Coming out of lurkdom to share this which my 8yo daughter pointed out to me. Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein is written in spoonerisms (transposing the sounds of two words). One poem is called Runny's Hew Nobby and reads: "Runny Babbit knearned to lit, And made a swat and heater, And now he...

Hi, I am looking to buy some yarn on-line and was wondering if anyone uses any on-line stores. I need to buy some Red Heart baby cloud but became very confused on which would be a good place to buy. I did find like Joann fabrics and Hershberger's{spelling} But I hope to find some place cheaper....

Matthew is taking over the computer today to do up a new resume. Do you think we can find the last one he had before he started working at his last job... noooo, that would be too easy. So he went to the Job Bank in town and copied his OLD (first) resume that he made up just after...

hello all, Iam finding it hard to find a knitting pattern for a plain v necked womens cardigan. If anyone has a pattern they would like to share with me I would really appreciate it. Many thanks Lorraine.

Hello everybody I'm going to make a baby blanket for a DH's friend who's due in September (she lives in Colorado). I was debating what to make the blanket out of. I thought cotton at first, but my husband seemed unimpressed with that prospect. Is cotton a suitable choice for a baby blanket, or...

Hi, It's been ages since I've posted to this ng but there's a baby on the way in the family and this book contains a lovely pattern I'd love to get busy with she's born. If anyone has it and would be willing to sell it, or could even email me the pattern I'm looking for -- a baby's jacket and...

I just want everyone to know that I just don't have time to look after this exchange right now, so Nora has very kindly offered to take it on for me for a while. (Thank you so much, Nora!) She will be posting for the signup on the 1st of the month, and you won't have any disruption to your...

Guess I'll have to come up with some interesting pop quizzes to get everyone 'going' again, LOL! Really, though, it seems like ALL the lists, yahoogroups, smartgroups, delphi forums, etc. are all pitifully (smack, is that even a word?) 'quiet'.... Hugs, Noreen

is up on my main blog: http://noreensknitche.com story behind it? I belong to a group called the Fiber RAOK, which is Random Acts of Kindness. I was RAOK'd by Deb A. for my birthday with the pattern AND yarn for the "Madeleine Bag", one of Julie A's (aka Booga J, on the web) felted bag...

www.rhymeswithorange.com go to the archives for Saturday June 18th. I thought it was just perfect for the group and the summer season! JJMolvik

Jeesh! We had a 3 second power outage across the entire town last night... not even long enough to make the TV time settings disappear where you have to reset them. However, when Matthew tried to get on the computer to check something after finishing watching whatever it was that had been on TV...

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1120783649028_27?hub=TopStories Taken from a page (above URL) about Canada increasing vigilance after London attacks: "Canada is one of five countries listed by al Qaeda as possible targets. Thursday's co-ordinated bombing attacks were...

I have been a Michaels shopper for years and have recently started working there. My experience is that almost all the employees really want to help; most of the people I work with are crafters themselves. I think one of the problems is that employees witness a lot abuse from customers. People...

Hello everyone!!! I just thought I'd let everyone know that I am here and that I have been offline reading and trying to keep up with all that is going on here with all my friends!! I have not been well at all and am trying to stay glued together the best that I can. I want to thank my friends here...

How big is your current stash? Is a good part of it 'hidden' or is it in plain site? Hugs, Noreen -- http://www.bitwiseim.com/ http://bopeepswoolshop.easystorecreator.net/?CAME_FROM=knitche

Yep, happy birthday to us!!! and happy day to the rest of this world!! ohhhh! say war of the worlds yesterday, it's a kick-ass movie!!! Maggs -- "If everybody minded their own business, the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, the world would go round a deal faster than it does." Carroll, Lewis

Has anyone here ever knitted the Stockings with Clocks design in Nancy Bush's Folk Socks book? It's the very first sock pattern in the book. I've been fighting with them for a couple of months now, some problems due to icky yarn and others due to what looks to be errors, or at least poorly...

Hello Friends, Spent Wednesday thru Saturday in the hospital with chest pains. Gave me some nitro and other meds. The chest pains settled down and they die and angiogram. The three bypassed they did 4 1/2 years ago are completely open. There is a very small area with heart disease. It is very...

The long-time friend in London England who I mentioned in the newsgroup yesterday, asked for my phone number in his reply to me so that he could call me to talk. He *used* to have my phone number, but when his old computer died he lost a lot of information. Anyway, I emailed him before heading...

Hey gang, I been hunting up an emoticon and didn't have any luck find it. It a crochet emoticon. I know,I know, there is a smiley knitting. But anyway I have ask 4 site groups and 1 newsgroup. One of the four site group is a sig group. I hopeing to get a emoticon icon for us soon. So cross your...