Tag: yarn
group name: gather4knitting
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December 16, 2009 02:13 PM EST --
If you haven't yet seen the finished blanket I knit for my step-daughter, here it is. It took 5 months and I am finished! I modeled it on my little sister's twin bed, the size it was intended . . .
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December 13, 2009 04:46 PM EST --
I finished the border on the knit bedspread for my Stepdaughter. The next step is to tighten up the loose ends of yarn and thread them through - hiding them. Then I will be finished the blanket, . . .
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November 22, 2009 10:34 PM EST --
I have 3 rows of this hand-knit quilt hand-sewn together using the mattress stitch that Sandra F recommended on a previous article.
I have one more row (5 squares) left, and then I am going to . . .
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January 17, 2007 02:29 PM EST --
In my life outside the library, I am studying for a Ph.D. in Public and Urban Affairs. I am actually now finished with everything except my dissertation, and have been feverishly reading and writing . . .
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February 22, 2006 03:33 PM EST --
I'm simply filling in a void on gather. What respectable online networking site has no knitting groups? Please feel free to upload images of your knitting work, and post patterns. And, hopefully things . . .
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December 31, 2006 04:25 PM EST --
Since today is the last day of the year I thought I would be fun to reflect back on our 2006 craft/ knit projects and share our goals or resolutions for 2007.
2006- I just learned to knit this year, . . .
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January 13, 2007 10:47 PM EST --
This is so easy to make. I made this with dune yarn pictured (kinda like moonlight mohair) The great thing is you can use any weight yarn, any gauge needle and any number of stitches to suit this pattern . . .
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March 16, 2006 01:33 PM EST --
A friend showed my wife Janie a way to knit using just one hand. It was a simple knitting frame. Here is my best attempt at describing it (hopefully . . .
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January 14, 2007 05:03 PM EST --
My dad requested that I knit something to keep his ears warm. I could not find any patterns I liked, so I just designed my own. I wanted ribbing in it to make it stretchy and hopefully fit . . .
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April 23, 2007 10:57 PM EDT --
After seeing a book on using an upper whorl drop spindle, I just wanted to try one out in the worst way. It nagged at me for a week. So today I decided to make one from parts on hand. I found an arrow . . .
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December 19, 2006 01:05 PM EST --
I just finished my first knitting project...a lovely blue hat that a coworker helped me to put together. It took about 5 weeks of lessons and work, but it's finally done! I'm so proud, . . .
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January 16, 2007 06:06 PM EST --
Susan B. saw my blog and asked for information about felting. I am not an expert but I have felted two bags and I plan many more.
What felting is:
Felting is knitting (or crocheting) an item out . . .
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December 22, 2006 01:50 PM EST --
How long is your "want to" knitting list? It seems like every time I start to knit something I think of at least two other things I want to knit and when I think I've done just about everything, . . .
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August 08, 2007 03:02 PM EDT --
Hello All Of You Knitting Fanatics!
This time of the summer season is when I geared up for fall knitting. Most of the local knitting shops are having huge sales so it's easy to pick up a fresh stash . . .
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October 11, 2006 08:19 PM EDT --
I get hung up on knitting socks. I knit one pair, then think of another color, then want to try a differen pattern, then see a different type of yarn to use... I have so many socks ...
Anyway, I've . . .
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February 22, 2007 09:41 AM EST --
Not the first ones I ever owned, or the first ones I ever wore - the first ones I ever knit!
I know it's a little ridiculous to have been knitting for 10+ years, and to only just now get up . . .
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February 11, 2007 12:16 AM EST --
I love self striping yarns. This is a photo of a toddler hat I made. Bad angle for a photo. Hat in one hand camera in the other and my wrist sticking out, lol. This was very simple hat to make the yarn . . .
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September 28, 2006 09:42 AM EDT --
Do you have any tips for buying yarn? Does the type of yarn you purchase depend on the project you need it for? Do you have any favorite brands of yarn?
Where do you usually like to . . .
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November 22, 2006 12:47 PM EST --
I am knitting a bag that I plan to felt. I have one handle left to knit and maybe I can felt it today. What are you knitting? Are you doing any other craft projects?
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January 01, 2007 11:49 PM EST --
Does anyone know of knitting circles that meet in Columbus, OH. I found the knitter's guild but I can't meet on Thursday nights and I was looking for a smaller, more casual setting. Glad to be . . .
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