....is wonderful here this year! The sea is blank, and the sun is shining, the temperature fine. As usual there are lots "inside" when I am at home, but I TRY to get out to enjoy these fantastic days. Friday, my MIL and I went out on the fiord, stopped the boat, sat down drinking coffee just...

I am happy to report that I received Katherine's July squares today. They are a lovely rust color. 1 is knit and the crocheted. Thanks, Katherine. I love them and they were well worth the wait. Janise

Sorry this is delayed, but last week I received two gorgeous 6x6 squares from Kira for October! Thank you so much, Kira. Beautiful work. And I'd like to take a moment to say how incredibly I'm impressed with all the squares and lovely packages that I've received from all my 6x6 partners. You...

I'm trying desperately to find a hooded poncho pattern with the holes for the hands. It has to be crochet as well. If anyone can help me please do so! Christmas is coming and my daughters are begging me to make them all one. Sharon

Hi Everyone! Since Halloween is coming and there seems to be alot of new people on this list. I thought I would spotlight some of the free patterns on my site for Halloween! :) These are not new patterns but some that have been on my site for a while. Some of the new people may not have seen them...

I am sorry, I meant to leave part of that last message out. I have to be more careful! I copied and pasted a message from a mailing I sent to one of my own lists. -- Julie A. Bolduc JPF Crochet Club Free Patterns And More! http://www.jpfun.com

Hello everyone - and happy festivities for any one I missed ! I have had a rush look at the postings I have missed and so I will give the answer to one question I saw for me "what is a Servas Guest" Servas is a peace organisation staarted by two guys after WW11 ( one lives in Washington State)...

Hi, Just wanted to say that I received two lovely lemon yellow squares from Susana. One has pink, purple, blue, green and the yellow border. The other one I don't know the name of it, but she did it in yellow with a double row of green, both are lovely. Hugs, Nora

Yet again the newbie is here to ask some questions. :-) Hope you all don't mind. I saw on a knitting show today about knitting with plastic grocery bags. The end result was so neat and I loved the idea. But that got me thinking about knitting with things other than yarn and the usual things. My...

Just wanted to get up to date with all the birthdays, anniversaries, and all other announcements that have happened in the last month. So... Happy birthday/anniversary, etc to all. -- Star love, Norma PM OES If God brings you to it, He will see you through it.

Aud, Thank you for the squares and the pictures. I have not been home to see them I am still visiting my Sister and Uncle in Tennessee and Arkansas. Gail went on and on about how beuatifull they are, I can not wait to see them. I fly home Sunday. I will post you a message or email...

I can't believe that there have only been three posts today. It seems the cyber gremlins are at work again! -- Sue in East Anglia, UK

Today the mailman had two packages for me; Jean's squares for October, and Katherine's squares for August. Along with a lovely note, Jean sent a pink square (sorry, Jean, I do not know the pattern) and a burgundy square with a raised flower. They are both done so beautifully. Katherine did a...

Ok. I know I'm teasing you gals, but there's a new knitting mag in the net! Go to www.ullaneule.net at once. As soon as you get back, don't write that it's only in Finnish ;) Yep, there's first knitting magazine in internet, that's for Finns! Johanna -- Johanna Koski Finland, Europe

After much searching for a quick'n'easy mitten pattern in crochet, I finally had to take some hints from toe-up socks and basic knitting patterns to create my own mittens. Congrats on designing your own pattern! I did something similar when my daughter was about 5 yrs old (she's now...

Hi Well I have now completed two courses from the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival here in Toronto. Yesterday I know a course on how to make knit log cabin squares. It was a lot of fun and am now trying to work on some of these squares. I really want to make enough to either make a...

I thought some of you might be interested in the fact that there is a project for a beaded, braided boa done in Kumihimo in the Oct/Nov Beadwork magazine that I picked up this morning. It shows how to make the Kumihimo tool from cardboard and how to do it. Just fyi, there is also a really pretty...

Hi, I am seeking help. A group of us who support the Galilee Primary School (www.galileeschool.org) a school in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, would like to provide the students with a personal blanket that has been knitted or crochet. All of the students at this school live in serve poverty...

I have had an ultimate knitting machine for about a month now and am massively frustrated. first it came with a defective part, which the company replaced (the sliding piece was not milled properly so the plates did not lie flat). now that the new part is here (about 2 weeks), i have tried...

Hello there Mirjam Here is your message.....What comes around goes around and so the going is to Scotland......LOL..... What stayed behind was the lovely beaded braid, but it will soon be on its way again in another form. The other items that stayed behind for only a short while are the...