I hope your celebrations are happy and safe, and that you have nice weather for the fireworks! *hugs* Gemini

I am new here and was wandering if any of you crafters likes to crochet?

Hi all, I've got some pictures of my latest finished object: http://vintagepurls.net.nz/2007/06/16/marguerite-complete/ It's one of the patterns I make free on my site. VP

Turns out I have severe bronchitis, not just a cold. However, as the hospital is so crowded, and I have had all the ultrasounds, x-rays, round the clock breathing treatments etc., plus my new nebulizer arrived today, plus I have a retired husband to help out, the doctor released me with a handful...

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...

The last time we were at the vet's for shots, she told us that Buffy had a cancerous tumor in her stomach and that all rules were out the window now... we should just feed Buffy whatever she wanted whenever she wanted it until it came the time that she stopped eating completely herself and that...

Now Newgroupers you all know how busy i am ... but as i entered a shop to buy a piece of Jeans lace, i was sewing a skirt +shirt for me , decided to add a skirt and shirt for a friend, thus thought some lace would do well ,,, i saw this Breathtaking wonderful multycolored cotton ,, and i just added...

Everybody . it takes me Ages and pain in my hand to scrolllllllllllllll through Miles of older texts ,,, just leave the needed parts PLEASE ,,,,, mirjam

Dang...I want 2 patterns and none of the store links at the site have them or they don't provide online ordering. Patterns are 1310RF - Baby Garter Stitch Jacket and 1319RF - Short Garter Stitch Jacket TIA Donna

Just wanted to let you all know I have a new knitting, crochet, and spinning podcast. It's called PassioKnits, and you can find it and the show notes at www.passioknits.blogspot.com . It has been submitted to I-tunes and should be available there soon, too. In this first episode, I talk about...

Continuing with dog news, I wanted to share our latest about Wooly. As some of you know, when I came home in February, we found out that Wooly was developing cataracts. Well, when I went back after Easter, we discovered that she had diabetes. It must have been developing for some time, as she is...

I don't have an outdoor thermometer, but yesterday was SO hot and humid I actually went into the pool THREE times. The first time was about 5 pm, then while preparing supper (just a LOT of cut vegetables and dip... it was far too hot to think about cooking) and while I was eating I found myself...

Traditionally the textile industry has been vastly fragmented in the fiber and yarns segment and unorganized in the fabric, weaving, knitting and processing sector. The textile industry is now changing its work-style which is leading to development of new markets in different regions and end...

Howdy, I have looked over a few books that I think would be good to keep in my knitting bag. My current favorite is The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask. Which title would you want in your bag if'n you could only have...

Today I took out a shawl which a daughter knitted for me some years ago from her own spun Hebridean black wool from the two Heb ewe lambs I gave her. She'd chosen the stitch 'candlelight' because I made beeswax candles. It had huge holes in it and it's unsalvageable. Does anyone know of any...

Melinda Please READ my first answer , my point was that i am not happy with the use o9f the name loom for the knitting activity ,,,,, and that in this case it should be called Frame ,,, i say that the word Loom should be kept for the WEAVING activity ..... mirjam I have no idea what kind of...

....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...

The woman that made this hat has made many other arty things and I think they're fantastic! She posts on another group I read and I thought some of the people here might enjoy it, Mirjam in particular. http://dreamwoven.com/AFYHBromeliad.htm She has a fairly large website, so if you want to see...

Those of you who enjoy the history of fishermen's sweaters may be interested in a book I recently acquired: "Knitting from the Netherlands" by Henriette van der Klift-Tellegen. I've put a little "book review" of sorts on my site if you are...

Hej! Aud, you should even be able to read the text (since it's in Swedish) and those of you who read German can probably get the gist of it. Those who don't can just have fun looking at the pic! I think I look like one of the Norns untangling the red thread....