WOW. That sounds way cool, but I think I'll experiment w/toes for a while first (am knitting DH a pair of wool-hemp mixture socks). I got several EZ books for my bday, will look up socks when I have a minute. SlinkyToy wrote: You can do better than simple right- and left-toe construction - you...

....or Syndrome or something. Why can I not resist starting a new project the minute I see a pattern that intrigues me, no matter how many other WIPs are staring me in the face? This is why I have three sets of interchangeable circs...I saw the maze-patterned cap in the latest Knitty and...

....have a striped heel that is so cool. I found myself knitting it slowly, throwing and twisting the alternating colors, and I found the stripes of the heel flap went all zigzaggy on my while creating a beautiful pattern on the reverse of the flap, which of course is on the inside of the sock...

Anyone here get The Stitchery catalogue? I haven't embroidered for decades, and I was just about to toss the catalogue in the recycling when I turned it over and on the back was "Knit Lite." Lighted knitting needles. Yes!! For a mere $15.95, you can own a pair of plastic needles (sizes 6,...

www.ilgaleja.com/collection_summertime_wharf.html Love the site, love her designs, but the cost of the Butterfly gives me pause. I'll think about it again once I've finished the two pairs of socks I started since then!

Both on and off-topic: We visited the Rug-Hooking Capital of the World -- Cheticamp on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, and saw some truly amazing concoctions. I'd only seen it done with strips of cloth, but these people sitting there at frames with balls of yarn attached, hooking calmly away...

My crocheting sister e-mails me that there is a wonderful book in her library called "The Principles of Knitting" that she has tried to find a secondhand copy of but only found it going for $225.00 and up! That's my googling result, too. Does anyone have this book and can it really be worth...

The longer I work on this entrelac hat, the more fixes I think of. The ribbed band looks too deep to me (not on Aud's pic, I hasten to add) -- at least the ribbing I've done looks much deeper than the pic on the pattern. The pattern also doesn't say to fold it over, but that's what I'll do on the...

Has anyone seen the new Miss Marple TV series with Geraldine McEwan as Jane Marple? I noticed that the titles to the series start with a ball of yarn and knitting needles, and I just noticed tonight what and interesting sweater she was wearing, a sort of oatmeal or beige cardigan with crossover...

well, OK, that was a bit of a teaser; I have a question about the cast-on for my FiberTrends Lace Moebius (which my mother says was called a fascinator in her day). The pattern calls for casting on 378 sts VERY LOOSELY. OK, I can manage the VL part by using a larger needle tip (I'm using my...

....as I get halfway through the cast-on, thinking wow, I really am casting on loosely, good for me...until I run out of yarn. At this point I wish I'd taken good ol' Slinky's advice & rewound the friggin ball of yarn so I could tie the two ends together. Oh well.

I'm trying to sort and plan without actually taking up needles or hook, and I'm looking at a few skeins of cotton-nylon boucle fingering I got from Ranee's de-stashing. It's dark sage green and I really like the look, but what will I do with it? The skeins are labeled "The Gourmet Collection -...

Had mine out on the porch, along with my bacon and eggs, as it's a truly amazing Indian summer day - sunny, breezy, and 75 degrees! The children will have a wonderful night for trick-or-treating, especially with the moon not so far off full. My ambitious husband is sitting out, too, carving an...

Trish, Thank you so much for the lovely get-well card. The glitter on the tree branches and the NB return address reminded me that you're probably getting snow while we're still waiting for the last of our leaves to fall. I am a little bit better today, so fingers crossed that I'll be able...

Just yawned our way into the house from a dinner party, where all us middle-aged people started nodding and waving by 10 p.m...happy new year, everyone!

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Knowing how many UFOs -- well, to be honest, UnStarted Projects (USPs) I have at home, I was VERy virtuous at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival yesterday; only succumbed to a few super-bargains (then I spent $$ on unusual garden plants at the herb-&-plant tent). So what would be a good...

Well, the Stitches East 2007 brochure arrived in yesterday's mail, and by the time I sat down at the computer to register, only an hour later, half the classes I wanted were already sold out! I expected the Lily Chin ones to be, but jeez. I finally managed to snag ONE Friday afternoon class. ...

....Addi needles for lace? I thought I saw a mention of it but can't find it (that may of course be due to the migraine drugs). I ask because I think I mentioned trying to make a scarf with some beautiful two-ply cashmere laceweight that is slack-twisted enough that no matter what needles I...

So, Mary F & I finally stopped gabbing about Yorkshire, and lo & behold I have another question that I figure the variety of folks here might be able to shed some light on. First of all, if you haven't heard of the Monty Pythons referring to little old ladies as "pepperpots," you can stop...