All this blanket talk , remimds me that when my kids were small , and we lived in England they had some ready made woolen clothes . When they almost feel apart i cut squares , from them , aded every possible piece i found ,,old woolen socks , if you cut off the foot part , and cuth the Leg part in...

I just picked up the Vogue Knitting magazine.I need to finish a shawl and then I am going to knit the stole #30. We are relocating from southern California to Missouri, I will be able to use it there. I am really stoked by the patterns in this issue. Dawn

hello everyone! Just thought I'd pop in and mention a few things. I'm almost finished with a pair of socks. I wasn't sure who they would be for, but after the whole family tried the finished one on, they fit DS#1, so he gets this pair. I have finished 3 hats for Ship Support this month (two...

Are we supposed to post here or just use the website? Janise

I need a simple pattern for a skullcap for a 13 year old boy ..... can anyone please help me ?

Has anyone here bought knitting needles from an online store? Is so, what was the store and what was your experience with that store? I haven't had much luck winning bids on ebay for needles, so am looking to buy online. Thanks.

So I started this lace shawl. Knitted the edging, no problem. The main ground is "Trellis-Framed Leaf", Barbara Walker's first treasury. Not difficult by any means, but it is defeating me at every turn, so to speak. Row 2, the first pattern row, went swimmingly. Row 4 left me with two extra...

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:02:16 GMT, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: I deeply apologize to all of you , because of the remarks , somebody made in another ng about this Ng ,, due to her personal hatred of me . i hope i never gave anybody here any bad feelings and if by mistake i did , i am sorry, ...

How do you all wash your wools? I wash EVERYTHING before putting it together and when I'm finished -- even though I wash my hands before I pick up my knitting, it's amazing how much dirt / oil comes out of them when they're washed. I have always handwashed -- soaked in Woolite, rolled it in a...

We just got back from a quick weekend in Baltimore (sorry I didn't connect with you, Beth) and I crocheted on a tote bag all the way there and all the way home. No problems with my crochet hook! lol And, on the flight out, the stewardess stopped and asked what stitch I was using. I wrote out...

Hello All! Okay, I need help. I was telling my assistant (male) about these caps I saw in a magazine that I would make him and tonight I realized they were in the Knit It magazine I picked up and not crochet. I'm very new to crochet and have NO CLUE about Knitting. Can someone point me to a...

I hope you are all ready to dust off those knitting machines and prepared to WOW us all because I just put up the web-page hosting my 2004 Online Knitting Machine Challenge. The closing deadline is 1 June 2004 (so I can have everything posted before my kids get out of school for the summer). I...

Have I mentioned that a gal at my vet's office is also a dog groomer? She gave me a bunch of poodle fur a while back and I finally got around to doing something with a bit of it today. I'm giving it back to her. In the first place it positively reeks. In the second place it is full of dust and...

Good morning !!! was checking some info ,and looked again in 'Cloth and Human Experience " ed by Annette B. Weiner & Jane Scneider , Smithsonian Institution Press , 1988. It is manily an Anthropological book , Articles check the Meaning of Cloth in various cultural backgrounds. mirjam

Hello Karen, by mistake I miss directed my first thank you to Barbara, my partner for December, however it is you I wanted to thank for your great card, so here is the message once more. Karen thank you for your great card from Minnesota, I love the dog sledding. Also the husky /eskimo/ and...

Does anyone have an idea,,,,, i was cooking when my daughter phoned, and while talking with her i spilled cooking oil on my knitted skirt. Washed it , aired it ,, put in cupboard on top of knitted Dress ,,,, several years later , wanting to put it on i smlled the OIL smell ,,, yeaks , went on...

Hallo everybody ,, here they advertise the film , about 'The Girl with pearl" , On my way back from Belgium , i bought her new book , TEXTILE related " The Lady with the Unicorn" ,, which speaks of course ,, Those Famous Tapestries ,,,, i can already imagine that FILM ..... mirjam

Free plus media postage. See? Nothing for sale here! Knit 'n Style June 2003 Spring Fashions (guess this was actually on newsstands in what, April or May?) Fashion Forecast Fashion Colors Airy Lace

Could someone point me in the direction of a simple pattern for a 'beanie' hat suitable for a teenage boy and also a stocking cap for a 4 year old girl ? Many thanks in anticipation Jan UK

I just found an article on CNN.com entitled "Dangerous objects still allowed on planes." It's at: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/01/15/airline.security.ap/index.html Knitting needles are mentioned. A sidebar to the right lists items air travelers are allowed to carry including "knitting and...