Hi everyone, I haven't been here in quite a while. Once in a while I stop by and skim the messages. I asked for help way back I think in October of 2005 when I started knitting and you all helped me so much. I think I've popped in a few times to write in since then but can't remember. :) You can...

On the website: http://www.knitlit.com/one/ They have a knitting song called "Baa, Baa Black Sheep". It is totally funny! JJMolvik

I lost the thread, so am just coming right out and asking... since you were talking about it: What IS the correct pronunciation of Vincent VanGogh? phonetically, I say: van-goe. Thanks in advance! Hugs, Noreen

In keeping with out "custom" of sharing really ugly knitted items, I have this to show you: http://www.phobe.com/fsmhat/index.html Higs, Katherine

Hello, Can shawls double as afghans and afghans as shawls? I have had an inspiration and am just wondering. Kristine in Germany

I stopped by the local Salvation Army looking for some treasure. I found 22 skeins of wool yarn from lace to worsted. at fifty cents a skien. Some of the feather weight yarn is over 3 ounces a skein. I have a good bit of sport weight in a treed. I will use the fingering weight for socks. ...

Working as a prep cook , i have to run a meat slicer. Found out about two weeks ago that i did a very good job of sharping the blade. The tip of my left index finger is healing very nicely, but still very very tender. I was cleaning the blade and in a blink of an eye, my finger was about 3/16 of...

Michelle wrote: Hi everyone =20 Nora B sent me a photo of a tote bag made of your 6x6 squares. One of = them was a daisy patterned square but I couldn't tell if it was a motif atta= ched after the square was made or if it was patterned in the square. It was= a bright yellow daisy on a...

Hello everyone, I'm curious to know how much of the wool sold around the world is produced by merino sheep, but not labeled 'merino wool.' does anyone have an idea, or a lead? Thank you very much for your help! Ilya Zarembsky

We ALL forgot to mention Echinachea!!! GNC or health food stores. HTH, Noreen -- http://www.hostultra.com/~knitche http://www.sharemation.com/knitche http://fire.prohosting.com/knitche http://mail2office.tripod.com/noreensknitche

This is for a crochet sweater but the confusion isn't in the crochet technique, it is in the pattern so you knitters may be able to answer my question too. I'm crocheting a lovely cable cardigan. A Leisure Arts pattern (Classic Crocheted Cardigans). As with most patterns, there are instructions...

My late mother loved knitting , she used to tell me that it happened , not only because she loved it , but because her mother hated knitting and only Crocheted ,,,, My mother learned knitting in Paris, where she attended the Jewish School. When she later came to Holland , Knitting socks in school...

Pirjo, An adorable site, thanks for posting it. Hugs, Aunt Nora

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:22:49 GMT, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Yes you are right that was the shawl ,,,, alas the pattern is not mine to share , but i will tell you where i got it from ,,,,, INTERWEAVE knits , Fall 1998, page 44 " The Elegant Seamen` scarf, by Myrna A. I. Stahman . And by...

I haven't seen Sue Carlson-Dunn in *forever*, and first wondered if anyone has heard from her. Secondly, I need to make a heeless *hurry-up* pair of tube-socks, and LOST the url to Sue's pattern... anyone have it? Hugs, Noreen

It's Democratic Primary Election Day here in Connecticut with all the buzz of a national election due to the Lieberman/Lamont primary. The Page One headlines of the three daily papers which arrive on my doorstep with a thud before 6AM read: "TOSSUPS - Gaps closing in senatorial, gubernatorial...

The only way I could imagine that I'd crochet ever is the Tunisian crochet. What's the worry? With ordinary hook I can make only small items...Knitting needle is not good for that work...I should use it 'wrong way', if you get the idea. But maybe that dream will happen some day...I mean maybe I...

What sad news to start this day with, Thousands dead in the natural disasters in India, Sri Lanka, and regions. Earthquakes and tsunamies....with deathly results. So little one can do, but see where you can make a donation or help with clothing etc. My thoughts go out to all these helpless...

Du-uh... I'm having one of *those* days... I'm trying to figure out something and the brain is playing hide-and-seek... and it makes me MAD because it's something SIMPLE, and it makes me feel DUMB! Call for Help! How in the heck do I do a mitered shawl? I want it triangular, but I also don't want...

Would like the input of info on crafters choice books.Are they really worth it or not. Have anyone in the group gotten any books from them before. Thanks for information .Stella