It seems to be kind of quiet here these days. Maybe a let down from the Christmas holiday rush?
My friend in Australia and I have finally started our KAL on the Hanami shawl. AFter a couple of false starts I've finally got two repeats done (64 rows) of the first chart. Here's a link to have a look if you'd like:
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hope the link works, I'm still getting used to Photobucket. ;>) Shelagh
Shelagh. . . The link didn't work for me, but that doesn't mean anything, as I'm not at my own computer, using someone elses' "Mac".... Where would one find the PATTERN??? Thanks, Noreen (who is busy offline with my Mom's cancer issues, broken hip, etc...)
Hi, I'm new here and just love this shawl! It looks a bit tough for me, but I can dream and drool :). Where did you get your stitch markers - they're lovely!
Hi Ande, and welcome! Thanks for your nice comments. A friend from Australia sent the stitch markers to me in a knitting buddy exchange. I agree with you, they are beautiful.
Thanks! This is a very different shawl in that the designer has one design on one end and it transitions through to a completely different design on the other.
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply spun a FINE 'yarn': snipped:
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Melinda . . . I laughed and laughed, even tho it HURT my sciatica, but OMG, that was TOO Funny! Although knitting bandages isn't really SO far-out! Noreen
Aren't they just ? and by coincidence, I happened to be passing the craft magazine section in a Newsagent ( my feet lead me astray ) and 'Simply Knitting' had a set of 6 stitch markers as a freebie :o))
Hey, I used to do that. A church women's group in Ohio used to knit bandages for a leper hospital in either India or Africa, I'm not sure which. Anyhow, it was dead easy, "idiot knitting" some of us called it. Takre a ball of bedspread cotton and size #1 needles. Cast on 30 stitches. Knit every row until either halfway through the ball or to the end. Cast off.
Apparently they liked the hand knit ones because they were more flexible, and being made of bedspread cotton they could be boiled to sterilise them, and re-used until they literally fell apart.
Some of our older women made themselves do fifteen minutes every morning on their bandages to keep (or get!) their fingers moving.
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