| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #4981 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Thu, 13 November 2008 17:51   |
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yes,shirley is indeed the the best, she is always willing to help the girls with what ever they need including baking for school functions. and she says we make a good team for quilting, i design, color coordinate ,shirley sews and we both put the batten in and put the front and back together and i tie it because my finger won't do the quilting any more.the one i am making for my sister is about half to 3/4 done.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5242 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 17:49 |
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*paces* I need my new needles to get here! I need them now! There is Stuff I Need To Make! *chafes*
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5246 is a reply to message #5243 ] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 18:30 |
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But I haven't knit at all in...gosh, a week! But I can't finish my Tam Lin scarf without smaller needles!
I also need to go yarn shopping. Maybe tomorrow....
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5253 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 19:57 |
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I've been getting more wire. ^_^
I picked up some 26ga sterling silver and malachite, amethyst, and lapis, made a necklace for my mom with it. Used all my wire... so then I got more!
28ga silver and copper and 30ga black and 3mm hematite beads. Made a collar for myself in silver with malachite with a dragon pendant that my boyfriend got me. Also, made boyfriend a really pretty bracelet with copper and hematite.
Next up! A pair of earrings to go with my mom's necklace, a bracelet (silver and hematite) for a friend, copper and silver for another friend, and two others (I'm not sure what) for other friends.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5280 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 22:16 |
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*whimper* I keep thinking about socks now.... I don't LIKE socks... but... the ones you guys keep talking about and linking are so PRETTY!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5288 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 16 November 2008 23:55 |
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay needles! *does new needle dance*
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5315 is a reply to message #5280 ] |
Mon, 17 November 2008 11:02 |
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| Mori-neko wrote on Sun, 16 November 2008 22:16 |
*whimper* I keep thinking about socks now.... I don't LIKE socks... but... the ones you guys keep talking about and linking are so PRETTY!
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Joooooin ussssss.
Smooshes!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5317 is a reply to message #5303 ] |
Mon, 17 November 2008 11:24 |
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| Susan from Athens wrote on Mon, 17 November 2008 04:00 |
| Mori-neko wrote on Mon, 17 November 2008 05:16 |
*whimper* I keep thinking about socks now.... I don't LIKE socks... but... the ones you guys keep talking about and linking are so PRETTY!
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Mori-neko show character: I too am not going to give in to socks. So many people knit lovely socks - I will resist and call on you to do the same  There is life for other knitting too!
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I will start any more knitting projects until my halter is done.... unless it's a quick scarf for my boyfriend... but as far as projects that actually need focus. of course, I should really start working on it again, but I've been distracted by shiny wire and beads and fast-making pretties....
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5465 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Tue, 18 November 2008 20:30 |
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I have two SPECIAL socks coming in the next few days. And they aren't even KNITTED socks! Mwhahahahahahaha!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5490 is a reply to message #5465 ] |
Tue, 18 November 2008 22:58 |
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| ssshunt wrote on Tue, 18 November 2008 20:30 |
I have two SPECIAL socks coming in the next few days. And they aren't even KNITTED socks! Mwhahahahahahaha!
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cheeky shelley very cheeky, better watch out or they will send the yarn goblin after you.[laughs behind hand].
[Updated on: Tue, 18 November 2008 22:59]
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5491 is a reply to message #5465 ] |
Tue, 18 November 2008 23:06 |
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| ssshunt wrote on Tue, 18 November 2008 20:30 |
I have two SPECIAL socks coming in the next few days. And they aren't even KNITTED socks! Mwhahahahahahaha!
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HEE!
I got some teal yarn to experiment with (not sold on the texture). Shelley, it's VERY teal. You like teal, right?
Because it's very teal.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5508 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 01:35 |
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I got yarn from T tonight! Yay! It's lovely, two shades of brown and teal/turquoise(not sure which it really qualifies as) variegated. I'm using the same pattern as the Blue Scarf because I had that pattern with me and have already gotten to Row 18 on the pattern. Yay! Also, it seems like my stitches are a bit tighter this time because the pattern is more visible on what I have than when I was doing it on the blue one, though that maybe because of the variegation instead. So, I'll hold off a bit on making the cable scarf. But, I do have the yarn for it now and I probably should procure a cable needle first so I don't go crazy by dropping cable stitches... In other news, I need to block the Blue Scarf and the dishcloths I've finished...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5532 is a reply to message #5518 ] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 11:01 |
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Now I feel guilty for not having any pictures up on my Ravelry page yet! I'll make an effort this weekend...
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5570 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 16:56 |
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I LIKE very teal...
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5600 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 20:53 |
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Sort of a side question... how does one go about blocking stuff? I keep hearing the term, think I know what it means, but have no idea how to DO it!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5601 is a reply to message #5600 ] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 20:55 |
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| Mori-neko wrote on Wed, 19 November 2008 20:53 |
Sort of a side question... how does one go about blocking stuff? I keep hearing the term, think I know what it means, but have no idea how to DO it!
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Here you go!
Smooshes!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5617 is a reply to message #5570 ] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 21:51 |
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Good, because it is, indeed, VERY VERY teal. It is blindingly teal. I'm still not sold on the texture--it's a sort of chenille stuff--and I plan to go buy some real yarn soon, because I want to do something with cables and this just won't do, but I'll finish what I've started and then you'll see how very teal this stuff is....(I picked it up for the color--it didn't seem so bright in the store! Then I brought it home, pulled it out, and sort of went 'Oh. My. God. That is teal. That is....REALLY teal'.)
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5654 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 15:25 |
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Love any kind of teal...
You made me laugh, thanks.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5675 is a reply to message #5654 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 18:45 |
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Charis, I keep misreading your icon as saying "Impudent Trumpet" and I keep thinking "But Charis doesn't play the trumpet... Oh wait, that squiggle is an S! Right, Strumpet, that makes more sense."
Shelley, I keep thinking about making you leg-cover-things but then I get bogged down in all the things that have to happen in the next month... Maybe after Christmas I'll get around to it - I have this beautiful blue-ish/teal-ish fabric with a black leaf silhouette pattern all over it; the fabric is see-through, though so I'll have to get muslin or something to line it.
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5676 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 18:52 |
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You don't have to make me anything, Angel. You sweet thing.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5679 is a reply to message #5676 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 18:57 |
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I know, but every time I come across the fabric I think - I should really make those things for Shelley. It's been in my stash for years - my original plan was to make a dress and then found I didn't have enough yardage to make the pattern I wanted, so it's been sitting around and I've never done anything with it, yet.
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5680 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 18:57 |
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Hmmm. A purse?
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5699 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 20:17 |
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yea,am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.i have finally got to the sewing things on to the front part of the quilt i am making my sister.[claps hands].hopefully next week i can put the bunting in and put the back and front together.then all i have left is to tie it.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5724 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Thu, 20 November 2008 23:36 |
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Yay, I think I've finally figured out a knitted rose pattern that will work for my Tam Lin scarf!
...now I just need to knit, oh, twelve of them....
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5856 is a reply to message #5853 ] |
Sat, 22 November 2008 14:19 |
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Laura, do ya'll have Walgreens or Eckerds up there? We took some pictures a few weeks ago and couldn't get either camera to cooperate with the computers, so we took the memory cards to the Picture Processing place in Walgreens and got them put on a CD which we then brought home and used to put the pictures on the computer.
I don't have much of a stash, yet. I've tried not to buy any yarn unless I have a project lined up for it. I have the brown fine Alpaca yarn that I don't know what to do with, and some green yarn that I plan on making a scarf for my Aunt for Christmas whenever I get done with Tira's scarf(for which she supplied me with the yarn, and which I should have half-a-skein left after I finish her scarf..).
[Updated on: Sat, 22 November 2008 14:22]
"The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these brutal forces always besiege and often capture the citadel does not prove that they are the citadel."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5857 is a reply to message #5856 ] |
Sat, 22 November 2008 16:06 |
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| Reading Angel wrote on Sat, 22 November 2008 14:19 |
Laura, do ya'll have Walgreens or Eckerds up there? We took some pictures a few weeks ago and couldn't get either camera to cooperate with the computers, so we took the memory cards to the Picture Processing place in Walgreens and got them put on a CD which we then brought home and used to put the pictures on the computer.
I don't have much of a stash, yet. I've tried not to buy any yarn unless I have a project lined up for it. I have the brown fine Alpaca yarn that I don't know what to do with, and some green yarn that I plan on making a scarf for my Aunt for Christmas whenever I get done with Tira's scarf(for which she supplied me with the yarn, and which I should have half-a-skein left after I finish her scarf..).
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Yeah, there's a Walgreens, but the easiest one to get to is near Union Square and it's always horrendously busy. It's probably just less of a pain in the ass to use the Dell. It's not that it's so horrible, I'm just lazy.
I, too try not to buy yarn unless I have a project, but occasionally I'll be given yarn, or I'll have some leftovers from projects. I just really don't have any extra income to spend on nice yarn and it's a real bummer.
Known on both Ravelry and LibraryThing as thelorelei.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5859 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sat, 22 November 2008 16:32 |
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I'm so happy I'm getting a thingummy!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5884 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sat, 22 November 2008 21:35 |
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we have the go ahead for anyone interested in contributing a square of material [preferably cotton] with whatever you think robin might like [rose, dogs,music notes,ect]signed by you in what every manner you want[embroidery,cross stitch,painting] those interested can pm me for my address to send it to me when finished and i will put together and send it from us to robin for her taking the time and effort out of her busy schedule for us.if you are interested please pm me so i can co-ordinate it.thank you. depending on how many are interested in doing the quilt, the squares will be either 6x6 or 12x12 inches.
[Updated on: Sat, 22 November 2008 23:24]
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #5887 is a reply to message #5884 ] |
Sat, 22 November 2008 23:03 |
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That sounds excellent! PM on its way--how large of a square are you looking for?
I don't have a lot of yarn--and I don't have very much good yarn at all! I don't know how to buy yarn yet, and I felt sort of lost when I went into our LYS (which was also tiny, and packed out), and the LYS is half an hour away....does anyone buy their yarn online? Where do you go, and what do you like?
And I did some more spinning! I think I'm getting better, but it's hard to tell....the result is uneven, although I think it averages out to be not so bad, but I'm worried that I alternatively have too much or too little twist.
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