The supurrvisors have been hard at work today. Honestly, I don't know how I'd manage without them.
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Calling all knitters and other woolly things.
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I'm not game to tell her I have a file of it on my iPad - imagine what she might to to that!
I hate it when my cat parades all over my pattern..even worse when she wants a treat and drools on it!
Your kitties are Master Knitters!
Your kitties are Master Knitters!
I KNOW all you fiber nuts would get a kick out of this gal's videos!
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Why not Cats?!
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What's everyone working on these days? 
I don't knit and the last time I crocheted a scarf it ended up with one end about an inch narrower that the other, I guess I dropped a few stitches 
. I quilt, sometimes I use wool batting
. I quilt, sometimes I use wool batting
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Those are absolutely beautiful!!I don't knit and the last time I crocheted a scarf it ended up with one end about an inch narrower that the other, I guess I dropped a few stitches
Thanks, I only do art quilts and some lap quilts, big bed quilts are just too cumbersome to work with.
I love these, they're beautiful!I don't knit and the last time I crocheted a scarf it ended up with one end about an inch narrower that the other, I guess I dropped a few stitches
I started a cardigan about a week ago. It's by Andrea Mowry, who's a really popular designer on Ravelry. It's very fiddly to start with, because it's not just straightforward ribbing for the band - it changes from 2x1 to 2x2 or 1x2 or 1x1 for however many repeats. Easy once you've got them all on, but that first row is a mark-off-every-stitch doozy! 
I'm really enjoying it now I'm up into the cable section, though. I'm happy with the yarn, too. It's a new King Cole line, Big Value Tweed DK - 98% acrylic, 2% viscose. Had to order it online, it's not distributed here yet. That was slightly fraught, because every website's photo of the colour I was after was different (and none of them very accurate). Luckily the real colour is quite good, sort of cafe latte. Not remotely like any koala in the world, despite koala being the colourway's name! 
I'm really enjoying it now I'm up into the cable section, though. I'm happy with the yarn, too. It's a new King Cole line, Big Value Tweed DK - 98% acrylic, 2% viscose. Had to order it online, it's not distributed here yet. That was slightly fraught, because every website's photo of the colour I was after was different (and none of them very accurate). Luckily the real colour is quite good, sort of cafe latte. Not remotely like any koala in the world, despite koala being the colourway's name!
I LOVE your Quilting, Binxie! I wish I still had my machine, I would try my hand at it!
I am going to call you "CableGal",catlover! That cardigan looks like fun!
I am finally working on the second sleeve of this pullover sweater..The body is a simple one from Diane Soucy and I incorporated the Mailin stitch pattern by Isabelle Kreamer for the center. The yarn is Cantata (Cascade) and Drops mohair held together. I can't wait to get this done. Next I am going to try an easy colorwork pattern..and then it is a tendon release surgery on Nov. 14. So I am trying to get as much knitting in as I can these 2 weeks before.
I am going to call you "CableGal",catlover! That cardigan looks like fun!
I am finally working on the second sleeve of this pullover sweater..The body is a simple one from Diane Soucy and I incorporated the Mailin stitch pattern by Isabelle Kreamer for the center. The yarn is Cantata (Cascade) and Drops mohair held together. I can't wait to get this done. Next I am going to try an easy colorwork pattern..and then it is a tendon release surgery on Nov. 14. So I am trying to get as much knitting in as I can these 2 weeks before.
New crafting kit came in yesterday…
I have some potholders from my grandmother made with this technique. It’s accordion folded strips of cloth cut on the bias, held together with crochet stitches in between the folds. You don’t see the flat of the fabric, it stands ”on edge”, so it’s the edges that become the surface. The end product is therefore the thickness of the strips.
They are so awesome; sturdy, thick and washable. I spent years tracking down how they were made, and finally came across this.
I have some potholders from my grandmother made with this technique. It’s accordion folded strips of cloth cut on the bias, held together with crochet stitches in between the folds. You don’t see the flat of the fabric, it stands ”on edge”, so it’s the edges that become the surface. The end product is therefore the thickness of the strips.
They are so awesome; sturdy, thick and washable. I spent years tracking down how they were made, and finally came across this.
Wow! Another craft I have never heard of. I see that it is actually considered a form of crochet too! All kinds of mats, rugs, placemats, and potholders..sounds like fun!
Just a scrapghan with yarn left over from another project. It's upside down in this picture because I had to quickly drop it on the floor and tuck in all the loose ends.What's everyone working on these days?
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That jumper looks lovely! That’s a really nice effect with the central motif.
Good luck with the surgery. Is it a tendon in your arm?
How intriguing - I’ve never heard of this before.
Clearly it meets with the supurrvisor’s approval, that’s the important (impurrtant?) thiing.
Thank you. As for the hand, it is trigger finger..Tall Man. I had Ring Man done on the same hand several years ago, but now it is getting painful, I am dropping things, and I have had my allotment of shots. Would you believe he wanted to do it in the office w/o sedation? Just cut into the palm and move the tendon over ..no way do I want to be awake for THAT!
I had surgery done on my hand without general anesthetic. My hand was numbed up really good, It was done in a hospital OR as an outpatient. They had things draped in a way that I didn't see what was being done.
