Update on the Hanami Shawl

Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':

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...)

S.

WOW! It's beautiful, Shelagh!! The close-up photo made me want to reach out and touch it, too. lol. I'll bet it's even prettier IRL. Good job!

lisa

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!

Ande

Yes, it worked for me -- and sorry, my text expander I use for work expanded "stst" (stocking stich) into "Steri-Strips." *red face*

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.

Shelagh

I was wondering about knitting bandages !?!

Georgia

Hi these are quite easy to make here is a link to a web page showing you how

Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':

Shelagh. . . Thank you! Melanie has some nice stuff! Noreen

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.

Shelagh

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply spun a FINE 'yarn': snipped:

-- and sorry, my text expander I use for work expanded

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

Georgia spun a FINE 'yarn':

Georgia. . . Not entirely undoable tho! LOL Noreen who HURTS when she laughs!

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.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

I loved the cat in the sink! Where on earth do you find a cat that wouldn't mind a bath? ROFLMAO!!!

That picture was in an email a friend sent to me and I thought it was hilarious.

Shelagh

Shelagh,

Please send the pic. Dennis