Well, I went to the mail today, and what did I find? I received a wonderful envelope from Els! Not only did she send me the stranding and weaving techniques info, but she sent me a kumihimo kit! Such neat colours too! What a treat! I know what I'll be doing tonight. (grinning from ear to ear)...

Take the wheel and a folding chair ofs ome sort. Spin while the DH slaves away at whatever this project is :) On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 23:02:10 -0500, "Noreen's Knit*che" wrote: DARN! Cuss! Splutter! NOW, DH wants me to go with him tomorrow on...

Folks, I'm just passing through this newsgroup - I'll try to encourage my girlfriend to use these newsgroups as we'd not found one that was 'yarn' related before now... I'm a techie and tend to surf other non-yarn related groups but I'm giving this a go to help my girlfriend keep her...

Hi all Figured I would let you all know that EmLynn and I were able to meet today at the Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival here in Toronto today. It was nice meeting another member so now am going to develop a spreadsheet to record who I've met and when. Darlene in...

I found this pattern on the web, my mom got me a pair of these slippers years and years, they are the best.. When I got them I told her they would fit me. they looked about like baby bootiies, but they give, and are comfortable, and cushie.. when you wash them they go right back to shape, and you...

Hi folks, I just thought I'd let you know that fact. Guess What??.. I have opened up my knitting "office" and performed the following tasks... Chosen the shape garment I want (remember that I am a Machine Knitter - so I use a Knitradar and draw the style I want) Chosen the stitch pattern Chosen...

If you don't see me for awhile, it's because I'll be out of town for nearly a month. DH and I had a vacation planned for next week, to travel to KS and MO to see his father and my mother. A couple of weeks ago I found out that my Mom has scheduled her knee surgery for the 27th (the Monday...

I've been asking myself the question "what is thrill". But, the only way to work that out is to ask "what do people find thrilling?"; an anecdotal rather than scientific approach. So here I am, asking the same question in the crafts scene. After a little searching, I came up with the following...

I have knitted blue back for one certain jacket. Nora, it is not the white one, this blue one is the...You should see, I can not explain. And I believe I can show you when the time is right. But it is not here yet. So...knitting has happened. And one pink square should put on its way over the...

I was reading some crochet mail tonight and a poster sent this in. I thought it was cute and wanted to share. Hugs, Cori A police officer pulled along a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was crocheting!

Michelle/Slinky Happy Dancing WITH you and FOR you... waltz across Texas over to Tennessee!! GFETE... And a HUG, Noreen -- STRIP *tease* to email me. ----------------------------------------

Hey, sweetie, I e-mailed you but it came back. Can you e-mail me, please? Katherine

Hi, now Ladies (and gents).....I need to see directions on FLAT fair isle knitting...Kaffe Fassett is coming to our southwest desert for a knitting workshop, and we are told to bring a 12 x 12 flat piece of fair isle..........I have no problem knitting fair isle in the round, but i have never done...

Hi Gang. I sent a picture to Martin, from our local newspaper, of a spinning wheel that was a design that I had never seen before. Martin was kind enough to caution me that the picture might just be copyrighted. I will try to contact the person who took the picture for permission to post it for...

The little craft store in my wee town is going out of business (I really thought I alone was keeping them going!). They had their Bernat skeins of yarn on sale for .99 each. I loaded up the shopping cart until it was overflowing. My family has so many cats and dogs that sleep on the beds,...

I got the great wheel put together today, dialled in the alignment (thing was throwing its driveband for a while) and started spinning. The first 20 yards is laughable. The second 20 yards will make admirable sport-weight when plied. The THIRD 20 yards is frog hair. Literally almost too fine to...

I should probably e-mail our AMCM, but some other lurking Italian might be able to help as well. This is a question about Italian pastries. I have a wonderful book called "Christmas Memories With Recipes" in which well-known people reminisce about the celebrations of their childhoods, and include...

I received the squares that Laurie sent today and they are so pretty. One of them looks like a sunflower..Laurie, is that pattern online? I like the other one too. Love the colors also. Carol Ann in West Virginia

Hi Cher, I posted twice yesterday saying that I received two lovely 6x6 squares from Aud, but neither posting showed up (as far as I can see, anyway). Then I posted as a reply to another thread, and that one did show up. Now I'm trying again to post as a new message. One way or another, I hope...

Inquiring minds and all that...