Hi Dennis, I want to wish you a very happy birthday on Thurs. and hope you have many, many more Hugs, Nora

My son has lost two pairs of mittens this year. Keep in mind - we don't live in a particularly harsh climate. We had a 2-day cold snap in October during which he lost last year's pair that still fit; more recently we've had chilly weather (including a couple of nights in the upper 20s) for about...

Hi! Thanks to a tip I found on another newsgroup I can now show the little basket I made: http://tinypic.com/2ij3o9 Hope it will work! I apologize for the pic quality, the yellow is much better than that.

When I went to bed last night it had stopped raining, but was still very wet on the ground. I got up to use the washroom at 6 after having only about 1 1/2 hours sleep (back to the insomnia bit again. *sigh*) and laying awake from about 2 AM onward, and everything was covered in snow. I went...

Does anyone have any info/patterns for the Mattel Knitting Machine (a.k.a. Barbie Knit Hits)?

Grrrr. At "Back to School" day Thursday my son's teacher said (in front of about half of the third grade parents) something like "And we're sure is going to _dress up_ and demonstrate all her quaint spinning and knitting skills this year at our Prairie Days re-enactment." This of course focused...

I need to buy a lot, and color is not too important. Good, reliable service is. I'd like to order chenille, by the way.

I didn't see anyone start an April FO's thread so thought I'd begin. I finally got my pictures semi-organized on flickr so am excited to share! FO's: Branching Out Scarf http://farm1.static.flickr.com/204/473704553_fae128b401.jpg?v=0 ...

Faberge made jeweled knitting needles for ostentation. Some had the size color coded by the large solitaire diamonds or rubies or emeralds set on the end -- but, most of the real hand knitting in those households was done by craftsmen (and servants) using steel needles. (Turns out that gold,...

Hi Everyone Just wanted to post and let you know that my Dsis had her operation yeaterday and things are looking good. Despite numerous scans they weren't sure what they were dealing with until they went in - and were anxious about the size- but it turned out to be a massive fibroid (somewhere...

Hi, I'm new to your group and to knitting and have been learning quite a bit from all the posts. I wonder if I could ask a question? I've started a baby afghan and am following the pattern called "Garter Stitch Lozenge Pattern" from Vogue Dictionary of knitting stitches. It's in multiples of 16...

I have asked at my LYS, but they cannot locate a copy of Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket. I imagine it may be out of print. Is this pattern available on the internet? Also, one of my colleagues will have a cesarean section this week, a month before her due date. I need a quick baby...

Got a little cold earlier this week. Congested, tight breathing. Got out the nebulizer and the Albuterol on Tuesday - haven't needed either of them in months. Nebulizer quit working on Thur. Drugstore doesn't carry them. Call pulmonologist office - assistant useless. Got on line, ordered one...

Anyone here get The Stitchery catalogue? I haven't embroidered for decades, and I was just about to toss the catalogue in the recycling when I turned it over and on the back was "Knit Lite." Lighted knitting needles. Yes!! For a mere $15.95, you can own a pair of plastic needles (sizes 6,...

A recent study indicated that Yarn and thread gives off certain Pheromones that actually hypnotize women and cause them to purchase unreasonable amounts. When stored in large quantities in enclosed spaces, the Pheromones (in the yarn) cause memory loss and induce the nesting syndrome (similar to...

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit. It appears that instead of slipping the first stitch on each row, I was slipping the first stitch over the second stitch on each row. *sigh* BDR U! (that's a family thing, the school we are all alumni of, "Brain Dead 'R' Us") So started over, got the cuff knitted...

Hi all, those going away may like to sign up, this is the list so far Pirjo Janise Ross Jacqueline Butt Kelly (news sonic net) Seaspray Noreen Karen in MN Katherine Burgess

I've put Nyssa's pix of her long-long-long scarf up: http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/scarfdetail1.jpg http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/scarfdetail2.jpg http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/acarfdetail3.jpg http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/longscarf1.jpg

In the new Spin Off magazine is an article about dyeing with food colours. I had some sitting around from the time that Skye and her Mother were here, and did some dyeing this afternoon. I liked working with the little bottles, putting the colour in the dye bath drop by drop. Not messy and no...

Many years ago I had a pattern for a child's hat. It was a balaclava style pattern with what we, my daughters and I, called pussy cat ears. I think it called for double knitting or sport weight yarn. Now my daughter would like me to make one for her daughter. I can't find my pattern and the yarn...