Column of Leaves by Brooknelson

I have finished 3 column of leaves scarves recently. I started one for
Noreen's mother and had 2 orders from family as soon as they laid eyes
on it. It is a beautiful verigated wool from Noreen's favorite yarn
shop in Rockford, IL. I have to get it in the mail to Noreen.

I am working on an afghan called "Honeycomb" from the 1990 issue of
"Homestead Classics AFGHAN" , I am glad I did not throw it away. A long
time friend of our that sets with Gail 2 days a week saw the magzine and
asked if I would make it for her, it is beautiful.

I spent 8 days in a rehab nursing home getting a little stronger before
they would do the fusion on C3 and C4. I made many friends and will be
teaching a knitting class soon, I am really looking forward to teaching
a class again.

I also made a plane old black knit 2by2 rib scarf for my neighbor across
the street. Him or his wife always knocks on the door if thy don't see
me out and around for a while.

What projects are you all working on? I forgot the shortcut we all used
for unfinished items.

What have you made during the summer months.

Hugs & God bless to all or our dear FRIENDS at RCTY,
Dennis & Gail

On Oct 5, 5:30 pm, Spike Driver wrote:
I have finished 3 column of leaves scarves recently. I started one for
Noreen's mother and had 2 orders from family as soon as they laid eyes
on it. It is a beautiful verigated wool from Noreen's favorite yarn
shop in Rockford, IL. I have to get it in the mail to Noreen.

I am working on an afghan called "Honeycomb" from the 1990 issue of
"Homestead Classics AFGHAN" , I am glad I did not throw it away. A long
time friend of our that sets with Gail 2 days a week saw the magzine and
asked if I would make it for her, it is beautiful.

I spent 8 days in a rehab nursing home getting a little stronger before
they would do the fusion on C3 and C4. I made many friends and will be
teaching a knitting class soon, I am really looking forward to teaching
a class again.

I also made a plane old black knit 2by2 rib scarf for my neighbor across
the street. Him or his wife always knocks on the door if thy don't see
me out and around for a while.

What projects are you all working on? I forgot the shortcut we all used
for unfinished items.

What have you made during the summer months.

Hugs & God bless to all or our dear FRIENDS at RCTY,
Dennis & Gail

WELCOME BACK Dennis SO good to see you here.
mirjam

I would love to see a pic of the hat also Karlisa.

Dennis

\Karlisa wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message
news
I have finished 3 column of leaves scarves recently. I started one for
Noreen's mother and had 2 orders from family as soon as they laid eyes on
it. It is a beautiful verigated wool from Noreen's favorite yarn shop in
Rockford, IL. I have to get it in the mail to Noreen.

I am working on an afghan called "Honeycomb" from the 1990 issue of
"Homestead Classics AFGHAN" , I am glad I did not throw it away. A long
time friend of our that sets with Gail 2 days a week saw the magzine and
asked if I would make it for her, it is beautiful.

I spent 8 days in a rehab nursing home getting a littleuld stronger before
they would do the fusion on C3 and C4. I made many friends and will be
teaching a knitting class soon, I am really looking for


ward to teaching a
class again.

I also made a plane old black knit 2by2 rib scarf for my neighbor across
the street. Him or his wife always knocks on the door if thy don't see me
out and around for a while.

What projects are you all working on? I forgot the shortcut we all used
for unfinished items.

What have you made during the summer months.

Oh, please do post pictures of the finished afghan if you can! I'd also
like to see the column of leaves scarf pattern, too. I love seeing
everyones' finished work.

I'm working on making coonskin caps for my two little boys for Halloween.
I'm working with Fun Fur, and it's making me a little crazy. "Fun" is not
the word that comes to mind when working with this stuff. :-)

lisa

Hugs & God bless to all or our dear FRIENDS at RCTY,
Dennis & Gail

It is nice to be with my friends Mirjam.

"Karlisa" wrote

I'm working on making coonskin caps for my two little boys for Halloween.
I'm working with Fun Fur, and it's making me a little crazy. "Fun" is not
the word that comes to mind when working with this stuff. :-)

lisa

Hang in there, Lisa. Try to work slowly because fixing mistakes with that
stuff is a miserable job. Or just leave the mistakes because they may not be
noticeable anyway.

--
Jan in MN

"Spike Driver" wrote in message
news
I have finished 3 column of leaves scarves recently. I started one for
Noreen's mother and had 2 orders from family as soon as they laid eyes on
it. It is a beautiful verigated wool from Noreen's favorite yarn shop in
Rockford, IL. I have to get it in the mail to Noreen.

I am working on an afghan called "Honeycomb" from the 1990 issue of
"Homestead Classics AFGHAN" , I am glad I did not throw it away. A long
time friend of our that sets with Gail 2 days a week saw the magzine and
asked if I would make it for her, it is beautiful.

I spent 8 days in a rehab nursing home getting a little stronger before
they would do the fusion on C3 and C4. I made many friends and will be
teaching a knitting class soon, I am really looking forward to teaching a
class again.

I also made a plane old black knit 2by2 rib scarf for my neighbor across
the street. Him or his wife always knocks on the door if thy don't see me
out and around for a while.

What projects are you all working on? I forgot the shortcut we all used
for unfinished items.

What have you made during the summer months.

Hugs & God bless to all or our dear FRIENDS at RCTY,
Dennis & Gail

Dennis, your projects sound so lovely! I hope we get to see pictures of
them. Did you know that there is also a pattern for a matching hat for the
columns of leaves scarf? I just went looking for the pattern for the scarf
and the hat came up here.... http://brookenelson.com/leafhatpattern.html
Enjoy! ;o)

I *never* throw away magazines with patterns (or recipes.. if the recipes
are too long, or too many of them), and definitely never throw away pattern
books. In fact I have been known to "rescue" such magazines from
laundromats, thrift shops, etc. ;o) I do replace them with other
magazines that may be of interest to other people though.

I've been making baby blankets... part knit, part crocheted... that I made
up myself as I was going along. I have four finished and am working on a
fifth one. No... not for anyone special (in case anyone wonders)... just
because they are small enough for me to handle easily, and I can work on a
couple of rows in the evening while watching TV and put away easily when my
hands and arms start to ache. I would like to eventually sell them for a
little extra money to help with our bills. I don't think $25 plus postage
is asking too much. *shrug*

Take care, and enjoy teaching the knitting class. )

*hugs*
Gem

Glad to hear you are home again. Please post pictures of the afghan!

Have been working on socks and other small items. Just finished a scarf knit
lenghtwise--picture at http://www.georgiamorgan.net/html/knitting.htm.
Currently on the needles are socks knit lengthwise (so they'll have a
kitchener seam up the back) with self-striping yarn--so they'll have
vertical rather than horizontal stripes. The yarn came with the
instructions, but I'm only 12 rows in and already I'm figuring out how I'd
improve (read: simplify) the design. (Actually, I changed it
already--didn't think I'd want striped socks in reverse stockinette.)

Georgia

"Spike Driver" wrote in message
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I have finished 3 column of leaves scarves recently. I started one for
Noreen's mother and had 2 orders from family as soon as they laid eyes
on it. It is a beautiful verigated wool from Noreen's favorite yarn
shop in Rockford, IL. I have to get it in the mail to Noreen.

I am working on an afghan called "Honeycomb" from the 1990 issue of
"Homestead Classics AFGHAN" , I am glad I did not throw it away. A long
time friend of our that sets with Gail 2 days a week saw the magzine and
asked if I would make it for her, it is beautiful.

I spent 8 days in a rehab nursing home getting a little stronger before
they would do the fusion on C3 and C4. I made many friends and will be
teaching a knitting class soon, I am really looking forward to teaching
a class again.

I also made a plane old black knit 2by2 rib scarf for my neighbor across
the street. Him or his wife always knocks on the door if thy don't see
me out and around for a while.

What projects are you all working on? I forgot the shortcut we all used
for unfinished items.

What have you made during the summer months.

Hugs & God bless to all or our dear FRIENDS at RCTY,
Dennis & Gail

"Georgia" wrote in message
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Glad to hear you are home again. Please post pictures of the afghan!

Have been working on socks and other small items. Just finished a scarf
knit
lenghtwise--picture at http://www.georgiamorgan.net/html/knitting.htm.
Currently on the needles are socks knit lengthwise (so they'll have a
kitchener seam up the back) with self-striping yarn--so they'll have
vertical rather than horizontal stripes. The yarn came with the
instructions, but I'm only 12 rows in and already I'm figuring out how I'd
improve (read: simplify) the design. (Actually, I changed it
already--didn't think I'd want striped socks in reverse stockinette.)

Georgia

Georgia, you do such pretty work. Can I ask.. is the baby hat and/or the
helmet next to it done on double pointed needles, circular or straight (she
asked, hopefully) and did you make up your own patterns or are they online
somewhere? I am looking for easy/quick hat patterns done on two straight
needles so I can make a few to give to shelters for the needy for the
upcoming winter months here in Ontario where it gets very cold.

*hugs*
Gemini

"Spike Driver" wrote in message
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What projects are you all working on? I forgot the shortcut we all used
for unfinished items.

What have you made during the summer months.

Hugs & God bless to all or our dear FRIENDS at RCTY,
Dennis & Gail

Dennis - I'm glad to hear you have caring neighbours who check on you and
someone to spend some time with Gail.

The shortcut for unfinished items is - UFO (unfinished objects).

I've finally finished up the Storm Water Shawl, and am closing in on the
Peacock Feathers Shawl. Since Yahoo is closing down their photo service,
I've moved some pictures over to Flickr, and I'm not crazy about it.
Anyway, I'll post a couple of links, and you can let me know if you can get
in to see any of the pictures. I think you have to have a Flickr account,
but I'm not sure. The only reason I'm using Flickr is because of the
Ravelry group. At some point they will be modifying their program to allow
other photo hosting services.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9741815@N03/1449227663/

Shelagh

Gem,
Thanks for the reply, I see you have been very busy.

In the last 25 years I have made way over a hundred baby blankets, I
love making them.

Hope you enjoy your knitting & Crochet,

Dennis & Gail