Babies! Lots of Babies!
Murielle
So I turned to my old standby Mary Lamb Baby Book Vol. 30 (twenty cents!)
pattern 3006. I've done this pattern before a few times so I felt quite
confident with it and it's going well. I'm about two/thirds of the way
through the blanket in variegated wool: white, pale blue and pale green.
I've got my next project lined up as well: 3013. It looks the easiest of
two I thought would be quick knits. That one is in yellow because the
nursery is yellow. I'm hoping to adapt 3027 to this pattern--should be
simple, but these days I can never tell what's going to work for me and what
isn't--as it's more of tuque style.
Someday I'd like to be able to say I've knitted all the patterns in this
book. It's one of my favorites. I think it was one of my grandmother's.
That might be a goal for next year! I used to make baby blankets regularly
and so had some in stock whenever a new little person arrived, but I haven't
done that in years. Knitting sure is different for me these days.
I love reading about all the beautiful things you all are making. I don't
post a lot, but I lurk and always head straight for the new or finished
project threads.
Murielle
Murielle
Murielle
"Murielle" <muri...@invalid.com> wrote in message
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Linda Lee
talk about but I enjoy checking this group out nonetheless.
mirjam
Hallo Murielle
Mazal Tov ! with the Babies , with making items for babies ,,,
I love making presents anyway and baby things are always so joyful ..
Since it is summer here i rather knit with cotton , and embroider/
weave more .
i made some Potholders , which were meant as presents and were well
accepted by the intended lady.
Am planning some new works as well ..
mirjam
mirjam
> I'm a lurker here to. I can't do half the things the regulars post and
> talk about but I enjoy checking this group out nonetheless.
Hallo Linda Lee , Never mind what you make or don`t , we also need
people who would enjoy the things we make !!!!
As i tell people when i can`t get to the opening of their
exhibition ,,, you also need
people to come and look After the Opening !!!
Sp please don`t hesitate to sahre with us the `half`` you feel you can
do. About the alf you feel you can`t do ??? are you sure ? there are
lots of good helpers here !!!!
mirjam
Murielle
I always feel so inspired by what others are doing. It spurs me on to try a
little harder, work on a project a little harder.
Murielle
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Murielle
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Thank you, Mirjam! Babies are such blessings--always a joyful event.
I think I need to start keeping a craft-journal so I can keep track of what
actually gets finished. It might keep me working on things, just to be able
to see it completed in the journal. I know the group was talking about this
last year some time and I thought it was such a great idea.
Pot-holders! What a great idea! I've got a pattern for crochet one's
somewhere. I know I saw it when I was going through my books and files to
find the patterns for the baby blankets.
I thought this year for the holidays I'd make little crochet angels or
snowflakes: seasonal and simple; and I can work on them in waiting rooms,
etc.
Murielle
The Other Kim
> Oops! This was supposed to be on the "anyone working on a project?"
> thread.
Heh, wouldn't be the first time someone posted to the wrong thread <g>
Good on the baby blankets. I just finished a Baby Surprise jacket for
Liz's (Liz from ABSK) soon-to-arrive granddaughter. I'm also working on
another pair of socks (Wanida, from Cookie A's "Sock Innovation" book),
a Girasole shawl in fingering weight yarn, and sweater #7 for the
National Knit a Sweater a Month Dodecathon group on Ravelry. I also
have my first Girasole waiting to be blocked, and I have a couple
sweaters that only need to be seamed together, but as I hate seaming
these may be waiting a very long time...
The Other Kim
kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
mirjam
> Pot-holders! What a great idea! I've got a pattern for crochet one's
> somewhere. I know I saw it when I was going through my books and files to
> find the patterns for the baby blankets.
I am not so keen on making pot holders but they make good presents i
can use leftovers of all kinds , Ps i always knit/crochet/weave a
piece and than sew it onto a cloth of sorts [ also a leftover ] ,this
gives it a good thickness , and people tend to use the cloth side for
the pot , !!!!!
mirjam
ps 2 , pot holders are great Swathces for trying out new patterns !!!
Murielle
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Wow, you're so industrious! What is a Girasole? Knitting a sweater a
month! I can't even imagine that. What a sense of accomplishment you must
have as you see them all lined up. Do you pick your own patterns or do they
offer patterns--how does it work?
I'm like you, the seaming and the weaving of loose ends is my least favorite
part of knitting, though, I do love to see what I've been working on all
finished and pretty.
Did Liz go by a different name? My memory of the "old" ABSK days is
waining. I do pop in from time to time and if I have something to say I
post, otherwise I just lurk. Kind of like rcty. I think I'm getting old.
;-))
Murielle
Murielle
Mirjam,
That's a great idea. Though, sadly I have such a bad habit of not knitting
swatches. That's probably why I have so many unfinished objects. I think
you also suggested making a blanket out of the swatches, also a great idea.
Murielle
mirjam
> Murielle
thank you ,,,
i even made one year a Vest for daughter from various swatches !!!
she wore it about 10 years .
mirjam
Murielle
Now that's one I would never have thought of, Mirjam. Another great idea!
Mureille
The Other Kim
>
> "The Other Kim" <m...@deltanet.com> wrote in message
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>> Murielle wrote:
>>
>>> Oops! This was supposed to be on the "anyone working on a project?"
>>> thread.
>>
>> Heh, wouldn't be the first time someone posted to the wrong thread
>> <g>
>>
>> Good on the baby blankets. I just finished a Baby Surprise jacket
>> for Liz's (Liz from ABSK) soon-to-arrive granddaughter. I'm also
>> working on another pair of socks (Wanida, from Cookie A's "Sock
>> Innovation" book), a Girasole shawl in fingering weight yarn, and
>> sweater #7 for the National Knit a Sweater a Month Dodecathon group
>> on Ravelry. I also have my first Girasole waiting to be blocked, and
>> I have a couple sweaters that only need to be seamed together, but as
>> I hate seaming these may be waiting a very long time...
>>
>> The Other Kim
>> kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
> Hi Kim!
>
> Wow, you're so industrious! What is a Girasole? Knitting a sweater a
> month! I can't even imagine that. What a sense of accomplishment you
> must have as you see them all lined up. Do you pick your own patterns
> or do they offer patterns--how does it work?
The Girasole is a circular lace shawl - can be seen here,
http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/2008/12/girasole.html, that is an
incredibly addicting pattern. Pretty easy even for first-time lace
knitters. The edging takes forever, and I swear the stitches were
multiplying while I was working it; I could see progress, but the amount
of stitches left on my needle didn't seem to be getting any smaller
until I was about halfway done with the edging.
The sweater thing is just for fun and a challenge to people to actually
finish projects. It can be any pattern as long as it's an adult size.
I've done several top-down seamless ones, and I need to block a couple
others before seaming.
> I'm like you, the seaming and the weaving of loose ends is my least
> favorite part of knitting, though, I do love to see what I've been
> working on all finished and pretty.
I really wish I knew someone local who would be willing to seam my
sweaters for me. My husband's grandmother was like me, not liking the
finishing part, but she had a friend who loved doing finishing so she
sent all her pieces to this friend and got back finished items. Sounds
good to me!
> Did Liz go by a different name? My memory of the "old" ABSK days is
> waining. I do pop in from time to time and if I have something to say
> I post, otherwise I just lurk. Kind of like rcty. I think I'm
> getting old. ;-))
Liz was always Liz. She showed up around 1998 or thereabouts. Were you
there for the Church of the Divine Divinity, the whole chocolate
devotion thing? She was one of the instigators of that, and I think she
even proposed to Jean (Graham) over chocolate <g> I still check in over
there every day, even though I haven't actually said anything in a long
time. Every now and again some old names will show up, and I'll feel
obligated to say "hi".
The Other Kim
kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)
wrote:
> I think I need to start keeping a craft-journal so I can keep track of what
> actually gets finished. It might keep me working on things, just to be able
> to see it completed in the journal. I know the group was talking about this
> last year some time and I thought it was such a great idea.
I've found that Ravelry works this way for me. It also gets me to
take photos, which I wouldn't otherwise do.
Mary "www.ravelry.com"
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
reunite....@gmail.com or mil...@qnet.com
Visit my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/
enigma
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> I've found that Ravelry works this way for me. It also gets me
> to take photos, which I wouldn't otherwise do.
who are you on Ravelry? i didn't find you by your name.
i'm enigma, & there is a RCTY group on Rav, but no one uses it...
lee
Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)
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I'm Digital Knitter on Ravelry. I thought that was in my .sig file
but I see it isn't.
Mary "Sorry about that."
Murielle
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Hi Kim!
> The Girasole is a circular lace shawl - can be seen here,
> http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/2008/12/girasole.html, that is an
> incredibly addicting pattern. Pretty easy even for first-time lace
> knitters. The edging takes forever, and I swear the stitches were
> multiplying while I was working it; I could see progress, but the amount
> of stitches left on my needle didn't seem to be getting any smaller until
> I was about halfway done with the edging.
Wow! That is really beautiful! It reminds me of a shawl I had when I was a
baby. I was allowed to use it for my dolls when I was a toddler. Such
beautiful work!
> The sweater thing is just for fun and a challenge to people to actually
> finish projects. It can be any pattern as long as it's an adult size.
> I've done several top-down seamless ones, and I need to block a couple
> others before seaming.
I really must be more industrious! I'm still working on the second baby
blanket. I'm so slow! I wish I could be faster but then I'd probably make
a lot more mistakes. ;-)
> I really wish I knew someone local who would be willing to seam my
> sweaters for me. My husband's grandmother was like me, not liking the
> finishing part, but she had a friend who loved doing finishing so she sent
> all her pieces to this friend and got back finished items. Sounds good to
> me!
I was just thinking, if one were an experienced knitter that would be a way
to make a little money. I recall years ago seeing on TV a segment on some
crafting show about a few women who had started a business finishing other
people's unfinished knitting and crocheting projects. (I actually think
they were willing to finish just about any craft-type project as long as all
the materials were still together and provided.)
> Liz was always Liz. She showed up around 1998 or thereabouts. Were you
> there for the Church of the Divine Divinity, the whole chocolate devotion
> thing? She was one of the instigators of that, and I think she even
> proposed to Jean (Graham) over chocolate <g> I still check in over there
> every day, even though I haven't actually said anything in a long time.
> Every now and again some old names will show up, and I'll feel obligated
> to say "hi".
I don't specifically recall the chocolate-worship. ;-) There were so many
things going on at the time and I seemed to be involved in a lot of it, but
my memory fails. I remember being a member of The Losers Club and endless
arguements about elitism. LOL! Those were the days, huh? Were you there
when there was an article written about what a great ng it was? That was
kind of cool.
> The Other Kim
> kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom
Murielle
Murielle
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That looks like a really cool community. I'll have to go in and really
check it out. I bookmarked it, for later.
Thanks,
Murielle