and oh boy, did i get sensory overload...but, had fun!! i was in central NJ on business yesterday and the garmin said there was a yarn shop near by...Carriage Yarns in Ocean, NJ..... First, the place is lovely, and the owner could not have been nicer or kinder....if you're in New Jersey..GO!...

Today I received my brand new book on Modular knitting from Iris Schreier. It is a lovely book full with great ideas. I have down loaded all Iris lessons you can subscribe to and was waiting for her book to come out. It is worth buying. I bought mine through Amazon.ca, with an order from a...

Well, I was sure to be immune, since I can=B4t knit. WRONG! I found a lovely pattern for crocheted baby socks and I am crocheting=20 socks like a crazy... I am making the second pair out of a yarn reminding of Regia. They are sooo funny and look very hippie in this variegated yarn! I have the...

Okay - I'm cheap - I'm looking for a free pattern. After much Googling, I can't find anything but a Fibre Trends pattern, and it's not free. I'll keep looking, but if anyone has a link to a free pattern, I'd be grateful. ;) Shelagh

I used the long weekend to finish a cotton top (knit in Knit 1 Crochet 2 Cotonade yarn.) i've been working on this for YEARS. I picked up the neck stitches, joined shoulders, picked up sleeve edgings, and only have the side seams to sew. It's too short. I measured it and it is right for the...

Hi all, I seem forever scouring the charity/thrift shops in my never ending search for yarns either for weaving or knitting. Well I turned up trumps last week when I spied 2 x 400 grms balls of Aran navy for a mere one UK pound, they are normally five and a half times that or more for this...

I finally finished my NYCO. The second sleeve seemed to take forever! It is Guernsey gals from The Best of Knitters Arans and Celtics. I had to adapt it a bit to suit the gauge of DK instead of worsted or aran. This has inspired me to set up a photo album and so if you would like to have a look...

Here comes my whine: It's 2:15 a.m. and I can't sleep. I've managed to catch a cold from somewhere... amazing, considering how often in the day I wash my hands. I'm sneezing my brains out - soon there will be none left (groan), my head is congested and feels like cotton balls, and my nose is so...

HELP!!! I am hunting for an old, old McCall pattern which was in a late 40's McCall's Needlework and Craft magazine. It was reprinted later, I got it, then we moved, and I haven't seen it. My son took a bride this summer and I thought this would be a nice way to further welcome her to the...

Pirjo, we are January partners!!!!! ;-))) I am not sure which E-mail address you use, Will you please contact me? Hugs, -- AUD :-) E-mail: alrefsnes at hotmail dot com --

The sets of crochet hooks finally arived today. Steel Hook Sizes = 14 thru 00 (16 different sizes) Aluminum Hook Sizes = D thru K (8 different sizes) The new crystallites from Red Heart, acrylics, sizes = G thru P (9 different sizes) 33 hooks in all....WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! And they...

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit. It appears that instead of slipping the first stitch on each row, I was slipping the first stitch over the second stitch on each row. *sigh* BDR U! (that's a family thing, the school we are all alumni of, "Brain Dead 'R' Us") So started over, got the cuff knitted...

Faberge made jeweled knitting needles for ostentation. Some had the size color coded by the large solitaire diamonds or rubies or emeralds set on the end -- but, most of the real hand knitting in those households was done by craftsmen (and servants) using steel needles. (Turns out that gold,...

It's past noon, but we got up late and didn't breakfast until noon. It's a warm 57 degrees out so I've opened the doors to get the fried bacon smell out of the house. It still hurts my arm to knit much, but I've gotten halfway down the first sleeve of the Oddball sweater and am trying to figure...

Methinks I need to try some! Noreen ever trying exotic things.... -- change n e t to c o m to email/reply to me.

http://fuglemamma.sprayblogg.no/images/yarnstrip_115000531.gif AUD ;-)

Harebell Lace Multiple of 6 sts plus 3. Row 1. P3, * K3, P3; rep from *. Row 2. K3, * P2tog, yo, P1, K3; rep from * Row 3. P3, * K3, P3; rep from *. Row 4. K3, * P1, yo, P2tog, K3; rep from *.

I just joined the group and wanted to introduce myself ! My name is Brenda Hope to make friends here !

You may remember that I posted the call for doilies a while back. Here is the announcement for the art project: contact: kent streeb public relations department 412/361.0873 x307 Healing Power of Doilies on Display at PCA

I didn't see anyone start an April FO's thread so thought I'd begin. I finally got my pictures semi-organized on flickr so am excited to share! FO's: Branching Out Scarf http://farm1.static.flickr.com/204/473704553_fae128b401.jpg?v=0 ...