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Rich wrote:
I wrote before that I come here once a week, Saturday morning, to catch up. Usually there is not much to catch up on. Nice to see some posts this morning. I recently finished Ross's White Tiger and just finished a little owl. Now I am working on a patriotic sampler. Rich in Delaware On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:00:28 -0800 (PST), wrote: I forget to come and see what is happening, and I guess a lot of us are in the same boat. So, what are we all up to with our stitching? My stitching goal is to finish as many of my dozen or so WIPs and WISPs as I can in 2017. I am going to get them out, pat them gently and then put them in a rotation where each one gets a week of attention in turn. I am also going to finish a sunflower tablerunner that is a RR project with a friend; just 3 of us, and taking our time. I am half finished my share of this project. Then I am going to stitch on another RR that is awaiting my attention - this one the owner doesn't need back until after she moves, sometime this coming summer. There will also be too new starts, just so I don't get to feeling hard-done-by for having to work on WIPs, etc. One new start is Liz Almond's Sublime Stitches. Her Save the Stitches is one of the WIPs! I also intend to start on Cherry Parker's Christmas Ball. Keep on stitchin' RoseMary I check the newsgroup several times a week, and usually find zero posts, so move on. It would be great if we could put some life into it again. Like several others have posted, I'm doing more knitting than stitching these days, mostly because I was given a big load of yarn a few years ago when a neighbor passed away. She was a avid needleworker and knitter, but her family only wanted to keep her finished projects, so I got most of her patterns, books, and stitching and knitting materials, including a floor stand which is still in the box. And my Dazor blew a switch a couple of months ago...again. I've gotten the replacement part from Dazor, but haven't gotten a chance to do the repair yet. Maybe once it's working again, I'll get the stitching urge again. Currently working on a knitted, striped afghan...six stripes down, four to go, plus finishing. Too many stitching UFOs and designs to list. Nyssa At River's End |
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:54:45 -0500, Nyssa
wrote: Rich wrote: I wrote before that I come here once a week, Saturday morning, to catch up. Usually there is not much to catch up on. Nice to see some posts this morning. I recently finished Ross's White Tiger and just finished a little owl. Now I am working on a patriotic sampler. Rich in Delaware On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:00:28 -0800 (PST), wrote: I forget to come and see what is happening, and I guess a lot of us are in the same boat. So, what are we all up to with our stitching? My stitching goal is to finish as many of my dozen or so WIPs and WISPs as I can in 2017. I am going to get them out, pat them gently and then put them in a rotation where each one gets a week of attention in turn. I am also going to finish a sunflower tablerunner that is a RR project with a friend; just 3 of us, and taking our time. I am half finished my share of this project. Then I am going to stitch on another RR that is awaiting my attention - this one the owner doesn't need back until after she moves, sometime this coming summer. There will also be too new starts, just so I don't get to feeling hard-done-by for having to work on WIPs, etc. One new start is Liz Almond's Sublime Stitches. Her Save the Stitches is one of the WIPs! I also intend to start on Cherry Parker's Christmas Ball. Keep on stitchin' RoseMary I check the newsgroup several times a week, and usually find zero posts, so move on. It would be great if we could put some life into it again. Like several others have posted, I'm doing more knitting than stitching these days, mostly because I was given a big load of yarn a few years ago when a neighbor passed away. She was a avid needleworker and knitter, but her family only wanted to keep her finished projects, so I got most of her patterns, books, and stitching and knitting materials, including a floor stand which is still in the box. And my Dazor blew a switch a couple of months ago...again. I've gotten the replacement part from Dazor, but haven't gotten a chance to do the repair yet. Maybe once it's working again, I'll get the stitching urge again. Currently working on a knitted, striped afghan...six stripes down, four to go, plus finishing. Too many stitching UFOs and designs to list. Nyssa At River's End I usually knit socks to give away, they are well received in our climate! However, three years ago osteo turned up in my left thumb and eventually had to have an op (they take out the joint then secure the wrist joint to second thumb joint with tendon) It's six weeks of sitting around in a splint but an op well worth it, my left hand is perfect now. However same thing is happening in the right so in the near future I'll be in a splint for another six weeks I crocheted afghans for my kids when fuel bills reached a peak a few years back so they could wrap those round their legs instead of cranking up the thermostat - they liked them and they were fun to do. I belong to a knitting Guild and we also do a lot of knitting for charity, warm hats, gloves, socks etc. |
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 09:54:45 -0500, Nyssa wrote: Rich wrote: I wrote before that I come here once a week, Saturday morning, to catch up. Usually there is not much to catch up on. Nice to see some posts this morning. I recently finished Ross's White Tiger and just finished a little owl. Now I am working on a patriotic sampler. Rich in Delaware On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:00:28 -0800 (PST), wrote: I forget to come and see what is happening, and I guess a lot of us are in the same boat. So, what are we all up to with our stitching? My stitching goal is to finish as many of my dozen or so WIPs and WISPs as I can in 2017. I am going to get them out, pat them gently and then put them in a rotation where each one gets a week of attention in turn. I am also going to finish a sunflower tablerunner that is a RR project with a friend; just 3 of us, and taking our time. I am half finished my share of this project. Then I am going to stitch on another RR that is awaiting my attention - this one the owner doesn't need back until after she moves, sometime this coming summer. There will also be too new starts, just so I don't get to feeling hard-done-by for having to work on WIPs, etc. One new start is Liz Almond's Sublime Stitches. Her Save the Stitches is one of the WIPs! I also intend to start on Cherry Parker's Christmas Ball. Keep on stitchin' RoseMary I check the newsgroup several times a week, and usually find zero posts, so move on. It would be great if we could put some life into it again. Like several others have posted, I'm doing more knitting than stitching these days, mostly because I was given a big load of yarn a few years ago when a neighbor passed away. She was a avid needleworker and knitter, but her family only wanted to keep her finished projects, so I got most of her patterns, books, and stitching and knitting materials, including a floor stand which is still in the box. And my Dazor blew a switch a couple of months ago...again. I've gotten the replacement part from Dazor, but haven't gotten a chance to do the repair yet. Maybe once it's working again, I'll get the stitching urge again. Currently working on a knitted, striped afghan...six stripes down, four to go, plus finishing. Too many stitching UFOs and designs to list. Nyssa At River's End I usually knit socks to give away, they are well received in our climate! However, three years ago osteo turned up in my left thumb and eventually had to have an op (they take out the joint then secure the wrist joint to second thumb joint with tendon) It's six weeks of sitting around in a splint but an op well worth it, my left hand is perfect now. However same thing is happening in the right so in the near future I'll be in a splint for another six weeks I crocheted afghans for my kids when fuel bills reached a peak a few years back so they could wrap those round their legs instead of cranking up the thermostat - they liked them and they were fun to do. I belong to a knitting Guild and we also do a lot of knitting for charity, warm hats, gloves, socks etc. This current in-progress afghan will be a gift. I've also finished a baby afghan this fall that had been started by my deceased neighbor. She knitted a LOT looser than I do, and it's obvious where she left off and I took over. She had only done about four inches and had an error in a previous row too. No doubt the error caused her to put it aside to fix, then she never got a chance to get back to it before illness took over. Another neighbor has a great-grandchild on the way in the spring, so the finished afghan will go to her granddaughter for the new little one. Since the deceased neighbor lived right next door to the expectant great-grandma and they were friends, the afghan will have some connection to the family. I've also knitted a new hat for that same great-grandma- to-be this fall since she asked for one a bit longer than the alpaca one I made for her last year. So a LOT of my knitting goes to others too. I agree about cuddling up in afghans to save on heat in the cold weather. I currently am doing that while at the computer. Another afghan knitted from that inherited stash of yarn. I've still got enough of that inherited stash for two more afghans and a shawl and sweater. Yep, that lady was a stash hoarder for sure. At least it didn't go to waste! Nyssa At River's End |
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:42:26 -0500, Nyssa
wrote: wrote: I usually knit socks to give away, they are well received in our climate! However, three years ago osteo turned up in my left thumb and eventually had to have an op (they take out the joint then secure the wrist joint to second thumb joint with tendon) It's six weeks of sitting around in a splint but an op well worth it, my left hand is perfect now. However same thing is happening in the right so in the near future I'll be in a splint for another six weeks I crocheted afghans for my kids when fuel bills reached a peak a few years back so they could wrap those round their legs instead of cranking up the thermostat - they liked them and they were fun to do. I belong to a knitting Guild and we also do a lot of knitting for charity, warm hats, gloves, socks etc. This current in-progress afghan will be a gift. I've also finished a baby afghan this fall that had been started by my deceased neighbor. She knitted a LOT looser than I do, and it's obvious where she left off and I took over. She had only done about four inches and had an error in a previous row too. No doubt the error caused her to put it aside to fix, then she never got a chance to get back to it before illness took over. Another neighbor has a great-grandchild on the way in the spring, so the finished afghan will go to her granddaughter for the new little one. Since the deceased neighbor lived right next door to the expectant great-grandma and they were friends, the afghan will have some connection to the family. I think she'd be delighted to think you'd fixed it! I've also knitted a new hat for that same great-grandma- to-be this fall since she asked for one a bit longer than the alpaca one I made for her last year. So a LOT of my knitting goes to others too. Mine really has to go to others, I don't have anymore room ! I agree about cuddling up in afghans to save on heat in the cold weather. I currently am doing that while at the computer. Another afghan knitted from that inherited stash of yarn. I've still got enough of that inherited stash for two more afghans and a shawl and sweater. Yep, that lady was a stash hoarder for sure. At least it didn't go to waste! Nyssa At River's End I am lucky that I know a friends mother who knits little teddies for children in stressful situations, people such as firemen take them and hand them out to smaller children to comfort them when theres a fire etc. So she can use anything up - on average she knits 200 of these bears per year! So I do manage to keep my reserves to fairly limited quantities |
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I also do more crocheting in the winter and cross stitch in the summer. I started a blanket for one of my sons but the pattern is a picture of a german style eagle and I can't watch TV and work on it at the same time. I haven't worked on it in years...maybe I'll have it done by the time he gets married and it will be a wedding gift.
As for my current crochet project, blankets for the Linus Project, I'm also using up inherited stash. Just doing granny squares so that I can put them together in all different sizes and this project has been one that I can tote around to appointments and such. But alas, all great projects must come to an end. Maybe I should go check for more of her stash, it might have gotten a little lost when I moved a couple of years ago. Dawn |
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I used to do a lot of crochet and knitting years ago but haven't for a long
time. I am strictly cross stitch now. I haven't even done any of that for a while. I think this coming weekend is the time to start again. I hope to have a new project planned out and then I can finish the one I am stitching. Good to see so many people posting. I sure hope it can continue. Sharon in MN "Rich" wrote in message ... I wrote before that I come here once a week, Saturday morning, to catch up. Usually there is not much to catch up on. Nice to see some posts this morning. I recently finished Ross's White Tiger and just finished a little owl. Now I am working on a patriotic sampler. Rich in Delaware |
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On 1/4/2017 10:56 PM, D J wrote:
I vow to participate more and lurk around less. Happy 2017!!! Hallelujah! That is most welcome news, Dawn! Welcome back! -- Joan See my pictures he http://ndjoan.shutterfly.com/pictures If worries can cure your sickness, prolong your life, or replace happiness, then go ahead and worry! If they can't, why worry? Enjoy every moment of your life...there is no second chance. Unknown |
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On 1/7/2017 7:32 AM, Rich wrote:
I wrote before that I come here once a week, Saturday morning, to catch up. Usually there is not much to catch up on. Nice to see some posts this morning. I recently finished Ross's White Tiger and just finished a little owl. Now I am working on a patriotic sampler. So are you going to put them on rctnp, Rich? I've always loved looking at your work! -- Joan See my pictures he http://ndjoan.shutterfly.com/pictures If worries can cure your sickness, prolong your life, or replace happiness, then go ahead and worry! If they can't, why worry? Enjoy every moment of your life...there is no second chance. Unknown |
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On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 15:55:05 -0600, Joan Erickson
wrote: On 1/7/2017 7:32 AM, Rich wrote: I wrote before that I come here once a week, Saturday morning, to catch up. Usually there is not much to catch up on. Nice to see some posts this morning. I recently finished Ross's White Tiger and just finished a little owl. Now I am working on a patriotic sampler. So are you going to put them on rctnp, Rich? I've always loved looking at your work! Yes, he did the lovely Heron piece! |
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