Hi all I know you all worry, so I'm posting this now. I'm having a few days in Cornwall (southwest UK) September - Monday 20th: Tues23: and Wed 24 we shall be back. It isn't long, but after six weeks of school hols with Edward home, I need the break.. he is lovely, but real hard work. ...

For many years I could not afford to shop for balls of yarn - instead I would go to thrift stores, and find sweaters hand made of attractive yarn, and dissasemble them... I've rescued many 2.00 sweaters that became socks and mittens and slippers and scarves over the years ;-) Could not have kept...

Okay, I'm knitting this dishcloth in a basketweave pattern (easy enough), trying to do it the properly and right-handed so I can get muscle memory into play and then with the next dishcloth I am going to try learning Continental style, since I read lots of places that Continental style goes...

Here I am asking a question as it's almost the end of the year and I am thinking about next year and a project for myself. Has anyone thought of what they are going to do for themselves next year. I remember that this year I didn't get my new years cast on project completed but am going to try...

Is it me the Christmas spirit or what ? Last year when I bought my bundle of Christmas stamps the young lady gave me $20 too much change- and was amazed when I returned it. Would you believe this year ( at another Post office) the young man gave me almost double the amount of stamps I bought...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this newsgroup and have never done any knitting but want to learn. I found a yarn shop about 25 minutes from me that open up the shop every other Tuesday morning for two hours and teaching people how to knit. It is $2 a session. You have to buy your stuff there though. :) I...

Good morning! My name is Pam. I'm a 32 y/o mommy of a 4 y/o. And a nurse from Pennsylvania. I taught myself to knit from a book and I'm moving along fairly well. I can do the basic stuff but I haven't been able to knit cables or anything more advanced than ribbing. Oh no...wait! I did knit a...

I opened it now! :-)) http://www.digitalgranny.com/va/ AUD ;-))

Hello Everyone I am new on this newsgroup so I aplogize if I am not following proper n.group etiquette. I am looking at starting my first sweater. I visited a knit store and saw a pattern in a Rown magazine "Denim People". I feel in love with one sweater but I don't want to buy the book for one...

I just finished up my market bag. http://onelifetoknit.blogspot.com/

Not just for newbies, some patterns don't clarify the instruction SSK... and I thought it might be a good idea to do so: SSK is *not* slip, slip, knit (even though that *might* be your first "guess") SSK *is* : slip next 2 sts from left needle to right needle, one at a time as if to knit. Insert...

Hi everyone, I would like to introduce myself first.I'm Timothy Galisin and I'm 19 and from Sabah,Malaysia.I'm a new member of this group. I'm been making Ojos de Dios for quite sometime.i been making this since 3 months ago but it rested a month later. I resumed making them a week ago but I...

I support local stores. I don't shop at Wal-Mart or Sam's. I try to shop at stores that treat their employees fairly (not sure what to do with the supermarkets and their new two-tier system for new employees). Anyway, I always bought my yarn at my local yarn store and paid highway robbery prices....

CNN: Cher, Nora and myself have decided to try a TEST group OFF the ng list for the six by six exchange process, so as to not clog up the ng.... This group is at smartgroups.com... and the beauty of it is, it would be: 1. a member's ONLY group. Member's have to be approved, they can't just join...

Hi! I found this German link on the Polish crafts newsgroup: http://www.coatsgmbh.de/de/1/strboxhexenhut.html The only thing I can understand is that it's a "witch hat" and I think it's knitted. If you want to download the pattern click on "Anleitung hut aus pdf-format" (can't ganrantee I wrote...

What does everyone bake for the holidays? Is there a dish that you are famous for or always make every year? For me, I make Italian Cookies. I do not know if they are from Italy, but that is the name of the cookie. They are soft rounds that are iced and decorated. It just wouldn't...

"Katherine" wrote in message ... I just wanted to let you know that I went to my first knitting group meeting last night. I am killing two birds with one stone, as this is a Francophone group, so I am getting to practice my French as...

Aunty Ophelia has said that I can be her official announcing person (I have a badge and everyfing!). So, I'd just like to announce... Enzo strikes a heroic pose and takes a deep breath) Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Too much? Yeh, you're probably right... Anyway, Aunty O will be going in to hospital for...

As I was about to check my yahoo email this morning, I clicked on something that looked important and interesting. Sure enough, it is important and also interesting... so I wanted to share with all of you. http://blogs.health.yahoo.com/blog-for-hope It is about and for cancer survivors, and...

Hi I have a project going on knitting tubes (4 stiches) to make my own TUBU yarns with special effects. It is a very tiring job to do by hand, and I have heard of half-automatic tools for that. I know that they in danish is called "strikkemølle" and in german "Strick Mühle", but I don't know...