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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7745 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 16:13   |
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actually my sister runs marathons all over the place but that was a great deduction.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7747 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 16:33   |
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Make that 1,000 posts...
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7748 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 16:34   |
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Great quilt, Bonnie! Your sister will love it. She runs marathons? I'm impressed!
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7799 is a reply to message #7742 ] |
Fri, 12 December 2008 23:02   |
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Creek Messages: 44 Registered: October 2008 Location: Valencia, CA |
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many rounds of applause to you Bonnie!
"remember, it's called a play... that means you should PLAY"
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7818 is a reply to message #7817 ] |
Sat, 13 December 2008 08:29   |
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Black Bear Messages: 3216 Registered: September 2008 Location: Indianapolis, IN USA |
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| Susan from Athens wrote on Sat, 13 December 2008 06:53 |
I have no idea what a quilt frame is.
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This is a quilt frame. To do the actual quilting--the stitching through that ties the top to the filling and the bottom--the fabric needs to be held taut, and it can't slip at all. Pins won't do. So for a large quilt like mine, this is easiest done on a quilt frame. You attach the top and bottom of the quilt to wood poles, put the poles in the frame, and then roll the excess quilt up on one pole til you've got a foot or two of quilt showing flat like a tabletop. Then you lock the thing in place and start sewing; when you've quilted as much as you can reach, you turn the poles, wrapping up the quilt you've done and exposing more of the part you haven't. When you reach the end, voila, it's quilted and you just have to sew on a binding around the edge.
Small quilts, you can use an embroidery hoop if you're careful to not stretch the fabric. My mom's quilt frame was made by my dad, very simple and elegant. Like I said, she doesn't hand-quilt any more... a shame, really, it's a very social activity. You can get 4-5 people around a large quilt, all working on it together.
"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7851 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sat, 13 December 2008 17:23   |
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Black Bear, that quilt you made is gorgeous. I once tried to make a similar quilt, and gave up after one square. It wouldn't lie flat, it peaked up like a hat. And I thought, No wonder I'm a writer, I suck at so many other things.
Not that I don't suck as a writer--yet to be determined.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7888 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sat, 13 December 2008 21:09   |
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Blackbear, that is GORGEOUS! Serious, I have so much envy right now! I keep looking at quilts, but -definitely- don't have the patience for them. *hats off*
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7911 is a reply to message #7717 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 01:36   |
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| Susan from Athens wrote on Fri, 12 December 2008 04:30 | Charis, I'm drooling. Now you have to photograph it all and put it in your Ravelry stash. Lucky girl, so much lovely knitting ahead of you.
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I know! I'm so excited! I can't stop petting it!
The sad part is that I'm already dying to buy more.
But first I need to finish a couple of projects so that I can show them off! I'm really pleased because I managed to knit in the round! I tried to use dpns, and I was pulling my hair out, so I skipped to the magic loop method that I've heard people mention and it was so much easier and more intuitive for me. So I managed to knit a jonquil! I just need to put it together.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7943 is a reply to message #7799 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 14:47   |
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i am glad you likes the quilt.
bonnie
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7944 is a reply to message #7927 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 14:51   |
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Ooh, what kind of leathercrafting do you do? A friend of mine works with leather--she sculpts masks.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7948 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 15:15   |
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Laura Messages: 196 Registered: October 2008 Location: Midwestern USA |
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And then a rather intimidating beaded hat and scarf set that I'm trying to convince myself to start. You can see what it's supposed to look like...I actually have to do the crochet gauge swatch again, as it was a half inch bigger than called for, and I've been feeling lazy, so...

And then my progress on the first square so far of a sampler afghan I'm making for my sister and brother-in-law:

The only thing I don't have photos of is this awesome baby afghan I made a couple of years ago for my friend; she sent me some pictures of her little guy with it, but I don't feel it's ethical for me to post pictures of someone else's baby online, so you'll just have to use your imagination. It's peach, and has the letters of the alphabet on it.
Yay for pictures! By the way, I am dying of jealousy at the quilts posted earlier. I do not have the patience for quilting, so I very much admire those who do. You're all rockstars, as far as I'm concerned.
Known on both Ravelry and LibraryThing as thelorelei.
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7958 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 17:39   |
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Yarn porn? Did somebody mention yarn porn? Hey, thanks, Laura! Good stuff. (I want the scarf.)
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #7993 is a reply to message #7948 ] |
Sun, 14 December 2008 20:20   |
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| Laura wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 15:15 | And then a rather intimidating beaded hat and scarf set ...
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Awesome scarves and hats and all! They look fabulous!
Smooshes!
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #8013 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Mon, 15 December 2008 00:45   |
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Oh man, those are all so beautiful! *kowtows in awe and shame*
Laura, your projects look great too! I love your schmancy scarf 
And I did manage to photograph my new yarn today, but it will have to wait to go up on Ravelry--instead I updated my projects! Most of them are wip, but I did finish one today and here it is, being modeled by my obliging sister:

It's a wide headband (Molly's Headband--it's on Ravelry) and I knitted a jonquil (part of the daffodil family) to cover some mistakes I made *cough* Remind me not to knit in the car on bumpy country roads anymore. I think it turned out rather smashing *pleased* It's to go to a friend whose favorite flower is the jonquil.
I also started my first Very Simple cabled scarf, and it's fabulous! Cables are soooo not scary now
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| Re: One for all the fibercrafters! [message #8014 is a reply to message #1062 ] |
Mon, 15 December 2008 00:48   |
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Beautiful yarn, Jodi. Lovely.
And I love the headband, Charis!
[Updated on: Mon, 15 December 2008 00:49] "And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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