Ot are all lost in wooly lands

snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.actcom.co.il:

it is a bit slow here today. i've got a sick llama, so she's keeping me a bit occupied. she's on thiamine & penicillin injections twice/day for at least another week & a half. i need to try to get her standing tomorrow, as she's been down for a week now & that's really bad for her circulation & muscles. she's really dizzy though, so she doesn't want to get up. we think she has an ear infection. oh, & i'm just finishing tidying up the ends on a kitty i knit. once that's done, i'll felt it. it's for my mom for the holidays. lee

I was thinking the same thing Mirjam!!!!

Its winter now, where is every one?

We miss you all.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Lee Best wishes for POOR MISS Lama ,, i think they are the Cutest animals ,, mirjam

Well Dennis 2 heads are always Better than one !!!!

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i count my days [ 2 more to schlep ] till cast comes of,,, am EAGER TO KNITTTTTTTTTTTT mirjam arter.net> wrote:

Yes two heads are better. :)

I h> Well Dennis 2 heads are always Better than one !!!!

snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il (Mirjam Bruck-Cohen) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.actcom.co.il:

thank you Mirjam. Perl is a very sweet girl. llamas don't really like interaction with humans, so i don't think this is making her any happier with me... however, i may try brushing her a bit. her mother seems to enjoy being brushed, so perhaps Perl will too. it makes it much easier to shear them if they've been kept brushed. less mats & vegetable matter (and sand. they love to roll in sand) in the fiber. lee

Mirjam

I'm here. I've been busy helping my friend make scarves for sale in a local store. We're trying for a variety to appeal to different people, long skinny scarves in soft and fuzzy or (longer strands) of eyelash yarn that can be worn straight, wrapped around the neck and draped, or keyhole style (doubled over and ends pulled through the center like a very informal necktie).

I can't seem to coax lace out of my Brother no matter what I do. I reread the section about problems, so apparently, Brother knew it's really hard to get lace out of the machine.

In spare time, I'm trying to find charted lace patterns I can "translate" to the manual machines that don't take too terribly long, because I think 1-2 knit lace scarves would go over well.

I have to say I'm finding the info in Susan Guagliumi's Hand Manipulated Stitches For Machine Knitters and the June 1997 issue of Fashion Knitting invaluable in explaining how machine transfers relate to their hand knit counterparts. I KNOW how to do by hand sl1 knitwise, k2tog, psso by hand, but how to do it on the machine was confusing until I found these resources. Both also give in depth info on how to read lace charts.

Leah

I am here. I am attempting to try the Emily Ocker Cast on. I am trying to knit a hat/scarf combination that uses that method of cast on for 8 stitches. When I do get the cast on right, I keep dropping the stitches off the dp needles. I tried the magic loop method but I don't have a needle in the right size that is long enough. Next I will try two ciccular needles. My husband watches me when I try to get knitting started (casting on can be very frustrating at times) and says, "I thought knitting was supposed to be relaxing?" Marilyn

Marilyn,

Do you mean the needles are slipping out of the loops on the needles you are not knitting yet?

Dennis

Spike Driver wrote:

Thank you!

Yes, the needles were slipping out. I changed the size of the crochet hook I was using until I found one that made loops that were tight enough without being too big. Of course I recently misplaced the hook that would have worked the best. I have knit a couple of rows so far. I think it is ok now. I numbered the bamboo needles with a pencil so I could tell which needle I should knit first etc. for the first two rows, and I worked with the needles while I was sitting at a table. I am using black yarn at my DD#2 request which does not make it any easier. The dp needles are working for me so far. I don't think I will need to use 2 circulars.

Marilyn

I've been around, busy knitting. My oldest son has discovered how to use the computer and loves to play on a kids' site. So I don't have as much acess to the computer as I used to.

I am busily knitting a hat for a friend of mine to give as a Christmas present, as well as lots of handknitted dishcloths for teacher gifts at my sons' schools. The hat I'm knitting is entrelac, and so I have to pay attention to what I'm doing!

hope everyone is well!

lisa

Marilyn,

It is hard to get used to handling double point needles. I had the same problem when starting sock, I have made many pairs of socks now.

I found bamboo DPs to be some help. I hope you find the smaller crochet hook, it does help.

Please let us know if you need any more help. DPs do take a time to learn how to handle, they are a skill all in there own!

Did any of the post help?

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Marilyn wrote:

Still here, Mirjam! Just winding down to the end of term - papers almost all finished, exam preparation continuing. I don't get here often, but I am still around once in a while.

Higs, Katherine

I used this site to help with the cast on:

was the first in the list. It helped alot. I do much better with learning from photos than I do with only written directions.I have used larger dp needles to make hats without a problem.But the smaller dp needles and the small number of cast on stitches are another matter all together! I definitely need more practice. I am not going to let 5 thin pieces of wood and some string get the best of me!Sounds brave doesn't it? :)Thanks again,Marilyn

----- Original Message ----- From: "Spike Driver" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles.yarn Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:49 PM Subject: Re: Help on Emily Ocker Cast on

Marilyn,

Yes you are brave, you sound just like my Gail.

I think we all had the same problem with the shorter DPs. I have been knitting socks for over a quarter century now. I used do hate toe up soc ks, you have very few stitches to start from. I don't even think about it now. I do prefer top down socks I remember having a great fear of DPNs at first, you will do fine Marilyn.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Marilyn wrote:

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a FINE 'yarn':

Mirjam . . .

Waving wildly across the big pond, I've not been swallowed *yet*! Noreen

I here also Mirjam!!! Dennis