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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19814 is a reply to message #19789 ] |
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 Melissa Mead
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| jmeadows wrote on Sun, 23 August 2009 22:36 |
| Melissa Mead wrote on Sat, 22 August 2009 21:17 |
I'm chronically envious of the fabric-competent. I learned how to crochet a chain once. Didn't know what to do beyond that, though.
The one time I tried to embroider something, I sewed it to my leg.
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Yipe! And hey, if you can crochet a chain, that's a start. Everything in crochet starts from chains. 
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This was the start of, well, a longer chain. 
IIRC, I put a tassel on it and used it for a bookmark.
Member of Carpe Libris: http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19815 is a reply to message #19810 ] |
Mon, 24 August 2009 07:11 |
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| Fake Frenchie wrote on Mon, 24 August 2009 02:27 |
I can't get blondviolinist link to show. Waaahhh!
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How strange! I can't either anymore. Rest assured, it was lovely.
Smooshes!
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19817 is a reply to message #19816 ] |
Mon, 24 August 2009 08:17 |
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| Krystolla wrote on Mon, 24 August 2009 13:09 |
Has anyone here read "Ode to my socks" by Pablo Neruda? The best poem about socks ever.
Alas, I'm not a knitter myself. My foray into crochet was a bit of a wreck as well. Probably better that way, I'm busy enough with the garden and teddy bears. My stash is made up of teddy bear fur -- long curls of golden brown mohair fur get me every time.
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Oooh! Another teddy bear person! (not that I can MAKE them, I just get sucked in by those cute furry faces and BUY them - all part of their plan for world domination I feel) Do you have any pics of your bears?
Apologies for veering off topic....
Don't worry about the dust bunnies, they're just here to guard the treasure.....
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19836 is a reply to message #19788 ] |
Mon, 24 August 2009 16:55 |
ravenclawgirl
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| jmeadows wrote on Sun, 23 August 2009 22:35 |
| ravenclawgirl wrote on Sat, 22 August 2009 21:13 |
I have been knitting for a little over a year now, but I haven't worked up the courage to try and knit socks yet. I have successfully knitted a sweater (twice), but I am a little nervous about using double pointed needles.
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If you can knit a sweater, you can knit socks. How did you knit the sleeves? If you don't like DPNs, you can use circular needles or try magic loop. Just remember, even on DPNs, you're still only using two needles at one time; the others are just holding yarn in place for you.
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I knitted the sleeves flat, then sewed them together at the end, as per the instructions I was following. Everything I've knitted thus far has been knitted flat.
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19852 is a reply to message #19846 ] |
Mon, 24 August 2009 22:48 |
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| GraceNotes wrote on Mon, 24 August 2009 20:13 |
"FROG BACK?" This is a new term to me. Definition, please.
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When you rip something out and start over (or just rip back a few rows to start them over), they call it frogging. Why?
Because you rippit, rippit. ;)
Smooshes!
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19855 is a reply to message #19722 ] |
Tue, 25 August 2009 06:39 |
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Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19871 is a reply to message #19722 ] |
Tue, 25 August 2009 18:19 |
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So over the weekend I went to the Indiana State Fair, and stopped by the Sheep-to-Shawl competition. While the weavers were finishing up their shawls, there were continuous shearing demos, and so I stopped to watch. Imagine my surprise when I saw that for the demo, they were using a purely mechanical crank-powered shearer rather than an electric device. It dated from the late 1800's, I believe, and a kid selected from the audience was frantically turning a crank which powered the toothed blades of the shears. It was exceedingly cool--I love pre-electrical tools, and this one amazed me with its speed and efficiency. Mind you, the sheep was not so thrilled--as you can see in this somewhat poorly focused picture.
"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19872 is a reply to message #19871 ] |
Tue, 25 August 2009 19:30 |
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Well that was one way to keep fit! o.o I don't know if that made it to Australia or not. I think our early machines were run by generators/engines. (Since a lot of properties had multi-stand sheds with up to nearly 20 shearers - imgine how much work the little kids would need to have done then!)
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Guest Blog by Jodi Meadows [message #19895 is a reply to message #19852 ] |
Wed, 26 August 2009 02:58 |
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Diane in MN
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| jmeadows wrote on Mon, 24 August 2009 21:48 |
| GraceNotes wrote on Mon, 24 August 2009 20:13 |
"FROG BACK?" This is a new term to me. Definition, please.
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When you rip something out and start over (or just rip back a few rows to start them over), they call it frogging. Why?
Because you rippit, rippit.
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I love this. Actually I think it's great that knitting is sufficiently forgiving that you can rip out work and redo it with no ill effects--unlike, say, sewing, where this is not always possible. My long-ago forays into sewing involved lots of tension and even more cursing. Knitting is relaxing.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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