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Janner France

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Roberta

Like Roberta, I read everyday, not much to offer for information. And sometimes my posts don't go through :(

G> Has the sun come out? Where is everyone? No new posts showing up. >

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Ginger in CA

Ditto here. Lately I've been doing a new Craftsy online class (lace knitting with beads), and there's definitely a learning curve -- like don't use such slippery lace-weight yarn and then neglect to put those little doodads onto the ends of the needles when I'm not actively knitting. :S I can now do a provisional cast-on in my sleep.

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Sandy Foster

I'm still here. Like Roberta I'm still reading. We seem to be mostly whittled down to just people who could quilt in their sleep. In fact I am sure that I have, at least that is the best explanation I have to offer for some of the quilts I have perpetrated. (G)

Sandy I darn near took that knitting course myself. I wanted to see what new and exciting things have come around since I tagged along with my grandma to a "Knit and Crochet with Pearls" class at the Thule Lodge when I was about 7. Money is a bit tight here though so I passed on it.

Oh and hey, I f> Like Roberta, I read everyday, not much to offer for information. And

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NightMist

AW. fer crying out loud, NM. What is this " DH is my photographer" bit? Do I need to come take a picture and plug in the cute little thingie for you? Anyone who overcomes such as you have can surely take a picture and plug it in. Be ashamed. Be very ashamed. I am so surprised that you'd let that wee little nothing bit of tech stand in your way. Polly

"NightMist" I'm still here.

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Polly Esther

Oh yes please!

You should just see my thousand and one attempts to get a decent picture out of these little digital doohickeies.

I used to take all my own reference photos and everything. Then it started getting harder to find 35mm film. Then the proper camera place went out and the only place you could get developing was either mail order or those junky 24 hour places. I have been trying to use the stupid little digital camera, but it is an autofocus thing so you have to dance around to try and get it in proper focus, and then it all comes out a blur anyhow. I've looked at digital slr cameras and just about fainted dead away at the prices. You can't just hope for luck at a garage sale either, because when they upgrade anything digital it becomes nigh unto impossible to get the necessary software for the old models.

With your spanky new bionic eyes I bet you can just give these cameras a hard look and they sit up and say Yes'm!

NightMist

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Roberta

I managed to sign up for the class when it was at half-price, so that helped. :) One reason I wanted to take it was that I'd already taken another class from the same teacher, and she's very good.

Ooooh, that's really pretty! Far beyond my beginner skills at knitting, too. I can't wear wool -- I itch like crazy -- so acrylic is a good option for me, too. I have discovered, though, that I can wear alpaca -- lovely stuff!

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Sandy Foster

That is all knit colorwork. The pattern really isn't all that tough it is a fairly short repeat that starts off at 18 stitches and of course that repeat gets shorter as you go up the yoke. I snagged it off an icelandic yarn site. It is meant to be knit with lopi. I grew up knitting in swedish, so two strands in the round seems pretty natural to me. It really is a pretty easy pattern. here is no patterning on the sleeves, and they are just knit in not sewn, so there is minimal shaping, no steeks, and it only has just the three colors.

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It is the sweater with horses.

NightMist

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Roberta

I've been very busy but things are slowing down form me so I will be posting more. Barbara in SC

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Bobbie Sews More

Well, to be honest, I've been working alot and do read the postings at leas= t once a week. FB can be addictive, but my kids are on it, so i keep up wit= h them there. =20 I finished a WUH for my son, out of his old Marine uniforms. I have pics on= my phone, but not a clue how to post them to my Webshots account from ther= e. If I can get assistance, maybe they'll show up in the near future! I wen= t through my UFO's yesterday and found some old gems that need attention an= d quilting. I picked out an applique' Christmas top that I want to hand qui= lt. Don't think this one is on my webshots, but echo and trapunto come to m= ind for it. I counted 5 tops that cold be tied for quick gifts and a few I = could practice machine quilting on, there's several small lap sized ones th= at will most likely get hand quilted and 3 still in blocks....one is from t= he Yahoo group from last year. I need to download the last 5 or so blocks t= o do for it...pretty baskets and birds. I did happen to finish the black an= d white swap we had on Yahoo...i gave that to my niece, she loved it. Did t= he sashing and borders in lime green! the problem with that was that i neve= r got a picture!=20 Going to be in the 90's today here in southern California...glad i'm indoor= s and in the A/C!!! What is everyone working on?

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amy in SoCal

DH and I are in the process of planning the remodel of my sewing room. I have so many projects to do but no deadline so I'm ok with dismantling what is there and starting over. The hardest part will be rearranging my stash to fit in smaller containers and culling in the process. I'm not looking forward to that. We plan to pull up the carpet and put hardwood floors like we did in the public rooms upstairs. Then he will build new tables for sewing, pressing and ironing with maximum storage. Then we'll have to put it all back, somehow. I doubt I'll get it all back in there since it seems to swell when moved. I've been adding to the room for nearly 30 years....Aack. I think I'm nutz. Someone talk me out of this project, please. If I'm not on here from time to time, will someone notify the paramedics to take me out from under the pile-up that's sure to happen? Donna in Bellevue.

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ddean

Gosh Donna sounds like fun to me. You'll be surprised at all the stuff you find that you forgot about or had been unseen for a long time. Keep a phone in your pocket in case you need to make a call out for help! Before and after pics would be fun? Taria

DH and I are in the process of planning the remodel of my sewing room. I have so many projects to do but no deadline so I'm ok with dismantling what is there and starting over. The hardest part will be rearranging my stash to fit in smaller containers and culling in the process. I'm not looking forward to that. We plan to pull up the carpet and put hardwood floors like we did in the public rooms upstairs. Then he will build new tables for sewing, pressing and ironing with maximum storage. Then we'll have to put it all back, somehow. I doubt I'll get it all back in there since it seems to swell when moved. I've been adding to the room for nearly 30 years....Aack. I think I'm nutz. Someone talk me out of this project, please. If I'm not on here from time to time, will someone notify the paramedics to take me out from under the pile-up that's sure to happen? Donna in Bellevue.

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Roberta

On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 05:29:51 -0500, Janner wrote (in article ):

I've just been busy dropping my quilts at the Illinois State Fair and then obsessively checking the competition results on line before the fair opens on Friday.

No, I didn't win anything. I'm fairly certain, however, that the quilt that won the whole shebang was in our guild's show in March. And it is gorgeous!

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak

Roberta, Nice little beg in there. Very subtle. Send me your snail mail addy and I'll keep it handy for a few months (that's how long I suspect it will take to finish the job). I'm quite sure there are many pieces in my stash that I won't like anymore. I've mostly moved away from florals, for instance. My email address is now snipped-for-privacy@dean-net.net. Donna in Belleve

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Roberta

Howdy! Such a good beg; *sniff* I'm so proud.

No good fabric goes to waste.

Ragmop/Sandy - working on another scrappy quilt top

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Sandy E

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