray. To purchase any of the
above, just type in the names, LK-150 machine oil, etc., to find where you can purchase it. I've had good service from
many places on the web, so I can't really recommend one over the other, and you may actually need to shop several places
if you want more than one of the items I mentioned to lube your machine to see if that solves the problem. I'd try the
silicone spray first if wax wasn't working for me and no needles are bent. I've used the LK oil on my LK-150 and had to
knit a throw away swatch to get the excess oil off the machine before continuing to knit with it and will probably
switch to the silicone spray next time I'm going to lube my LK. [quote:c8fd712242]Thanks for any assistance.
[/quote:c8fd712242] NP. I remember being new and frustrated with my machine, but I stuck with it, and I hope others do,
too, because it really is a joy to use once you get used to the quirks and learn some maintenance tricks. Leah

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Posted by Russ Gordon on Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:13 AM    Post subject: Re: new to group

Leah From a Knitting Newbe too, I certainly appreciated your "ultra" assistance with your response to
Pauline. However, I have two questions that I have searched everywhere for. I purchased an "almost new"
machine and am curious regarding needles, about every fifth needle is sorta stiff, or, not as loose as the rest;
although this does not seem to affect movement of the carriage. Nothing in the manual mentions this, which makes me
wonder if it is normal to others. Should all the needles move in the same smoothness? A circle of Wax was included, and
directions show where to apply it. But, I don't know how to get the wax where the needles go into and through the KP.
The hunk of wax is too large to rub it into the small canal. I've sort of shaved it into the particular areas of
concern. Thanks for any assistance. "Leah" <fenton@nowayamigivingitout.com> wrote in message
news:la5ii2hs2kacrvv4bn2dcvpj7dm17nabqo@4ax.com... [quote:2efb3beaca]On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:38:28 -0400, judyp2@webtv.net
(Judy P) wrote: Hi Pauline, I have a sweater machine too..Haven't made any thing on it yet.. What I have tried, has
ended up on the floor... I hand knit and crochet.. Judy It sounds to me like you might be in too much of a hurry when
using your machine. I've had an ISM for over 10 years, and the USM carriage for 3-4 years now. New knitters I've
helped with their ISM/USM have dropped work most often because they were in too much of a hurry to get the row done and
end up with dropped stitches because pushing the carriage too fast makes needles jump out of alignment ahead of it, so
they don't knit right, and the work can drop as a result. If your work drops really early after you cast on, it could
be that your hem didn't drop down properly after the first row, causing the knitting to bunch up and then drop. Try
tugging very gently on the hem after you knit the first row to make sure it's hanging freely under the machine,
especially if you did a closed edge cast on, because R1 tends to be quite tight when doing an E wrap. Another problem
Bond newbies have is that they either pull the yarn up too tight at the beginning of the row or not tight enough, so
side edge stitches don't knit right and can drop. You want it snug, but don't yank the yarn too hard. Another issue
that Bond claims with their new higher tech plastic is that the USM no longer needs to be waxed for use. I don't know
if they've even put that into their instructions, but as a seasoned ISM user, I can tell you that when trying out my USM
KP and carriage, I found that it definitely needed to be waxed. Get an unscented 100% paraffin white wax candle. It
should be unscented because essential oils used to scent them can stain your yarn, same with a dyes to make a colored
candle. You can find the little white unscented tea lights in almost any store. Pull it out of the metal tray and wax
the area where the needles go into and through the KP. If your carriage is jamming on the retaining bar rail at the
front, wax those joints before beginning each large project (say after each sweater). I also wax the back of the
machine where the carriage hooks in on the top of the joints and at the backs of the joints to help the carriage slide
more freely. With continued use, your bed and carriage will loosen up a little bit and be overall easier to use, but if
you find it getting stiff to work again (and noisier than you remembered it being), try waxing it again, especially if
you let the machine sit a couple of months between projects. Another issue new Bonders have is they are either holding
the carriage to the bed too tightly or not tightly enough. You want the carriage to glide freely, but not bounce. It's
also very important to make sure there is no tension on the yarn. Pull out enough yarn to complete your carriage pass,
and if you run out, stop the carriage and pull out enough. I usually pull out enough for 2 rows, then repeat. Some
Bonders use a fishing tool called a line stripper to quickly pull lengths of yarn for knitting out and have it shot into
a basket before working, so they don't have to stop and pull out more yarn while knitting. If you try and use it
straight out of a center pull skein, it results in tight rows, which can result in dropped work. If you are dropping
stitches on the same 1-2 needles, then it's quite possible that in man handling your machine, you bent one or more
needles, so it's not knitting properly, and the work will drop in approximately the same place consistently, so check
for bent needles if you're dropping in the same area. Also, check your hem. If you don't have a ravel cord and are
just using the thin elastic that comes with the machine, you might have nicked your hem, which can cause dropped
stitches, as can outright cutting through it. Also check to make sure your weights are distributed evenly in the hem.
If the hem leans down on one side, it can cause stitches to lift on the other side of the bed and eventually fall off.
Also, and I've done this myself, check the instructions to see you are putting the hem on right. Until I got used to
it, I dropped my work, because the hem wasn't hung on the machine right. For more hints and tips using the ISM/USM, you
can visit Steph Thornton's page here: http://www.stephthornton.co.uk/knitting/bond/list/listhint.htm It has a lot of
goofy patterns offered for free (and one quite annoying poster who is obsessed with using multiple dots instead of
proper punctuation), but there is also a ton of helpful hints and tips, like using a crochet hook to "latch
up" the rib instead of that really annoying hooked "latchet" tool. I use a G or H hook to do up worsted
weight rib, I or J for bulky, and E or F for baby/sport/DK. Another terrific site for Bond techniques and tools you can
make yourself is found at Heidi's Knitting Room, just don't let the glaring RED background get to you LOL:
http://www.heidisknittingroom.ourfamily.com/ I hope that helps, because once you get used to your machine, it really
cuts down on the boring stocking stitch sections of knitting. FWIW, I made 3 adult hats very slowly with my USM carriage
before it loosened up, meaning the sharp edges of the plastic started to wear down from use so the carriage moves more
smoothly across the bed, so working the back of an adult sweater should do it, or do several experimental swatches 50
stitches by 50 rows with stripes, lace, fair isle, intarsia, and cables, which can be made into pillows or sewn together
into an afghan, which might be easier for you to handle than the frustration of dropping half of the back of an adult
sweater off the machine. Leah[/quote:2efb3beaca]

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Posted by Leah on Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:49 PM    Post subject: Re: new to group

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:38:28 -0400, judyp2@webtv.net (Judy P) wrote: [quote:a13b0cf615]Hi Pauline, I have a sweater
machine too..Haven't made any thing on it yet.. What I have tried, has ended up on the floor... I hand knit and
crochet.. [/quote:a13b0cf615] Judy It sounds to me like you might be in too much of a hurry when using your machine.
I've had an ISM for over 10 years, and the USM carriage for 3-4 years now. New knitters I've helped with their ISM/USM
have dropped work most often because they were in too much of a hurry to get the row done and end up with dropped
stitches because pushing the carriage too fast makes needles jump out of alignment ahead of it, so they don't knit
right, and the work can drop as a result. If your work drops really early after you cast on, it could be that your hem
didn't drop down properly after the first row, causing the knitting to bunch up and then drop. Try tugging very gently
on the hem after you knit the first row to make sure it's hanging freely under the machine, especially if you did a
closed edge cast on, because R1 tends to be quite tight when doing an E wrap. Another problem Bond newbies have is
that they either pull the yarn up too tight at the beginning of the row or not tight enough, so side edge stitches don't
knit right and can drop. You want it snug, but don't yank the yarn too hard. Another issue that Bond claims with
their new higher tech plastic is that the USM no longer needs to be waxed for use. I don't know if they've even put
that into their instructions, but as a seasoned ISM user, I can tell you that when trying out my USM KP and carriage, I
found that it definitely needed to be waxed. Get an unscented 100% paraffin white wax candle. It should be unscented
because essential oils used to scent them can stain your yarn, same with a dyes to make a colored candle. You can find
the little white unscented tea lights in almost any store. Pull it out of the metal tray and wax the area where the
needles go into and through the KP. If your carriage is jamming on the retaining bar rail at the front, wax those
joints before beginning each large project (say after each sweater). I also wax the back of the machine where the
carriage hooks in on the top of the joints and at the backs of the joints to help the carriage slide more freely. With
continued use, your bed and carriage will loosen up a little bit and be overall easier to use, but if you find it
getting stiff to work again (and noisier than you remembered it being), try waxing it again, especially if you let the
machine sit a couple of months between projects. Another issue new Bonders have is they are either holding the
carriage to the bed too tightly or not tightly enough. You want the carriage to glide freely, but not bounce. It's
also very important to make sure there is no tension on the yarn. Pull out enough yarn to complete your carriage pass,
and if you run out, stop the carriage and pull out enough. I usually pull out enough for 2 rows, then repeat. Some
Bonders use a fishing tool called a line stripper to quickly pull lengths of yarn for knitting out and have it shot into
a basket before working, so they don't have to stop and pull out more yarn while knitting. If you try and use it
straight out of a center pull skein, it results in tight rows, which can result in dropped work. If you are dropping
stitches on the same 1-2 needles, then it's quite possible that in man handling your machine, you bent one or more
needles, so it's not knitting properly, and the work will drop in approximately the same place consistently, so check
for bent needles if you're dropping in the same area. Also, check your hem. If you don't have a ravel cord and are
just using the thin elastic that comes with the machine, you might have nicked your hem, which can cause dropped
stitches, as can outright cutting through it. Also check to make sure your weights are distributed evenly in the hem.
If the hem leans down on one side, it can cause stitches to lift on the other side of the bed and eventually fall off.
Also, and I've done this myself, check the instructions to see you are putting the hem on right. Until I got used to
it, I dropped my work, because the hem wasn't hung on the machine right. For more hints and tips using the ISM/USM,
you can visit Steph Thornton's page here: http://www.stephthornton.co.uk/knitting/bond/list/listhint.htm It has a
lot of goofy patterns offered for free (and one quite annoying poster who is obsessed with using multiple dots instead
of proper punctuation), but there is also a ton of helpful hints and tips, like using a crochet hook to "latch
up" the rib instead of that really annoying hooked "latchet" tool. I use a G or H hook to do up worsted
weight rib, I or J for bulky, and E or F for baby/sport/DK. Another terrific site for Bond techniques and tools you
can make yourself is found at Heidi's Knitting Room, just don't let the glaring RED background get to you LOL:
http://www.heidisknittingroom.ourfamily.com/ I hope that helps, because once you get used to your machine, it really
cuts down on the boring stocking stitch sections of knitting. FWIW, I made 3 adult hats very slowly with my USM carriage
before it loosened up, meaning the sharp edges of the plastic started to wear down from use so the carriage moves more
smoothly across the bed, so working the back of an adult sweater should do it, or do several experimental swatches 50
stitches by 50 rows with stripes, lace, fair isle, intarsia, and cables, which can be made into pillows or sewn together
into an afghan, which might be easier for you to handle than the frustration of dropping half of the back of an adult
sweater off the machine. Leah

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Posted by Anonymous on Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:57 AM    Post subject: Re: New Ebay Listings

Hello, Im new to this group and this is the first message I read. I understand how members feel about spamming. It is
really no more than personal advertising and usually this is all they ever contribute to the group. If you look at the
persons profile (view profile, by the persons name) it will show you that this is all they contribute to the group. Oh
well, enough for my first input. I just feel if I want to buy something I go myself to ebay. (But I usually get it
cheaper at Wal Mart or other store and not have to pay any postage) Nannie to be
EAllewell wrote: [quote:4db1d0e647]Hi, I have just posted some knitting kits and latch hook rug kits at Ebay, they are
of Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and Gingersnap bear from the Popcorn bear range. As the company that made
these kits has now gone into liquidation, these kits are no longer available in the shop and are very, very rare and
hard to find, but all completely gorgeous and easy to do. To see my listings, please go to http://search.ebay.co.uk/
_W0QQsassZeallewellQQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0? If this doesn't work, type in sellers name of EAllewell in
the Advanced Search at http://www.ebay.co.uk I always keep my postage costs to a minimum, and will combine and reduce
postage for multiple wins. Many thanks Erica[/quote:4db1d0e647]

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Posted by Pat P on Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:39 PM    Post subject: Re: New Ebay Listings

They`re cute! Wish I could still knit, but will show them to my daughter! Maybe she`ll do one for my latest niece.
Pat P "EAllewell" <erica@mirramar.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1150024608.695792.141270@c74g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [quote:1c33e019b7]Hi, I have just posted some knitting
kits and latch hook rug kits at Ebay, they are of Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and Gingersnap bear from the
Popcorn bear range. As the company that made these kits has now gone into liquidation, these kits are no longer
available in the shop and are very, very rare and hard to find, but all completely gorgeous and easy to do. To see my
listings, please go to http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZeallewellQQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0? If this
doesn't work, type in sellers name of EAllewell in the Advanced Search at http://www.ebay.co.uk I always keep my
postage costs to a minimum, and will combine and reduce postage for multiple wins. Many thanks Erica
[/quote:1c33e019b7]

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Posted by EAllewell on Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:16 PM    Post subject: New Ebay Listings

Hi, I have just posted some knitting kits and latch hook rug kits at Ebay, they are of Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger,
Piglet and Gingersnap bear from the Popcorn bear range. As the company that made these kits has now gone into
liquidation, these kits are no longer available in the shop and are very, very rare and hard to find, but all completely
gorgeous and easy to do. To see my listings, please go to http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZeallewellQQhtZ-
1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0? If this doesn't work, type in sellers name of EAllewell in the Advanced Search at
http://www.ebay.co.uk I always keep my postage costs to a minimum, and will combine and reduce postage for multiple
wins. Many thanks Erica

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Posted by JCT on Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:05 PM    Post subject: Re: interesting sock discussion

I just did the right and left toe thing for my DH -- they fit really nicely that way. Judy Cats wrote:
[quote:abab6e74e7]FWIW I also knit 60% of stitches into a short row heel for better fit. And I knit one sock two rounds
longer in the foot, and shape the toes to fit the left and right foot. I could never see the point to knitting socks
(well, more that just the occasional pair anyway) if they weren't fitted to[/quote:abab6e74e7]

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Posted by Cats on Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:05 PM    Post subject: Re: interesting sock discussion

FWIW I also knit 60% of stitches into a short row heel for better fit. And I knit one sock two rounds longer in the
foot, and shape the toes to fit the left and right foot. I could never see the point to knitting socks (well, more
that just the occasional pair anyway) if they weren't fitted to the foot they were destined for. -- Cheryl
"WoolyGooly" <boogers@lots.of.snot> wrote in message news:8ep3l2tvsu6jek4dhj6a4mtfg7k446nm94@4ax.com...
: On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:26:24 GMT, mirjam@actcom.co.il (Mirjam : Bruck-Cohen) wrote: : : >Your Interesting sock
dimensions discussions , was very good. i must : >admit i haven`t knitted socks for quite some time , but i did :
>calculations for some people ..my method is taking 1/2 the number of : >the circumference for the heel ,,,,
working the heel than coming back : >to same number I must admit i never knew anyone who had a special wide :
>heel or as somebody here wrote a wider toe part,,,,, good thinking : >material for the day ,,, : >mirjam : :
Hi Mirjam. : : When I make flap-gusset socks I use half the total sock stitches to : make the heels. I do generally
make a "square" or "dutch" heel and : not a half-hankie or V-heel. The square heel fits me
better, : especially when I leave 25% plus two stitches alone as the back of the : heel and turn the heel on the
remaining stitches. This has more to do : with the nature of the heel itself, the height of my instep and the : width
of the back of my heel than with the size of the sock. : : My short row heeled-socks are a different critter
altogether. If I : make the heel on 50% of stitches the instep is too short and the socks : ride down in my shoes.
When I make the heel on 60% of stitches the : instep is deeper, the heel fits well, and the socks don't ride down. : :
I certainly don't know everything there is to know about knitting, but : I do know that fiddling with the numbers often
produces a better fit, : no matter what the FO is supposed to be :D

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:05 PM    Post subject: Re: interesting sock discussion

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:26:24 GMT, mirjam@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote: [quote:2b77787352]Your Interesting
sock dimensions discussions , was very good. i must admit i haven`t knitted socks for quite some time , but i did
calculations for some people ..my method is taking 1/2 the number of the circumference for the heel ,,,, working the
heel than coming back to same number I must admit i never knew anyone who had a special wide heel or as somebody here
wrote a wider toe part,,,,, good thinking material for the day ,,, mirjam [/quote:2b77787352] Hi Mirjam. When I make
flap-gusset socks I use half the total sock stitches to make the heels. I do generally make a "square" or
"dutch" heel and not a half-hankie or V-heel. The square heel fits me better, especially when I leave 25%
plus two stitches alone as the back of the heel and turn the heel on the remaining stitches. This has more to do with
the nature of the heel itself, the height of my instep and the width of the back of my heel than with the size of the
sock. My short row heeled-socks are a different critter altogether. If I make the heel on 50% of stitches the instep
is too short and the socks ride down in my shoes. When I make the heel on 60% of stitches the instep is deeper, the
heel fits well, and the socks don't ride down. I certainly don't know everything there is to know about knitting, but I
do know that fiddling with the numbers often produces a better fit, no matter what the FO is supposed to be :D

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Posted by DA on Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:05 PM    Post subject: Re: Stitches East 2006

[quote:a1c532df9f] Oh drool........... I'd really like to go to a Stitches West, just because it's somewhere warm.
Your purchases sound wonderful and I wish you many days of feeling them up, and then knitting them (laugh). Spoken like
a true yarnie. <BG[/quote:a1c532df9f] DA

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Posted by Shillelagh on Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:11 PM    Post subject: Re: Stitches East 2006

"DA" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:keCdnQLsrqRiUszYnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@giganews.com...
[quote:00ee82d40c]Did anyone else attend Stitches this year? Of the 15 that I have attended, this one was the best. So
much great yarn, it was hard to resist temptation. 10 hanks of hand dyed cashmere, two hanks of hand dyed angora, enough
Prism Wild Stuff for two sweaters and a couple of bags of Berroco yarns managed to follow me home, along with a stack of
books and patterns. It is nice to see what fellow knitters are doing. DA [/quote:00ee82d40c] Oh drool........... I'd
really like to go to a Stitches West, just because it's somewhere warm. Your purchases sound wonderful and I wish you
many days of feeling them up, and then knitting them (laugh). As an aside - the weather here today stinks. It's grey,
dreary and rainy, everything is brown and ugly, and it's getting to me. I think I'm going to go back to bed and pull
the covers over my head. But on the bright side - one of my knitting groups is meeting tonight in a book store, so I'm
really looking forward to it pulling me out of my purple funk (smile). Shelagh

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:14 AM    Post subject: Re: Adjusting short rows in heels of socks

On 6 Nov 2006 17:07:26 -0800, "willi" <lywillows@gmail.com> wrote: [quote:b21b739e0f] Oh boy...here is
where my lack of experience catches up with me. I'm still in the 'trying to understand the 'pattern' mode...as in the
pattern I was working on...because I was trying to understand the logic of why I am doing what with regard to the
construction of socks. You have given me a different approach (pattern) which makes sense, but I'll have to do it to
understand. My pattern doesn't say anything about wrapping anything...duh. [/quote:b21b739e0f] Eh well, I don't know
that pattern. It's possible to knit socks with short row heels that aren't wrapped but you'll have a nice line of
draughty holes on either side of the ankle. [quote:b21b739e0f] Anyway, in answer to your question, I am using Sisu yarn
80% wool/20% nylon. The information on the label says 2.5 to 3 needles and 27 sts to 10 cm/4in. My guage is about 7.5
sts to the inch. [/quote:b21b739e0f] You need to know your gauge precisely if you want to make things that fit the
person for whom you are knitting. Half a stitch per inch, or per four inches, adds up over the long run. A sweater
that calls for 20 stitches per 4" will be Not The Right Size if you knit it at 22 stitches per 4" and your
lucky recipient will perhaps bear an unfortunate resemblance to a sausage when s/he puts the thing on... How big around
is the man's ankle? 60 stitches @ 7.5spi works out to a sock of about 8" diameter. Is his ankle multiplied by
your gauge minus about 10% to prevent baggy socks coincidentally 8"? If it is just use 40 stitches on the heel,
treat the center 20 as the "back" of the heel and work the 10 on either side as the short rows. And you
know, if the first one doesn't fit you can fiddle around and make the second one fit, then rip the first one and reknit
it. It's only knitting... [quote:b21b739e0f] It seems to fit if I hold him down and make him try it on...hmm...I
should point out that my perceptive math skills are horrible...but logic I can usually relate to. thanks
again![/quote:b21b739e0f]

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:07 AM    Post subject: Re: Adjusting short rows in heels of socks

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:30:40 -0500, Alison <ahendon@nyc.arar.com> wrote: [quote:77e4353be2]When I make a short row
heel I use half the stitches in the heel. If there were 32 stitches in the heel stitches, I would use 16 unwrapped
stitches in the middle and 8 wrapped stitches on each side. This works for me (I wear a size 9 women's shoe with a wide
toe and narrowish heel.) And I usually use between 60 and 64 stitches for a sock for me (size 1.5 to 2 needles) unless
it's really heavier yarn. I'm making a sock with sportweight on size 3 and I actually only used 56 stitches to start and
reduced to 48 after the wide part of the toe (toe up sock.) [/quote:77e4353be2] Yeah, it's trial and error until you get
it right for the foot you're knitting for. Over the years I've developed my own personal sock formula based on my feet,
my knitting, that yarn, those needles, ad naus. Some yarns work better with flap-gusset heels, others work with short
row heels. Then I busted my arm and screwed up my wrist, my gauge changed, and Ihad to start from scratch...

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View entire thread: Hairpin Lace help please!
Posted by mau on Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:09 AM    Post subject: Re: Hairpin Lace help please!

Have you checked out the tutorial at Stitch Diva http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=73. From what I can see on
the site in all their patterns both sides of loops are crocheted. I've done sideways knitting where you don't cast off
the last few stitches. You then let them unravel and they form a lovely looped fringe. I find that every now and then
some of the stitches slip down but they are easily worked back into place. One other possibility would be running it
along under a sewing machine to hold everything in place. Good luck Keep smiling :-) Marian "Jackie"
wrote in message news:1162779947.226199.203340@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... [quote:085ab8a7ac]I'm trying to make a
scarf from two strips of hairpin lace, made from a two colors of fairly chunky yarn. I have linked the two strips
togeterher and it looks great -- but how do I keep the outer loops from eventually coming undone? They look like they
would eventually just work themselves out of the senter stitch. All the instructions I see for edges involve catching
the loops and crocheting an edge, but then you don't have loose loops any more, and that is the look I want. Any
suggestions? As an alternative -- is there a way to create the strips so you only have loops on one side, and the other
edge of each strip is solid? Then you could interweave the two strips and have the decorative part in the middle and the
edges would just be solid, not loopy, but not require any additional finishing. Thanks for help you can offer. --Jackie
[/quote:085ab8a7ac]

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View entire thread: FO's for October
Posted by Katherine on Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:45 PM    Post subject: Re: FO's for October

hesira wrote: [quote:888966a262]Although it seems like I knit every day of the month (I think I really did) I only got 1
pair of socks made. They are the Snowflake socks from Magknits. They are for my mom and turned out great. I've
started a pair of socks for my dad for his Christmas present, and when they are done, the knitting is all for ME! I
will finally make myself a pair of socks and I ordered some alpaca to make myself the belted cardigan from the last
Vogue Knits. Beyond that, I have a baby gift (as yet undetermined) that needs to be done before March, and who knows
what else. [/quote:888966a262] I like those socks, Hesira. Did you really use needles that small with only 52 sts? And
did they fit you? Higs, Katherine

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Posted by hesira on Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:20 PM    Post subject: Re: FO's for October

Although it seems like I knit every day of the month (I think I really did) I only got 1 pair of socks made. They are
the Snowflake socks from Magknits. They are for my mom and turned out great. I've started a pair of socks for my dad
for his Christmas present, and when they are done, the knitting is all for ME! I will finally make myself a pair of
socks and I ordered some alpaca to make myself the belted cardigan from the last Vogue Knits. Beyond that, I have a
baby gift (as yet undetermined) that needs to be done before March, and who knows what else. Happy crafting, Hesira
Shillelagh wrote: [quote:b58f94bc36]I didn't see anyone starting this thread, so here goes: A pair of socks for a
Christmas gift. The felted sweater bag for myself WIP's Candle Flame Shawl for my sister for Xmas Woodsy sweater for my
granddaughter for Xmas. Let's hear from everyone else ;>) Shelagh[/quote:b58f94bc36]

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View entire thread: Seems you all oversleep from Haloween ?????
Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:18 AM    Post subject: Re: Stitches East, was seems you all oversleep from Haloween

THANK You TAMAR for taking me with you on this little tour ,,, mirjam [quote:b3fcf4d27c]In article
<454d70a4.2847640@ar.news.verio.net>, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote: Tell us about the
Stitches East Tamar ? What was the Main craft shown ??? Knitting! I spend my time in the merchant area, helping my
friend (and shopping) so I didn't take any classes. Relatively few booths weren't entirely about knitting. One booth
offered massages (by appointment), and another booth was selling massage equipment. One had triangular weaving looms,
there were two jewelers, some had spinning materials (roving, batts), some sold spinning wheels and spindles, EuroSteam
irons, buttons, pins to fasten shawls with - but mostly it was yarn, books, and needles and crochet hooks of all kinds.
There was also a booth of knitting machines that people could try out. I over-spent as usual, but almost everything I
bought was on my wish list before I went. At Sandy Terp's booth I found books on lace knitting, including Miller's
_Heirloom Lace_ - not cheap, but also not easy to find where you can leaf through and really see what is inside. I
decided I'm too rough with my needles to get the beautiful cobalt blue glass circular needles, but I found the 10-inch
long birchwood Brittany dpns I've been looking for. Newton's Yarn was there (all the way from Anaheim, CA) with their
usual amazing bargains on overstock yarn, for example, cashmerino for $7.00 for hanks of 3 or 4 ounces each (minimum
purchase 5 skeins) in glorious pure colors. Webs (from Massachusetts) had their usual very large area. From other
vendors I got local-area naturally-brown wool (from Virginia, which is local compared to California), Regia for
$2.48/ball, and a bag of sock yarn for 75% off. And a set of blocking wires, in case I ever finish any lace that needs
to be blocked. (The Orenburg lace booth was selling completed shawls and stoles as well as cobweb yarn, but I still
have dreams of making my own.) The merchant space was slightly cool, which made it comfortable for people who were
wearing their beautiful hand-crafted sweaters, waistcoats, and shawls. =Tamar[/quote:b3fcf4d27c]

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Posted by Midwest poster on Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:32 PM    Post subject: Re: Stitches East, was seems you all oversleep from Haloween

Thanks for the excellent report. Reading it was the next best thing to having been there. -- Jan in MN
"Richard Eney" <dicconf@radix.net> wrote in message news:12kqe97kc1sea1c@corp.supernews.com...
[quote:18b31153a4]Knitting! I spend my time in the merchant area, helping my friend (and shopping) so I didn't take any
classes. Relatively few booths weren't entirely about knitting. One booth offered massages (by appointment), and another
booth was selling massage equipment. One had triangular weaving looms, there were two jewelers, some had spinning
materials (roving, batts), some sold spinning wheels and spindles, EuroSteam irons, buttons, pins to fasten shawls with
- but mostly it was yarn, books, and needles and crochet hooks of all kinds. There was also a booth of knitting machines
that people could try out. I over-spent as usual, but almost everything I bought was on my wish list before I went. At
Sandy Terp's booth I found books on lace knitting, including Miller's _Heirloom Lace_ - not cheap, but also not easy to
find where you can leaf through and really see what is inside. I decided I'm too rough with my needles to get the
beautiful cobalt blue glass circular needles, but I found the 10-inch long birchwood Brittany dpns I've been looking
for. Newton's Yarn was there (all the way from Anaheim, CA) with their usual amazing bargains on overstock yarn, for
example, cashmerino for $7.00 for hanks of 3 or 4 ounces each (minimum purchase 5 skeins) in glorious pure colors. Webs
(from Massachusetts) had their usual very large area. From other vendors I got local-area naturally-brown wool (from
Virginia, which is local compared to California), Regia for $2.48/ball, and a bag of sock yarn for 75% off. And a set of
blocking wires, in case I ever finish any lace that needs to be blocked. (The Orenburg lace booth was selling completed
shawls and stoles as well as cobweb yarn, but I still have dreams of making my own.) The merchant space was slightly
cool, which made it comfortable for people who were wearing their beautiful hand-crafted sweaters, waistcoats, and
shawls. =Tamar[/quote:18b31153a4]

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Posted by Richard Eney on Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:06 AM    Post subject: Re: Stitches East, was seems you all oversleep from Haloween

In article <454d70a4.2847640@ar.news.verio.net>, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote:
[quote:27cc00073d]Tell us about the Stitches East Tamar ? What was the Main craft shown ??? [/quote:27cc00073d]
Knitting! I spend my time in the merchant area, helping my friend (and shopping) so I didn't take any classes.
Relatively few booths weren't entirely about knitting. One booth offered massages (by appointment), and another booth
was selling massage equipment. One had triangular weaving looms, there were two jewelers, some had spinning materials
(roving, batts), some sold spinning wheels and spindles, EuroSteam irons, buttons, pins to fasten shawls with - but
mostly it was yarn, books, and needles and crochet hooks of all kinds. There was also a booth of knitting machines
that people could try out. I over-spent as usual, but almost everything I bought was on my wish list before I went.
At Sandy Terp's booth I found books on lace knitting, including Miller's _Heirloom Lace_ - not cheap, but also not easy
to find where you can leaf through and really see what is inside. I decided I'm too rough with my needles to get the
beautiful cobalt blue glass circular needles, but I found the 10-inch long birchwood Brittany dpns I've been looking
for. Newton's Yarn was there (all the way from Anaheim, CA) with their usual amazing bargains on overstock yarn, for
example, cashmerino for $7.00 for hanks of 3 or 4 ounces each (minimum purchase 5 skeins) in glorious pure colors.
Webs (from Massachusetts) had their usual very large area. From other vendors I got local-area naturally-brown wool
(from Virginia, which is local compared to California), Regia for $2.48/ball, and a bag of sock yarn for 75% off. And
a set of blocking wires, in case I ever finish any lace that needs to be blocked. (The Orenburg lace booth was selling
completed shawls and stoles as well as cobweb yarn, but I still have dreams of making my own.) The merchant space was
slightly cool, which made it comfortable for people who were wearing their beautiful hand-crafted sweaters,
waistcoats, and shawls. =Tamar

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View entire thread: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on sam
Posted by Richard Eney on Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:00 AM    Post subject: Re: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on

In article <454ac127.1379921@ar.news.verio.net>, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote:
[quote:45c7814149]Tamar Good morning ,, i have to explain i DID not want to knit my sleeves in the double knitting
method as this would be too loose, and after all i want two sleeves not one ,, double knitting is fine when i want it to
stay double ,, that i am mixing two colors etc,,,, I just thought to use one long circular and like knitting the
Moebious , have a long row across both sleeves at the smae time ,, and remamber both my sleeves are closed rounds thus
my circular goes really over one circle and than should go to the next circle ,,, [/quote:45c7814149] It would be
possible, with the magic loop method. The needle goes across half the stitches of sleeve A and half the stitches of
sleeve B. Then it goes through the second half of the stiches of sleeve B and then through the second half of the
stitches of sleeve A. The stitches where the needle goes to the next sleeve are a little more strained, but some people
find that isn't a problem for them. I guess it comes out in the blocking. [quote:45c7814149]but come to think of it
if i want to keep the 2 circles = knit in a spiral ,, i reall should use 2 circular needles ,,,because once i finnished
the 2 rounds i have to have a 2 `points` of needles to work with , but i don`t ,,,, i have one on one sleeve and the
other on the other sleeves and i didn`t see where i could start knitting ,,,,,, [/quote:45c7814149] Both points move
along together, just as in any circular knitting. [quote:45c7814149]i also foud the two balls were an extra nuissance
at that point ,, [/quote:45c7814149] That is a perfectly good reason to choose another method.
[quote:45c7814149]Today i will see if the idea of using 2 circulars will work i mean once i finnished both sleeves to
start another round to take a 2nd circular...... because when we use DPS we all have `points ` to work with ,,,, mirjam
in the knitting lab [/quote:45c7814149] That will probably be easier to figure out. I admit I haven't made the magic
loop work for me properly; the overstressed stitches make too big a hole for my taste, and setting up the loops again
every time I knit up to them is a nuisance. I think if I had to do a lot of production sock knitting that I would use
two circulars. =Tamar

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:20 AM    Post subject: Re: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on

Tamar Good morning ,, i have to explain i DID not want to knit my sleeves in the double knitting method as this would be
too loose, and after all i want two sleeves not one ,, double knitting is fine when i want it to stay double ,, that i
am mixing two colors etc,,,, I just thought to use one long circular and like knitting the Moebious , have a long row
across both sleeves at the smae time ,, and remamber both my sleeves are closed rounds thus my circular goes really over
one circle and than should go to the next circle ,,, but come to think of it if i want to keep the 2 circles = knit in a
spiral ,, i reall should use 2 circular needles ,,,because once i finnished the 2 rounds i have to have a 2 `points` of
needles to work with , but i don`t ,,,, i have one on one sleeve and the other on the other sleeves and i didn`t see
where i could start knitting ,,,,,, i also foud the two balls were an extra nuissance at that point ,, Today i will see
if the idea of using 2 circulars will work i mean once i finnished both sleeves to start another round to take a 2nd
circular...... because when we use DPS we all have `points ` to work with ,,,, mirjam in the knitting lab
[quote:1b7d295412] Most people who knit two socks at once on one long circular needle don't do it by doubleknitting one
inside the other. They just use the long needle like two shorter circular needles, and do the magic loop method, one
sock in one place and one sock farther along. Double knitting one inside the other will loosen your gauge because the
yarn has to travel across a stitch on the other item to get to its own next stitch. I see you have decided against it
anyway because of the complications of double-knitting. I think it is possible to knit one inside the other and have
both facing outward with the spiral of stitches going the same way, but it's simpler just to work on them alternately.
=Tamar[/quote:1b7d295412]

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Posted by Richard Eney on Thu Nov 02, 2006 1:55 AM    Post subject: Re: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on

In article <45481fee.1433375@ar.news.verio.net>, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote:
[quote:e20e67dc05]Have finnaly finnished the body of [ last year Cast On and started] Petrol sweater and cast on
stiches on the armholes ,,, knitted 5 rounds on each sleeve and am pondering if i could put them both on one [long ]
circular needle and knit them this way like some of you do with socks ? it might keep the round counting easier to do
and i wil finnish both sleeves at once , which is the only thing i like less about seamless knitting ,,,,, i might just
go along and try it and tell you all how it goes ,,,, i understand that by folding it one into the other i will get one
sleeve with the right side out =knit , and one with thw wrong side outwards = purl it ???? [/quote:e20e67dc05] Most
people who knit two socks at once on one long circular needle don't do it by doubleknitting one inside the other. They
just use the long needle like two shorter circular needles, and do the magic loop method, one sock in one place and one
sock farther along. Double knitting one inside the other will loosen your gauge because the yarn has to travel across a
stitch on the other item to get to its own next stitch. I see you have decided against it anyway because of the
complications of double-knitting. I think it is possible to knit one inside the other and have both facing outward with
the spiral of stitches going the same way, but it's simpler just to work on them alternately. =Tamar

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:33 PM    Post subject: Re: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on

Ok it didn`t work , putting the sleeves one into the other ,, i found that the knitting had to go in opposite ,, tried
to work them one after the other , the 2 balls got tnagles ,,, so i am back at knitting one after the other , but will
make it 5 round on 1 and 5 rounds on 2nd ... mirjam

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Posted by Nez on Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:24 AM    Post subject: Re: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on

On Nov 1, 8:33 am, mir...@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote: [quote:36715c12d1]Ok it didn`t work , putting the
sleeves one into the other ,, i found that the knitting had to go in opposite ,, tried to work them one after the other
, the 2 balls got tnagles ,,, so i am back at knitting one after the other , but will make it 5 round on 1 and 5 rounds
on 2nd ... mirjam [/quote:36715c12d1] Mirjam - when you are doing double knitting, you have to alternate the stitches -
needle 1, needle 2, needle 1, needle 2, etc., til you have them all on the needle. Then you knit the first stitch, purl
the second stitch with a second ball, knit the next stitch, purl the next stitch, etc. If you keep your purt thread to
the inside of the two and your knit thread on the outside of the 1st one, it will work. Frances

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:24 AM    Post subject: Pondering about knitting 2 sleeves inside each other on sam

Have finnaly finnished the body of [ last year Cast On and started] Petrol sweater and cast on stiches on the armholes
,,, knitted 5 rounds on each sleeve and am pondering if i could put them both on one [long ] circular needle and knit
them this way like some of you do with socks ? it might keep the round counting easier to do and i wil finnish both
sleeves at once , which is the only thing i like less about seamless knitting ,,,,, i might just go along and try it and
tell you all how it goes ,,,, i understand that by folding it one into the other i will get one sleeve with the right
side out =knit , and one with thw wrong side outwards = purl it ???? mirjam

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:08 AM    Post subject: Re: Knitting machine news

Don`t forget to do it by AN OPEN window ,, mirjam ospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote: [quote:10ced2b25d]In
message <tsvbk219c9eca0d3tpv6r8l6lp0cmpd1dk@4ax.com>, WoolyGooly boogers@lots.of.snot> writes On 30 Oct 2006
04:43:34 -0800, steelbreeze@iname.com wrote: Good for you! The passap is the one beast I have yet to tame, I'm still
learning about my silver reed Jane I did get a bit of tuition so I know now how to cast on for single-bed knitting.
The main thing I learned is that my trouble getting the thing going stems from it being dirty++. So I am armed with
instructions for taking out the pushers and needles and for cleaning all the moving bits. Today I'll hie me off to the
hardware store for some quality paint brushes and a half gallon of paint thinner. If the thing was all metal I'd take
it to my friend's car shop and have him dip it in the parts cleaning tank - that's what I did with the two Japanese
machines and they came out sparkly clean and ready to knit. I have a Toyota knitting machine and was advised to clean
it with surgical spirit before re-oiling. Surgical spirit evaporates easily. Shirley -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk[/quote:10ced2b25d]

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:07 AM    Post subject: Re: Knitting machine news

My late ,other used to have a real Knitting machine , i think i still got the info booklet ,[i will see], i know i saw
it and it baffled me as she sold years before. I think it was a passap ,,,,,with a carriage for ribbing etc... i have a
small frame of ESM , which i use rarely. mirjam [quote:12d225cf97] WoolyGooly wrote: I have located a woman here in
town who has been knitting on Passap machines for 25+ years, including a Duo80 like the one I was given a few months
ago. She has agreed to tutor me in the beast's use so I'm heading to her place shortly for my first lesson. I'm
excited! Learning how to use this machine means I'll be able to start making more variations on yardage for more sorts
of projects. Good for you! The passap is the one beast I have yet to tame, I'm still learning about my silver reed
Jane [/quote:12d225cf97]

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Posted by Shirley Shone on Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:49 PM    Post subject: Re: Knitting machine news

In message <tsvbk219c9eca0d3tpv6r8l6lp0cmpd1dk@4ax.com>, WoolyGooly <boogers@lots.of.snot> writes
[quote:4afd86a4c1]On 30 Oct 2006 04:43:34 -0800, steelbreeze@iname.com wrote: Good for you! The passap is the one beast
I have yet to tame, I'm still learning about my silver reed Jane I did get a bit of tuition so I know now how to cast
on for single-bed knitting. The main thing I learned is that my trouble getting the thing going stems from it being
dirty++. So I am armed with instructions for taking out the pushers and needles and for cleaning all the moving bits.
Today I'll hie me off to the hardware store for some quality paint brushes and a half gallon of paint thinner. If the
thing was all metal I'd take it to my friend's car shop and have him dip it in the parts cleaning tank - that's what I
did with the two Japanese machines and they came out sparkly clean and ready to knit. I have a Toyota knitting machine
and was advised to clean it with[/quote:4afd86a4c1] surgical spirit before re-oiling. Surgical spirit evaporates easily.
Shirley -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk

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Posted by Anonymous on Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:43 PM    Post subject: Re: Knitting machine news

WoolyGooly wrote: [quote:db644ee3c2]I have located a woman here in town who has been knitting on Passap machines for 25+
years, including a Duo80 like the one I was given a few months ago. She has agreed to tutor me in the beast's use so
I'm heading to her place shortly for my first lesson. I'm excited! Learning how to use this machine means I'll be able
to start making more variations on yardage for more sorts of projects. [/quote:db644ee3c2] Good for you! The passap is
the one beast I have yet to tame, I'm still learning about my silver reed Jane

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:39 PM    Post subject: Knitting machine news

I have located a woman here in town who has been knitting on Passap machines for 25+ years, including a Duo80 like the
one I was given a few months ago. She has agreed to tutor me in the beast's use so I'm heading to her place shortly for
my first lesson. I'm excited! Learning how to use this machine means I'll be able to start making more variations on
yardage for more sorts of projects. Yahoo!

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View entire thread: Good day for finding Books
Posted by DAB on Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:31 AM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

You lucky girl ;-) and I know what you mean about down-brain time after work too<G> bienchat@hotmail.com wrote:
[quote:24085be781]I bought her Knitting Rules! just before she came to Mesa for a book tour & lecture. She was
hilarious. And I got her to autograph my book, that ruled! She has some good common sense formulas for making basic
patterns which appealed to me (I have a lot of down-brain time by the time I get off work! ) P.S. I know that Santa
bought me Handknit Holidays hehe. Marie and the cats DAB wrote: enigma wrote: "DAB"
<Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote in news:DD31h.1722$VX5.251@trnddc05: I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had
added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the
jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! Anyway they are: Knitting for Peace.....a beautiful
little Pink book with a white dove on the front by Betty Christiansen, starts with a History of Wartime Knitting with
patterns, and several other chapters on charity knitting info with patterns.....lots of nice pictures of projects and
the whole book in my opinion has a calming effect. Never too old to Knit.....LOL I need all the help I can get. The
book has some really nice sweater patterns and several stitch patterns in color with close up shots....oh and best of
all the print is large<G> and is spiral bound....which I like so it can lay flat....that reminds me I have several
pattern books I need to take to Office Max.....not sure if this is new news for those here but they will chop off the
binding from a softcover and drill it and install spiral bindings.....I have done that on some of my big Computer Books
also. Anyway the last book is called Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. that's kinda funny, because i bought
both Knitting for Peace & Knitting Rules! last week. i agree that Knitting for Peace is a very calming book.
Knitting Rules! is too short though. it was funny! lee LOL yes it is...I am about half way thru and plan to get her
other books. Donna[/quote:24085be781]

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Posted by Alison on Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:05 PM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

Marie - I saw some qiviut yarn at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool. It was being sold by Skaska at
http://www.skaska.com/products.html They have qiviut alone and also in a blend with silk and wool. I don't find their
website all that helpful (no shopping cart, no prices) but they do suggest telephoning them. Alison On 5 Nov 2006
08:08:01 -0800, "bienchat@hotmail.com" <bienchat@hotmail.com> wrote: [quote:630dde0324]I've visited the
website on Qiviut-isn't that interesting? It takes several years of combing each muskox to get a pound of fiber. I
understand it's very soft and much finer than wool. Too bad they don't offer just the yarn yet, only kits. I imagine
it's quite expensive but someday I would like to try it. Marie and the cats WoolyGooly wrote: On Sun, 29 Oct 2006
15:18:59 GMT, "DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote: I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had added
2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the
jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! I laid hands on a copy of "Arctic Lace"
Friday at my local BN. I decided I don't need it *right this minute* but it is on the list of things Santa carries
around in his wallet. The book contains a lot of good history about the qiviut coops and the knitters who belong to the
coops. In the back is a list of suppliers of qiviut yarn, which I copied onto a napkin for future reference. Now if I
can just find the napkin in my filing system...[/quote:630dde0324]

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Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:12 PM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

I bought her Knitting Rules! just before she came to Mesa for a book tour & lecture. She was hilarious. And I got
her to autograph my book, that ruled! She has some good common sense formulas for making basic patterns which appealed
to me (I have a lot of down-brain time by the time I get off work! ) P.S. I know that Santa bought me Handknit Holidays
hehe. Marie and the cats DAB wrote: [quote:08ad4dee9c]enigma wrote: "DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote
in news:DD31h.1722$VX5.251@trnddc05: I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they
were not yet published so on a whim I went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered
from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! Anyway they are: Knitting for Peace.....a beautiful little Pink book with a white
dove on the front by Betty Christiansen, starts with a History of Wartime Knitting with patterns, and several other
chapters on charity knitting info with patterns.....lots of nice pictures of projects and the whole book in my opinion
has a calming effect. Never too old to Knit.....LOL I need all the help I can get. The book has some really nice
sweater patterns and several stitch patterns in color with close up shots....oh and best of all the print is
large<G> and is spiral bound....which I like so it can lay flat....that reminds me I have several pattern books I
need to take to Office Max.....not sure if this is new news for those here but they will chop off the binding from a
softcover and drill it and install spiral bindings.....I have done that on some of my big Computer Books also. Anyway
the last book is called Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. that's kinda funny, because i bought both Knitting
for Peace & Knitting Rules! last week. i agree that Knitting for Peace is a very calming book. Knitting Rules! is
too short though. it was funny! lee LOL yes it is...I am about half way thru and plan to get her other books.
Donna[/quote:08ad4dee9c]

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Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:08 PM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

I've visited the website on Qiviut-isn't that interesting? It takes several years of combing each muskox to get a pound
of fiber. I understand it's very soft and much finer than wool. Too bad they don't offer just the yarn yet, only kits.
I imagine it's quite expensive but someday I would like to try it. Marie and the cats WoolyGooly wrote:
[quote:0fc9943c7f]On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:18:59 GMT, "DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote: I usually buy
knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I went to Barnes
and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! I laid hands on a copy
of "Arctic Lace" Friday at my local BN. I decided I don't need it *right this minute* but it is on the list
of things Santa carries around in his wallet. The book contains a lot of good history about the qiviut coops and the
knitters who belong to the coops. In the back is a list of suppliers of qiviut yarn, which I copied onto a napkin for
future reference. Now if I can just find the napkin in my filing system...[/quote:0fc9943c7f]

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Posted by DAB on Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:25 AM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

enigma wrote: [quote:9f40948143]"DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote in news:DD31h.1722$VX5.251@trnddc05:
I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I
went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! Anyway
they are: Knitting for Peace.....a beautiful little Pink book with a white dove on the front by Betty Christiansen,
starts with a History of Wartime Knitting with patterns, and several other chapters on charity knitting info with
patterns.....lots of nice pictures of projects and the whole book in my opinion has a calming effect. Never too old to
Knit.....LOL I need all the help I can get. The book has some really nice sweater patterns and several stitch patterns
in color with close up shots....oh and best of all the print is large<G> and is spiral bound....which I like so it
can lay flat....that reminds me I have several pattern books I need to take to Office Max.....not sure if this is new
news for those here but they will chop off the binding from a softcover and drill it and install spiral bindings.....I
have done that on some of my big Computer Books also. Anyway the last book is called Knitting Rules! by Stephanie
Pearl-McPhee. that's kinda funny, because i bought both Knitting for Peace & Knitting Rules! last week. i agree
that Knitting for Peace is a very calming book. Knitting Rules! is too short though. it was funny! lee
[/quote:9f40948143] LOL yes it is...I am about half way thru and plan to get her other books. Donna

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Posted by enigma on Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:22 PM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

"DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote in news:DD31h.1722$VX5.251@trnddc05: [quote:7fa90a8e5c]I usually buy
knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I went to Barnes
and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! Anyway they are:
Knitting for Peace.....a beautiful little Pink book with a white dove on the front by Betty Christiansen, starts with a
History of Wartime Knitting with patterns, and several other chapters on charity knitting info with patterns.....lots of
nice pictures of projects and the whole book in my opinion has a calming effect. Never too old to Knit.....LOL I need
all the help I can get. The book has some really nice sweater patterns and several stitch patterns in color with close
up shots....oh and best of all the print is large<G> and is spiral bound....which I like so it can lay
flat....that reminds me I have several pattern books I need to take to Office Max.....not sure if this is new news for
those here but they will chop off the binding from a softcover and drill it and install spiral bindings.....I have done
that on some of my big Computer Books also. Anyway the last book is called Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.
[/quote:7fa90a8e5c] that's kinda funny, because i bought both Knitting for Peace & Knitting Rules! last week. i
agree that Knitting for Peace is a very calming book. Knitting Rules! is too short though. it was funny! lee --
Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason
than that of blindfolded fear. - Thomas Jefferson

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Posted by DAB on Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:44 PM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

WoolyGooly wrote: [quote:8b4337a93b]On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:18:59 GMT, "DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote:
I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I
went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! I laid
hands on a copy of "Arctic Lace" Friday at my local BN. I decided I don't need it *right this minute* but it
is on the list of things Santa carries around in his wallet. The book contains a lot of good history about the qiviut
coops and the knitters who belong to the coops. In the back is a list of suppliers of qiviut yarn, which I copied onto
a napkin for future reference. Now if I can just find the napkin in my filing system... [/quote:8b4337a93b] LOL well I
didn't have a clue what qiviut coops is so did a goggle and found this but no pictures:
http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/farmer/pre2001/030400k1.html I bought a lace scarf kit at a yarn show a few months
ago...the yarn is very fine and kinda fuzzy.....the free pattern was in a chevron stitch and after CO I could not get
the needles in under the stitches to knit...so put it away for latter...the pattern called for size 13 but I may need
to CO real loose.

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:23 PM    Post subject: Re: Good day for finding Books

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:18:59 GMT, "DAB" <Dumplin@dodgeit.com> wrote: [quote:6e357f5414]I usually buy
knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I went to Barnes
and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW! [/quote:6e357f5414] I
laid hands on a copy of "Arctic Lace" Friday at my local BN. I decided I don't need it *right this minute*
but it is on the list of things Santa carries around in his wallet. The book contains a lot of good history about the
qiviut coops and the knitters who belong to the coops. In the back is a list of suppliers of qiviut yarn, which I
copied onto a napkin for future reference. Now if I can just find the napkin in my filing system...

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Posted by DAB on Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:18 PM    Post subject: Good day for finding Books

I usually buy knitting books from Amazon and had added 2 to my wish list as they were not yet published so on a whim I
went to Barnes and Nobles yesterday and hit the jackpot. I could have ordered from Amazon but I wanted em NOW!
Anyway they are: Knitting for Peace.....a beautiful little Pink book with a white dove on the front by Betty
Christiansen, starts with a History of Wartime Knitting with patterns, and several other chapters on charity knitting
info with patterns.....lots of nice pictures of projects and the whole book in my opinion has a calming effect. Never
too old to Knit.....LOL I need all the help I can get. The book has some really nice sweater patterns and several
stitch patterns in color with close up shots....oh and best of all the print is large<G> and is spiral
bound....which I like so it can lay flat....that reminds me I have several pattern books I need to take to Office
Max.....not sure if this is new news for those here but they will chop off the binding from a softcover and drill it
and install spiral bindings.....I have done that on some of my big Computer Books also. Anyway the last book is called
Knitting Rules! by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Donna

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Posted by Anonymous on Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:24 PM    Post subject: Re: An amazing picture

The Other Kim wrote: [quote:2e0bb6ec27]Wow...just lovely. The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom
"Shillelagh" <meow@cat.howl> wrote in message news:7xM0h.4332$v81.573@newsfe18.lga... A knitting friend
sent me this link: http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/?id=newsin&nid=115 Shelagh [/quote:2e0bb6ec27] Hi Shelagh, What
an amazing picture. I had to sign in and tell you that I enjoyed seeing all the beautiful mittens. Thanks for sharing.
Hugs, Nora

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Posted by The Other Kim on Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:03 PM    Post subject: Re: An amazing picture

Wow...just lovely. The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom "Shillelagh" <meow@cat.howl> wrote in
message news:7xM0h.4332$v81.573@newsfe18.lga... [quote:4220991795]A knitting friend sent me this link:
http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/?id=newsin&nid=115 Shelagh [/quote:4220991795]

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Posted by Midwest poster on Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:52 PM    Post subject: Re: An amazing picture

Thanks, Shelagh, that's a marvelous picture. You can get to more information about the mittens and photos of 4
individual ones by clicking on the link in the 4th paragraph under the picture. Unless you can read Latvian, click
"Eng" in the upper right-hand corner. -- Jan in MN "Shillelagh" <meow@cat.howl> wrote in
message news:7xM0h.4332$v81.573@newsfe18.lga... [quote:3eea7fa9aa]A knitting friend sent me this link:
http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/?id=newsin&nid=115 Shelagh [/quote:3eea7fa9aa]

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Posted by Katherine on Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:47 PM    Post subject: Re: An amazing picture

Shillelagh wrote: [quote:5d0a7bef13]A knitting friend sent me this link:
http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/?id=newsin&nid=115 [/quote:5d0a7bef13] Oh, wow! How can I get to attend that summit?
<g> Beautiful mittens, Shelagh. Thanks for the link. Higs, Katherine

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Posted by DAB on Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:27 PM    Post subject: Re: An amazing picture

Shillelagh wrote: [quote:f538df64fa]A knitting friend sent me this link:
http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/?id=newsin&nid=115 Shelagh [/quote:f538df64fa] Oh my that's a bunch of Mittens......
Thanks for posting Donna

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Posted by Shillelagh on Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:36 PM    Post subject: An amazing picture

A knitting friend sent me this link: http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/?id=newsin&nid=115 Shelagh

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Posted by Richard Eney on Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:54 AM    Post subject: Re: The yarn I won

In article <OLu0h.72$tH2.68@newsfe20.lga>, Shillelagh <meow@cat.howl> wrote:
[quote:0c93a5ced7]bienchat@hotmail.com> wrote Wow, that is a beautiful colorway Shelagh! I have about 6 different
shades of Trekking XXL but I haven't seen that color in the yarn shops here. It's a very nice yarn to do socks with.
Have you decided on a pattern? Marie and the cats Shelagh As mentioned in a previous post [which I think you didn't
see :>)], rather than make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning towards trying the
Pomatomus socks from Knitty, and something tells me they aren't easy. One of the women in one of my knitting groups has
a pair started in a variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure to scroll down to the
pic near the bottom. The top pic is a little "twisted" (snicker): http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6
[/quote:0c93a5ced7] The word is that the pattern makes them not as stretchy as normal socks, so you don't want to make
them with the usual 10% negative ease. Either do an extra pattern repeat (more stitches) or use bigger needles (to get
a looser gauge). I haven't made them myself. =Tamar

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Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:42 AM    Post subject: Re: The yarn I won

Yes, I've seen and heard about those infamous socks before, I admire your ability to make those. They'll be beautiful.
Let us know how it goes. Marie and the cats Shillelagh wrote: [quote:c21a740a9e]bienchat@hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:1161925121.068758.55730@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... Wow, that is a beautiful colorway Shelagh! I have
about 6 different shades of Trekking XXL but I haven't seen that color in the yarn shops here. It's a very nice yarn to
do socks with. Have you decided on a pattern? Marie and the cats Shelagh As mentioned in a previous post [which I
think you didn't see :>)], rather than make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning towards
trying the Pomatomus socks from Knitty, and something tells me they aren't easy. One of the women in one of my knitting
groups has a pair started in a variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure to scroll
down to the pic near the bottom. The top pic is a little "twisted" (snicker):
http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6[/quote:c21a740a9e]

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Posted by Shillelagh on Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:24 PM    Post subject: Re: The yarn I won

<bienchat@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1161925121.068758.55730@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
[quote:e6138dedf8]Wow, that is a beautiful colorway Shelagh! I have about 6 different shades of Trekking XXL but I
haven't seen that color in the yarn shops here. It's a very nice yarn to do socks with. Have you decided on a pattern?
Marie and the cats Shelagh [/quote:e6138dedf8] As mentioned in a previous post [which I think you didn't see :>)],
rather than make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning towards trying the Pomatomus socks from
Knitty, and something tells me they aren't easy. One of the women in one of my knitting groups has a pair started in a
variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure to scroll down to the pic near the bottom.
The top pic is a little "twisted" (snicker): http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6

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Posted by Shillelagh on Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:30 AM    Post subject: Re: The yarn I won

"Vintage Purls" <moragmck@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161745757.095239.102560@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... [quote:0207776cfe]Shillelagh wrote: arrived today from
Wendy Johnson of Wendy Knits blog. Wow, that is COLOURFUL! I sense one awesome pair of socks is soon to grace your
feet. : ) [/quote:0207776cfe] Probably not quite as quickly as I'd like. I'm hard into 2 Christmas projects right now
that require all my knitting time. Plus, rather than make a plain pair of socks (which would be fine)..... I'm leaning
towards trying the Pomatomus socks from Knitty, and something tells me they aren't easy. One of the women in one of my
knitting groups has a pair started in a variegated yarn and they look awesome. Go here to have a look, but be sure to
scroll down to the pic near the bottom. The top pic is a little "twisted" (snicker):
http://tinyurl.com/m5hr6 Shelagh

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:43 AM    Post subject: Re: The FINNISHIT Bug

Hallo WoolyGooly The only Solution to your problem , is to finnish an item at the time ,,, now LOOOOOOOK at all items ,
see which one is closest to it`s end ,,, starte with this one ,,,,,the result of finnishing it quickly has now swept
your body , in a warm nice feeling ,,, thus now you take the next shortest `work stil to be done` ,,,,, mirjam
[quote:6395abbad2]On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:21:41 GMT, mirjam@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote: Ladies i got the
Finnishit Bug ,,,, I have two socks on needles and one mitten, tho I think after four years the mittens are abandoned.
The socks are my "sitting at stoplights" knitting. I'm also working on "field trip" caps to match
our school shirts so that our keepers can mind us on crummy days when we (DS and I) are wearing handknit sweaters. I've
finished the handspun sweater (details tomorrow night with pix, I hope) and I have an itch to spin, but I also have
three different yarns in the stash asking to be made up NOW-NOW-NOW. Whatever shall I do?[/quote:6395abbad2]

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:27 AM    Post subject: Re: The FINNISHIT Bug

Maggy , i stay a lady with too much work , Sorry but i don`t like the other term you used. The world is full with
groups that trade with women , smuggling them over borders and selling them for the sex industry. mirjam
<unraveled@cox.net> wrote: [quote:0e341cb38f]I'd like that bug too!!!!!!!! To hell with being a Lady!!!! I
much prefer being a yarnslut! Maggie, madly knitting in the desert! "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen"
<mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message news:453ee578.1644968@ar.news.verio.net... Ladies i got the Finnishit Bug
,,,, i am taking project after project work after work and Finishit. One of the problems of this bug , is one is unable
to buy any new materials. The second is avoiding looking into new patterns, and as i walked the day before yesterday
back from my Dentist to the bus stop , my eyes avoided looking at new sweaters or clothes in the window shops.... mirjam
[/quote:0e341cb38f]

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:21 AM    Post subject: Re: The FINNISHIT Bug

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:21:41 GMT, mirjam@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote: [quote:2675e0ad37]Ladies i got the
Finnishit Bug ,,,, [/quote:2675e0ad37] I have two socks on needles and one mitten, tho I think after four years the
mittens are abandoned. The socks are my "sitting at stoplights" knitting. I'm also working on "field
trip" caps to match our school shirts so that our keepers can mind us on crummy days when we (DS and I) are wearing
handknit sweaters. I've finished the handspun sweater (details tomorrow night with pix, I hope) and I have an itch to
spin, but I also have three different yarns in the stash asking to be made up NOW-NOW-NOW. Whatever shall I do?

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Posted by SpikeDriver on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:21 AM    Post subject: Re: The FINNISHIT Bug

Maggie, I really hope you get something finished! Dennis Maggs wrote: [quote:9e31f4fa45]I'd like that bug too!!!!!!!!
To hell with being a Lady!!!! I much prefer being a yarnslut! Maggie, madly knitting in the desert! "Mirjam
Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message news:453ee578.1644968@ar.news.verio.net... Ladies i got
the Finnishit Bug ,,,, i am taking project after project work after work and Finishit. One of theDe problems of this bug
, is one is unable to buy any new materials. The second is avoiding looking into new patterns, and as i walked the day
before yesterday back from my Dentist to the bus stop , my eyes avoided looking at new sweaters or clothes in the window
shops.... mirjam [/quote:9e31f4fa45]

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Posted by Maggs on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:21 AM    Post subject: Re: The FINNISHIT Bug

I'd like that bug too!!!!!!!! To hell with being a Lady!!!! I much prefer being a yarnslut! Maggie, madly knitting
in the desert! "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message
news:453ee578.1644968@ar.news.verio.net... [quote:658a3add61]Ladies i got the Finnishit Bug ,,,, i am taking project
after project work after work and Finishit. One of the problems of this bug , is one is unable to buy any new materials.
The second is avoiding looking into new patterns, and as i walked the day before yesterday back from my Dentist to the
bus stop , my eyes avoided looking at new sweaters or clothes in the window shops.... mirjam[/quote:658a3add61]

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Posted by WoolyGooly on Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:58 PM    Post subject: Sunday morning blather

It is about 1045 for me (GMT-6 until the time change!) with a nice 57F on the thermometer and a northerly breeze. The
sun is shining, there's a high pressure system sitting directly on top of me. Temps this afternoon are forecast for the
mid-70s and the Rolling Stones concert (to which I am not going, lawn seats with no chairs allowed were selling for
$300!!) should have excellent weather. Yesterday I accomplished the buttonband on the handspun sweater I'm knitting.
With 1/3 of the yoke to go I made fast decreases to shape the neck opening and it worked out beautifully if I do say
so. The buttons will be gorgeous once installed. I'm almost finished with the first cuff and should have the second
one done by tonight. Tomorrow's forecast is for more of what we have today so my sweater will dry lickety split once I
scour it out. Unfortunately my digital camera has now croaked completely and absolutely. Unexpected vet expenses ate
my play money budget for the month so I'll have to beg one of the knitting cronies to take pix of it tomorrow evening,
assuming I do get the knitting done, get hte thing blocked and sew on the buttons. With luck my fast-disappearing ball
of yarn will let me finish both cuffs without doing any more spinning. I decided to see how far the ~1600yd would go
that I finished spinning earlier in the year and I just may be able to eke it out to finish the sweater. It is that
time of year when I do major wheel maintenance: temps are cooler, bugs are not such a problem and I can throw a sheet
over a disassembled wheel on my potting bench and trust it won't be abused by the weather if I have to leave it out
overnight. Once that sweater is "put away" as the saying goes I'll find my can of Briwax and buy a new
package of 4-0 steel wool. The Norwegian (aka Ormhild) is sorely in need of a fresh coat of wax, for some reason her
firwood just looks shabby no matter how many coats I lay on or how much buffing I do. I also need to take her mother to
the local wheelwright and commission a new flyer and maidens as I think she'll be a better spin with a flyer that
actually fits! +++++++++++++ Non-fiber non-yarn blather below, skip if your posting name is "Jane" or if you
have a short attention span! +++++++++++++ Cat TV is alive and well: the squirrel-proof feeder that I recently
installed in the tree right outside my computer room window has seen a steady stream of customers in the past few days.
I have three cats in my window right now all chattering and switching their tails madly back and forth: yellow cat,
black cat, gray tabby. Funny that the boy cats are the ones who watch Cat TV; the girls are completely disinterested.
It must be a guy thing? I love my endocrinologist. Two weeks ago she phoned me up and told me to have some bloodwork
done, as I had been on thyroid replacement for almost 6 weeks and it was time to do a titration and dose adjustment. She
bumped me up from 100mcg to 132mcg based on the labs. Even though I've been feeling MUCH better all of my lab numbers
came back as "OMG hypothyroid!!!". I do admit that the increased dose is helping me stay conscious past 8pm -
I made it through the top of the 10pm news last night for the first time since July! The fact that I start fading in
the late afternoon and have to struggle to stay awake may suggest that I'm having trouble converting T4->T3 so I'll
be talking with her about adding some Cytomel when I see her in early December. My first coffee of the day is in my
belly so I must go KP: I'm cooking for a cat with digestive problems. Somehow the boiling of ground beef and the
cooking of rice makes more of a mess than I generate when I put on a five-course sit-down dinner party for eight. I
haven't quite figured out how that works... And of course the cat is absolutely convinced that the blenderized mush I'm
serving her is not food at all. She's in isolation in my front bathroom until she finishes her meds in a few days and
THAT is a royal PITA...

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Posted by Leah on Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:04 PM    Post subject: Re: It's been posted before but...

Carol, [quote:a6be376776]Can I get the pattern for the Harry Potter Scarf please? Thanks a bunch, [/quote:a6be376776]
Did you mean the machine knit pattern I'm hosting on my site for the Prisoner/Goblet scarf and hat? If so, it's here:
http://www.angelfire.com/space2/swcharts/poahatscarf.html If you don't want it for MKing, you can always make it by
hand, just work in stocking stitch on 2 needles, or work it round on a circular or DPNs to avoid seaming, because if
your gauge is close, you'll get the same results size wise, about 6 inches across and 6.5 feet long when folded double
and seamed. I don't have a picture of a finished scarf yet, but I'll post it when it's available. Ends are still being
woven in right now on my scarf, as I'm having a rather busy week, but am still testing the patterns myself. If you want
something closer to what's seen in the movies, very wide, and extremely overly long for everyday wear IMO, check out:
http://www.atypicallyknit.com/ The gal there has hand knit versions of both the original movie scarf styles, the even
striped version, and the newer "trapped bar" version that my friend made up her pattern for. If you want to
HK the hat on my site, work it in stocking stitch, and for a beanie, make 20 rows of rib (the MK brim is folded up
double, so don't do 40 rows rib unless you want to fold the rib up for a watchcap type brim), and then work the rest of
the rows in stocking stitch, following the color changes for a POA style watchcap hat. If I were to HK the hat, I'd go
for the alternate shaping directions on my site, since I think the gradual decreases make the top gather look better.
You could do the brim like the MK version, just mark row 40 and then kitchener them together after, or even pick up the
sts from row 1 while knitting row 40 and K2 tog to form the doubled brim. Leah

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Posted by mau on Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:14 AM    Post subject: Re: Variable width yarn scarf pattern?

The fun thing with yarn like this is it doesn't really need a pattern as the unusualness of the yarn creates the
pattern. I've seen thick/thin yarn used in a simple K1 P1 rib which looks quite striking. Also using a larger than
normal needle size will show off the changing thickness of the yarn and stop the scarf from becoming too bulky. Why
not swatch a little and see what you think? Keep smiling :-) Mau "Padishar Creel"
<cafanning@comcast.net> wrote in message news:1161231797.593790.71490@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
[quote:056825fa7d]A friend gave me 380 yards of yarn they had spun from their own sheep. It is white and is a variable
width. It is spun with yarn and roving mixed together to form fat sections and thin sections. The pattern she wanted
done is too complex and calls for fingering weight yarn anyway. I am leaning towards a simple pattern to show of the
texture of this beautiful yarn. I thought I would run it by my friends here and get your thoughts. The needle size
appears to be a 10 1/2 (US) knitting needle for this yarn. My friend is a 6' tall lady who is busty and so I am leaning
also towards a longer and thinner scarf pattern? Your thoughts, PLEASE... Padishar Creel PS It can be either a
crochet or knitting pattern, cuz I duz both thanks to the encouragement I got here... [/quote:056825fa7d]

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Posted by Padishar Creel on Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:23 AM    Post subject: Variable width yarn scarf pattern?

A friend gave me 380 yards of yarn they had spun from their own sheep. It is white and is a variable width. It is spun
with yarn and roving mixed together to form fat sections and thin sections. The pattern she wanted done is too complex
and calls for fingering weight yarn anyway. I am leaning towards a simple pattern to show of the texture of this
beautiful yarn. I thought I would run it by my friends here and get your thoughts. The needle size appears to be a 10
1/2 (US) knitting needle for this yarn. My friend is a 6' tall lady who is busty and so I am leaning also towards a
longer and thinner scarf pattern? Your thoughts, PLEASE... Padishar Creel PS It can be either a crochet or knitting
pattern, cuz I duz both thanks to the encouragement I got here...

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View entire thread: Patons "Carmen"
Posted by Katherine on Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:01 AM    Post subject: Re: Patons "Carmen"

LindaD.muffymom56@yahoo.com wrote: [quote:c52b17d820]Good Morning everyone, I posted a message a few days ago about
knitting a cowl/hood from a fluffy yarn. I was out at Michael's and purchased the yarn I had seen previously. It is
called "Carmen" by Patons. Here is the link: http://www.patonsyarns.com/product.php?LGC=carmen I just
looked at the gauge and the Carmen shows: Tension 13 sts - 16 rows = 4" on 6.5 mm. needles I think I will try the
pattern casting on 89 stitches, and the free pattern from Lionbrand that was mentioned in another post.
http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60121A.html?noImages= The gauge shown for the yarn used for the pattern says: 14
sts - 18 rows = 4" on 8 mm needles. Should I move up to a 7 mm. circular needle? [/quote:c52b17d820] I would go to
at least a 7mm needle. That is going to be gorgeous! Higs, Katherine

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Posted by Anonymous on Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:34 PM    Post subject: Re: Patons "Carmen"

Thanks for the suggestions. I am using a 7 mm, and the cowl/hood looks great. The yarn is so soft and cuddly...
....Linda On 18 Oct 2006 23:10:33 -0700, "bienchat@hotmail.com" <bienchat@hotmail.com> wrote:
[quote:57bebbe2b4]You could try doing a test swatch first using the different needle sizes just to make sure. Just off
the top of my head I would think it would be fine with the 7 mm needles, usually hoods and cowls don't have to be
exactly to gauge. Marie and the cats LindaD.muffymom56@yahoo.com wrote: Good Morning everyone, I posted a message a
few days ago about knitting a cowl/hood from a fluffy yarn. I was out at Michael's and purchased the yarn I had seen
previously. It is called "Carmen" by Patons. Here is the link:
http://www.patonsyarns.com/product.php?LGC=carmen I just looked at the gauge and the Carmen shows: Tension 13 sts - 16
rows = 4" on 6.5 mm. needles I think I will try the pattern casting on 89 stitches, and the free pattern from
Lionbrand that was mentioned in another post. http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60121A.html?noImages= The gauge
shown for the yarn used for the pattern says: 14 sts - 18 rows = 4" on 8 mm needles. Should I move up to a 7 mm.
circular needle? thanks...Linda[/quote:57bebbe2b4]

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Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:10 AM    Post subject: Re: Patons "Carmen"

You could try doing a test swatch first using the different needle sizes just to make sure. Just off the top of my head
I would think it would be fine with the 7 mm needles, usually hoods and cowls don't have to be exactly to gauge. Marie
and the cats LindaD.muffymom56@yahoo.com wrote: [quote:74e2af3435]Good Morning everyone, I posted a message a few days
ago about knitting a cowl/hood from a fluffy yarn. I was out at Michael's and purchased the yarn I had seen previously.
It is called "Carmen" by Patons. Here is the link: http://www.patonsyarns.com/product.php?LGC=carmen I just
looked at the gauge and the Carmen shows: Tension 13 sts - 16 rows = 4" on 6.5 mm. needles I think I will try the
pattern casting on 89 stitches, and the free pattern from Lionbrand that was mentioned in another post.
http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60121A.html?noImages= The gauge shown for the yarn used for the pattern says: 14
sts - 18 rows = 4" on 8 mm needles. Should I move up to a 7 mm. circular needle?
thanks...Linda[/quote:74e2af3435]

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Posted by suzee on Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:45 AM    Post subject: Re: Patons "Carmen"

Linda D.muffymom56@yahoo.com wrote: [quote:3aa53dfc58]Good Morning everyone, I posted a message a few days ago about
knitting a cowl/hood from a fluffy yarn. I was out at Michael's and purchased the yarn I had seen previously. It is
called "Carmen" by Patons. Here is the link: http://www.patonsyarns.com/product.php?LGC=carmen I just
looked at the gauge and the Carmen shows: Tension 13 sts - 16 rows = 4" on 6.5 mm. needles I think I will try the
pattern casting on 89 stitches, and the free pattern from Lionbrand that was mentioned in another post.
http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60121A.html?noImages= The gauge shown for the yarn used for the pattern says: 14
sts - 18 rows = 4" on 8 mm needles. Should I move up to a 7 mm. circular needle? [/quote:3aa53dfc58] You could,
that's pretty close. sue

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Posted by Anonymous on Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:11 PM    Post subject: Patons "Carmen"

Good Morning everyone, I posted a message a few days ago about knitting a cowl/hood from a fluffy yarn. I was out at
Michael's and purchased the yarn I had seen previously. It is called "Carmen" by Patons. Here is the link:
http://www.patonsyarns.com/product.php?LGC=carmen I just looked at the gauge and the Carmen shows: Tension 13 sts - 16
rows = 4" on 6.5 mm. needles I think I will try the pattern casting on 89 stitches, and the free pattern from
Lionbrand that was mentioned in another post. http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/60121A.html?noImages= The gauge
shown for the yarn used for the pattern says: 14 sts - 18 rows = 4" on 8 mm needles. Should I move up to a 7 mm.
circular needle? thanks...Linda

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View entire thread: ripping day
Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:25 AM    Post subject: Re: ripping day

Thank you AUD , you are always an understanding person, Well , last ripping worked well i found the Proper way to do
those triangles and it starts to look well , a little more and the work is done ,,, Than i MUST finnish my son`s sweater
,,,, Ever since my Work room is So IMMACULATE , and every work is on the wall in a special cloth bag [i have two wall
coat hangers with a stick on both ,,,, thus many cloth bags make the room a half Labratory half a mysterious place]. I
decided for a change to try and finnish one work after the other and not do a bit here and a bit there ,,, FOR A WHILE
,,, till i see less bags hanging there ... mirjam :>:>:>:>: ail.com> wrote: [quote:549768db10]
"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> skrev i melding news:4539a1de.2422640@ar.news.verio.net...
Hallo Katherine , after i wrote it , as it came from my deepest feelings i had to think about it, maybe it is a matter
of this sound , in Hebrew Ripping sound more gentle and less Alarming than Frog . mirjam Rip-rip-rip-rip... is the
sound you hear...when you rip.. ..often it is very annoying, but after you have done it, and you start on a
"new" OK work, I ofter feel a relief! new start, problems eliminated! Thus: Rip-rip-rip... a nice sound !
Frog...Well, I am not an expert in English,and the word may have more than one meaning, but I always think about a FROG,
and that has nothing with my knitting to do!LOL! Therefore I agree with Mirjam, ripping is a nicer word to me too! Aud
;-) [/quote:549768db10]

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Posted by Aud on Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:44 PM    Post subject: Re: ripping day

"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> skrev i melding news:4539a1de.2422640@ar.news.verio.net...
[quote:5bf24cea13]Hallo Katherine , after i wrote it , as it came from my deepest feelings i had to think about it,
maybe it is a matter of this sound , in Hebrew Ripping sound more gentle and less Alarming than Frog . mirjam Rip-rip-
rip-rip... is the sound you hear...when you rip..[/quote:5bf24cea13] ...often it is very annoying, but after you have
done it, and you start on a "new" OK work, I ofter feel a relief! new start, problems eliminated! Thus: Rip-
rip-rip... a nice sound ! Frog...Well, I am not an expert in English,and the word may have more than one meaning, but I
always think about a FROG, and that has nothing with my knitting to do!LOL! Therefore I agree with Mirjam, ripping is a
nicer word to me too! Aud ;-)

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:12 PM    Post subject: Re: ripping day

I am not very fond on the term frogging , it gives me an uneasy feeling , thus i use the other ones. Well i FINNALLY
worked out where MY stupid mistake was , now it flows ,,,, of coiurse this day i was due to do another job , but in my
coffee break i managed 2 more triangles ,,than pushed myself back to main job of the day ... Tomorrow i have 2 train
travels each of an hour , maybe i will take it with me. but with those thick Dps i am not sure ,,, maybe news today
will provide me with Enough knitting time ... mirjam [quote:260d069c0a]Ripping can be frustrating....at our house
it's either "unknitting" or DH notices that I'm 'frogging' rip-it, rip-it... Carol "Mirjam Bruck-
Cohen" <mirjam@actcom.co.il> wrote in message news:4536ff7d.1433281@ar.news.verio.net... I wanted to finnish
something [ in fact a Domino moebious ], and as i was watching news , i made a huge mistake ,,,,, thus i ripped it out ,
but it was done carefully and i saw where my mistake was ,,, thus started a new , i Have the body done , i am only fill
in the triangles that occure between the squares ,,, it is supposed to be a present ,,, so i better get it done. Becuse
of the problematic of the making the turn in this special way , i used a paper cut to know where to do the turn ,,,,
Here is a Mind game for all of you ..... mirjam [/quote:260d069c0a]

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Posted by Katherine on Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:35 AM    Post subject: Re: ripping day

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: [quote:5f376d8463]I am not very fond on the term frogging , it gives me an uneasy feeling ,
thus i use the other ones. Well i FINNALLY worked out where MY stupid mistake was , now it flows ,,,, of coiurse this
day i was due to do another job , but in my coffee break i managed 2 more triangles ,,than pushed myself back to main
job of the day ... Tomorrow i have 2 train travels each of an hour , maybe i will take it with me. but with those thick
Dps i am not sure ,,, maybe news today will provide me with Enough knitting time ... [/quote:5f376d8463] Why don't you
like the term "Frogging", Mirjam? TO me it is more gentle than "ripping". Higs, Katherine

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View entire thread: OT: Still around
Posted by Midwest poster on Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:05 PM    Post subject: Re: OT: Still around

That's great Darlene, you must have caught Mirjam's bug. LOL -- Jan in MN "Craftkitten"
<mischief@rogers.com> wrote in message news:1161919129.226749.87170@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
[quote:290641b2a7]Hi Well this week has been a good week for me with regards to the cross-stitch kits that I started
last weekend. I have now finished two of the seven kits and have started working on another one already. The two that
I did just need to be framed but will wait for a while to get them framed. My crocheting and knitting has been down
some this week as I have concentrated on the cross-stitch instead. Take care Darlene Craftkitten wrote: I ended up
with 7 cross-stitch kits (started) so now I am trying to get some of them completed as well as trying to get some
knitting and crocheting done. [/quote:290641b2a7]

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Posted by Mirjam Bruck-Cohen on Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:42 AM    Post subject: Re: OT: Still around

Hallo Darlene ,, so good to see/read you Good to read your wristr healed ..... mirjam [quote:8713d74175]Hi The
wrist has healed and I am happy that I can crochet and knit like I have been doing lately. The CreativeFestival was a
lot of fun but have to admit that I was pretty tired after four days at the show. I ended up with 7 cross-stitch kits
(started) so now I am trying to get some of them completed as well as trying to get some knitting and crocheting done.
I do go back to work on November 13th so I know that my crafting time is going to go down after that so I am trying to
get lots done until then. Take care. Darlene bienchat@hotmail.com wrote: Wow, you sure finished a lot of things
Darlene. I'm sure they will all be loved and apreciated. Hope your wrist is healed by now. Marie and the cats
[/quote:8713d74175]

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Posted by Craftkitten on Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:18 AM    Post subject: Re: OT: Still around

Hi Well this week has been a good week for me with regards to the cross-stitch kits that I started last weekend. I
have now finished two of the seven kits and have started working on another one already. The two that I did just need
to be framed but will wait for a while to get them framed. My crocheting and knitting has been down some this week as I
have concentrated on the cross-stitch instead. Take care Darlene Craftkitten wrote: I ended up with 7 cross-stitch
kits (started) so now I am trying to get some of them [quote:8394d61ed0]completed as well as trying to get some knitting
and crocheting done. [/quote:8394d61ed0]

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Posted by Craftkitten on Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:01 PM    Post subject: Re: OT: Still around

Hi The wrist has healed and I am happy that I can crochet and knit like I have been doing lately. The CreativeFestival
was a lot of fun but have to admit that I was pretty tired after four days at the show. I ended up with 7 cross-stitch
kits (started) so now I am trying to get some of them completed as well as trying to get some knitting and crocheting
done. I do go back to work on November 13th so I know that my crafting time is going to go down after that so I am
trying to get lots done until then. Take care. Darlene bienchat@hotmail.com wrote: [quote:9f9313cf24]Wow, you sure
finished a lot of things Darlene. I'm sure they will all be loved and apreciated. Hope your wrist is healed by now.
Marie and the cats [/quote:9f9313cf24]

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Posted by bienchat@hotmail.com on Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:13 AM    Post subject: Re: OT: Still around

Wow, you sure finished a lot of things Darlene. I'm sure they will all be loved and apreciated. Hope your wrist is
healed by now. Marie and the cats Craftkitten wrote: [quote:af3a41c22f]Hi Just wanted to let everyone know that I am
still around just busy right now. I am not working at my job but have to admit that I think I am busier now than when I
have a full time job as well. I have been busy working on charity projects and currently have 34 baby toques, 6 baby
shawls, and 4 pairs of mens slippers already completed. I have been working on these projects since the beginning of
September and have goals for myself for the end of October which I hope to meet. I am also in the middle of crocheting
a baby afghan for a friend who is expecting in early November. I started this afghan on Friday evening and am hoping
that I can get it completed this week. I am heading downtown this week to the Creative Sewing and Needleword Festival
here in Toronto for some cross-stitch/specialty stitch classes as well as needle tatting and advanced cable knitting
classes. I am going to be busy the next few days but have to admit that I love doing all the classes that I can during
this show. Hope everyone is keep well. Darlene (Craftkitten)[/quote:af3a41c22f]

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Posted by SpikeDriver on Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:07 AM    Post subject: Re: OT: Still around

Craftkitten wrote: [quote:0b198f38fa]Hi Just wanted to let everyone know that I am still around just busy right now. I
am not working at my job but have to admit that I think I am busier now than when I have a full time job as well. I
have been busy working on charity projects and currently have 34 baby toques, 6 baby shawls, and 4 pairs of mens
slippers already completed. I have been working on these projects since the beginning of September and have goals for
myself for the end of October which I hope to meet. I am also in the middle of crocheting a baby afghan for a friend
who is expecting in early November. I started this afghan on Friday evening and am hoping that I can get it completed
this week. I am heading downtown this week to the Creative Sewing and Needleword Festival here in Toronto for some
cross-stitch/specialty stitch classes as well as needle tatting and advanced cable knitting classes. I am going to be
busy the next few days but have to admit that I love doing all the classes that I can during this show. Hope everyone
is keep well. Darlene (Craftkitten) Thanks for checking in Darlene.[/quote:0b198f38fa] Nice to hear you getting every
thing under control. Please check in more often. Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

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Posted by Shillelagh on Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:41 PM    Post subject: Re: Still around

"Craftkitten" <mischief@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:1161177113.665485.118930@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:f9fd925370]Hi I am heading downtown this week to
the Creative Sewing and Needleword Festival here in Toronto for some cross-stitch/specialty stitch classes as well as
needle tatting and advanced cable knitting classes. I am going to be busy the next few days but have to admit that I
love doing all the classes that I can during this show. Hope everyone is keep well. Darlene (Craftkitten)
[/quote:f9fd925370] Good to hear from you Darlene. Have fun at the show. Shelagh

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Posted by Craftkitten on Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:11 PM    Post subject: OT: Still around

Hi Just wanted to let everyone know that I am still around just busy right now. I am not working at my job but have to
admit that I think I am busier now than when I have a full time job as well. I have been busy working on charity
projects and currently have 34 baby toques, 6 baby shawls, and 4 pairs of mens slippers already completed. I have been
working on these projects since the beginning of September and have goals for myself for the end of October which I hope
to meet. I am also in the middle of crocheting a baby afghan for a friend who is expecting in early November. I
started this afghan on Friday evening and am hoping that I can get it completed this week. I am heading downtown this
week to the Creative Sewing and Needleword Festival here in Toronto for some cross-stitch/specialty stitch classes as
well as needle tatting and advanced cable knitting classes. I am going to be busy the next few days but have to admit
that I love doing all the classes that I can during this show. Hope everyone is keep well. Darlene (Craftkitten)

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View entire thread: Alpaca Advice
Posted by Georgia on Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:09 AM    Post subject: Re: Alpaca Advice

It's true that alpaca yarn has no memory, but because it's so lightweight, I've never had the problems with it that I've
had with cotton (or silk noil)--I gave away the sweaters I made with those because they kept falling off my shoulders,
LOL. But my alpaca sweater (2nd row, far right at http://www.georgiamorgan.net/html/knitting.htm) is one of my
favorites. Neither loose nor tight, and my first choice for travel because it's so lightweight and compresses (and
recovers from it) so well. Georgia "enigma" <enigma@empire.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9860B46A7354Aenigmaempirenet@199.125.85.9... [quote:0d655c50ec]"Vintage Purls"
<moragmck@gmail.com> wrote in news:1161149905.448373.280320@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: . Can anyone share
their experiences with Alpaca? Is it a reasonable fiber to attempt a fine yarn with? alpaca yarn has NO memory. it
stretches, bags & gets distorted. it's great to spin, great to knit, but i would *never* give an alpaca project as a
gift... well, maybe if it was just a scarf, where the stretching & refusing to go back to shape doesn't matter. if
you ply it with the merino, it might be ok, but i'd make a really big test swatch before knitting a fine vintage sweater
from it. lee <and i raise llamas... -- Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if there be one, he
must more approve the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. - Thomas Jefferson[/quote:0d655c50ec]

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Posted by Vintage Purls on Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:04 PM    Post subject: Re: Alpaca Advice

enigma wrote: [quote:29832ac2c5]alpaca yarn has NO memory. it stretches, bags & gets distorted. it's great to spin,
great to knit, but i would *never* give an alpaca project as a gift... well, maybe if it was just a scarf, where the
stretching & refusing to go back to shape doesn't matter. if you ply it with the merino, it might be ok, but i'd
make a really big test swatch before knitting a fine vintage sweater from it. lee <and i raise llamas...
[/quote:29832ac2c5] Hmm, okay I think I'll stick with the merino for significant projects then (it's cheaper than Alpaca
and plentiful here in NZ anyway). I just thought Alpaca might be a little special. Thanks!

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Posted by enigma on Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:44 PM    Post subject: Re: Alpaca Advice

"Vintage Purls" <moragmck@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1161149905.448373.280320@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: [quote:9ecb5fe0f6]. Can anyone share their experiences
with Alpaca? Is it a reasonable fiber to attempt a fine yarn with? [/quote:9ecb5fe0f6] alpaca yarn has NO memory. it
stretches, bags & gets distorted. it's great to spin, great to knit, but i would *never* give an alpaca project as
a gift... well, maybe if it was just a scarf, where the stretching & refusing to go back to shape doesn't matter.
if you ply it with the merino, it might be ok, but i'd make a really big test swatch before knitting a fine vintage
sweater from it. lee <and i raise llamas...> -- Question with boldness even the existence of god; because if
there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. - Thomas Jefferson

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View entire thread: Organization Using 100% Wool Yarn
Posted by Leah on Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:39 PM    Post subject: Re: Organization Using 100% Wool Yarn

[quote:30c3583921]Thanks! I'm a part of The Ships Project, knitting/crocheting/sewing hats and other items for the
troops overseas..to give them support and hugs from home..depending on where you are, there just might be someone
involved with this also...if you have black wool yarn, there are some troops that can only use black hats and other
items.. [/quote:30c3583921] Donna I've started knitting for The Ships Project, too, and they can use also use brown
shades in wool items for ground troops in Iraq, since it is a desert. The colored wool would be good for the ships
themselves, since they can have brighter colors. Hats For The Homeless also takes items, and I bet wool would be very
welcome, since it will help keep you warm even if it gets wet, an important feature for those unfortunates living
outside. It's currently below freezing outside at my place in Arizona, can't imagine how much harder it has to be in
other colder parts of the country! Leah

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Posted by Donna McIntosh on Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:10 PM    Post subject: Re: Organization Using 100% Wool Yarn

"Linda F" <lfranklin@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:eMfZg.199293$FQ1.122804@attbi_s71...
[quote:f363a6f223]I am looking for a charitable organization which can use 100% wool yarn. We have a large quantity of
this we'd like to donate to a group which can make use of it. Suggestions please! Thanks! I'm a part of The Ships
Project, knitting/crocheting/sewing hats and other items for the troops overseas..to give them support and hugs from
home..depending on where you[/quote:f363a6f223] are, there just might be someone involved with this also...if you have
black wool yarn, there are some troops that can only use black hats and other items.. Donna in S. Indiana

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