Forum: Yarn
August 1st 07, 04:00 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,279
Knitting Machine
On Aug 1, 9:31 am, harrowwoman wrote:
Hi All,
I am new here. Been a knitter for years, mostly for the children when
they were smaller. I got my one and only knitting machine...
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Forum: Yarn
August 1st 07, 03:59 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,262
Blocking
On Aug 1, 8:36 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
But how do you pin it down?
I always use glass headed pins but a sheet would just slide over the floor.
Im not...
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Forum: Yarn
August 1st 07, 01:27 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,262
Blocking
On Jul 31, 2:37 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
wrote in message
But how do you pin it down?
On a clean sheet, with a metric asston (that's a...
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Forum: Yarn
July 31st 07, 08:19 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,262
Blocking
On Jul 31, 1:39 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
I've just completed a pi shall, to my own design. It's about 2m, 75"
diameter and I don't know how to block it - I haven't any...
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Forum: Yarn
July 24th 07, 04:04 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 1
Views: 389
'mohair' question, plz
On Jul 23, 7:36 pm, val189 wrote:
Hello,
May a newcomer butt in?
I crocheted an afghan back in the early eighties with a fake mohair
I believe was called...
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Forum: Yarn
July 13th 07, 04:32 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,314
The PEI trail to Wool
On Jul 12, 5:19 pm, "Aaron Lewis" wrote:
http://www.peisland.com/wool/
Not a very buyer-friendly website - not even a swatch card to give us
some idea of the colors.
The...
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Forum: Yarn
July 10th 07, 04:41 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,941
OT... but important
This has been going around for a while. Snopes.com gives it a TRUE
status but I'm skeptical.
The quantity of hand sanitizer even a small child would have to suck
down to achieve "alcohol poisoning"...
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Forum: Yarn
July 2nd 07, 11:18 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,697
An FO
On Jul 2, 2:05 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
Um - it doesn't look like
http://www.fysh.org/~slinky/pix/ratty_pi.jpg
Of course it doesn't. The basic pi shawl pattern...
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Forum: Yarn
July 1st 07, 09:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,697
An FO
On Jul 1, 2:36 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
Sorry, I should have said, I'm in England :-(
Last time I was on your side of the puddle England still had libraries
and post!
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Forum: Yarn
July 1st 07, 08:34 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,697
An FO
On Jul 1, 1:56 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
Where can I get a pattern - I'm no mathematician!
http://www.schoolhousepress.com is Elizabeth Zimmermann's company, now
run by...
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Forum: Yarn
July 1st 07, 04:02 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,697
An FO
What's a Pi shawl?
A circular shawl that starts in the center, is knitted "in the
round" (flat, but on circular needles!). Geometry says there is a
mathematical relationship between the...
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Forum: Yarn
June 30th 07, 06:31 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,697
An FO
What is it?
Mary
It's a Pi Shawl. :D
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