4218

Knitlist Digest Sunday, November 19 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 4218

In this issue of the KnitList Digest:

Knit: what is the mystery/shawl reassurance needed [Sharon Bergersen <sha]
Knit: Knitting Digests              [Marilyn Spencer <marilynss@yahoo.com>]
Knit: Knit-Calendar-FO   ["Kirsten Tobiesen" <kirsten.tobiesen@get2net.dk>]
Knit: Mitered Mozart                  ["Ingrid/Ansis" <smurguli@gisco.net>]
Knit: calendar arrived...achoo!        ["Christine E" <thepanda@erols.com>]
Knit: Pacific Northwest vs Peace shawl [william houston and elizabeth dur]
Knit: Re: Calendar        ["Peterson/Hennekens/Rampart" <petehenn@iex.net>]
Knit: calendar                            [Jacki <jfitzpatrick02@snet.net>]
Re: Knit: what is the mystery/shawl reassurance needed [Anne Niemann <ann]
Re: Knit: Looking for vacuum bags for yarn storage. [Anne Niemann <anneni]
Knit: Afghan finished in time for Christmas [Deborah Ann Moorman <dmoorma]
Knit: Re: Not so dumb question about man's sweater ease [Joan <joanmac@pa]
Re: Knit: Looking for vacuum bags for yarn storage. [Margaret Huffer <vmh]
Knit: Beehive Hat      [Jeff and Stasia Wussow <jeffnstasia@earthlink.net>]
Knit: Calendar arrives in WV                [Debbi Young <djy@citynet.net>]
Knit: finishitis                     ["Merie Lettieri" <shilo@voyager.net>]
Re: Knit: Calendar arrives in Connecticut ["Janet Lynn" <jhly@peoplepc.co]
Knit: Yarn Emergency is over!! [robin migdol freiman <robinfre@bestweb.ne]
Knit: Christmas already/FOs             ["Kathleen Day" <kday@impulse.net>]
Re: Knit: Looking for vacuum bags for yarn storage. ["Steve & Michelle Pl]
Knit: Good News!!                    ["A. Williams" <quanah@user.rose.com>]
Knit: pattern search                    [Ann McDonald <quiltdog@yahoo.com>]
Knit: pattern search help, knitting hiatus ["Elizabeth Stokes" <jjstokes@]
Knit: NY Times Article    ["Margaret H. Velard" <mvelard@worldnet.att.net>]
Knit: Chula Hats                          ["Jami Millard" <jamim@home.com>]
Knit: AdoptASheep; 2 FOs, 1 WIP, or is it 1/2 WIP ? ["Eileen B" <ebax@pce]
Knit: gingham check cardigan, blocking board [Elizabeth Geigel <egeigel@m]
Knit: Quickie Scarf, Gingham Check cardigan [Elizabeth Geigel <egeigel@mo]
Knit: lots of projects; SEX; Christmas socks ["Maggie Burns" <mburns@will]
Knit: New pattern on 2000 gifts page [Sarah and Jamie <brink909@iaccess.c]

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:29:36 +0100
From: Sharon Bergersen <sharon@cosy-place.com>
Subject: Knit: what is the mystery/shawl reassurance needed

Hello knit pals:

what is the mystery about the Lilly chin shawl.
Am about 2 inches from finishing this shawl, looks like
a regular shawl knitted from the bottom up but i doesn't look
on me the way it looks on the model.

I have it on a string right now...eyelets at bottom/ 6 inches after first
eyelet row...1 inch inadvertently knitted extra..
tried it on and it doesn't sit on my shoulders like a shawl should.

Do I have to finish the last set of eyelets for this shawl to sit properly
or do I have to rip this out.
Am very worried about this as I have spent 3 days knitting only on this
shawl and need some assurance.
Am about 2 inches from finishing the pattern...got gauge with patons
impression mohair seems like the
yardage is different as it seems I can get another shawl from it....So
would love to knit one for my MIL.
Plus the shawl seems quite short on me even though the measurement says 31
inches in the pattern and
my measurement as is says 29 inches.

the model is taller than I am, am 5 ft 1inch so I figure this shawl should
be right for me. Please respond
privately as this has been beaten to death am sure.

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

On the needles: Lily Chin's shawl

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 05:15:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Marilyn Spencer <marilynss@yahoo.com>
Subject: Knit: Knitting Digests

Knitting Digest Magazines, $2.00 per copy--Nov., 1998,
Jan. & March, 1999, Jan. and Nov., 2000.
Happy Knitting,
Marilyn

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays!
http://calendar.yahoo.com/

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:16:10 +0100
From: "Kirsten Tobiesen" <kirsten.tobiesen@get2net.dk>
Subject: Knit: Knit-Calendar-FO

Hi knitfriends,

Calendar.
I couldn't believe it when I found the knitlist calendar in my mail to-day.
It's beautiful and I love it.
Thanks a lot Paulette.
FO: Sally Melvilles Stair step ease from Knitters Fall 2000. When I saw the
pattern I found out that it was exactly what my gorgeous MISSONI from
Filatura di crosa, had been waiting for since I bought it in Tuscany 2
years ago. It was a little thinner than what the pattern called for so it
took a bit of math to chance the pattern. I had to multiply by a factor of
1,4 and then of course a had to change inches to centimetres. And as I have
always been a lousy mathematician it took me some time ans well as some
paper to have it sorted out.

My next project is also from Knitters fall 2000. It's tha moon house canyon
Cardigan. As I am not allowed to buy any yarn in the near future I was
lucky to find in my stash exactly the colours called for. One of them, the
navajo tea was replaced by four strands of camel coloured camel wool which
I bought in Afghanistan 9 years ago. This is a more long term project, as I
have a couple of other projects pending.

Happy knitting to all of you
Kirsten, Samsø, tiny island in the middle of Denmark

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:26:01 -0500
From: "Ingrid/Ansis" <smurguli@gisco.net>
Subject: Knit: Mitered Mozart

Hello Knitters!

I would like to pick your collective wisdom. I have completed the back and
one front of the Mitered Mozart. Ideally now, I would like to do a sleeve,
for a change of pace. This means sewing the shoulders. Now my question; with
all of those colors, and a rather solid fabric, what sort of 'sewing' would
you recommend?

TIA,

Ingrid
Ft.Drum NY

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:36:17 -0500
From: "Christine E" <thepanda@erols.com>
Subject: Knit: calendar arrived...achoo!

Hi all...

got my calendar in yesterday's mail...fighting a cold/allergy, so
didn't get a chance to write yesterday...

great job Paulette!!! I was thrilled to see items that I have been
dreaming of making and also to see things that I HAVE made!

WIP: been working on this bathrobe for myself...back is nearly done,
sleeves done, belt done...with luck, tomorrow I'll have one of
the front panels started...things like grad school homework must
come first unfortunately, as well as the afghan for a friend's birthday
on Wednesday!

Was out at the Baltimore Inner Harbor last night and went window
shopping...sweaters out there that attempt to look "hand made" look
pretty bad...so glad that I can knit if I want to make something that
looks interesting...can't imagine paying so much for poor quality!!

Ok, back to the bathrobe and deciding when to head for the new mall
Arundel Mills that just opened yesterday...I wonder if anyone will
open a yarn shop in there?? which reminds me, are any yarn shops
located INSIDE a mall like that?? [non-strip mall type?]

gotta knit...

Christine in sunny, chilly [guessing since I haven't left the house]
Laurel, Maryland [halfway between Balto and DC]

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:49:04 -0500
From: william houston and elizabeth durand <billeliz@inet.net>
Subject: Knit: Pacific Northwest vs Peace shawl

Good morning, everyone--

Someone special on our block is moving to Portugal next year, so (given the
facts that my husband doesn't like to be left alone, and it's nearly
impossible to get him to even cross the Pennsylvania state line) it's going
to be a long time before I see her again. I was thinking of making either
the Pacific Northwest or the Peace shawl as a going away present. I'd like
to hear from people who have made either or both--I know people love to do
them, but I'd like to know if either one is significantly faster to work up
than the other and if either one presented unforeseen difficulties.

Thanks.

Elizabeth in Ardmore, PA

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 08:34:59 -0700
From: "Peterson/Hennekens/Rampart" <petehenn@iex.net>
Subject: Knit: Re: Calendar

Calendar, what calendar???

As a newbie to the list (I signed on a month or so ago), have I missed
something?

Sounds like a neat thing. Would someone clue me in.

Many thanks in advance,
Carol Peterson
Colorado Springs

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:57:00 -0500
From: Jacki <jfitzpatrick02@snet.net>
Subject: Knit: calendar

Hi!

I received my calendar Friday (along with Patternworks 2001
catalog). What a bunch of talented people on this list!! The
colors are amazing as well! And I'm so glad to finally see
Paulette's face.

The catalog is gorgeous, as well.

Still working on a Cashmerino gray & ivory scarf for my
itchy friend's holiday present. Have finished 6 necklaces
from Charm and other exotic fibers.

Jacki
West Haven, CT (USA)

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:57:09 -0600
From: Anne Niemann <anneniemann@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Knit: what is the mystery/shawl reassurance needed

mine seems to work as a shawl should. re extra yarn, the fringe takes as much
yarn as the knitting- if you figure 3 strands of fringe per yard and 6 strands
per "clump" of fringe and count the eyelets youll see how much you need. anne

Sharon Bergersen wrote:

> Hello knit pals:
>
> what is the mystery about the Lilly chin shawl.
> Am about 2 inches from finishing this shawl, looks like
> a regular shawl knitted from the bottom up but i doesn't look
> on me the way it looks on the model.
>
> I have it on a string right now...eyelets at bottom/ 6 inches after first
> eyelet row...1 inch inadvertently knitted extra..
> tried it on and it doesn't sit on my shoulders like a shawl should.
>
> Do I have to finish the last set of eyelets for this shawl to sit properly
> or do I have to rip this out.
> Am very worried about this as I have spent 3 days knitting only on this
> shawl and need some assurance.
> Am about 2 inches from finishing the pattern...got gauge with patons
> impression mohair seems like the
> yardage is different as it seems I can get another shawl from it....So
> would love to knit one for my MIL.
> Plus the shawl seems quite short on me even though the measurement says 31
> inches in the pattern and
> my measurement as is says 29 inches.
>
> the model is taller than I am, am 5 ft 1inch so I figure this shawl should
> be right for me. Please respond
> privately as this has been beaten to death am sure.
>
> thanks in advance
> Help
> --
> Sharon Bergersen
> e-mail: sharon@cosy-place.com
> visit : http://www.cosy-place.com/
>
> On the needles: Lily Chin's shawl

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:02:00 -0600
From: Anne Niemann <anneniemann@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Knit: Looking for vacuum bags for yarn storage.

i got my vacuum bags at walgreens drug store. anne

Steve & Michelle Plumb wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> (Pardon the cross posting, but I couldn't remember
> which chat group was discussing yarn storage.)
>
> In this discussion, several people mentioned using
> vacuum bags. I checked a few stores today, and had
> no luck finding them.
>
> Where did you lucky folks find these vacuum bags?
> It sounds like the ideal solution for my stash storage.
>
> TIA,
> Michelle
> ===========================================================
>                       Steve & Michelle Plumb   --    splumb@ic.net
>                                      Plymouth, Michigan USA
>
> "Give me ten men like Clouseau, and I could destroy the world."
>
>                                         -- Herbert Lom, in
>                                         "A Shot In the Dark"
> ===========================================================

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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:12:34 -0500
From: Deborah Ann Moorman <dmoorman@surfsouth.com>
Subject: Knit: Afghan finished in time for Christmas

Yes I have finally finished that homespun afghan in shades of burgandy,
navy, and beige.

I already have one offer to take it off my hands (My oldest Son inquired
Is it mine???) He is 25. Was slightly downcase when I informed him it
was for a friend of mine. He will get one although the mindless
knitting on that thing drove me crazy. For any who want a really simple
pattern it started with 8 rows of beige, 10 rows of navy and 12 of
burgandy and then repeat. It was a total of 312 stitches across which
made for a really boring watching tv afghan. But the colors work and it
is very cuddlely and big enough for two friendly people.

Now on to my Swedish thora sweater which had patiently been waiting it's
turn.

Debbie in GA who is seriously contemplating diving under finished object
and not coming up until spring. It is cold and damp here

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:05:49 -0800
From: Joan <joanmac@pacbell.net>
Subject: Knit: Re: Not so dumb question about man's sweater ease

Magda wondered if 7" was a lot of ease for the upper arm of a man's
sweater.

Really, it isn't. It's about right, especially if the sweater is a
pretty beefy knit. It allows for ease of movement at the armscye and
shoulders.

I know that my DF would be uncomfortable in anything with less ease.

Joan McGowan
joanmac@whiteliesdesigns.com
http://www.whiteliesdesigns.com -3 new styles! Come have a look!

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 09:29:12 -0800
From: Margaret Huffer <vmhuffer@home.com>
Subject: Re: Knit: Looking for vacuum bags for yarn storage.

I found mine at a boating store, West Marine. I have always had to take
only msall projects on our boat, because we don't have a lot of space on
a 35 footer, and on the 6 month cruise to Baja and back I had to settle
for needlepoint. Now I can compress the yarn and stick it under my bunk
mattress. Of course, I would not leave it too long. Margaret

Steve & Michelle Plumb wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
>
>
> In this discussion, several people mentioned using
> vacuum bags. I checked a few stores today, and had
> no luck finding them.
>
> Where did you lucky folks find these vacuum bags?
> It sounds like the ideal solution for my stash storage.
>
> TIA,
> Michelle
> ===========================================================
>                       Steve & Michelle Plumb   --    splumb@ic.net
>                                      Plymouth, Michigan USA
>
> "Give me ten men like Clouseau, and I could destroy the world."
>
>                                         -- Herbert Lom, in
>                                         "A Shot In the Dark"
> ===========================================================

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:40:32 -0600
From: Jeff and Stasia Wussow <jeffnstasia@earthlink.net>
Subject: Knit: Beehive Hat

BEEHIVE HAT

I made a little hat up for charity and thought I'd share it with you. It's
super-easy and quick, great for a beginner. I have an affinity for things
bee-ish, my husband being a hobby apiarist.

The hat can be seen at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffnstasia/beehat.jpg

The bottom looks lopsided from being on the scanner. The cuff can be worn
down or up; the photo is down, but when it's up it's really cute.

Materials:

1 skein of Caron Gold Sayelle acrylic yarn in #1029, Medium Gold
[Note: I used a partially-used skein and had to go on to a second one. I'm
assuming it takes one skein, but to be safe, you'd better have a second
skein on hand.]
Small amt. black waste yarn
Straight needles, size US 8
Cable needle or pencil or stick
Crochet hook size G

Honeycomb Cable Pattern:

(From "The New Knitting Dictionary," Rhoda Ochser Goldberg, Crown
Publishers, 1984)
Multiple of 8+4
Rows 1 and 5: K
Rows 2, 4, 6 and 8: P
Row 3: K2, *sl 2 sts to dpn, hold in front, K2, K2 from dpn, sl 2 sts to
dpn, hold in back, K2, K2 from dpn*, rep *to*, end K2.
Row 7: K2, *sl 2 sts to dpn, hold in back, K2, K2 from dpn, sl 2 sts to dpn,
hold in front, K2, K2 from dpn*, rep *to*, end K2.

Note that on row 3 you are starting the honeycomb by cabling to the front,
and on row 7 you are starting the honeycomb by cabling to the back.

Instructions:

Cast on 36 st.
Work 10 rows in K1, P1 rib.
Begin Honeycomb Cable pattern. Work for 28 rows.
Work stocking stitch for 8 rows.
Work Honeycomb Cable pattern for another 28 rows.
Work 10 rows in K1, P1 rib.
Cast off loosely.

Block hat with steam iron.
Fold hat in half, right sides together, with the 8 stocking stitch rows in
the middle (fold).
Pin sides together to prevent slipping.
Seam up sides of hat.
Turn right side out.

Bee Instructions:

These are kind of fudgy because I haven't crocheted in a while. You can just
sort of make it up - what you're doing is crocheting a tube for the bee
body.

Body: Leaving a 4-inch tail of black yarn, crochet a chain of 4 in black.
Starting in second to last st., single crochet back along chain, then along
bottom of chain, and around to form a circle. (Fudge to about 5 or 6 sts.)

Keep the working yarn (of either color as you progress) and the tail of
black yarn in the center of your work (you're crocheting around them.)

Crochet another round around in black; change to yellow for two rounds,
change to black again for a round, then one more round yellow. On the next,
final yellow round, decrease as much as you can and finish off, leaving two
ends of black yarn sticking out the end. Snip the black yarn still attached
to the skein, and trim the black ends to form antennae. Insert the crochet
hook into the body and pull in any unnecessary yarn ends.

Wings: Crochet a chain of about 18 and end off. Make into a figure 8 and sew
on bottom of bee (the side of the bee where you did your color changes on
the rounds, which will look yukky.) Sew bee onto hat.

If you make this hat I hope you will also make something, anything, for
charity. Thank you. Enjoy the pattern.

Happy Holidays!
Stasia in WI

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:07:38 -0400
From: Debbi Young <djy@citynet.net>
Subject: Knit: Calendar arrives in WV

Thanks, Paulette, for doing such a nice job on the calendar. It arrived in
southern WV today. Great to see all the projects and people about whom I've
heard and read. To Sue Esser, who's teaching at TKGA this weekend: Those
triplets are adorable! ;-)

Debbi
***
Debbi Young
Forest Hill, WV
President, Knitch Knitters Knitting Guild
http://members.nbci.com/knitchnotes/
***
If the shoe fits, it's ugly.

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:15:51 -0500
From: "Merie Lettieri" <shilo@voyager.net>
Subject: Knit: finishitis

Fellow Needlenuts,

- ---FO----
I know how Belinda feels. I too, still have finishitis.
On Wednmesday evening I finished my "Oddball" sweater as Eileen has dubbed
it (hi Eileen). It is a favorite fitting pattern with the sleeves and back
done in black. I knit the black more by feel than looking so I wouldn't go
blind! The front is a mixture of all my leftover balls of yarn. At choir
practice that night I was told I looked like a stained glass window. It
turned out even better than I thought it would.

- --UFO--
Now I have only one knitting project to finish from 1999 or earlier. But
alas, it will continue to be a UFO for a while. I misplaced that dratted
pattern. I know I still have it somewhere. Thats what I get for cleaning!
I have the back done up to the sleeves. I don't want to frog it either. I
like the look of the fabric texture. It alternates between small sets of
cables and sets of ribbing. I think if I have to, I could figure out the
pattern again. I got it out of an old (1975ish) Canadian craft magazine. I
don't remember the name of it either. I had bought it for the tatting in it
and olny saved the tatting pages (I was foolish then). The sweater was on
the back.

- ---WIPs----
I have a pair of socks close to finishing (toes to go). I also have a baby
bonnet that just needs its edging knit and a baby sweater that needs only
the front and yoke to be done. The only other thing I am working on is a
shawl, which is about half done. Time to start something new, but I just
don't feel like it yet!

Merie (shilo@voyager.net)
Lincoln Park, MI, USA

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:31:28 -0500
From: "Janet Lynn" <jhly@peoplepc.com>
Subject: Re: Knit: Calendar arrives in Connecticut

Hey Paulette,

Super job!!! I gave my daughter her's today and she was thrilled as well.
Thanks for another year of hard work with a wonderful result.

janet

OKC

Been working on hand dyed, hand spun wool and angora hats! Angora is so
addictive!

jhly@peoplepc.com
http://www.the-wheel-thing.com.
Accepting Visa, MC and PayPal
Ashford, Babe, Kromski, Hand Made Wool
Combs, Swallow & Lace needles, markers, and more
>

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:22:48 -0500
From: robin migdol freiman <robinfre@bestweb.net>
Subject: Knit: Yarn Emergency is over!!

Hi Everyone!

I would like to publicly thank all of you who responded to my SOS for
the Canadiana yarn. Ronni S. of PA referred me to Kraemer's Yarns in
Nazareth, PA and they had it. I also got some great other places to
check out but this one was the closest to NY. I would also like to
apologize for NOT describing the color. Since this was the first time I
ever did this I didn't realize that a color # was not enough. (Someone
got very snippy with me but I just ignored it. It won't happen again!)

The best thing about this is that I belong to a wonderful community of
people called knitters who are so helpful and resourceful. If the whole
world could be this way, just imagine what it would be like!!!(Am I
laying it on a bit too thick?) Seriously, thank you everyone for your
help.

Your knitting friend,

Robin of Yorktown Heights who just saw the Rugrats in Paris movie (with
the 2yo and the 6yo and DH ) and laughed and laughed and laughed!!

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 14:36:38 -0800
From: "Kathleen Day" <kday@impulse.net>
Subject: Knit: Christmas already/FOs

I just got a call from two little friends. I send their Christmas gifts
early every year so that they can open them on Thanksgiving. This year I
sent them even earlier so that they could have them and open them this
weekend. They are at their auntie's house to set up her pesebre now because
they will be far from home next week, taking part in a wedding. I
understand that their pesebre is the biggest and most beautiful ever, so I
must make the 35 mile 'run' and have a look before Christmas.

Anyway, Carina, 3, and David, 6, each told me thank you for the gift. For
Carina, I made a short sleeved cardi based on "A Twist of Lime" from Kids*3.
David got a very pretty (handsome) cabled vest from ??? I think it was a
FCEK from some time back. I always make their gifts first thing in the
year, so they were finished last January and I didn't keep proper records.

What a thrill to hear their little voices. Their auntie said that they put
them on immediately and said that they were going to wear them to church
tomorrow. The joy of Christmas giving...makes my day!

FO
The alpaca gloves are finished and I am just delighted with them.
The first Fixation sock is finished and #2 is on the needles. My, oh my,
what fun this is. :)

Kathleen Day
Santa Ynez, California
gloves can be seen here:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=118005&a=10020151

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 18:09:50 -0400
From: "Steve & Michelle Plumb" <splumb@ic.net>
Subject: Re: Knit: Looking for vacuum bags for yarn storage.

Hello all.

Many thanks for directing me to the vacuum bags
I was seeking! I found them at my local K-Mart,
and spent the afternoon repacking my formidable
stash into bricks! Much better.

Thanks again!
Michelle
===========================================================
Steve & Michelle Plumb -- splumb@ic.net
Plymouth, Michigan USA

"Give me ten men like Clouseau, and I could destroy the world."

-- Herbert Lom, in
"A Shot In the Dark"
===========================================================

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 18:33:00 -0500
From: "A. Williams" <quanah@user.rose.com>
Subject: Knit: Good News!!

Finally, I was hired on as full time effective last Monday Nov 13!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for their prayers and wishes. It worked. I am so happy
now, just think of the yarn I will be able to budget for in 2001.

Making up some little bibs using Cott'n Soft cotton and the simple
washcloth pattern which is done from corner to corner. Making them in
assorted sizes for the baby as it grows. And I am tieing the ties on so
that once the baby outgrows bibs, the mother can untie them and use the
bibs for face clothes. Someone on the KL gave me the idea, and it is great.

Knitting class was great last week. They did a little bit of lace, using
EZ's pattern of yo, k2tog. There is one student who is in the class
because her sister is taking it, and she has learned the basics but is a
little bored . . . like is that all there is? knit and purl? Well, when
she did her little lace sample, her face lit up. Wow, there is more to
knitting than just garter and stocking stitch. Wait until this Monday,
CABLES!! She should freak out.

Was in one of the fancier stores near where I work and was looking at the
scarves on display. Lots of eyelash stuff at huge prices. Yikes, how do
they get away with it? and lots of tight little tops commercial knit in
sparkle yarns and eyelash stuff, again at huge prices. Do they charge for
the stitch?

Not much else on the knitting front. Working lots of OT for tax time, but
still making little things like faceclothes, bibs, socks.

Love, Arlene in Toronto
Free Knitting Patterns
quanah@user.rose.com
http://www.rose.com/~quanah/
http://www.rose.com/~gw/

"If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously
overlooked something."

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 16:32:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Ann McDonald <quiltdog@yahoo.com>
Subject: Knit: pattern search

Well, I have definately dropped a few bits from my
memory buffer. I was looking for something to make
for my nephew, and while surfing around came across a
webpage that had patterns (or kits) including a lovely
one done fair isle in two shades of brown, with
stylized animals on it running in vertical bands. The
caption said that it was inspired by Andean animals in
their knits. But of course, since I was looking for
something else at the time, I didn't bookmark it.
Does this thing sound familiar to anyone? I can't
swear to it, but I think it was the same place that
had published the Moose on the Loose pattern, possibly
it was a Canadian firm located on a farm. You can see
that I was looking at WAY too many webpages that
night.

I can tell if I don't find it that it's going to be
one of those phantom patterns that haunt you - there's
a Classic Elite pattern from a few years back that I
can vaguely remember and still mentally bugs me that I
didn't track it down and buy it at the time.

I am going to frog the bed socks I was making using
the double knitting technique. Interesting technique
to learn, very useful. Just the item I chose to learn
on turned out to be uninspiring as it developed to the
point where it was becoming an item rather than a
teaching tool.

I saw the VK winter issue at the grocery. Hated it.
Well, ok, there was at least one nice pattern in there
and a nice article on men's sweaters. OTOH, I got the
patternworks 2001 catalog today. Nice layout,
although it's surprising to me that with the current
shawl craze they didn't have as many shawl patterns as
they did in their recent update.

They are saying it might snow tomorrow night here in
Maryland - which is freaking people out - and it's
just conversational flurry sort of snow they are
saying. But I have to order up some yarn for my next
project I think, so I'll hunker down under some
quilting instead of knitting away.

Ann McDonald (knitting Eastern in Maryland!)

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:36:39 -0600
From: "Elizabeth Stokes" <jjstokes@insolwwb.net>
Subject: Knit: pattern search help, knitting hiatus

Hello Fellow KniListers,

I am trying to help a friend find a pattern. She is looking for a hat with
ear flaps, Peruvian style with color work, Pattern to purchase or available
on Internet. I found one pattern on the KnittingAbout page & some help on
designing ear flap hats on Sarah's site. Any other ideas or sources..TIA

I am on a forced knitting hiatus. I broke my elbow (and did some damage to
both bones in my forearm) about six weeks ago---had to have a surgical fix,
etc. I am now trying (with professional help) to rehabilitate hand and arm.
This injury put a major crimp in my knitting. BTW, the newest issue of FCEK
had an article about disabilities and knitting.

On the needles: DH's sweater that I had hoped to finish by the Holidays and
many other UFOs that shall remain uncounted. I have been consoling myself
with knitting magazines and books, including putting together a wish-list of
gifts for me!

Elizabeth in NE Arkansas

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:36:58 -0500
From: "Margaret H. Velard" <mvelard@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Knit: NY Times Article

Hi All,

I was perusing the Saturday New York Times today, and ran across this
interesting article, and I quote:

ADOPT A SHEEP, FOR FRIEND OR DINNER COMPANION - by Alessandra Stanley

Anversa Degli Abruzzi, Italy - In a new twist on long-distance adoptions,
sheep lovers can now select their pick of the flock over the Internet. A
$154 contract entitles adoptive "parents" to a year's supply of their chosen
one's merino wool and fresh cheese, as well as a photograph and adoption
papers.

The less sentimental can also choose to receive their adopted pet in the
form of lamb chops.

And it goes on from there ... but no URL or website info!:(

OKC: too much to write about!

Margaret in Manhattan

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:22:13 -0500
From: "Jami Millard" <jamim@home.com>
Subject: Knit: Chula Hats

This is in response to the question regarding Peruvian style hats.

There is a kit that is available from:

http://www.canaanmohair.com/

This is an Canadian company so you American's should love this site as you
will get more knitting for your money.

jami

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:35:25 -0800
From: "Eileen B" <ebax@pcez.com>
Subject: Knit: AdoptASheep; 2 FOs, 1 WIP, or is it 1/2 WIP ?

Dear Friends:

Re Margaret's post on adopting sheep -
I heard a story on this a couple of days ago on "The World" a daily hourly
newsmagazine on our local public radio station. I believe this program is
produced by PRI - Public Radio International. There might be a connection
through their web page or the NPR web page. I haven't checked myself, but
thought I'd pass on that lead if someone was genuinely interested.

Re: knitting - Well, I don't know if it's good or bad, but taking ADD meds
seems to have curtailed the *omigod* syndrome which usually occurs when I
find new yarn at the LYS. Since I have a mini-LYS of my own - some people
call it "stash', and money seems to be getting tighter, it's probably just
as well.

However, it means I don't have as many goodies to report on. The EZ Baby
Surprise Sweater is finally up on the Photopoint page:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=91998&a=671345&p=33208308 Still
need to finish the hat. This kid will be in Pre-K before I get all pieces
done to this ensemble.

The Wild Stuff scarf is there, too. I started with 4 pictures but will
probably take at least 2 of them down. I tried to correct the color via
software, but they photographed with a blue cast that I don't understand.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=91998&a=671345&p=33208315. The
album needs "pruning" - hopefully, in the next couple of days.

Current WIP is a pair of socks for me. I have about 6 inches of K2P2
ribbing, and I just couldn't stand it anymore. This doesn't bode well for
the second sock, does it? I decreased inside *alternate* purl ribs. That
took me from 64 to 56, losing one stitch of every 8 and I'll do about an
inch of that modified ribbing before I move to stockinette. The yarn is
wonderful, though, very stretchy, and appears to have good memory.
"Woolywash", I think. Purple with jewel-toned highlights.

Quasi-knit
DD's birthday was yesterday (13), and small party was today. We went to see
Grinch movie, and there is a *VERY* brief knitting scene. Pay attention
when Cindy Lou Who begins interviewing the townspeople. Also, prior to the
movie, there was a blockbuster-style preview, special effects, etc. for a
*TV* show, called Sheep in The City, "a show on TV which is not anything
like this preview." I know *of* this show, but nothing about it.

Well, DD tells me there's a sheep show on Animal Planet, so * I must away *.
Animal Planet is the only cable channel she'll ever need.

Eileen
mailto:ebax@pcez.com
Knitting photos at
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=91998

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:35:30 -0400
From: Elizabeth Geigel <egeigel@monmouth.com>
Subject: Knit: gingham check cardigan, blocking board

Hi knitfriends: FO: the gingham check cardigan from the latest issue of
Interweave It was really fun to knit, the yarn is so soft, the colors so
vivid, and the design so varied that I was never bored with it. I sewed it
together with embroidery floss, since the yarn is handspun, unplied and
thick and thin. Since the pattern calls for areas of stockinette stitch
followed by stranded blocks, the pieces looked uneven when complete. I
decided to block it before putting it together, and was very pleased with
the results. I went to Home Depot and bought a 4x8 piece of foam insulation
board, they cut it in two for me. It is tongue and grooved, so the two
pieces fit together nicely. I read this suggestion somewhere on the net,
and they also suggested T-pins, but I felt the T-pins were too long, so I
bought glass headed one and a sixteenth of an inch pins, which went thru
the one inch board perfectly. I sprayed the pieces heavily, and used the
pins every half inch. I know some of you do this, but thought for anyone
who hasn't blocked pieces that this information might be useful. The edges
were straight, and the pieces just looked "finished". I did run out of the
pink mix yarn, and the designer assured me that it should have been enough,
but it was OK because I just substituted some of the yellow mix, and it
wasn't a huge shortage. Still, I wonder what I did, I got the gauge
perfectly and stranded loosely so the blocks would not be compressed. One
of life's mysteries. If you want to stand out in a crowd, this is the
cardigan for you! Betty in Middletown, NJ, taking a break after eleven
days of heavy knitting!

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 22:35:31 -0400
From: Elizabeth Geigel <egeigel@monmouth.com>
Subject: Knit: Quickie Scarf, Gingham Check cardigan

Hi knitfriends: our guild hasn't done this yet, but it should be fun for
our December holiday meeting. Cast on 144 stitches, which will be length of
scarf. Use a size 15 circular or two needles held together, the point is to
cast on very loosely. Then change to size 11 circulars and knit three
rows. Each person comes to the meeting with this, and the ball of yarn they
used. Balls of yarn are then passed around, each time doing three knit
rows. A ten inch tail is left on each end for the fringe. Bind off using
large needles, and add extra fringe where needed on ends. Different weight
yarn may be combined, the more variations the better. Thought someone might
like to know about this. WIP: The gingham check cardigan from the latest
Interweave, beautiful Naturwolle yarn which is handspun. The yarn is like
butter, so soft, a pleasure to knit. The gauge is 14 stitches to four
inches, so it works up quickly, and the design is so varied, the colorways
so striking that I don't want to put it down. Betty in Middletown, NJ

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Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 21:05:04 -0800
From: "Maggie Burns" <mburns@willamette.edu>
Subject: Knit: lots of projects; SEX; Christmas socks

Hello knitters!

I got to the wonderful yarn shop in Eugene OR today for the first time--oh
boy oh boy!!! It was like going to yarn heaven. I had to go around and
touch everything and admire all the samples and the beautiful arrangements
of yarn. Talk about making yarn into an art form! They have a room where
about six columns of shelves are dedicated to "fancy" yarns, arranged by
color instead of type, so it is just a delight to the eye. There were
strings of hats for a charity donation strung up above everything, all
around the store, which made a beautiful (and moving) effect, besides
looking like a Christmas decoration! I had a good friend with me who I'm
secretly going to knit some purple socks for for Christmas, but I think I
managed to keep the secret, despite holding every color of purple up to him
and saying "This is definitely your color!" Hmm, think he guessed? And I
managed to buy only what I went for...almost. I needed four skeins of Brown
Sheep worsted, and got those, plus a skein of a lovely green that was on
sale, plus the winter Interweave Knits and the Dale Norge 2000 ski sweater
pattern at last, oh boy!!! Watch out, these needles are going to be flying!

Projects:
Lots in the works! I'm going to knit one of those fast and easy afghans for
my wonderful neighbors, out of some big skeins of almost-mohair and some
various other things. Thanks to whoever posted the pattern! It should be
big and beautiful and hopefully will knit up fairly fast. I'll use those
big size 17 needles that I can't stand--eek--the ones that look like crayons
and feel like I'm knitting with carrots. I've discovered that plain socks
bore me to tears so I'm going to change my plans to make various kinds of
fancy socks for my family instead. I'll just mix and match the yarns I have
for them and add in things from stash if I run short, and then they'll
actually get presents, which isn't going to happen if I have to knit any
more plain color! Another project: the Norwegian sweater from Meg
Swansen's Knitting, black and white with red piping. Lovely! But that's
for me, so for now it's only *incentive* to whip through those socks and
that afghan. Yow!

Keep the messages coming! It's a sad day when there aren't many, and I find
it so inspiring when I read about all your wonderful projects and plans!
Happy knitting everyone!

Maggie in Salem OR, where it's utterly clear and crisp and freezing
cold--where's all that rain I heard so much about?

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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:16:33 +1100
From: Sarah and Jamie <brink909@iaccess.com.au>
Subject: Knit: New pattern on 2000 gifts page

I have just uploaded the latest gift pattern to the 2000 knitlist gifts
page at http://www.oocities.org/handknitter/2000

Sarah :)
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Knitting Books, CD's, DVD's, Palm Pilots and more at up to 40% off!
Free US Postage for orders over $100 before November 22nd
http://www.oocities.org/Paris/9197/amazonbooks.htm
http://www.oocities.org/handknitter one of the largest knitting websites
on the web
mailto:brink909@iaccess.com.au (that's brink9-zero-9) ICQ: 4995240
Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/wishlist/3DJ9QQRDDYX9S/

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