WHAT?????

Does preparaing for conference count ? does repairing clothes count ? mirjam

Hee hee - sure, why not? It's just that we used to get a really good list of FO's at the end of each month.

I have two pairs of favourite socks that I knitted that need to be mended, so maybe I'll do that tonight. ;>)

Shelagh

Ha, I have three UFOs sitting at my left elbow as I write, and a further three to my right. I've decided to frog one so I consider it to be over, one is almost finished bar the last little sleeve so I consider that almost a FO, the rest all have plenty of work left to go (sigh). I'm just proud I haven't started anything new in the last 72 hours.

However, I have been sorting and storing my collection of vintage patterns like a demon. The spare bed is now mostly uncovered and all my knitting stuff (bar a little bit of wool) is in one room. I've got sorted file boxes and folders and a filing draw of patterns by publisher. I've set up a wee office for myself and it's such a cool creative space I'm sure I'll be much more organised in future (stop laughing).

Now I reackon I'm one bookcase away from having a proper storage place for everything (provided I never buy another thing).

I said stop laughing. :)

VP

In October I finished a Pi shawl with a matching cap, a bunch of double-knit commissioned caps, and not much else. I have four caps to finish before Thanskgiving, 10 scarves to run up on the knitting machine on commission. Once those are done I can get back to my own stuff, which is a Stahman shawl, machine scarves as Christmas gifts, and the four sweaters I've started and left in various states of incompleteness :D

How about the 6 new knitting and crochet books I read? :-)

I have seen this term used twice and I am still new to all the needlework jargon, so please forgive me for asking...but what does "frog" mean?

Christy

Tell us which ones they are... I'm interested in knowing.

I just took a good knitting book out of the library, and then found out it's out of print. It's called "Beyond Wool" by Candace Eisner Strick. I liked it so much, I wanted to buy it. I did find a used one on Amazon, and the shipping costs are more than twice the cost of the book. The joys of living outside the U.S.

Shelagh

Given that I'm so new here, I don't feel I'm quite entitled to do so, but here goes: Velvet evening bag with stump work embroidery (although the chain shoulder strap still needs to be put on permanently - not sure yet how I'll do that), Hand tailored blazer from Indian silk, needs button hole and a button and then to have the tailor's tacks removed, Cotton knitted T in lace pattern, Pair of socks. Currently spinning dog hair (Maremma) with Alpaca to make a Beanie for a neighbour.

Shelagh, I find Amazon a bit pricey so tend to use other book suppliers. I don't know if this link is of any use to you but have a look and see if it is.

Frog means to rip out your knitting: Rip it Rip it sounds like what a frog says.

Hesira

Well I have but gave them away before I could take pictures

2 Hats made with a pattern from One-Skein Wonders [101 Yarn-Shop Favorites] for those that have the book the picture is on page 98 and called Ela's Favorite Hat. The first hat was made with Taos yarn and the Second with some beautiful di.ve Teseo in blues and purples colorways.....I gave that on to a dear friend that is going thru her 3rd round of chemo.....we are co-workers and I have shown her all my knitting projects and none perked her up until she saw the Teseo so I gave it to her

Finished my 4th Baby Surprise Jacket.

2 baby hats for the Guild

Donna

What! All of your knitting stuff is in *one* room??? It's all organized and you're not planning on buying anymore? Pass me the chocolate, we're coming right over. Marie and the cats

For October I finished: one giant afghan for ds2

4 hats 2 pairs of slippers 2 pairs of socks 2 small knitted purses squares for HAP project

Marie and the cats

I either missed it in the post or you didn't say. Do you use a lace pattern for your MK scarves? I'm curious, as I was asked by someone if I could help make scarves for sale in a local store, and we're looking into it. The yarn would probably be Crystal Palace Kid Merino, lace weight, but a plain knit HK on big needles doesn't seem all that impressive to me, because while fuzzy, KM doesn't have the interest of eyelash yarns on big needles in garter. I've seen a pattern for a HK lace Kid Merino scarf, and I was thinking if the yarn could stand up to my Brother KM, a lace pattern may work.

TIA for any help in this regard. I'm excited, because I could make some extra $$$ just in time for Christmas.

Leah

Nope, I run them up in 1x1 rib on my Passap Duo80, which is a double-bed jacquard machine that does ribbing "out of the box", so to speak. I'm not interested enough in machine knitting to learn how to do fancy work,and I'm not interested in hand-manipulating stitches to produce fake lace, either!.

When I run Zephyr or Elann Peruvian Baby Silk on the Duo80 my setup is tension 1, stitch length 4.5, every 4th needle in work on each bed, 21 in front and 20 on the back so the selvedges "aim" the same way. 600 rows makes a scarf about 5.5' in length and 3.5-4" wide. One 2oz cake of Zephyr is more than adequate for a scarf this size and leaves me enough yarn to add fringes. I add beads to fringes on request or when I plan to gift the scarf to a woman. Adding the fringes saves me binding off or otherwise having to finish the ends (more avoidance of manual stitch manipulation!).

I use my knitting machines for convenience/speed knitting, and for running yarns I don't like to knit by hand (like cotton blends for socks). The woman who commissioned the scarves knows she's getting "hand knit on a machine and finished by hand" because there is simply not enough time for me to make 10 scarves by hand before Christmas.

Oooh- Di.ve Teseo- I made myself a pullover sweater with the blue/ grey colors earlier this year. It's so soft, love it! Has a very nice striping pattern too. Marie and the cats

Nov 4, 6:45 am, "DAB" wrote:

I didn't say I'm not planning to buy more, I said if I don't buy any more then I have room for everything. That said, I put up shelves yesterday and put all my books on them freeing up some space in a cupboard. Fibre went into the cupboard but I notice there is definitely a little bit of room on those shelves - so methinks book buying is definitely okay (a fact I relayed to DH and was meet with a swift "no!"). VP

Of course you are, we always want to hear about what people are making.

And welcome!

Shelagh

My Brother machine allows simple eyelet lace patterns via its punch card system.

VP