LOL - That's pretty funny. I guess Adam and I are getting fruit this year! Yeppie!!! Allaya When we'd been married nineteen years, one of my sisters sent us an anniversary card by the great Sandra Boynton, with a list of those in-between ones. I still have it, it's such a stitch. ...

hmmm...are our in-laws related? :) I agree that you should keep the shawl. But perhaps you can take a picture of the shawl and socks and send it to your MIL and FIL with a note saying that they were originally intended for them for Christmas, but since plans changed, the will be...

Elann has updated their free pattern section. Perhaps these patterns can provide holiday inspiration for some of you! :) Looks like they have some nice yarns on sale to boot... http://secure.elann.com/freepatterns.asp Allaya

yep! I'm sending out some Hanukkah gelt today to my friends. :) Happy Hanukkah! Allaya "Kirsten Procter" wrote in message ... Just a note to wishe happy Chanukah to those of you are celebrating. --

Oh boy, Jenn, this is a pickle. :( First of all, what is the sweater made of? If it's 100% wool, I'm afraid you're hosed. :P Sorry to contribute such a negative comment, but perhaps others with more experience will be able to give you some more helpful suggestions. :) Allaya "Jenn Bernat"...

I finally got my GINORMOUS wad of recycled Nepalese Sari yarn in the mail last week. I immediately balled one of the hanks up and began knitting with it (http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTunbiased.html). A couple of observations: 1) Knitting with this stuff is like knitting with jute rope! It's...

Have any of you out there seen the movie "Big Fish?" Aside from it being quite a good movie (IMHO), I absolutely fell in love with the sweater that the son's pregnant wife was wearing. It was cabled, had a hood and had a belt which tied it shut like a trench coat. I really liked the cable...

Hi everybody I think i kind of already know the answer to this question, but I was wondering...suppose you have a sweater pattern that requires 1400 yards of worsted weight yarn. Now suppose you would like to knit the same sweater using a chunky weight yarn that's say 3 stitches to the...

My friend recently informed me of a site I'd never visited before, but the yarn they sell looks really nice! Especially good deals on baby alpaca and merino wools. I'm going to try and order when I find the need for any. :) www.knitpicks.com Allaya

Katy, Welcome to the wonderful world of knitting! :) It's a wonderful way to spend your spare time, and I know it will be very rewarding for you. That said, you're right in noticing that some "instructional" booklets are not all that helpful for the beginner. In the end, it just boils down...

Noreen -- How did Don's scan go today? Everything is alright I hope? *crossing fingers* Said a prayer for him today. I hope it got there in time. :) Allaya

Last month, my friends, Caryn, Crystal, and I went to the Yarn Lady bag sale for Caryn's birthday. I'm not sure if any of you have ever been to this sale (people tell me that customers fly in from all over), but it was definitely an experience! Imagine large troughs filled to the top with bagged...

Hello! Word has it that the Mystery Knitter has sent me a package. THank you mystery knitter! :) You're so very sweet. Maybe one day when Laine loses her aversion to anybody knitting in the house, I will send you something too! I'm still alive here, everybody...sorry, but Lammy has been...

Hello everybody! It's getting to be a little hot here in Southern California, and DD's sling carrier is getting a little stuffy. I thought it might be nice to make a lacy little hammock sling for her so that she can feel the breeze while riding along with mommy. (For those of you who don't know...

This is the new message I was talking about in another post...anyway, I had to take my dear, sweet daughter Laine to the emergency room very early Sunday Morning (about 3:30 AM). She'd been crying for a very long time, and I just knew something was wrong. The doctor at the ER diagnosed her...

Unfortunately, not of my beautiful Aran sweater...or of the lovely crocheted squares I've made... But there ARE pictures (very bad cell phone pictures) of Lainey doing cute things while out and about. And one of She and daddy crashed out on the bed. hehehe www.allaya.com is my website...there...

Lainey has been waking every 15 - 20 minutes for two nights already! What's going on??? The poor girl keeps screaming! :( Allaya

Hello dear RCTY-ers....here's an excerpt of a letter I sent to a friend which details what's been going on. Thanks for all your concern...as you can imagine, it's a really long, weird story. We're finally back from the hospital. We were discharged last Friday...what an ordeal! We went in on June...

Hello everybody Not sure how things are in the other parts of the country and the world, but here in Southern California, ponchos are definitely the 'in' thing, especially with children. They've gotten very dainty and dressy here as well. I found one that was lovely...made out of some sort of...

This is probably just being knit-picky (hehehe, sorry couldn't resist), but I need some advice on making some sleeves for my sweater. Although the rest of the sweater drapes very nicely, the shoulder area seems to stretch out, and seeing those stretched out stitches and what's underneath really...