Well, I've had to put the layette on the back burner for the rest of the week. I have a spur of the moment baby shower coming up on Sunday and am frantically crocheting a baby afghan. I'll be pulling a few late nights between now and then.....*sigh* Maybe I'll finish the layette next...

Have you got my two squares yet please????? Cheers....Cher --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.657 / Virus Database: 422 - Release Date: 13/04/04

To one and all today...cher --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.657 / Virus Database: 422 - Release Date: 13/04/04

I want to pickle the last dozen Easter eggs. As my cucumber pickles have always been nasty mushy things I don't have any good pickle recipes. I'm after something hot-n-sweet with a refrigerator cure. Somebody out there has a good brine recipe to fit the bill and I'd love to have it.

Thank you, Cher, for reminding me!! As an old girl scout, I cannot understand how I could forget St. Georges Day! But today is the world's book day too, and I am in charge of that at our school. Every pupil in 6. and 7. grade in Norway got a book today. There were 6 different books, and they were...

Reference terms: OT = O ff T opic WIP = W ork I n P rogress FO = F inished O bject UFO = U nfinished O bject SEX = S tash E nhancement (e)X perience TINK = Knit backwards FROG = ripping out, called so via the sound a frog or toad makes: ribbit (rip-it)

I have some hanks of yarn from interlacements......i can't find the beginning!!!! without the beginning I can't wind it.......am i missing something....why can't i find the beginning??/ am i just blind and brain dead????? Maggie

I was asked today if I knit because I'm bored and if I realize how boring other people find my knitting. This was in the same sentence, same breath, from a person who as nearly as I can tell has no hobbies except the endlessly self-satisfying one of finding fault with others. I sweetly replied...

I remember knitting some dishrags starting with 4 stitches adding on till I had 44 stitches and then starting to decrease. What I can't remember is what to do when I started the decrease. I know when adding all I did was yarn over but when I decrease I need to do something else besides...

Okay, I've decided I WILL share it, but NOT *here*. Also, not going to answer emails from 'lurkers' who only jump out to get a free pattern and then dematerialize into the atmosphere. SO! Here's the deal.... email me offlist. I'll send you the pattern in PDF format only. (you'll need Acrobat...

I am happy to report that I have sent out the April 6X6 squares to my partner Kim. Janise

I'm going to take the plunge and do my first Norwegian sweater - It's a fairly complicated pattern, but what the heck. So, any general advice? Anything in particular I should look out for? Cheers, Laura M

This morning I received Julie's beautiful blue squares, they're lovely and a very pretty shade of blue, in 2 different and pretty stitches. Thank you Julie. -- Love Christine in Kent, Garden of England PS I posted about this this morning but that post seems to have disappeared into cyberspace, so...

Just wanted you to know I received my squares from Aud & they are beautiful, thank you Aud. Carolyn -- To email me, delete NO SPAM.

I've put Nyssa's pix of her long-long-long scarf up: http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/scarfdetail1.jpg http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/scarfdetail2.jpg http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/acarfdetail3.jpg http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche/longscarf1.jpg

FAQ - Ongoing 6 x 6 Exchange. Q: How many squares? A: Two Q: How do I participate?

Hello everyone, I have a question on yarn differences.What is the difference in the Mary Maxim yarns from other yarn ,and what yarns can be used if you don't have the Mary Maxim brand? Could someone let me know please? Thank you for info. Stella

I have just completed a knitted vest and while the size is just right for my across-shoulder width it is much too wide down the sides. I'd like to take it in at the side seams. What is the best way to do this? It would appear that I could sew a new seam but how do I treat the cut edges and loose...

ROTFL (the renegade fiber group I helped organize last year) is having its annual summer party on 5 June in Boerne Texas. Details are at http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/rotfl