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Red Heart Super Saver
Hi Everybody! Where Can I Find Affordable Red Heart Super Saver Yarn, Black And Frosty Green? If Anyone Can Help Me, I'd Really Appreciate It. Thanks
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OT: Now late birthday wishes for Gail
Edna, Nora, Thank you all for the good wishes. Gail is on a ventilator most of the day now. She is is great spirits considering the situation, that is all you can ask. They thing they have found...
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OT: Birthday Wishes on Wed. for Gail - Spike Drivers DW
Hi Dennis, Please wish Gail a very happy birthday tomorrow. I'm sending my prayers to you and her that she has a good day. Hugs, Nora
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Re: Continental Style knitting
Ah, I see, I have a friend who knits the same way as you do, she's also English. When I mentioned that I now knit socks, she said she has never done them because she would have to change the way she...
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Re: Continental Style knitting
Thanks for the personal experience. I was beginning to think I might not be able to break my throwing habit ;-)
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Re: Continental Style knitting
Sue, Thanks so much for the videos. I knit much like the first video as well (tho not as fast). The second video, I think, has real possibilities for increasing my speed. I find I am also holding less...
 
Re: Continental Style knitting
Lisa How do you Know ???? I have been kn itting almost 60 years , i learned the method of Throwing the thread , which my late mother and her friends called the `French way `, while the other way ,...
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Re: Continental Style knitting
Hi Sue, The worlds fastest knitter knits Continental Style: UK's fastest knitter knits English Style:'ve tried knitting Continental Style, but am slow as molasses, andneed lots more practice. I'm much...
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Continental Style knitting
I KNOW 'continental style' knitting (where the yarn is held in the left hand, as in crochet) is faster than 'American style' (where you hold the yarn in your right hand and 'throw' it over the...
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It is a GREAT day today!
Tony the Tiger gr-r-r-r-r-r-reat, even. *beaming* It's always a great day, don't you think, when you find out that the optometrist who told you two years ago that you had two separate ophthalmologic...
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Sock Yarn Sale
yarn above is the last sock yarn I used. I worked up great! It wears well and is washable. Let me know if you like it. At $4.00 a skein we can afford to make socks
 
project report.
I have been baking caps and scarves for the Mission in Rockford, Illinois. I should take Noreen's advice and keep a journal of what I make. I made many. I made 6 prayer shawls for the anniversary of...
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Looking for help with crochet pattern
This was posted in my 'webtv only' craft group and no one has been able to help. The person is crocheting a house slipper using the dmensions of her closed fist to make the pattern. Does anyone know...
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UK National Health Service seeks woolly breast knitters (not OT!)
The breasts are a cheaper alternative to latex models and are used for teaching expectant mothers