http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat2948&PRODID=xprd687579 The yarn above is the last sock yarn I used. I worked up great! It wears well and is washable. Let me know if you like it. At $4.00 a skein we can afford to make socks again. Dennis

I've just started a really cute bag which will be fulled (felted) shortly, and will post pictures and a link in a couple of days. The original "recipe" called for Noro Kuryon (yarite) and Techno Hair (which must be available only in Antarctica). So I have substituted any blue/green/pink fullable...

Hi Well I am like everyone else here and have way too many projects on the go but right now I am working on something that is a lot of fun. I am working on Izzy Dolls that will be spent overseas and given to children by Canadian soliders. I have just started this project but know that it is...

Dear Noreen Kool Aid parcel arrived this morning and is fantastic. Thank you so much for being a wonderful friend i cannot tell you how much it cheered me up. I know that you kindly said to put your parcel is on hiatus for the mo but i won't forget. Regards Sarah

Hi Noreen: Geesh, must be my server, I missed your trivia post. I can't imagine it being mindless though! If I were you I'd chalk it up to...."to each his/her own"! Wishing you all the best. Donna from Ontario, Canada

Has anyone used this pattern? I had heard the unfelted slippers were really big, and can verify this. I made a pair for DH, and am appalled at the finished felted size! I had worsted weight wool which felts just fine, but I think the unfelted size of the slippers is way too big. I am just...

My daughter found this lovely site and forwarded it to me. http://flutterbypatch.typepad.co.uk:80/flutterby_patch/2009/05/sheep.html/ Edna

Hej everybody! I haven't posted in a while, but I've been reading the group regularly even if I haven't contributed. I have held my second "subversive sewing" workshop/thingie though at a local gaming convention. A friend told me "the best thing about this is that we can do whatever we...

Does anyone know where to find discounted fabric. I was looking at some Kravets and Robert Allen fabrics and I cannot find anything under $100. If anyone knows of a place to look, i would really appreciate the advise.

I was one of the ones who hit Reply to All when I sent my email to Nora, thanking her for the work she had done on the comfortghan. I wanted to share my feelings of appreciation with the gals who had also participated in the project. Nora takes care of the projects from beginning to end - she...

G'mornin'! I am up way too early, already drinking coffee and catching up here at rcty. Next is blog surfing! Waving my HUGE wolf mug! Hugs, Noreen

Hello everyone, I received this letter from our youngest daughter and know that some of you may have gotten this information already (I have seen it on the news about half a year ago), however it is so important as well as basic, that I thought it good to pass it on again. Els Subject: FW:...

Hi: I am been visiting thift stores in search of good wool sweaters. (I don't buy them new since if one of the dogs puts a hole in a new wool sweater, I would be mad. If they put a hole in a $5 wool sweater, I am not mad.) Anyway found three wool sweaters plus another sweater that is gorgeous...

Hi Norma, I just read that filth about Mirjam on the newsgroup and was so enraged that someone would say such horrible things about such a sweet and loving person as Mirjam. Please assure her that I have sent a complaint to the disgusting SOB's server. I hope he loses his Internet access... but...

I don't know if I should be flattered or irritated. At the family GTG yesterday my SIL (the lobbyist - one step below congresscritter but I love her anyhow) asked if she could buy socks from me to give as Christmas gifts. She wants a dozen pair - I told her I *might* be able to turn out 3 pair by...

Well, here it is, the middle of November, and not a snowflake in sight. This is very unusual for the prairies in Canada. We usually have snow by Hallowe'en. Don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining. It's weird to see green grass on the septic field and DH is actually talking about trying to get...

Hi everyone I'm not new to knitting as I learned when I was about 9 or 10, but I'm new to this board. You seem a very warm and friendly bunch of people! I have been lurking for a while and have learned an awful lot, and developed a large favourites folder entitled 'knitting' with many sub-folders...

I have a crochet magazine from Diana Millelavori that has a stitch I don't know. This pattern calls for mezzo punto alto, punto alto, punto alto doppio and "punto alto fantasia". I've never heard of "punto alto fantasia" and can't figure out what it might be. In the photo it doesn't look...

Thank you so much for the lovely book of maple syrup recipes. I won't wait until my birthday to use it, though. g Katherine

Hi Group! Thought I'd sit at the computer for a little while, read YOU, and enjoy a cuppa coffee (or tea) WITH you, my friends. My schedule has been really erratic, knitting here, crocheting there, tatting some, working on bobbin-lace, teaching knitting, getting ready for my display at the County...