Just trying out this knitting newsgroup thing. I'm new to newsgroups via AOL :)

Hi all Since my pc went bonkers a couple of weeks ago and in the end I decided to format the hard drive and start again....all is now well... However it does mean that I've now lost alot of your personal email addy's. Mirjam.. Els...Spike...and a few others.... I have Nora's Noreen's and Gwen's...

Hi everyone. next month the 6x6 square exchange celebrates it's first birthday....wow...one year old. To celebrate this..I was wondering if those that sign up might like to make and anniversary square out of one or both of their squares. Either knitted or crocheted the square could include the...

Hello fellow knitters, A friend of mine wants to impress her boyfriend's mother with a tea cosy. They want it to look like a pineapple. I have a stitch that I like, but no pattern, and as we don¹t have many teapots here in LA (mom¹s in Ireland), I don¹t really know what size to make it. I...

OT: Thanks to all for the lighting advice. I sprung for an Ott Lite, and it is great. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it helped me to see an error in the very beginning of a sweater I'm doing, so I unraveled the whole thing and am beginning anew. Now, for the post! I did a sample on straight...

Hi everyone Hope anyone in Charley's path is well.....we get very few hurricanes here, just the tail ends as they head out to sea, and our island is small enough that they tend to 'skip' over us like rocks on a pond, but we did get lots of rain today. Now for my situation: I've been finding, as...

Hi, I have sent your squares along. I sure hope you like them. I hope you got message that I received yours. Thanks, they are so beautiful! Diane

It came out exactly 25" tall, so I guess my gauge worked out OK. Here are a couple of photos. I can't put them on my blog because my Mother would peak. :) http://dawnalguard.com/crafts/photos/shawl1.jpg http://dawnalguard.com/crafts/photos/shawl2.jpg This was my first filet crochet. At first...

For those of you that were wondering I went to the Bernat yarn sale in Listowel Ontario yesterday and did earn the ability to get 6,000 grams of yarn. Yes this is the deal tha I had been working on since July 27th where I could buy 3 times as much as I used between that date and yesterday. Well by...

I'm right in the middle of felting my first tote bag. Scary.... I took "before" pictures, and am now just doing the timing and washing machine thing. It looks like the stuff is just starting to shrink. I know when I did the swatches, it seemed to take forever. I'll keep you posted on the...

Hello Long time lurker but just getting back to knitting as a grandchild is coming due. Want to try a Rebecca Baby+Kids sweater done in a type of fisherman's rib. It says... edge stitch, slip 1 purlwise tog with yarnover, K1....then next row is knit 1 together with yarnover, slip 1 purlwise tog...

Hello Everyone, I am finally back online. Gee, you never know how much you use the internet until you can't! I see that I have a lot of catching up to do. My August squares have been mailed to Kira. I have cable internet now and my provider does not support newsgroups. I can access through...

I can't remember who but someone in here recommended signing up on the Hass site to learn filet crochet. The "Little hearts doily" class started at the weekend... http://www.millsters.myby.co.uk/Crochet/Littleheartdoily.jpg It's looking good so far :-)

Good night , ended 2 extremely long days ,, one more to go and i will go easier ,, 11 hours a day is a bit much .... i think mirjam

2003 first EVER 6x6 partners on rcty.. Anne (sorceress) and Sue C.D. Laurie and Barbara Vaughan Aud and Kat jen(J.W.) and Katherine Burgess Janise Ross and Mirjam Carol Ann (ann31) and Nora Pirjo and Betty Blankenship Stella Fenley and Sara Carter

Hi! Searching informations about sewing machines I found very often the word = serger. It looks like a serger and sewing machine are two different=20 machines. Did I get it right? Now, what=C2=B4s a serger? I searched in my English-Italian dictionary bu= t I=20 didn=C2=B4t found anything...

No, not like a witch, but almost LOL Waiting for the dryer to finish its cycle, I crocheted this squa http://www.crochetnmore.com/broomsticksquare.htm The problem is... I don=C2=B4t have a large knitting needle, so I went ar= oud=20 my house searching for something suitable. I tried first...

Here I am, having a quick break before my parents turn up to help me lay a carpet in the bathroom and some lino in the kitchen. The weather looks like it will be very warm today here. Have a good Sunday folks! :o) Sarah --

Just a little note to thank you all in the behalf of my family and I ,and all the other people in the state of Florida.WE thank you all for your thoughts and prayers .Charley left its mark on the state of Florida ,but a lot of lives has been saved from the storm.It is an eerie feeling...

A bus full of tourists were driving through Wales. As they were approaching Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town's name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood at the counter, one...