Hello I havent posted here for awhile but I read the postings often. I wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction to find a shrug pattern on the internet. I saw one I liked in a book, but the book was too expensive and I just liked the one pattern. It was knit, I think, and was made...

My back was aching last night when I went to bed, and it woke me up often throughout the night (lower spine... at the waist area where one of the degenerative disks is), and it feels downright horrible today. So I am off to try to find a comfortable way to rest my back for the day. The way...

Good Afternoon, I was wondering if anyone knew of a web site that had a free pattern for Pocket Pals. My Mom is interested in knitting some of these for charity and I haven't been able to find a site with a pattern. thanks...Linda in B.C., Canada

An individual wrote to me and is trying to replicate an afghan pattern from the late 60s early 1970s. The suggested yarn was Bernat's "Germantown" weight. Does anyone here know of this yarn and what could be substituted? Thank you so much. Dianne

I'm giving a spinning demo at my son's school this afternoon. The teacher initially thought I could teach 20-odd kids how to spin or knit during the course of my allotted one hour demo period! I convinced her otherwise and now I'm doing the spinning demo plus helping hte kids set up a KoolAde dye...

Not really lost, just silent. I've been having some minor health setbacks, but then the doctors warned me it would probably take up to a year to recover fully from last year's pneumonia, so I'm not too worried, more frustrated. Also having some computer problems - I need a geek!!! Unfortunately,...

I was recently at a yarn event at a local yarn shop and I won a Knifty Knitter II in a raffle. I was going to donate it to my wife's school but tonight I was looking over some scrap yarn and decided to give it a try while watching my favorite baseball team. Anyway, the hat I made turned out great!...

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For those of you who want but have not yet obtained a copy of Myrna Stahman's peerless tome on method construction of Faeroese shawls with matching "seamen's scarves" you might want to get while the getting is good. My copy (ex libris and decidedly on its last legs) literally disintegrated on me...

None, of my local shops have this needle is stock and the websites I have visited do NOT have a picture of this needle (in plastic handles only) from Susan Bates. I have a Denise Needle set but it stops at 15. Any suggestions? I hate some of the circular needles stiff cables so I would like to...

Hey Guys, A while back I posted about my windfall of a bunch of vintage pattern books. Well just to test out a pattern or two I made the boys a couple of hats from a Columbia Minerva Beehive pattern book from the 40's. I used Patons Classic Merino. Wanna...

I got to thinking about how am I doing at crocheting, tunisian, and knitting. The reason I bring it up is that I have progressed a great deal since joining this ng (thanks to your kind help). So I sat down and decided that I would assess my skill levels in all three of the needlecrafts I...

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My friend Haya came with 2 friends to visit the exhibition and brought with her 2 big bags of wonderful Wool ... It looks like Buckle, and she bought it as weaving wool ,, but the amount is big ,,, ther are several colors and i am thinking something big , maybe on the knitting frame ,,, I have...

My twelve year old neice has finally, after several false starts, got the hang of knitting. At last I've got someone I can offload bits of yarn and spare needles too. Has anyone else been trying to pass the baton / needles on to the next generation? Jeanette

Good morning - afternoon or whatever everyone, it is just *the* most beautiful autumn day here - sunshine , birds chirping, and just 24c so all is well with the world Actually the whole of Australia ,and I suspect other countries as well ,as it must have made the news is very anxious over the fate...

If you are interested, you could have a look at my Labrador album, and see what greeted me this morning. Higs, Katherine -- http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kaburgess2000/my_photos

Hi Wooly , I would be interested in the yarn guide.Stella

Douceur et Soie! I just had to get that off my chest Hesira

A "yarn guide"? It's one of those thimble things with pegs and a snap-cover, presumably designed to keep pesky yarn under control when doing one-handed colorwork. I found it to be more hassle than otherwise, but you may be of a different opinion. Send me a couple of stamps and it's...