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Would like your advice/ideas
Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has
cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K *************************** Knitting is a haven, a safe place where one can touch history, dance with art, and create a peaceful life. ---Nancy Bush, author of "Folk Socks" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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Hi Susan, I can't help you with the knitting stuff. (sorry) I just wanted to
say that I'm sorry to hear about your brother's health....My thoughts are with you and your family. Donna in Philly -- When we lose the right to be different, we lose the right to be free. ~ Charles Evans Hughes "Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K *************************** Knitting is a haven, a safe place where one can touch history, dance with art, and create a peaceful life. ---Nancy Bush, author of "Folk Socks" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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Oh Susan, I am so sorry to read about your brother's battle with cancer. I
wish him all the love and comfort he can have for the remainder of his life. I wish you and your family love and peace in knowing that when his time does come, he will no longer be in any pain at all. I know that doesn't ease the heartache, but know that the love you give him, he will take with him on his journey, and he will always be there to watch over all of you. As for the afghan you are going to make your brother, I think he will love those colour choices too. Unfortunately when I make squares for an afghan, I always join them by crocheting them together, so I can't help you with that... but I am sure that you will get helpful responses from a few of the ladies or gentlemen here. *hugs* Gem "Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K *************************** Knitting is a haven, a safe place where one can touch history, dance with art, and create a peaceful life. ---Nancy Bush, author of "Folk Socks" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:10:01 GMT, "Soozergirl"
wrote: Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K *************************** Knitting is a haven, a safe place where one can touch history, dance with art, and create a peaceful life. ---Nancy Bush, author of "Folk Socks" --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 Sorry to hear about your brother. you could join them doing a 3 needle cast off by picking up the stitches on the two squares you want to join together. I learned the 3 needl cast off for joining log cabin sqaures together. I would join them together with one of the colours you have for another shade of brown. I would only knit with one strand so that the afghan isn't too heavy for your brother to lift. This are just my ideas. Darlene in Toronto |
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"Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K Susan, my heartfelt empathy regarding your brothers' health! You could sew/baste the squares together, or ... this might be the time to learn to slip stitch crochet them together.... and if I had the time, honest, I'd offer to do it FOR you! BIG GIANT HUGS, and prayers, vibes, healing thoughts.... Noreen |
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Thank you all for the great ideas and kind thoughts. I just talked to
brother Ron, who is feeling pretty well for a chemo week. He told me that this time he didn't lose his appetite or sleep all week, and that he was eating like a pig, and that he's ready to kick butt (not his exact words...)! Although I may need to postpone my trip due to the SNNOOOWWW, he was still planning the Polish dinner: kielbasa, sauerkraut, good rye bread, pierogi...I am absolutely drooling! I suspect that if I'm not there this weekend they'll have the dinner anyway. ;-) If I'm not driving down, guess what *I'll* be doing... Peace to all, and thanks for all of your support knitting and otherwise (this is a fun group, ya know?) Susan K Any other Polacks out there? My maiden name is Strzalkowski - whew! I can still spell it... "The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message ... "Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K Susan, my heartfelt empathy regarding your brothers' health! You could sew/baste the squares together, or ... this might be the time to learn to slip stitch crochet them together.... and if I had the time, honest, I'd offer to do it FOR you! BIG GIANT HUGS, and prayers, vibes, healing thoughts.... Noreen --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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That's great to hear that your brother is feeling well this week and has a
good appetite. Good for him to have that kick-*ss attitude... that and positive thinking, and laughter help a lot in bad health issues. ) So if you're not driving there, you'll be..... making your own big feast and/or starting on the afghan for your brother. ;o) Yes, this is a fun group... and a caring group who tend to think of each other as family. Nope, I'm not Polish! I am Canadian (I said it like the commercial too), with English, Irish and a little French (from France) background. ) Gem "Soozergirl" wrote in message nk.net... Thank you all for the great ideas and kind thoughts. I just talked to brother Ron, who is feeling pretty well for a chemo week. He told me that this time he didn't lose his appetite or sleep all week, and that he was eating like a pig, and that he's ready to kick butt (not his exact words...)! Although I may need to postpone my trip due to the SNNOOOWWW, he was still planning the Polish dinner: kielbasa, sauerkraut, good rye bread, pierogi...I am absolutely drooling! I suspect that if I'm not there this weekend they'll have the dinner anyway. ;-) If I'm not driving down, guess what *I'll* be doing... Peace to all, and thanks for all of your support knitting and otherwise (this is a fun group, ya know?) Susan K Any other Polacks out there? My maiden name is Strzalkowski - whew! I can still spell it... "The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message ... "Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K Susan, my heartfelt empathy regarding your brothers' health! You could sew/baste the squares together, or ... this might be the time to learn to slip stitch crochet them together.... and if I had the time, honest, I'd offer to do it FOR you! BIG GIANT HUGS, and prayers, vibes, healing thoughts.... Noreen --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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SUSAN ,,, healing thoughts to your brother .
And take care and don`t drive slippery roads ,,,, Peace to all, and thanks for all of your support knitting and otherwise (this is a fun group, ya know?) I can pronounce your name ,,,, But am no pole ,,, mirjam Susan K Any other Polacks out there? My maiden name is Strzalkowski - whew! I can still spell it... "The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message ... "Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K Susan, my heartfelt empathy regarding your brothers' health! You could sew/baste the squares together, or ... this might be the time to learn to slip stitch crochet them together.... and if I had the time, honest, I'd offer to do it FOR you! BIG GIANT HUGS, and prayers, vibes, healing thoughts.... Noreen --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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In article . net,
Soozergirl wrote: snip I'm sorry to hear about your brother's illness. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Strictly speaking, binding off is a slipstitch crochet stitch. Different patterns will pull in slightly different amounts, but as long as you avoid cables and lace they'll probably even out enough, so you can use the same stitch count for each square. If you want to knit them in long strips instead of single squares, you could just do something like 4 rows of garter stitch between designs, or just switch to the next design. If you do the garter stitch, you could also do 2 stitches of garter stitch at each end of each row, so when it's all together there is garter stitch on all sides of each square. Then you'd only have to fasten the strips together. That could be done with mattress stitch or just a simple overhand whip stitch. Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Just make each square with one color and make half of them with each color. You could make the center one with both colors and work in something significant. Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? It's faster on big needles but it makes a very heavy afghan and the patterns won't show up as well. =Tamar |
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ME!
Half Polish! Send me Kolaczy! Hugs, Noreen drooling! -- If Moses had been a woman, she'd have stopped and asked for directions, and the people would've gotten to the promised land in under a week! President Mackenzie Allen, ABC's Commander in Chief "Soozergirl" wrote in message nk.net... Thank you all for the great ideas and kind thoughts. I just talked to brother Ron, who is feeling pretty well for a chemo week. He told me that this time he didn't lose his appetite or sleep all week, and that he was eating like a pig, and that he's ready to kick butt (not his exact words...)! Although I may need to postpone my trip due to the SNNOOOWWW, he was still planning the Polish dinner: kielbasa, sauerkraut, good rye bread, pierogi...I am absolutely drooling! I suspect that if I'm not there this weekend they'll have the dinner anyway. ;-) If I'm not driving down, guess what *I'll* be doing... Peace to all, and thanks for all of your support knitting and otherwise (this is a fun group, ya know?) Susan K Any other Polacks out there? My maiden name is Strzalkowski - whew! I can still spell it... "The YARNWRIGHT" wrote in message ... "Soozergirl" wrote in message ink.net... Hi, I am visiting my brother who lives in New Jersey this weekend. He has cancer and probably won't be around more than about a year. I'm totally bummed about this - he's 51. Anyway, I just thought (well, DUH) that a nice knitted quilt/afghan might be nice for him - I think he would like it and maybe he could take it to chemo treatments. (no, I'm not gonna knit it tonight). As I'm thinking, it might help ME to knit this for him. I went to JoAnn's tonight and lo and behold, Wool-ease worsted was on sale for 1.79. I bought 2 or 3 each of several heather colors: dk brown, off white, forest green and chestnut. I figured he might like those colors - he's a Boy Scout leader/trainer and loves camping, fishing, etc. Nice earthy tones. I figured I could make 12" x 12" squares, using a different pattern for each one: garter, the dreaded st st, ribs, seed/moss st, etc. etc. My questions: Is there a way to join them kind of like a 3 needle cast off? Or does anyone have another suggestion (I can't crochet to save my life). Any ideas about how to balance the colors? Should I join them with black, dk gray, etc? Do you think I should knit w/ two strands? All ideas are appreciated. TIA Susan K Susan, my heartfelt empathy regarding your brothers' health! You could sew/baste the squares together, or ... this might be the time to learn to slip stitch crochet them together.... and if I had the time, honest, I'd offer to do it FOR you! BIG GIANT HUGS, and prayers, vibes, healing thoughts.... Noreen --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 2/14/05 |
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