WHAT?????

I run ZEPHYR at tension 4, stitch length 4. It's about half the diameter of the

Both yarns produce beautiful fabric with the 1x1 rib setup I described but the Zephyr silk is a lighter fabric.

I finished my second shawl in October.

I just almost-finished my doggie sweater for my 14YO dog (almost finished means it's perfectly wearable as is, but I don't have the ribbing on the legs yet). Tried it on her this afternoon. She didn't try to pull it off like she did the doggie sweater I got her a few years back from the pet store, and I put a buttonhole type of thing in to accommodate clipping a leash to her harness, but when she went outside the first thing she did was her two favorite things: roll in the dirt on her back (oops) and then scratch her back -- well, with the sweater on, it was TRY to scratch her back -- on the hedge and ended up pulling her sweater halfway down her back so far she couldn't walk. LOL Next time, I need to make the neck a little smaller and the underbelly part just a tad longer, but I'm not going to take this one apart, because she still needs a sweater to go for walks when it's cold.

Now I have to decide if I want to beat that tessellated fish into submission or make a doggie sweater for my puppy, who has hair and not fur and gets colder faster than my 14YO dog who I made the sweater for.

I, uh, had the brilliant idea of enrolling in two studio art classes this semester, so the knitting is going V E R Y slowly. I have "finished" half a (long knee) sock on #1 US needles.

Georgia

thank you shelgh , i am now mending an arm in cast , thus will use the non knitting non crafting time for crafty reading ,,,,, mirjam

What happened Mirjam?! Did you have an accident?

VP

I think it is my fave yarn now and ordered 15 skeins to make myself a sweater...I have started a Adult Surprise Jacket and can't wait to see how the strips come out

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote:

I was going to ask also and thought maybe I missed a post.

Donna

Wooly,

Thanks so much for generously sharing your scarf information! I have a Brother electronic which came with a lace carriage and a lot of preprogrammed lace patterns. You knit so many rows with the knitting "K carriage" and then make passes with the lace "L carriage", which takes care of transfers, creating the eyelets, so there's very little hand manipulation as is needed for plastic hobby machines. I was thinking a simple MK lace pattern repeat in the extremely fine CP Kid Merino yarn would produce a lacy scarf similar to what is being requested by the shop owner, though she's open to other scarf types, like the big needle thinner eyelash scarves that have been popular a while.

Thanks again.

Leah

(for the troops overseas - mailing these tomorrow), stilll working on my paying job (modelstitching) - and knitting a pair or two of Geisha socks (for my 14-yr old DD) from Cascase Fixation which is real fun to work with but I know the socks will fit thanks to the stretch in the yarn.

Donna in S. Indiana

(((HUGS!!!))) You definitely have my sympathy! The worst thing about when I broke my right wrist years ago was the embarassment! Ulricehamn is "South Sweden's Ski Paradice" so the clinic personnel are pretty used to the type of injuries one receives on a ski slope. Imagine the look I got, though, when the nurse asked "ski slopes, huh?" and I replied "Nah, I was just taking my dog for a pee!"

Get well soon!

Erin

Oh dear! Mirjam I'm sorry to hear about it. Please take care and heal quickly.

Knitting hugs Shelagh

Ouch! And there is no rushing a broken bone to heal. Read on.

VP

Hee hee, I do! I know I've been away for a little while but I can post my FO's:

Toddler Pinwheel Sweater from Elann Wendy's Toe-up Socks for Toddler Sweet Leaf Toddler Hat Lavender Toddler Longies Aubrey Doodlepants Toddler Longies

2 pair Christina's Baby Booties (NOT for my toddler!) Felted Toddler Mittens

Notice a trend? The list should explain why I haven't been on here much recently! But, my my, when was the last time I made something for myself??? This is depressing! I loved the Sweet Leaf Hat and considered trying to size it up for me but didn't want to match DD. We're moving next week so am probably not going to have too many FOs this month.

Pictures are here:

to see you all again! Mirjam, I'm so sorry to hear you broke your arm. I hope you are feeling better soon! Cheers, LauraJ

my sweater in there. I did a size 34-36 bust, if that would help you see the striping of the yarn. Everybody that's seen the sweater really likes it. It is beautiful yarn. Marie and the cats

Very nice Laura, beautiful work. I love the leaf hat, what pattern book is it from? And the teddy is so cute too. Marie and the cats

here:

Shillelagh spun a FINE 'yarn':

Shillelagh. . .

Does 18 lapghans for disabled veterans count? How about 35 chemo caps? What about the 14 stuffed animals I made for the childrens hospital and Vanderbilt? Then there are the three shawls and 4 pairs of sox on the needles! splort! Noreen who just plain forgot to post FO's and actually hasn't posted her FO's in over a year, lol!

YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':

YarnWright. . .

See, Shelagh, my reader automatically puts the poster's screenname in, as I said, earlier, Gemini comes up as NotLikely, YOU come up as Shillelagh, I come up as Yarnwright, etc.... I just was LAZY and didn't change you to Shelagh above. Capeshe? Noreen