4192

Knitlist Digest Wednesday, November 1 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 4192

In this issue of the KnitList Digest:

Knit: Thanks am moved            [Sharon Bergersen <sharon@cosy-place.com>]
Knit: Vogue World Map Sweater      [June Oshiro <idlewild@rci.rutgers.edu>]
Knit: sock/glove needles           ["Helen Pope" <NeedleDncr@mediaone.net>]
Knit: Thanks for qiviut info, ASL contact ["Darcy Williams" <dawill@mail.]
Knit: charlotte's web shawl               ["j bickers" <bickersj@surf1.de>]
Knit: Clapping game; Finishitis; Question ["Monica Gomi" <gomi@channel1.c]
Knit: Bulky Knits & Others      [Monique Richard <moniquerichard@home.com>]
Knit: Stitches West: CIC collection point? [william houston and elizabeth]
Knit: Thanks for slipping first stitch, big metal circular info ["Sharen ]
Re: Knit: charted batman symbol       [Maureen Smith <quiltknit@yahoo.com>]
Knit: Chill in the Air, Storing circs, New kit [Joan <joanmac@pacbell.net]
Knit: How to remove smell ?                   [Jana Batek <batek@ican.net>]
Re: Knit: How to remove smell ?                           [LorCJen@aol.com]
Knit: I can't get it knit fast enough. [Mary Rich Goodwin <mgoodwin@uswes]
Knit: Amazing accomplishments                     [Robinisaknitter@aol.com]
Knit: Boring Sweater/Felting Mania/Knitting Buddy ["Wilcox, Joseph " <jos]
Re: Knit: How to remove smell ?                           [LorCJen@aol.com]
Knit: Amazing accomplishments-Not!        [Sally Trefftzs <sally@tcsn.net>]
Knit: Charity Knitting Address         [Claire Nordness <parker@ticon.net>]
Knit: Thanks for slipping first stitch, big metal circular info ["Sharen ]
Re: Knit: Best needles for socks?                      [Clairegjoe@aol.com]
Knit: Rowan Journals                       ["REEZY MILLER" <reezy@usa.net>]
Knit: Oh, Happy Day!          [Christine Evelyn Squires <ces@teleport.com>]
Knit: KNIT: FO's                  ["Cathy Goldman" <goldwoman@prodigy.net>]
Knit: KNIT: Pattern conversion mentor sought [Kate Wrightson <kate@eyrie.]
Re: Knit: Amazing accomplishments       [Marlyn Isaac <marlyn@nbnet.nb.ca>]
Knit: knit: search for yarn           [Reina Tebby <rdtebby@julian.uwo.ca>]
Knit: Re: kitchener st with garter   ["Margaret H. Velard" <mvelard@worldn]
Knit: My First Steek!, FO's, dyeing question ["Rebecca Cornellier" <hwsda]
Knit: knitted beanie pattern    ["Miriam Harris" <mimharris31@hotmail.com>]
Re: Knit: charted batman symbol       [Maureen Smith <quiltknit@yahoo.com>]
Knit: Winter Vogue has arrived! ["Susan Ahnberg" <ahnberg@concentric.net>]
Knit: Re: row gauge             [Ruth Schooley <twistedspinster@yahoo.com>]

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:25:26 +0100
From: Sharon Bergersen <sharon@cosy-place.com>
Subject: Knit: Thanks am moved

Dear Knitpals.

I am moved by your kindness and generosity am overwhelmed but happily so.
It is indeed a task which am very happy to undertake to help members of
my stashlist group to celebrate the live of a one of our knitters. I feel
the need
to celebrate her life and give the chance to her family letting them know
that she
was a valued person in this sad circumstance.

I have send a comprehensive note of what was said on the stashlist with
further information
on who to send your squares to and contact for further information. If you
have written to me
and haven't heard anything back from me please write to me privately so as
not to take up band
width on the list and I will send you details.

sharon@cosy-place.com

If you haven't written to me yet and would like to participate, please
contact me privately also.
Again thanks to every single one of you for participating.

WIP: Sleeves on the sweater...nothing else much going on am so involved in
this that I feel like
am part of the family feeling this loss...maybe because I lost my father
few years ago.

take care and again a huge thank you.

- --
Sharon Bergersen
e-mail: sharon@cosy-place.com
visit : http://www.cosy-place.com/

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 08:24:59 -0500
From: June Oshiro <idlewild@rci.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Knit: Vogue World Map Sweater

Hi folks,

I want to thank you for the needle suggestions for US1 and smaller, keep
'em coming! I will gladly compile and post the comments.

I was thinking about how Matt is journeying all over the place (he and his
sister are currently in India, and bound for SE Asia in a few days), and it
occurred to me that a really nice welcome-home-honey gift might be a man's
version of the VK World Map sweater. Now I realize this is an old pattern,
and designed for a woman... Does anyone know which VK it appeared in? (I
have at least 30 of them and don't wish to go through each and every one.)
Also, does anyone still sell this in a kit form that will produce a sweater
50" around? I remember seeing kits made up in either wool or wool blend
(Encore, p'raps?), and also in Reynolds Saucy (100% mercerized cotton).

Any leads would be appreciated!

- -j.

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:29:17 -0600
From: "Helen Pope" <NeedleDncr@mediaone.net>
Subject: Knit: sock/glove needles

Greetings knitteratti,

I was about to respond re my favorite sock needles, when Deidre asked about
glove needles. I use glove needles for socks! My favorites are Skacels,
because they're the only ones I can find that are only 4" long. I figure,
if I'm using five needles, when I get more stitches on them than will fit
... I can move up to a 16" circular. Since they're so short, the
inflexibility of the metal needles doesn't bother me.

However, I'd be VERY eager to learn about other truly short DP's that come
in sets of five. If only Bryspuns came in 4" lengths!

That length makes life much easier when working toe up socks or tip to cuff
mittens too.

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:56:07 -0500
From: "Darcy Williams" <dawill@mail.wm.edu>
Subject: Knit: Thanks for qiviut info, ASL contact

~~~Thanks for Qiviut info~~~
Thanks to everyone who sent info about ordering qiviut. The general
consensus is that I won't have a problem ordering from High Arctic, and
several people sent names of other Qiviut sellers.

~~~ASL Contact~~~
I'm losing my mind. Sorry to send this to the entire list (even sorrier if
I already sent it and can't remember). Would the ASL interpreter I was
chatting with please email me? I seem to have lost your address (it must be
hanging out with my mind on a beach somewhere). TIA

~~~WIP~~~
Started my first bead knitted bag. The pattern is from a back issue of IK.
So far so good, but I frogged once before I realized that there are beads on
the inside of the bag too. Unfortunately, I can only knit 2 rows on those
tiny (0000) needles at a time because of my stupid wrist (CTS).

Of all the things I can't do while my wrist is angry, I'm the most depressed
about not knitting. Well, not being able to scoop ice cream last night runs
a close second. I have an appt. with a specialist next week, and hopefully
he will get me back knitting SOON!

Darcy in VA--whose decision to make small projects until her wrist heals
seems to have misunderstood the meaning of 'small'. hee hee

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:56:35 +0100
From: "j bickers" <bickersj@surf1.de>
Subject: Knit: charlotte's web shawl

Knitfriends,

After getting Mary's message about the instructions to the Charlotte's Web
shawl not having the error I thought I spotted, I looked at the graph in the
instructions. I should have done it in the first place, I guess, because lo
and behold the graph shows 6 knit stitches in row 19 as well as row 21. I
guess I'll understand it better when I see the thing knitted up.

Thanks!

Jill

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:58:55 -0500
From: "Monica Gomi" <gomi@channel1.com>
Subject: Knit: Clapping game; Finishitis; Question

Can it be? Have I really caught up on the digests???

>Now, did anyone else play the elaborate clapping games in a circle with (in
>English) nonsense chants, which I think we antipodean children might have
picked up
>from the pacific islands somewhere?

The version I played in middle school went like this:
"Stella ola ola quack quack quack
Estigo tigo tigo tigo tack tack
Estigo tigo velora velora velora lora lora
1 2 3 4 5 [you're out]"
(Maybe it means something in another language?...)

You sit in a circle, your right hand over right-hand neighbor's left hand,
your left hand under left-hand neighbor's right. The person to your right
claps their right hand over your right hand, then you do the same to the
person to your left, and it continues 'round. As you're singing/chanting
the above. At the end, if you're '5', then you're out. Begin again sans
the "out" person. This goes on and on until only one person is left. That
person "wins"! (Wins what?...)

>Back to not curing my finishitis. I have 3 WIPs I want to wipe out by the
>end of November. By the end of the year I want nothing left that I started
>prior to 2000.

Wow. I would settle for 1998. :)

QUESTION:
I'm working on that Fennel cardigan from Rowan #24 that I posted about
before. So far I have the sleeves and back done, no problem. However, the
armhole decreases for the fronts and back are different. One is more
gradual (in my modified version, dec every other row x 1, every 4th row x 1,
every 10th row x 3), and the other is a standard "dec 2 sts every other row"
type deal. What gives? All the sweaters/cardigans I have done to date have
had the same decreasing for front and back. Is this right? Anyone have any
insight? TIA!

Monica Gomi
gomi@alum.mit.edu

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 09:37:00 -0500
From: Monique Richard <moniquerichard@home.com>
Subject: Knit: Bulky Knits & Others

Ann & others,

You may be addressing the issue of commercial patterns published in some
if not many knitting magazines. I call it the fashion conspiracy. They
bring us "new" stuff all the times, so we would buy them and they make
money and we spend ours What to do about it! Don't buy them or be very
selective and/or make our own patterns. Buy some kits from small yarn
companies.. Or get them free from the Internet. Apologies to the hard
working and talented designers who are also at the mercy of this
industry. I know very competent Ontario based designers who try very
hard at designing patterns that are beautiful, creative and timeless. Ar
they making money? Very little. (Kowtow to Maureen Jamieson, Annabelle
Dawson, Shirl the Purl, Denise Powell, Sally Melville, and Lucy Neatby
on the east-coast).

This issue is more complex than that of course. I suppose that each of
us has a certain philosophy of knitting. We knit for different reasons.
I knit for the brain challenge, the inner peace, and for people in
needs.

Regarding sweaters, I like a certain style. Very 1980s without the
shoulder pads and the long ribs and the bottom of the sweater. I don't
like country look. I prefer urban plain and conformable. I always wear
the same ones. All that said, I caught myself lately lurking for a B&W
Dale of Normay pattern. Do I contradict myself? Yes, of course. There
are some exceptions.

I keep my knitting challenges to sock knitting or to teddy bear
sweaters. Some people may think that knitting complex socks is a waste
of time because they are hidden in shoes and under pants after all.
What? $20.00 of yarn for a pair of socks? That's where I get my kicks!
Probably I can not live with UFOs, certainly expensive ones.

Cheers, Monique.

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 10:42:33 -0500
From: william houston and elizabeth durand <billeliz@inet.net>
Subject: Knit: Stitches West: CIC collection point?

Hi, everyone--

The buzz has already started about Stitches West (are you all trying to
avoid thinking about the intervening holiday madness?), and I'm writing to
ask if any guild or vendor who's going to participate in the Market would
like to volunteer to be the dropoff point for knitted items for Children in
Common. The Main Line Knitting Guild did it here in the East, and it was
pretty stress-free. Pluses: lots of people will seek out your booth, you
will know you're doing a good thing, and you get to see everything people
have made. Minuses: You have to cart the stuff home, pack it, and ship it.
No reimbursement for shipping, but US mail is not too pricey, and I think
you can probably claim it on your taxes as a charitable donation. If you're
interested (or, looking way forward, you want to do this at Stitches
Midwest), please contact me and I'll send the info on to Karen Porter. I'm
handling this for her, with her permission, because this is a very hectic
time of year for Children in Common.

If we don't hear from anyone, I'll post the request again after the New Year.

Oh--and everyone remember, Children in Common happily accepts socks,
mittens, hats, and all manner of knitted goods year-round. This means you
never miss the deadline (hint hint).

Thanks, everyone.

Elizabeth in Ardmore, PA

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:45:15 -0500
From: "Sharen Hendrickson" <downdrickson@ecr.net>
Subject: Knit: Thanks for slipping first stitch, big metal circular info

Hi knitsters,

My server has been down for 2 days <grr> , so it was really nice to log on
and see all of the help you offered about my dilemmas! I am taking my |/
stitches to my knitting mentor/LYSO and will order the Addi Turbo size 13s
tomorrow!

As I am in the middle of the sweater, I don't know if I should start
slipping the first stitch now, or just do it from here on out.

I'll let you know how it all goes.

Thank you again, you guys are great!

Sharon
Central Ohio

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:53:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Maureen Smith <quiltknit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Knit: charted batman symbol

- -Hello out there in cyberland, from the rainy coast of
BC. Can anyone help me with a charted batman symbol,
for my 3 yr old DGS? Thanks. Maureen

=====
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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 08:44:16 -0800
From: Joan <joanmac@pacbell.net>
Subject: Knit: Chill in the Air, Storing circs, New kit

Hi all,

I've been busy, busy, knitting and had little time to post but here are
a few thoughts..

It is finally chilly here is Sacramento, especially last night while
escorting my little ghost around for Trick or Treat. Though we only went
around the block, it took me some time to warm up upon arriving home.
This made me (once again) see the need for a really warm shawl in my
wardrobe, and it's going to have to be Lily Chins shawl in the newest
Knitters. I have some Frivoli mohair that will serve just fine. Now if I
could just make the time...

Storing Circs

Being at the thrift store the other day, I found a really nice styrofoam
wig head with a nice painted face. I took it home, thinking I would use
it for hats. Upon arriving in my shop and seeing what a mess my circs
are in (it's all I use), an idea arose.

I took a marker and sectioned off the scalp of the head and marked it
with needle sizes. Then I stuck in all my circs. Viola! Hair!

It may look silly, but I can sure find whatever size I need at a
glance, and they stay pretty untangled. And my kid got a huge kick out
of it!

New kit

There are those who were interested in the Flyboy Felted Vest that I
mentioned making for DF. I have it kitted up and specially priced.
Anyone who would like a preview, please email me privately at
joanmac@whiteliesdesigns.com.

Knit on.

Joan McGowan
joanmac@whiteliesdesigns.com
http://www.whiteliesdesigns.com -Romantic Designs for Knitters

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:24:41 -0500
From: Jana Batek <batek@ican.net>
Subject: Knit: How to remove smell ?

Could someone please suggest what can I do to a knitted cardigan from
Ballybrae, 100% pure wool, that although it looks nice has a peculiar smell
of lanoline. I have aready tried to wash it in normal hair shampoo, but it
still smells.
hope someone will know what else I can try thanks Jana

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:55:34 EST
From: LorCJen@aol.com
Subject: Re: Knit: How to remove smell ?

I suggest that you soak the sweater in about two gallons of lukewarm water
and 1/2 cup of white vinegar. Soak for about fifteen minutes and then rinse
thoroughly. Repeat if necessary although I doubt that you will have to.
Good luck.
Loretta in Virginia Beach
lorcjen@aol.com

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:06:20 +0000
From: Mary Rich Goodwin <mgoodwin@uswest.net>
Subject: Knit: I can't get it knit fast enough.

Hey all,
Whew, now that Halloween is over, on to bigger and better things, like
Christmas knitting. No matter how fast I knit, I still have too many
projects before me. OK, I'm a bit obsessive, I've knit 54 sweaters so
far this year, and I'm still behind. I do knit them up, but I knit
constantly, so it seems like I knit them really fast, which I don't. My
kids keep asking me to knit sweaters for their friends and people they
know, I want to, but they have no idea how much time they take.Then
there is the problem of money, they want sweaters, but ask them for the
money for yarn, and Oh Well, never mind. I like to give when I can, but
when you knit with very nice yarn it isn't cheap.
Teaching school full time and 6 kids, well, that says it all. If it
weren't for my knitting, I'd be totally nuts! Don't tell anyone, but I
might be already-nuts.

I do knit only for people I know will appreciate it, but sometimes you
find out the hard way who that is. I knit while I read the emails, kill
2 birds with one stone, birds like nuts, that all fits with me.

Any ideas for sore hands? My joints in my fingers are getting sore and I
don't think it is arthritis, but I can't stop, have too much to get
done.
Until later all you happy knitting nuts.
Love

Mary

email me for information on my 2 new books: Adult sweaters seamless
knitting top down & Children's sweaters seamless knitting top down.

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:08:57 EST
From: Robinisaknitter@aol.com
Subject: Knit: Amazing accomplishments

Hi all:

I just had to come out of lurkdom to ponder Mary's post out loud. She states
she has knit 54 sweaters this year, SO FAR. What an amazing accomplishment!
And she mentions that she works full time and has six children! WOW! I
consider myself lucky to finish eight or ten sweaters in a year and I thought
I had a lot of knitting time.

How about the rest of you? Are you as prolific? I am truly in awe.

Knit on,

Robin in Princeton

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:36:20 -0500
From: "Wilcox, Joseph " <josephwilcox@kpmg.com>
Subject: Knit: Boring Sweater/Felting Mania/Knitting Buddy

Hi knitterly types,

Seen previously on Joe's Knitting update:
==============================
As you may recall, I had just finished a beautiful blue raglan out of
Cascade Fixation. I really loved working with the yarn and thought the
drape of the cloth was really great. I have since washed it once (standard
washer and dryer) and it shrunk a little (about 1 inch). I had anticipated
some shrinkage, but didn't like the new length, so I plan on adding some
ribbing at the bottom...should fix it right up.

W'sIP
====
Anyway, I liked the yarn so much, I decide to try one of these cool
calculated, top-down raglans in red Fixation. Let me tell you...it is
BORING. Since it's in the round, it's all knit. I've nicknamed the sweater
"spawn of satan" (the red color made it seem even more appropriate). At
least it's almost done. I just have to finish the last sleeve and then do
the neck edging. Also I don't have to worry about seams. The sweater,
despite it's nickname, really is a great sweater...just like a comfortable
old sweatshirt.

Anyone who's wanted to try a top-down should try one of these. The two
top-down books I had bought (Mary Righetti's and Barbara Walker's, I think)
both had way too many words for me. I just wanted math calculations.
Fortunately, in all my materials I had a two page calculation for a top-down
raglan and used that. Next time I will definitely add in some cables, or
color work or SOMETHING to make it less boring.

Felting Mania
==========
Felted purses seemed all the rage at Stitches East this year. All the
ladies at Simply Knit started making great felted bags and everyone loves
them. Great gift ideas.

But, not being a purse-kinda-guy, I decided I needed to get into this
felting craze. A felted throw pillow would be perfect for my well-appointed
living room, so I began knitting worsted weight yarn (Cascade 220) on
US13's. I'm not sure how it will turn out, but I'll let you know (unless
it's a complete bomb, and then you won't hear another word about it). I'm
using a marled green/black color (I think it's on their web-site under wool
yarns), and I'm hoping the felting process blurs any color distinction in
the wool.

Knitting Buddies
============
Finally, I just wanted to apologize to the entire knit list for having
deprived you all of the best knitting buddy by getting her myself. I won't
embarrass her by mentioning names, but she is the PERFECT knitting buddy
(okay, okay, her initals are Angela Ho...ooops, I slipped!). I couldn't
have made a better buddy if I tried. I'm surprised no one else has been
talking about their assigned buddies.

Oh well, that's enough for this episode of "As The Sweater Grows". Tune in
again to see if the "spawn" sweater makes it to hell, whether felted pillows
can be a reality and a report on how I lost my knitting buddy because I
embarrassed her on the knitlist!

Till then,

Joe Wilcox
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:55:34 EST
From: LorCJen@aol.com
Subject: Re: Knit: How to remove smell ?

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:50:19 -0800
From: Sally Trefftzs <sally@tcsn.net>
Subject: Knit: Amazing accomplishments-Not!

Not me. Heck no!

This year I have made an afghan, a man's pullover with a shawl collar and a
tank top for me. That's all.

WIP

A polo-top is about one-third done. I've just discovered that seed st in
this variegated yarn isn't good. Back to the drawing board for collar and
placket. Maybe rib?

Sally in Calif.

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 18:04:09 -0600
From: Claire Nordness <parker@ticon.net>
Subject: Knit: Charity Knitting Address

To all of those who want to send hand knit items to the children in the
Russian Far East(90 miles from Alaska, across the water), the address
is: Faith Lutheran Church, 3634 Soundview Avenur, Homer, Alaska, 99603.
So far, I have several pairs of mittens, a hat and a couple of sweaters
ready to go.
Thank you so much,
Claire

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:45:15 -0500
From: "Sharen Hendrickson" <downdrickson@ecr.net>
Subject: Knit: Thanks for slipping first stitch, big metal circular info

Hi knitsters,

As I am in the middle of the sweater, I don't know if I should start
slipping the first stitch now, or just do it from here on out.

I'll let you know how it all goes.

Thank you again, you guys are great!

Sharon
Central Ohio

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:45:51 EST
From: Clairegjoe@aol.com
Subject: Re: Knit: Best needles for socks?

Spent the last weekend with wonderful knit friends at the beach on
Sullivan's Is off Charleston. Great weather but the water was a little
cold for swimming....just waded up to my waist. Lots of knitting done
and lots of Regia Ringle fux fair isle socks started with yarn from the
LYS in Columbia, SC. {Hook n' Needle}. Those sharing new toe up
techniques were using 2 circular needles for the whole sock. No, they
did not use 36" needles but any length would do that was handy.

Am going to have to give this idea a try altho I love my small Brittany
DP needles. The company really stands behind their needles even
replacing one I lost down an airline seat. No affiliation....etc

Finished my San Francisco Shirttail short pull over at the beach. Ended
up with the sleeves being 1 1/2 " too long cause my wide spot is wider
than my arms are long [This is a mitered sq sweater so 5 1/2" squares
ended up making the sleeves 22" long when I needed just 20" or so.]
I decided to bring the sleeves in with I-cord but a friend (Hi, Lesley)
suggested I use smaller needles on the sleeve squares next time.

Next time will not be right away altho I love miterd patterning. I am
knitting with Scala this wonderful buttery nylon in lime grn for a neck
down pull over for the DGD with her arm in a cast so no big hurry to
finish it. If it gets cold here I will have to make her a quick nordic
fleece sewn poncho. So far we are 16" behind in rain this year and the
leaves are just beginning to peak. Our neighborhood was originally
landscaped with Bradford pears and the leaves are spectacular shades
of red, burgundy, and variegated reds and greens. So gorgeous they
look like plastic from Michael's.

Claire in Atlanta area

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 17:13:08 +0800
From: "REEZY MILLER" <reezy@usa.net>
Subject: Knit: Rowan Journals

Hi There Knitbuds,

Unfortunately I've deleted the original message but one of our bright
knitlisters posted a message about being able to buy Rowan Journals 1 - 6
online.

I've checked the Rowan site and can't find them there - could you let me
know the web address and I'll go there post haste!

Knittin' on, dudes,

Reezy

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:47:30 -0800
From: Christine Evelyn Squires <ces@teleport.com>
Subject: Knit: Oh, Happy Day!

I am now the proud owner of a Russian-made white Orenburg Lace Shawl!

I discovered that the Russian comunity here has a store in the downtown area,
and they have Orenburg lace shawls!

Yippee, yippee, yippee!!! Now I really don't have to knit myself a lace shawl!!!

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:57:44 -0500
From: "Cathy Goldman" <goldwoman@prodigy.net>
Subject: Knit: KNIT: FO's

I like this thread..re: how many projects in a year.

I don't have the answer yet, but I did start a journal last January when I
received this marvelous gift. I have been faithfully keeping records of all
my projects and I know there are more then I realized. I think I didn't
keep it up over the summer since I didn't have it with me at the beach. BUT
I promise a tally later this week.

I have had to put aside all my WIPs inorder to knit a merino/cashmere vest
for a BIL's 60th Birthday. I have missed his party deadline, but as I told
him...it's like Michaelangelo's Cistine Chapel Ceiling....SOON! I am using
a pattern by Marion Foales, an English woman ( I believe)! It has seed
stitch( alot), cables, wide ribs, thin yarn, small needles....need I say
more. My thumbs are crying out for help! I am on the front at least and do
see light at the end of the tunnel.
In the meantime, I am taking a break from small needles, to knit a felted
bag from WOOL YOU ORDER. No affil etc. but I do love their patterns. I
can't wait to see how this huge mass turns into a gorgeous bag!
Other than that I am busily organizing all my patterns and books and one of
these days I will get to the stash:)) A task I really do not look forward
to. Hey most of it is in plastic bins, but there is still more to go.
I'm stash happy and proud of it and don't care what anyone says! Therefore I
will only go shopping for yarn in my stash! Please dear lord make me have
the strength to adhere to my words....and no I will not go to the sale at
School Products or Smiley's...I already own everything they have anyway!
Cathy Goldman - casting off from Queens, New York
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:11:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Kate Wrightson <kate@eyrie.org>
Subject: Knit: KNIT: Pattern conversion mentor sought

Hi everyone -

Delurking to seek guidance. I was taught to knit by my mother lo these
many years ago, and just picked it up again a few months ago. My mom
taught me flat knitting (which is probably why I gave up in disgust...
that and the pink Jiffy cardigan that was the most horrid thing I've ever
constructed in any medium). I am a socknitting fiend now and have really
come to love knitting in-the-round, having made a full cardigan in the
round and an absolute ton of 5HBSs. I'd call myself an intermediate in
most respects, and quite stubborn when I'm trying to figure out something
new.

Anyway, I got the new VK today and there are eight sweaters in it [*] that
I want to make (or make for DH), and seven of them are knit flat. In my
tentative scheming, I have decided that it's theoretically possible to
convert these patterns to in-the-round, but I don't know how to do it! I
know I can knit the sleeves and the body in the round, but shaping the
armholes and shoulders is baffling me, let alone whether I'd still have to
sew the sleeves in or if they could be knit in as I go.

So, if this is possible and some kind soul is willing to mentor me through
the conversion process, I would be eternally grateful and willing to trade
socks or yarn or other fine things for your knowledge. I'll also compile
and post to the list any information I receive if this is easier than I'm
convincing myself that it should be.

[*] For those who are curious, the three pullovers on the left pages in
the Tweed section (5, 7, & 9); three of the men's pullovers (20, 21, &
25); the cabled cashmere (27); the "designer notebook" Norah Gaughan (37);
and Meg Swansen's men's Norwegian (p. 32).
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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 21:17:45 -0400
From: Marlyn Isaac <marlyn@nbnet.nb.ca>
Subject: Re: Knit: Amazing accomplishments

I just have to add that I was exhausted READING Mary's post. I can't imagine 54
sweaters in a year and didn't she also say she has written 2 knitting books? Ye
gads!!

Marlyn

Robinisaknitter@aol.com wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> I just had to come out of lurkdom to ponder Mary's post out loud. She states
> she has knit 54 sweaters this year, SO FAR. What an amazing accomplishment!
> And she mentions that she works full time and has six children! WOW! I
> consider myself lucky to finish eight or ten sweaters in a year and I thought
> I had a lot of knitting time.
>
> How about the rest of you? Are you as prolific? I am truly in awe.
>
> Knit on,
>
> Robin in Princeton

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 20:33:41 -0500
From: Reina Tebby <rdtebby@julian.uwo.ca>
Subject: Knit: knit: search for yarn

Hi folks!

A friend asked me if I knew of a substitute for a yarn she used years
ago, called Aunt Lydia's Heavy Rug Yarn. It was 25% cotton and 75%
rayon, and it was quite heavy. She used it for making <g> pot-holders;
I'll suggest the current cottons we all use for dishcloths, but does
anyone know if there is anything like this stuff available?

OKC: I've finished a bunch of holiday gifts for the family - mostly
slippers; still have the fronts to do on an 'On-the-Point' vest for my
sister and an afghan for DGD. Soon I'll write up the pattern for my
SisIL's hat and post it. But not tonight!
I'm also concentrating on socks for a class I'm teaching, which is going
well. I believe I've hooked 3 more sock-knitters :-)

Happy knitting! Please email me privately if you have ideas re: the
yarn. I'll summarize to the list.

Reina
in London Ontario Canada

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:26:14 -0500
From: "Margaret H. Velard" <mvelard@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Knit: Re: kitchener st with garter

Hi all, thanks for all your help with my question - aside from the standard
resources (Vogue Knitting, a couple of websites) there is a very clear
description and picture in the latest Interweave Knits (Winter 2000/2001) on
p. 100 in the Glossary -
it's really quite simple once one gets the hang of it, and a little bit
different from standard kitchener -
all the best,
Margaret in Manhattan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <CuriousCMP@cs.com>
To: <mvelard@worldnet.att.net>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 11:06 PM
Subject: kitchener st with garter

> Hi, Margaret,
>
> This is a problem I have been puzzling about too--would you be willing to
> forward any helpful replys to me?
>
> TIA
> Carol Parshall
> curiouscmp@cs.com
>
>
> >>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:42:23 -0400
> From: "Margaret H. Velard" <mvelard@worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Knit: kitchener st with garter
>
> Hi - can anyone give me a quick place to look up the how-to on this?
> thanks in advance,
> Margaret in Manhattan who is doing a favor for a fellow knitter and needs
to
> get it done quickly!
> (and that's my OKC at the moment!:))<<
>

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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 22:04:12 EST
From: "Rebecca Cornellier" <hwsdancer@hotmail.com>
Subject: Knit: My First Steek!, FO's, dyeing question

My First Steek!
I'm 99.9% done my beautiful Lopi sweater (which was truly an internet
project with everyone helping me finding the yarn, and helping me out when I
left the pattern at home!) I backstitched the steeks since I didn't plan
ahead to have a three stitch crochet steek, and added on the front bands.
Actually, I still have one band to sew on, but the knitting is done.
Couldn't find any pewter clasps in my LYS's and craft stores that I liked,
so I ended up ordering some online...can't wait for them to come! AS soon
as I get them sewn on, I'll post a picture for everyone to see (can you tell
I'm excited!) Cutting the steek wasn't nearly as troublesome as I thought
it would be. Of course, I'm still having horrible thoughts of it unraveling
but I'll have to put those aside.

FO's:
One Lopi sock from Dawn Brocco's webpage for an acquaintance who's furnace
just broke and they don't have the money to fix it. They have a coal stove,
but I guess it doesn't warm up the house as well as the furnace. So I'm
making her a whole set to sleep in....socks, mitts, and a hat...hopefully
this will help her out a bit at night!

The Mini Daisy Tote from VK Bags. I used Lopi instead of lite lopi, so it
came out a bit larger, which is exactly what I wanted. Different colors too
to use up stash!

Dyeing question:
I bought an offwhite turtleneck to go under the above mentioned lopi
sweater. At least it looks offwhite when it's not near the sweater. Under
the sweater, it doesn't compare to the deeper cream of the sweater, so it
looks like I'm wearing a white turtleneck. I know it's petty, but I can't
stand it like that! The turtleneck is 100% cotton...does anyone know of a
dye that would be able to dye this a deeper shade of cream (without dyeing
it tan or yellow?)

Becky in the Finger Lakes of NY.....where it's delightfully chilly...perfect
sweater weather!
hwsdancer@hotmail.com
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Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 19:58:47 PST
From: "Miriam Harris" <mimharris31@hotmail.com>
Subject: Knit: knitted beanie pattern

about 1 oz. yarn (this is a scrap project!)
size #6 and #8 needles

Cast on 80 stitches with smaller needles. Work in k1, p1 ribbing for 7 rows.
Switch to larger needles and work in stocking stitch until piece measures 3
1/2 inches. Work 6 more rows in stocking stitch.

Crown Dec. Row 1: *k9, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
all even rows: P.
Row 3: *k8, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
Row 5: *k7, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
Row 7: *k6, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
Row 9: *k5, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
Row 11: *k4, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
Row 13: *k3, k2 tog repeat from * to the end, k3.
Row 15: *k2tog rep. for * to end, k1. 16 sts.
Row 16: Purl

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread and draw through sts, pull tightly and
sew seam.

Note: this fits a small adult or child. To make it bigger, i would try
adding some stitches and adding another dec. row (by calculating the correct
number of stitches and k9, k2tog before row 3) But i actually like how this
hat fits, it looks like something i would buy.
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:53:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Maureen Smith <quiltknit@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Knit: charted batman symbol

- -Hello out there in cyberland, from the rainy coast of
BC. Can anyone help me with a charted batman symbol,
for my 3 yr old DGS? Thanks. Maureen

=====
Maureen in Prince Rupert BC Canada.See my quilts at -
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=976549&Auth=false Maureens photopoint

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:01:41 -0800
From: "Susan Ahnberg" <ahnberg@concentric.net>
Subject: Knit: Winter Vogue has arrived!

And the designs are wonderful!!! I just adore Barbara Venishnick's kimono
jacket - but I can't find anyone on line carrying the Cherry Tree Hill
cashmere/silk blend the pattern calls for, and even if I could find someone,
I'm not really sure what I should be looking for. The jacket's picture
cites "Cashmere Colors 2-ply", while the instructions call for "Cashmere
America 3-ply. Also the yardage (50g/152 yd) is very different from what
the Cherry Tree Hill web page gives for 50g America. I'm confused - can
anyone enlighten me?

Susan ahnberg@concentric.net
Drooling with anticipation in Los Gatos, California

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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 22:04:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Ruth Schooley <twistedspinster@yahoo.com>
Subject: Knit: Re: row gauge

>I'm working on the Nora Gaughan pullover (#37 in

the new VK) in the yarn called for, with the size
needles to get the stitch gauge, but the row
gauge
seems to be off.

I may have a possible answer... but only for the
why it's happening, and not what to do about it.

The row gauge may be different in a sample laying
on the table being measured than it is in the
complete garment draped on a real person.

In other words, the weight of the sweater may
pull the length longer. This is usually more
pronounced when the fabric is loosely knit.

Try this (no guarantees that this will be true in
your circumstance!) - take a largish sample, and
hang a skein of yarn from it. Does it drag down
on the fabric?

I have a lot of problems with substituting
handspun for this very reason- it's almost
impossible to anticipate what the drape will be
prior to knitting a sample large enough to be the
whole doggone sweater.

I'm having better luck with sweaters I can try on
as I go - e.g., side-to-side or top down. Also,
it helps to single-crochet around the armholes,
like a stay stitch in sewing.

AFO...

Why do I hate to *finish* things? I'm not talking
about sewing them up, I'm talking about getting
99.999% done, and then wanting to be on the
*next* project. Maybe I don't want to face the
reality that it doesn't measure up to what I
envisioned?

Anyhoo, the Simply Sensational (aka Happy
Sweater) only needs to be bound off on the last
sleeve. I may be lucky to get past that, much
less add a bottom band and the pocket bands.<G>
But - IT FITS! <GGGGG>

Ruth Schooley
not wearing the listmom hat today...

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