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Att'n: BB! :D
methinks it was Alan Michael or Lizzie. Noreen
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OT: "Lent"
I could make a longer list of what I'm NOT "giving-up" for "Lent"... how about ya'll? Noreen
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Joanne's yarn sale
Not much of a sale, but . . . . . . Howcome the yarns that I really want do not seem to go on sale? : ( A Shop the largest assortment of fabric, sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, knitting, crochet,...
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Changing size by changing guage
I have a vintage pattern for a fairly simple sweater from a 1970s Mon Tricot. The largest size is a 14 and I wear a 16-18, although I will double check the measurements. I'm wondering if I can enlarge...
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Need for Speed?
Since I have been reading here I notice comments about knitting at a speed of [something] and I just want to know what the reason for knitting fast is? Do the speed knitters do this because they have...
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My 2006 NYCO
Please excuse if this is posted twice. I tried to post it once and don't know where it went. I entered my 2006 NYCO project (knitted sweater with a crocheted yoke) in a knitting category of the...
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Happy Mardi Gras, Ya'll!
I've been out for a while, but wanted to pop in to wish you all a wonderful Fat Tuesday. If Olwyn Mary is around, I hope all is well in NOLA and you and your lovely town have fared well through the...
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Twisted cord untwists
Hi all I have been working through the following pattern for a pair of lovely little bee booties and matching hat: problem is with making the twisted cord for the top of the hat - Ihave tried...
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NYCO Gansey
New Years day I cast on for a traditional Cornish Seaman's gansey using "Fisherman's Wool" (930 yd/lb.) at a gauge of 8+ spi. I have made a point of only working on it a few hours per day as I help my...
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Home for a bit
This is reading week, so I am in Labrador, enjoying real winter at alst. Cold, but crisp and clean. I can drink water again without having to buy it in bottles. Not much knitting time, but at least I...
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Good morning Monday ,,,moebious shawls or any other item
I am delighted people enjoy making the moebiouses , and would like all to remember that it was Elizabeth Zimmermann who first converted this idea into knitting, But she used the idea of making a...
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17 years ago
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ATTN Sheilagh - White Buffalo
I've got two cakes of 6-ply unspun: one is White Buffalo in forest green, the other is Chinook in a brownish-black. I do have heapshitloads of unspun 3-ply if you're interested in that as well. Make...
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17 years ago
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Problems knitting a bootie heel
So I've gotten to the heel and the instructions read: Round 1 (Eyelet round): (k2tog, yo) 7 times, sk2p, yo, *k2tog, yo* Heres my problem: repeat to last st, slip st knitwise, slip 1 st st from next...
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Knitting Help
Hello, I am a very new knitter, and I have run across the following direction: P2tog without slipping sts off needle, then K2tog over same sts. I understand the P2tog and K2tog seperately, but I can't...
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London (UK) yarn shop review - Stash
I went to Stash yarns in Putney yesterday - lovely shop full of imported yarns, nearly all natural fibres. helpful staff. When I arrived there was a knitting lesson goingon and the five or six chairs...
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