Forum: Yarn
January 27th 08, 06:43 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
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Forum: Yarn
January 26th 08, 11:25 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
Anybody else get the Knitting Daily newsletter?
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) wrote:
I'm retired and I truly do have all the time in the world to knit and
nothing but Usenet and knitting blogs to distract me (although I
may--everyone...
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Forum: Yarn
January 25th 08, 10:11 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 15
Views: 766
PFFT! to legwarmers
Nothing like a success to wipe away the bitter memory of failure...
I made Mimi (my Shih Tzu) a heavyweight doggie sweater using this pattern:
http://www.talkingtails.com/sweater.html
only I made...
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Forum: Yarn
January 23rd 08, 07:46 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
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Forum: Yarn
January 23rd 08, 07:45 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
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Forum: Yarn
January 23rd 08, 07:44 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
Anybody else get the Knitting Daily newsletter?
wrote:
Legwarmers ,,,, measure calf and under knees ,,, GUAGUE your wool ,
cast on DPS enough st for the calf ,mark the begining of round , k1
The sad thing, Mirjam, is...
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Forum: Yarn
January 22nd 08, 10:13 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
Anybody else get the Knitting Daily newsletter?
Marilyn wrote:
Melinda,
Maybe you should thank your puppy for chewing the legwarmer. If it hadn't
then you would have been working woth the Lion Brand Homespun that much
longer. I hate that...
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Forum: Yarn
January 22nd 08, 10:10 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
Anybody else get the Knitting Daily newsletter?
suzee wrote:
I think you're right Shillelagh. I'm on a couple web based knitting
forums and I see sooo many posts from new knitters who are paralyzed
from going forward with a project or...
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Forum: Yarn
January 22nd 08, 10:07 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
Anybody else get the Knitting Daily newsletter?
myswendy wrote:
"Transcription business"? Me too! That is, I'm an editor these days,
for the most part. Work for Medware. What's your company? Where are
you?
I work as a subcontractor for...
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Forum: Needlework
January 22nd 08, 05:57 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,186
Days Of The Week
wrote:
Gosh, a person asks a simple, honest question and ends up with a bunch
of vituperation. Very neighborly of you all.
And here I thought it was stand-up comedy,...
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Forum: Yarn
January 22nd 08, 09:16 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,946
Anybody else get the Knitting Daily newsletter?
Here I was, just having admired that Hanami shawl and complimenting the
knitter, stating that I wished I could knit so well, because I can't
even knit 10 rows of plain stockinette stitch without a...
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Forum: Needlework
January 22nd 08, 02:26 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,221
Damp Sponge Technique
Dianne Lewandowski wrote:
Just remember that damp sponges are mold breeding grounds. Make sure, if
you like using a sponge, to keep it very clean and to let it dry out.
Or microwave it...
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Forum: Yarn
January 18th 08, 10:17 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,301
Update on the Hanami Shawl
Shillelagh wrote:
*drool* Oh, I want to learn to knit that well! I can't even knit 10
rows of Steri-Strips with increases and decreases without making mistakes.
So that link worked for...
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Forum: Yarn
January 18th 08, 05:08 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,301
Update on the Hanami Shawl
Shillelagh wrote:
Hi Everyone
It seems to be kind of quiet here these days. Maybe a let down from the
Christmas holiday rush?
My friend in Australia and I have finally started our KAL...
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Forum: Sewing
January 16th 08, 07:04 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,951
Treadle belt for old machine?
Pogonip wrote:
When you find a treadle machine, the belt is usually old and brittle,
or missing altogether.
Joy Beeson
And it needs rescuing from someone who wants to turn it into a...
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Forum: Sewing
January 7th 08, 04:36 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,951
Treadle belt for old machine?
I don't speak deutsch yet so hunting down a leather man who can make a
new one would take me a month or more to locate and communicate with
..
and frankly i am ready to sew sew sew...
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Forum: Yarn
January 6th 08, 04:16 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,373
Searching for a basic worsted...
Leslie wrote:
I'm in search of a plain, all wool or mostly-wool (but washable) worsted
weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
cost an arm an a leg. Looking...
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Forum: Needlework
January 2nd 08, 09:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 9
Views: 535
To Cheryl Issak and group
Jeri wrote:
Please don't. Most times trolls use either a bogus address which will bounce
or worse, an innocent person's email address.
Just ignore it or report it with full headers to...
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Forum: Needlework
January 2nd 08, 09:13 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 9
Views: 535
To Cheryl Issak and group
Jeri wrote:
Just ignore it or report it with full headers to AOL.
And Google Groups because that's who she posts through, and Gmail
because she is claiming to have a Gmail address.
--
Every job...
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Forum: Needlework
January 2nd 08, 09:11 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,148
OT Surgical Glue VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Gill Murray wrote:
OK, thanks for the info. I can see about 4 real stitches, and he had a
lot of bright yellow stuff on him when we picked him up. There is only a
little of that left, but...
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Forum: Needlework
January 2nd 08, 09:10 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,148
VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Gill Murray wrote:
Great info......how do you soften it to remove the stitches???
It falls off as the skin cells shed.
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Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your...
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Forum: Needlework
January 1st 08, 01:35 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,148
VOT sVent about vets.. help??
Gill Murray wrote:
I think we could remove the stitches, IF we knew what goop (glue-like)
they put on them in the first place. Does anyone have help here??
Medical personnel are increasingly...
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Forum: Sewing
December 21st 07, 01:20 AM Posted to alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 1
Views: 854
Looking for clear vinyl to use as windows
enigma wrote:
windows for what?
Joann's Fabrics has clear vinyl in several different mils,
60" wide in the home dec section. any of those will, at least
initially, be clearer than...
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Forum: Yarn
December 16th 07, 12:16 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Replies: 1
Views: 435
Still procrastinating on that sweater, but...
.... my daughter rides her little 50cc scooter to work and comes home
late at night when it's really cold, so I decided to knit her a pair of
legwarmers to wear on her way home (she wears skirts...
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Forum: Sewing
December 12th 07, 08:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
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Replies: 2
Views: 824
Anyone know of a source for this fabric? ....
Jim Thompson wrote:
Anyone know of a source for this fabric? ....
www.analog-innovations.com/BlackWhiteStripeMaterial.pdf
Is it like a lightweight (almost handkerchief-weight) cotton, which...
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