Is there a way we can make new posts pop such as the subject line in caps to make it pop against all the spam that's found it's way into this group?

Hello Everyone I am new on this newsgroup so I aplogize if I am not following proper n.group etiquette. I am looking at starting my first sweater. I visited a knit store and saw a pattern in a Rown magazine "Denim People". I feel in love with one sweater but I don't want to buy the book for one...

I bought a knitting needle guide from "Boye" and it has measurements in US needle size and mm sizes. The mm sizes are listed as 2, 2/1/4, 2/3/4.. and one my questions are, how come they list a mm as a fraction? It seems to me that the mm would be 2, 2.25, 2.75 etc. Mona

Hi all, I'm back to tell you that my friend came over on Monday and got me started on 4 needle socks. She had taken me shopping for new yarn and larger needles first. Once she showed me how to get going, everything fell into place.She said she thought the woman in the yarn shop steered me wrong...

My friend has a sweater her son brought from Ireland and the yarn has a strong odor. Possibly lanolin. Any suggestions for a remedy?

Hello Cher, how is the mailing going.....have you heard from Texas... Els standing by -- delete doba to email me.....:=))

Well some of you have expressed a wish to do more than two squares a month. I have no control over what you do personally. However, please bear it in mind that some of our members of this group, lead extremely busy lives and cannot for one reason or another get theirs done this fast. Also if you...

On Friday, October 31, 1997 8:00:00 AM UTC, Greg wrote: I am looking for knitting patterns for kids jumpers from Gary Kennedy in the UK . I am in Australia , and obtaining these patterns is rather difficult other than from the 'English Woman's Weekly' . If anyone has any patterns , or...

On one of the gazillion knitting sites I have visited in the last few months, there is a great picture of a couple old grizzled men in a pub and one is knitting. More than anything I want a large print of that picture. I'm sure I bookmarked that site but I have ended up bookmarking practically...

Thank you all for the welcome. I have been looking in for a couple of months, and couldn't keep quiet when I saw Stella's question about sneezing cats. I also notice that when the vet says to give antibiotics for 10 days, kitty colds seem to run longer than that. My neighbor has several cats...

Thanks to all for your advice about sock yarns. I have ordered some Brown Sheep Wildfoote (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon) on eBay along with some size 1 double-points, which should arrive next week. I'm excited to get started! But sock excitement aside, I'm already beginning planning for my...

Hello everyone, I have MSN and hot mail and find them excellent - lots of spam which they throw into bulk mail and delete each week , so I do not actually have to look at it. I have a yahoo account and use it purely as an account to send greeting cards. because they have a better choice. As...

General lessons: Check your gauge often and at many locations on the work. When I was doing the pattern overhaul I failed to account for the fact that a stranded fabric made with sport-weight yarn would be thicker than if I used worsted-weight and made an unstranded fabric. Fortunately my gauge...

It's very light and feminine. I want to make one for myself, looks like two rectangles sewn togther. Either rows of dc, or ch1 ski dc. Might have been done with a hook as big as a Q. I saw some yarn by Red Heart, Symphony, that looks very similar. Paton's makes a yarn too, Divine, that I think...

Just wanted to drop in and say "hi" and let you all know that the prayers and good wishes and happy dances have been going up from here for those who need them, as well as the welcomes for those who have come out of lurkdom . Things continue to be very busy, and I've been finding that I have time...

Angela Faye Oon wrote: Hello rcty-ers, I'm a relative newbie to knitting (have been crocheting for a while) and I've got this cast-on question which may sound a little dumb. I've discovered that I tend to cast-on too tight, so from a tip I read from a website I'm using a needle that's...

Hi I have a project going on knitting tubes (4 stiches) to make my own TUBU yarns with special effects. It is a very tiring job to do by hand, and I have heard of half-automatic tools for that. I know that they in danish is called "strikkemølle" and in german "Strick Mühle", but I don't know...

Currently listing auction style a large selection of sock loopers on ebay. Go to http://www.ebay.com/sch/ldkocher/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562 to see what is available.

Good Morning everyone, I just wanted to say how truly impressed I am with this group! Aud: I just went and looked at your slippers. They're beautiful. Makes me want to go buy some wool and give it a whirl! The only problem is that it's the stitching that makes them really impressive! I...

i'm looking for a knitting pattern for a nice shawl or lapghan to make for my grandma's 101st birthday in May. i'm not a fast knitter so something fast & easy would be best, i think, but something with more pizazz than plain garter stitch. it *has* to be knit, as my crochet talents extend only to...