my goodness, Gwen!!! Those curtains are gorgeous!! as well as the others, of course! :) Allaya "Martin Eccles" wrote in message ... I've just uploaded loads of photos from Gwen. I have a feeling that some of ...

I see you Nora! Allaya "NoraBalcer" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone, I don't know when you will get to see this note as I've posted three more early this morning (Wed) and they haven't shown up on RCTY either through...

I'm sure this can't be "normal"...but ever since I started knitting, I've had this terible problem of my yarn twisting out of control! I always have to stop periodically to let either my skein or my knitting twirl around and untwist because my yarn will actually compress to the next weight down if...

Hello Friends Last night, I saw my friend's little girl running around in a hand knit sweater her aunt made her. I thought at first glance that it was just garter stitch, but when I got a closer look at it, it was a very interesting stitch I don't think I've ever seen before. It was some sort of...

Stick with it...I agree with PP that you shouldn't give up...the pattern looks like it's very doable for your skill level. One thing I learned early on about patterns...crochet patterns in particular...is that it's really a lot easier if you take everything very literally. Most of my mistakes...

One of my good knit friends really needed a large teapot, so for her birthday, I bought her a nice Japanese teapot, and I "filled" it with some really pretty water-blue yarn so that it was overflowing with yarn water! :) Allaya "Padishar Creel" wrote in...

Thank you Stella! Same to you and your family! :) And big juicy turkey hugs to everybody here! Allaya "Stella Fenley" wrote in message ... I would like to wish you all a happy and safe holiday with your family and ...

To the person who knitted me a wash cloth for my new baby last year (the one that was bumpy and had a teal and pink border)...what stitch was that? I really like it and would like to use it on a sweater. Thanks! :) Allaya

Every time you post, Mirjam, I am humbly reminded of how much I don't know yet! hehehehe! Allaya "Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message ... Yesterday went to my little shop ,,, and there sat a woman decreasing , shoulder stiches ,...

The newest trend around here is socks that appear to have been made out of a microfibre "eyelash" yarn. This isn't the yarn that has the long lashes, but rather the ones with the short, super soft fuzz. THeyr'e extremely soft and stretchy, and I was wondering if there is a yarn available to...

Hello! Just wondering if any of you fiber gurus could help me out... My friend saw a poncho in the Neiman Marcus catalogue recently that she loved and wanted me to help her knit one herself. The poncho in question is pretty simple in design, just the two rectangle method, and is decorated with...

Hi Els! I just received your package today! Thank you so much! What a sweet woman you are! :) Maybe it's just late for me, but I'm struggling trying to envision how to start braiding...although each time I read the instructions, it becomes a little more clear. Probably something I should try...

I just posted a message to Els last night, but i can't see it now! :( does anybody else see it? Allaya

Oh, you know what...I found where my post to Els went...I didn't realize that my subject line was the same as another subject line for Els, and it got filed under the Attn: Els thread. :) Silly me! Allaya

I have a knitting machine. It taught me new curse words. :) Allaya "ArtaCloaks" wrote in message ... I wonder if there are any machine knitters in this group. Donna --

Hi everybody! I got an email from Smiley's that informed me of a special they were running on Lion Brand Homespun yarn...only $1.99 a skein! I thought I'd make an afghan out of it. Do any of you have any suggestions as to what pattern I should use? The yarn is very curly and would not do well...

I'm kind of sad because last year, I saw the greatest lopi sweater pattern/kit being sold on ebay by a woman in Iceland (I believe she had a store as well), and I can't find her anymore! I've looked on Google, and I've been searching Ebay, but no luck. :( Any of you frequent Ebayers: Do you...

I was watching "Judging Amy" on television the other day and saw Tyne Daily's character engaged in what was called "Angry Knitting" by her co-star. I thought this was pretty funny...i can totally relate to this since there was many a time when I too started an angry knitting project. They quickly...

Have any of you seen the Boobie Scarf from Knitty.com? It's in the special additional patterns PDF that was released a few days ago. I don't know how practical it is, but I was very impressed with the creativity that went into knitting boobs out of yarn! Allaya

Hi everyone I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to...