tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325277832024-03-07T18:25:47.321-05:00Knitter BayEwe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-16743362943312702712011-11-28T18:42:00.001-05:002011-11-28T19:47:34.067-05:00Keeping Great Grandma Link in Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It started with a quilt that we had selected from Great Grandma Link's home after she went into the nursing home. I had it on display in our townhouse, but it just gathered dust. It was too damaged and very heavy for anyone to use. So it sat in my chest for several years. Too cool to get rid of, too pretty to just store, too big to display... Last year I thought of a way to use it. I asked Dave for permission since it was his family. Then I filed the idea away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christmas time came and I again checked with David. He said it was fine. So I proceeded to turn it into a tree skirt. I never had one, and always wanted one. So carefully I took the topper off of the quilt. The fabric was damaged in many areas. I tried to guess when this was put together. I am guessing 30's 40's. I discovered that flour/sugar sacks were used for the back of the squares. There is a lot of olive colors - WWI uniforms? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqqxs11mopl8-dhKNo4uLxiHuouBeyJfQ_W-ph4sKGb_kMMSygEd4aBN1kgR0Hq9bw9JZ6mjhe8kZVleZaZYoKLEdvYlND_cMVk4X7Tv1XiOugCYFlYRPdGQlymSLqa8rowYrcg/s1600/IMG_2577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqqxs11mopl8-dhKNo4uLxiHuouBeyJfQ_W-ph4sKGb_kMMSygEd4aBN1kgR0Hq9bw9JZ6mjhe8kZVleZaZYoKLEdvYlND_cMVk4X7Tv1XiOugCYFlYRPdGQlymSLqa8rowYrcg/s320/IMG_2577.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Back view<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2DJL71Ew-62UWz88CNqsHvor7n3UQ5cGdGY3lDNizrTnYt4P2E1QrYuykRd7niPFjli_T7xJE0_VrKYKASp6WpB-zrfH9-A6ZQ_wvyo_b0_z4PIf_od6GDIT_mJShgbLQ309ZQ/s1600/IMG_2580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2DJL71Ew-62UWz88CNqsHvor7n3UQ5cGdGY3lDNizrTnYt4P2E1QrYuykRd7niPFjli_T7xJE0_VrKYKASp6WpB-zrfH9-A6ZQ_wvyo_b0_z4PIf_od6GDIT_mJShgbLQ309ZQ/s320/IMG_2580.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back up close. See 'Saginaw'. I also found Pillsbury. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wgj9_YWstBDnQr5Zc7UtYaOKPlJk-JVEGt8OFLtye3Pe0gz7u3BqGuMEm7y2IwCMRQfdkLhoX6gCBO7xx_FMp2QN_viRtpPBPrVF8tPxNahrm8PLpTsXnBLO68iG1ceMtqdXDw/s1600/IMG_2585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wgj9_YWstBDnQr5Zc7UtYaOKPlJk-JVEGt8OFLtye3Pe0gz7u3BqGuMEm7y2IwCMRQfdkLhoX6gCBO7xx_FMp2QN_viRtpPBPrVF8tPxNahrm8PLpTsXnBLO68iG1ceMtqdXDw/s320/IMG_2585.JPG" width="320" /></a>I carefully cut, hoping that I didn't make a huge mistake. The more damaged squares were put to the back of the skirt. I sewed on a new backing and added bias tape. As I sewed around the piece I hoped I wouldn't stress the fabric more. It was very heavy even at 4' x 4'. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqesdDujaxDgdYvvfCExs4Bt_Z144v8oFtnilVQamGbYGprQiNjMAHMpCbTDXkb-UUhP-2xn1aRCIlZ2Nhzt-7nhm60HmN-W7GG8Ql1RdHZwKxxxoIB4izFwgiAMEu95ZfeRlm-g/s1600/IMG_2587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqesdDujaxDgdYvvfCExs4Bt_Z144v8oFtnilVQamGbYGprQiNjMAHMpCbTDXkb-UUhP-2xn1aRCIlZ2Nhzt-7nhm60HmN-W7GG8Ql1RdHZwKxxxoIB4izFwgiAMEu95ZfeRlm-g/s320/IMG_2587.JPG" width="213" /></a>When I got home from work, I saw that Molly had it already under the tree as she was decorating. It was perfect. Each Christmas when we pull out the decorations, Great Grandma Link will be with us.</div><br />
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The extra scraps from the quilt will be made into ornaments for her great grandchildren. I hope to get them all done this year.<br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-91977700089639496652009-11-17T16:54:00.001-05:002009-11-17T16:54:49.701-05:00Preemie Charity Drive<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/knitterbay/4111877901/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4111877901_26fb7a00c9_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/knitterbay/4111877901/">Preemie collection</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/knitterbay/">Eunice Link</a></span></div>That time of the year again. I love knitting little baby items. These are so small that they look like doll clothes. Fortunately there is a deadline so I could make myself stop. They are due at tonight's guild meeting.<br /><br />Of course I waited till yesterday to put on buttons. Six sweaters of buttons and all had to be done last night so I could get them washed. I had to have everything ready before I headed out the door for work.<br /><br />I will probably wait for the last minute next year too. Hats don't need buttons, but there is something about a tiny sweater. :-)<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-76991768101949976582009-11-11T20:51:00.003-05:002009-11-11T20:55:37.914-05:00Sleepy Hollow Sunset<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/knitterbay/4096943020/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4096943020_864ed6194a.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br />
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</div>It is that time of the year again. Mittens, hats, and charity knitting has begun. A little bit of ADD knitting. Doing quick projects while my larger projects are taking a time out.<br />
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The blue hat is from the book 'Hats On!'. This is a Lace Rib Watch Cap. Fun thick knit. Will see if it is too big for me when the first really cold day hits - if so, then it goes off to charity. At the moment I am knitting preemie items for our guild's November charity collection. Along the bottom you will see a preemie cap and just on the left is a peek of a preemie baby surprise jacket.<br />
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I fell in love with them. They looked like they belonged in a cozy cottage.<br /><br />I looked up the <a href="http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/teapot-lamp-project-0409" target="_blank">instructions online</a>. They were simple enough. Molly and I went out to the local resale shops and antique malls looking for inexpensive bits and pieces to make our own.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQwlhegGX4wPYclOypvKNGYl8w2fnlHL9lZCW0cOnvq6xfGuIGs0ofv24U4nh3PmXTAWlkvC8OWSLsmMOME8-SGxD5MWIccmSSp2YeKJwa1oBwrVCjc1IR-3ij42hCYizwolvKg/s1600-h/P1010001.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQwlhegGX4wPYclOypvKNGYl8w2fnlHL9lZCW0cOnvq6xfGuIGs0ofv24U4nh3PmXTAWlkvC8OWSLsmMOME8-SGxD5MWIccmSSp2YeKJwa1oBwrVCjc1IR-3ij42hCYizwolvKg/s320/P1010001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373588823042171330" border="0" /></a>We found many tea pots. And for once if there was a chip in a cup or sugar bowl - it didn't matter because I was going to end up destroying it by gluing it to something else.<br /><br />This seemingly easy project ended up taking almost a month. A lot of the parts I bought online. One it was usually cheaper even with shipping and two... after going to several stores looking for the little doo daddy things and not finding them ... just picking it up online was easier.<br /><br />For several weeks my bits and pieces of china were sitting in various stages of glued and unglued. Waiting for the time and arrival of all the little extras. Over the weekend I had the time and gumption to finish the projects. Then spent the next two days just looking for simple lampshades. Gees, even finding simple lampshades was a dragged out process. But now the lampse are done.<br /><br />They are cute, look great when lit. Now as I look at them completed - there is nothing in my house that says, "cute little cottage - put it here." I have to figure out what to do with them. :-) They were a lot of fun. I do have enough extra parts to make 3 more if I run across more teapots and cups.<br /><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYxvQ0caqNT6LR7M_SNwSAY__36s_EIS6RAaMdYMYYRSr91nacLuRcdDThhHf3lZfMZhG7p-e3k56R7K2PW1tZERYgDo_lrVzY6eba-zc-STYFBA1IKLppxN9MDW4ldGQ2j6Hhg/s1600-h/P1010005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYxvQ0caqNT6LR7M_SNwSAY__36s_EIS6RAaMdYMYYRSr91nacLuRcdDThhHf3lZfMZhG7p-e3k56R7K2PW1tZERYgDo_lrVzY6eba-zc-STYFBA1IKLppxN9MDW4ldGQ2j6Hhg/s320/P1010005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373589090845820818" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-84864400199688989642009-08-16T08:44:00.003-04:002009-08-16T08:53:50.497-04:00Growing Scrappy<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwnyMhIRoKjmQBr78m0vcezmPpLGhWK96obrctrxnUKNtOfszJrTCdvJlgdQEH9Z8uQfPiqukstfmVykUQXQdtEYLWeJNcq8WGtoNf_rZy2bcyN-fAAS_xQJzq_uXXpmyni23jA/s1600-h/DSCN2339.JPG" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwnyMhIRoKjmQBr78m0vcezmPpLGhWK96obrctrxnUKNtOfszJrTCdvJlgdQEH9Z8uQfPiqukstfmVykUQXQdtEYLWeJNcq8WGtoNf_rZy2bcyN-fAAS_xQJzq_uXXpmyni23jA/s320/DSCN2339.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />Still plugging away on Scrappy. I think I am about 1/2 way with it. It is a fun knit. Slow, but fun. It is getting a little too large to just lug around willy-nilly.<br /><br />A new toy that I am happily toting around is my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazons-Wireless-Reading-Generation/dp/B00154JDAI/ref=amb_link_84932831_2/176-0768746-4031906?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=15TKD2VE5AP44JGZVY27&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=485983371&pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blannk">Kindle</a>. I have read several books on this and I have many more waiting to be read. I also have uploaded several knitting patterns on it. I also can type in notes and easily bookmark. Because of its wireless access I am able to check my mail and Facebook in the middle of a chapter. It works great on the road too. It wasn't meant to be used as a browser, so it is slow and cumbersome. But it works great in a pinch or for quick web checks.<br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-55682120127169062242009-07-11T12:50:00.002-04:002009-07-11T12:57:13.948-04:00Scrappy<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAs8X2aEkqDVh8JEIOT2FNCHhpg-rEjfw7OsQ3vzVnZqmPGNQKAwUTmx5m5SQpsKDpjanITOzGHzn3nBm6PNzvQt5pJl91Gu97lR7LIheMo6qKwZKICReGWCStoLlGfIwaslMsQ/s1600-h/DSCN2285.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAs8X2aEkqDVh8JEIOT2FNCHhpg-rEjfw7OsQ3vzVnZqmPGNQKAwUTmx5m5SQpsKDpjanITOzGHzn3nBm6PNzvQt5pJl91Gu97lR7LIheMo6qKwZKICReGWCStoLlGfIwaslMsQ/s320/DSCN2285.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This started out as a way to use up large quantities of Cotton Plus yarn that I have left over from many projects. Original idea was a baby blanket. I have become smitten with this. Now it is going to be full size. I did buy just a few more skeins. (But may need more - anyone around Lansing have some random bits? I do have Linnie in there too.) <p>I am knitting backwards on the backside so I don’t have to turn it around. I am not as proficient at knitting backwards, but it sure makes this pretty painless.<br /></p><br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-79593165856877502082009-06-27T09:12:00.004-04:002009-06-27T09:49:38.954-04:00Lookin' Up<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM01Yq9LYPPTg8oQy00u9S8M6OwH9l04QJXUINbY7p_20xa2FEE5hMlZ_D1yMUQx50HI7jW69hhnC2RmRfQ6bmz7tb-DlH-8TYrWLaZ6XCcILr7aOG4XfiYAaEHDJTW6KUqzb99w/s1600-h/DSCN2218.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM01Yq9LYPPTg8oQy00u9S8M6OwH9l04QJXUINbY7p_20xa2FEE5hMlZ_D1yMUQx50HI7jW69hhnC2RmRfQ6bmz7tb-DlH-8TYrWLaZ6XCcILr7aOG4XfiYAaEHDJTW6KUqzb99w/s320/DSCN2218.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Last night after work we drove down to Howell to enjoy the balloonfest. I have wanted to do this for many years. When we lived in Gaines we would hear and see balloons fly over head. (Dave and I also took a ride in one over 10 years ago.)<br /><br />The only thing I haven't seen yet is the Balloon Glow. This is where they fill them up at night (they don't take off) and you see the filled balloons lit from inside. All off them glowing.<br /><br />If you have the time this weekend, please go. It was easy to park and the crowds were easy to maneuver through to get to what we wanted to see.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.michiganchallenge.com/">Michigan Challenge Balloonfest</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtgTHLoodLAFaPyMyOb-Aj5jNl7gjOSowTZX8_Rd2I82edjJAWTbrbO_JVQAiJHg88aNCF7Ea0jLGz5mdtxPXqXuIMs5vMpLs0G9oLqeXGe7gzekF8Yd41byhzkNn_Ad2X-ZNoA/s640/DSCN2165.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtgTHLoodLAFaPyMyOb-Aj5jNl7gjOSowTZX8_Rd2I82edjJAWTbrbO_JVQAiJHg88aNCF7Ea0jLGz5mdtxPXqXuIMs5vMpLs0G9oLqeXGe7gzekF8Yd41byhzkNn_Ad2X-ZNoA/s640/DSCN2165.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-46290257506690423112009-06-24T19:50:00.010-04:002009-06-24T20:15:53.560-04:00Chillin'<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDqgtMW2R3ee9qSRiLWMv_I1sFVy8reSANhEQmY6vtL-Z8wmjuGTw4NWrttsNJtJYIrMHW8tBrIgOAPro6TTODOBq8K9Z3D_DwGImgQTKSmIjRjqNlR_slv_2aPcnPLB4DsdqhQ/s1600-h/DSCN2130.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDqgtMW2R3ee9qSRiLWMv_I1sFVy8reSANhEQmY6vtL-Z8wmjuGTw4NWrttsNJtJYIrMHW8tBrIgOAPro6TTODOBq8K9Z3D_DwGImgQTKSmIjRjqNlR_slv_2aPcnPLB4DsdqhQ/s320/DSCN2130.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Today T was relaxing before piano lessons. Later she and Ram-niss went swimming at the park pool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMePWNtNCk2iHxtgsB9rnnEkCSkcFxWhjnp6N0xxLzP6mkH3gTZa5PnNPIIAkrfpePHj7Tsp1zk9iR-RNm0s5OA0wjbmeMXvZZsMRdsCRcWafk1di1LI-4QjgSPnkqGEE9XdkOiA/s1600-h/DSCN2115.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMePWNtNCk2iHxtgsB9rnnEkCSkcFxWhjnp6N0xxLzP6mkH3gTZa5PnNPIIAkrfpePHj7Tsp1zk9iR-RNm0s5OA0wjbmeMXvZZsMRdsCRcWafk1di1LI-4QjgSPnkqGEE9XdkOiA/s200/DSCN2115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351047384286498562" border="0" /></a>Queen Zoe had a haircut for the summer.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvc7m1OhaQRQhDZ6INhNs7KGutUe3gM8mVZHIdjEm3arwApB5yPThAqCWvzfnnS3yAF7o_1lsLO8zswjTdQOtgl6lJ1KUtV08zdZ2kbw-SfD2zlf0Dolo4hUOCrPLX9s07t0oxFQ/s1600-h/DSCN2112.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvc7m1OhaQRQhDZ6INhNs7KGutUe3gM8mVZHIdjEm3arwApB5yPThAqCWvzfnnS3yAF7o_1lsLO8zswjTdQOtgl6lJ1KUtV08zdZ2kbw-SfD2zlf0Dolo4hUOCrPLX9s07t0oxFQ/s200/DSCN2112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351047604579317858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One afternoon the Budweiser Clydesdales were in front of the capitol. This was taken from my office window.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJB6OlIxvH8V768vVhXvVP1hStEJ18y1_iwT-SlaHeV7wk7LEzwL8r5tIf9dYt3fukgFSSuFvE1DSpCKVWQ7IZMnB3qz5SGPjWsLxsXZ9EvPgosUeylQPRjSepVNz6CRrmo9MfQ/s1600-h/DSCN2121.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJB6OlIxvH8V768vVhXvVP1hStEJ18y1_iwT-SlaHeV7wk7LEzwL8r5tIf9dYt3fukgFSSuFvE1DSpCKVWQ7IZMnB3qz5SGPjWsLxsXZ9EvPgosUeylQPRjSepVNz6CRrmo9MfQ/s200/DSCN2121.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351047388972859058" border="0" /></a>I am making good progress on a sweater for Ram-niss. He under grew the 'Pup Tent' that I knitted him a while back. This time he wanted a fisherman's sweater. In the end he decided he wanted '<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/iain">Iain</a>'. It is a little more modern version of a fisherman's sweater with a hood. The yarn is Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool in the color he chose. He wanted it by the fall. I think he will end up getting it while the temps remain in the 90's.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SzC6DML50oCNu-V89NOGj1RNrb4Tt0K1KP1Hn89lWIOyt5nYKq0yw7wglugKSVRPsD914LomQzg4D2kaGe0uemBw75lMp6te1mBCravpjay4ewIdmrZkh6Aw3SEcIkqR1MfOrg/s1600-h/DSCN2124.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SzC6DML50oCNu-V89NOGj1RNrb4Tt0K1KP1Hn89lWIOyt5nYKq0yw7wglugKSVRPsD914LomQzg4D2kaGe0uemBw75lMp6te1mBCravpjay4ewIdmrZkh6Aw3SEcIkqR1MfOrg/s200/DSCN2124.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351047391731702322" border="0" /></a><br />Georgia is still being worked on occasionally. I am almost done - just have an inch or so of the sleeves and then the caps. Not in a real rush to complete it since I am not seeing me needing to wear it for a while.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Would rather be here <span style="font-style: italic;">(especially in this heat)</span>:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUt2om2j-slB_GjlRGbpUI8XJPEc4trtFSokc_uw1-umNbMUnIhVuUty7k1Dke-vV5ctyy4xEGMw4hNABB_Z9RmVbNRDMiWaVVbF1hua4QpiV0u-DHS4y8PTO1mIX353Gu3qW1Gw/s640/DSCN2036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUt2om2j-slB_GjlRGbpUI8XJPEc4trtFSokc_uw1-umNbMUnIhVuUty7k1Dke-vV5ctyy4xEGMw4hNABB_Z9RmVbNRDMiWaVVbF1hua4QpiV0u-DHS4y8PTO1mIX353Gu3qW1Gw/s640/DSCN2036.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>The Hungarian Falls up in the UP. Ram-niss and I went to visit Son since he is working up at school for the summer. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtCLSN2Ee4MLcNLj-r-8_RiA3vTf6vv3jkFRcvrhPYcZP4T8n2QG9kRewduQtH8r0o5ahR_zDnB0DGiSOfbEFsTnZixPDpP53PlRTFsy8ebhyphenhyphen-1tZVvcpzLy0a-irbAwHkS1PUQ/s640/DSCN2029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtCLSN2Ee4MLcNLj-r-8_RiA3vTf6vv3jkFRcvrhPYcZP4T8n2QG9kRewduQtH8r0o5ahR_zDnB0DGiSOfbEFsTnZixPDpP53PlRTFsy8ebhyphenhyphen-1tZVvcpzLy0a-irbAwHkS1PUQ/s640/DSCN2029.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is the view in the other direction at the falls. What a view!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zBlHfiLt7ziwvUfLJ1-rHv1KWJGLCzrdfeQj54oUL8rPfub0uy8yYsg7bc-7NzcWlgipW5rGvRnwAcVrOHobkRr1o4PfJdCbzDvg8iCnjO3f_rM8YiSEZ4L8-4bUWhlU2jQuEw/s640/DSCN2021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zBlHfiLt7ziwvUfLJ1-rHv1KWJGLCzrdfeQj54oUL8rPfub0uy8yYsg7bc-7NzcWlgipW5rGvRnwAcVrOHobkRr1o4PfJdCbzDvg8iCnjO3f_rM8YiSEZ4L8-4bUWhlU2jQuEw/s640/DSCN2021.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>This has to be the coolest wooden playground! It is in Houghton.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zBlHfiLt7ziwvUfLJ1-rHv1KWJGLCzrdfeQj54oUL8rPfub0uy8yYsg7bc-7NzcWlgipW5rGvRnwAcVrOHobkRr1o4PfJdCbzDvg8iCnjO3f_rM8YiSEZ4L8-4bUWhlU2jQuEw/s640/DSCN2021.JPG"><br /></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-1509375267191437292009-03-19T17:10:00.001-04:002009-03-19T17:19:22.197-04:00Georgie Girl<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOb0VhEKfpa04lmyQyuVpJ8gFMLPQA8aq1zsc_dULSGwYu9N-MB0FYdue8NeXzRhWJR_XiWoZ0ntna9GAyn97Sn1c69pMZK7auDwL7kTvkud6gJbCrGCetCoLi70TNSJmSBtllQ/s1600-h/P1010083.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOb0VhEKfpa04lmyQyuVpJ8gFMLPQA8aq1zsc_dULSGwYu9N-MB0FYdue8NeXzRhWJR_XiWoZ0ntna9GAyn97Sn1c69pMZK7auDwL7kTvkud6gJbCrGCetCoLi70TNSJmSBtllQ/s320/P1010083.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>I may have lost my mind. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/georgie">Georgie</a> is an adult size sweater and is knitted in lace/sport weight yarn with teeny tiny needles (#2, #3). I chose this project because I felt I was cranking out the sweaters too quickly and I wanted to slow it down. Plus as it gets warmer, I wasn't looking forward to a heavy worsted weight sweater. <br /><br />I am well on my way working up the back.<br /><br />In the beginning I began to wonder if I should have moved on. It seemed like a train wreck approaching. It was an auspicious start. After casting on for gauge - I found the correct needles and put it away for the night. Then next day I put the finishing touches on a different sweater. It dawned on me that I hadn't seen my yarn from the night before. I had my daughter look under the couch that I was sitting on because I am lazy. It wasn't there. I looked through my knitting corner and the bags several times. Then an awful feeling came over me. I told my daughter to check the dining room floor. Yup. Her stupid cat had dragged it and disembowel the skein all over the floor. Spent the rest of the day untangling it and winding it up. I put it to the side and will only use it if I need it in the end.<br /><br />A few days into knitting it I frogged it and am started over. Misread the pattern and casted on for the wrong size. Didn’t see it till after the ribbing was done. Thought maybe I could make it up with the front. But in the end I thought it was better to frog now and NOT when I was done with the back. Usually I remain in denial for much longer, but with these tiny needles it would be a whole heck of a lot of time wasted if I had put it off. Better to get started on the right foot.<br /><br />Tomorrow I and several members of the guild are heading up north for a knitting retreat. Have my projects all figured out for the weekend. Probably will figure out what clothes I am taking about 20 minutes before I get in the car... I will have packed an over abundance of yarn and projects and not enough underwear. <br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-22995096058698681502009-03-15T16:12:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:12:22.328-04:00Mystery Revealed<div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy4xdlGCtmyMhbINyGzM0q-q5FBSApft1rlIcg_R2GmiwzttTVbKOsJzxu9ea5VijIqw0It9kkQI1XJ2VkIKXIR58OGWBkk10S9xvUxERwOTXWGlhNF900eaYUa4cBiQRbpTyAA/s1600-h/P1010079.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy4xdlGCtmyMhbINyGzM0q-q5FBSApft1rlIcg_R2GmiwzttTVbKOsJzxu9ea5VijIqw0It9kkQI1XJ2VkIKXIR58OGWBkk10S9xvUxERwOTXWGlhNF900eaYUa4cBiQRbpTyAA/s320/P1010079.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Mystery Sweater is now completed. It only needs to be washed and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mailed</span> off to Warm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Woolies</span>. I enjoyed not knowing how it was going to look. It wasn't complicated, but had enough interest to keep me going. I think this would be a nice sweater for a boy. I would knit it again, but next time in worsted. The bulky weight for this purpose was good. My main goal was to have this sweater be nice and warm for those who are in need.<br /><br />It was also enjoyable that it was daylight when I finished. Nice to take photos of the finished the object outside and in the s.u.n. Don't tell Mother Nature that it is mid-March.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-86199973600273341602009-03-13T10:47:00.006-04:002009-03-13T11:44:24.119-04:00Repeat Cardi, Repeat Lesson<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzATpe9_g7JqexRBaaVMwyQgF5tdyreOOoinNEz4DfuBO3asztCrgTHlPgdd6KlVlGdUFBIzCN7SlmLUhZ71H9CIqtlyZCmgStW5qRPu-zcoe_2fCujQUaiILqE3CZqcjWPiFz-w/s1600-h/P1010044.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzATpe9_g7JqexRBaaVMwyQgF5tdyreOOoinNEz4DfuBO3asztCrgTHlPgdd6KlVlGdUFBIzCN7SlmLUhZ71H9CIqtlyZCmgStW5qRPu-zcoe_2fCujQUaiILqE3CZqcjWPiFz-w/s320/P1010044.JPG" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">See this lovely sweater? All done. Pretty.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Lesson? Oh, take your pick. I have a few going with my knitting at this time.<br /><br />First one is this lovely sweater. It started as knitting this pattern again from a lesson learned from the first time I knitted this sweater 5 years ago. This was my first top-down sweater. I knitted it with acrylic yarn. First it was knitted at a much larger size, but I lost weight after it was done. Being a lovely sweater, I eventually wanted to wear it more often, so I learned how to take apart pieces, and shorten, reknit. I liked it and it was a good throw on sweater. Then as time went on, it must have lived in the dryer just too long and it did what acrylics will often do. It became limp and giant piece of static. It began to stay in my closet longer and longer. I still couldn't part with it. Then one day I decided to make this sweater again. This time I used superwash wool. I checked gauge, lesson learned well since the first time I knitted this. A little over a month with other projects on the needles it was done.<br /><br />Now the hardest part for me is the final stages. You know... wash, block... buttons... weaving in ends. I decided it was a superwash - delicate in the washing machine. While I am at it, I have a few other sweaters that I could add. Seemed like a good thing. Well one sweater, although it is a superwash - had only been hand washed. Guess what? Yarn the color of a clay pot really shouldn't be washed with a purplish yarn. I had little red lint all over the sweater. After it dried I tried taking duct tape and a brush to the sweater to remove the lint. Ha! No such luck. One more attempt. Rewash it with blue towels and thow in the dryer in it's lowest setting hoping the lint screen with catch it. Results? Red lint embedded in with blue fibers, and the sweater is slightly smaller. Fortunately I did make the sleeves extra long. So it is nice and fuzzy and has a bit of a red haze to it. Many lessons in this sweater. Main one which will be hard on follow through is not to rush the final stages AND not to mix red yarn of anything with other color yarn. (Which I should have remembered from a previous knit back in December when I knitted black glittens and washed with red sweaters. Three months later and I did it again. <span style="font-style: italic;">duh!</span> )<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JYIGCJUfi7bdqjDjuKtZmtk13Q7UH2RU4Ri9yJxgR3EI7mrM11c0rwCZNF7pDJK1ZmKHpBC9P88uthfVFRQekbgFr5Sb9fVwqYC1PrytLfa7Bt0Twx49TEUHe4Zl-Bcb-PZv5w/s1600-h/P1010063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JYIGCJUfi7bdqjDjuKtZmtk13Q7UH2RU4Ri9yJxgR3EI7mrM11c0rwCZNF7pDJK1ZmKHpBC9P88uthfVFRQekbgFr5Sb9fVwqYC1PrytLfa7Bt0Twx49TEUHe4Zl-Bcb-PZv5w/s320/P1010063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312695730090205458" border="0" /></a>Next Lesson? This is the Mystery Sweater that I am knitting for charity. See how far I am? Very deceiving. I am really not that far. Body is done.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I am such a dufus. </span>You know when you are knitting and you know that you aren't doing it right, but yet you keep knitting thinking it will work out in the end? I knew the sleeves were too narrow. I knew it, I knew it - and yet I kept knitting. Figuring I would knit the second one correctly to see if I was right that I had been wrong. Then I planned on frogging the first sleeve and duplicate the second one. What the ...? Second sleeve was ripped back twice to get it right. I was reducing too fast and couldn't quite figure out what the pattern meant. My fault, not the pattern.<br /><blockquote>"in the same manner as in rnd 2 every 6 rnds 4(10) times"</blockquote>see that doesn't mean every 2nd round and 6th round like done in the previous 8 rows! <span style="font-style: italic;">DUH!</span><br /><br />Onward finishing second sleeve, and then go back and frog the first sleeve and try again.<br /><br />I would say, "take away my pointy sticks." But if I didn't have them at this moment in my life, I would have to hurt someone. <br /><br />Knitting lessons are easier to grasp than life lessons.<br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-12232971158404821772009-03-03T13:03:00.001-05:002009-03-03T13:03:39.843-05:00Mystery Sweater KAL (part II)<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23496596@N06/3325420409/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/3325420409_7c55cdac9d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23496596@N06/3325420409/">P1010042</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/23496596@N06/">knitterbay2</a></span></div>Plugging along with the sweater. This is the front yoke of the sweater. Back yoke instructions arrived last night. Funny, looks similar to the front.<br />:-)<br clear="all" /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-50906771874522537882009-02-23T11:46:00.005-05:002009-02-24T13:54:47.828-05:00Mystery Sweater KAL<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFEB6BgyHezy9yOF3KwKwqTS72m9sTYLWFv1rxIqskAdyIMwt3ymJs93Ivxz7Ew0358X_AfTllWGHcI6eRbPev0EU8-Znv_8CSWCGwF8v2CsCI6t5BjWZLfgRJCXydweq6hw6Hw/s1600-h/P1010033.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFEB6BgyHezy9yOF3KwKwqTS72m9sTYLWFv1rxIqskAdyIMwt3ymJs93Ivxz7Ew0358X_AfTllWGHcI6eRbPev0EU8-Znv_8CSWCGwF8v2CsCI6t5BjWZLfgRJCXydweq6hw6Hw/s320/P1010033.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">One of my projects on the needles is this pattern. I have joined <a href="http://lismiknits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lismi Knits</a>' Mystery Sweater KAL (knit along). Each week we get a portion of the pattern's instructions. This is from the first set of instructions. I just have to finish knitting it to 12" in length.<br /><br />In the end this sweater will go to <a href="http://warmwoolies.org/" target="_blank">Warm Woolies</a>.<br />From their site: <blockquote> <span style="font-style: italic;">"Warm Woolies is a non-profit organization whose volunteers knit warm clothing for poverty-stricken child</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ren who would otherwise suffer from cold. Our mission is to provide the very neediest children with wool sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, and socks.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />In 2009, we're continuing to knit for children living in orphanages in Russia, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia and on Reservations throughout the northern United States. Our goal for 2009 is to knit 10,000 pieces of warm wool clothing for thes</span><span style="font-style: italic;">e children!"</span></blockquote>The pattern calls for bulky wool yarn - 4 stitches per inch on size 8 needles. Being a charity sweater I was going to stay within my stash. In the end using 2 DK weights strands together, I was able to make gauge. I have seen where others used worsted and went up in needle size to get gauge. Personally I didn't want the sweater to be breezy. I wanted warmth and yet still be able to move in it. I like the heft and the movement of this sweater.<br /><br />New instructions come on Friday.<br /><br /><br /></div> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-25652741116869925452009-02-06T11:01:00.016-05:002009-02-06T11:45:48.884-05:00Whole Lotta' Sweater<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbwYH4ReD5C_dTQzFGiQUYNblG5RFCV_NsWHFL-L65Lnqw8XO2FuV6WEMWPXrCp-ze3O-CHgoRW14aJ6VA4uu6IiCjMyLQzVQyPmIHB1Q_zpNomWODwMPZkwSKwAqYOZzD8yddw/s1600-h/P1010025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbwYH4ReD5C_dTQzFGiQUYNblG5RFCV_NsWHFL-L65Lnqw8XO2FuV6WEMWPXrCp-ze3O-CHgoRW14aJ6VA4uu6IiCjMyLQzVQyPmIHB1Q_zpNomWODwMPZkwSKwAqYOZzD8yddw/s320/P1010025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299715387513826738" border="0" /></a>That was what Ram-niss proclaimed when this sweater (<a href="http://www.sweaterbabe.com/knitting-patterns/vine-lace-top-downcardigan.htm" target="_blank">Vine Lace Top Down Cardigan</a>) was drying on the dining room table. "That's a whole lotta' sweater." It is a long sweater knitted on large needles. After it dried, it went from one pile to another until I found time to put the buttons on it. Today I was able to wear it to work.<br /><br />Now I am going to tell you to run, not walk to knit up this sweater! Because this morning as I was running around trying to head out the door to work, my husband asked me if I had lost weight. This definitely wasn't the case. I have been sitting like a cold lump eating and vegging. Nothing close to loosing at this point. In fact I think I am spreading... He decided it must be the sweater after I had assured him that the scale are not moving in my favor.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Yarn snobs - avert your eyes.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3247525279_8136bb82e9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 143px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3247525279_8136bb82e9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I had 5 skeins of Fishermen's natural wool in brown. I love this silly commercial yarn. It is a lovely color. The Vine Cardigan calls for bulky weight so I just knitted two strands throughout. There was enough left over so I knitted Ram-niss a pair of clogs. He had been nagging me for a pair since early one snowy cold morning, I had him throw on my clogs instead of his boots to fetch the dog. To his amazement - his feet were still dry and comfy cozy. So what followed was bound to happen… he wanted a pair for his own. And being the freezing winter that it has been along with a very generous nice wife… I made him a pair too.<br /><br />(I now have to find a moment that he isn’t wearing them so I can shrink them a little more.) :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3247525283_138a776636.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 129px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3358/3247525283_138a776636.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3247525287_ecb8c70ffa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 142px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3247525287_ecb8c70ffa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I still had some of the Fishermen's yarn left and was still in love. So I knitted up a pair of warm boot socks and an Elizabeth Zimmerman's warm reversible hat.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3247525291_70ff79b6aa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 156px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3247525291_70ff79b6aa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Ram-niss warned me that if I couldn't find my hat, he was probably wearing it brown side out. So I made him his own hat. But I really like his, so now he is the one that needs to worry about where his hat is.<br /><br />I still have a little bit of yarn left. I am thinking of making some bats with it using <a href="http://mochimochiland.com/shop/items/boo.php" target="_blank">this pattern</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHO6ex3ydmDFAWcfQjhNYrswpqQKc95XabKHoG5M5FXlQ2ZYGkY7BCB_uFnZqtmYuR5KY4iCscQsqLwkAhgK77jenJ415xUwDMJdouSLheGRysqkPHZL0wqh56qYWUo8NfbRnHg/s1600-h/P1010016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwHO6ex3ydmDFAWcfQjhNYrswpqQKc95XabKHoG5M5FXlQ2ZYGkY7BCB_uFnZqtmYuR5KY4iCscQsqLwkAhgK77jenJ415xUwDMJdouSLheGRysqkPHZL0wqh56qYWUo8NfbRnHg/s320/P1010016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299724699647576578" border="0" /></a>T's first snowman built without any help from siblings. The rest of the girls were tired of the snow, but not T. Because it was warmer than most days this winter it was also good packing snow.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-83586963856849050242009-01-22T13:50:00.014-05:002009-01-22T14:55:01.256-05:00Remember when...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMLzj0D6f3VkDA7uO3YkYZNfPx0U0HG65fsvKbdlxv49R_gTmInjP7HQmK1_o9akrMJs7KHZuGYdQWsSsqyfav4YYCOQw9kNC0x2DPeDhlJa4w5uE95DfSLzQd5lq03BNc17Awg/s912/IMG_6695.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMLzj0D6f3VkDA7uO3YkYZNfPx0U0HG65fsvKbdlxv49R_gTmInjP7HQmK1_o9akrMJs7KHZuGYdQWsSsqyfav4YYCOQw9kNC0x2DPeDhlJa4w5uE95DfSLzQd5lq03BNc17Awg/s912/IMG_6695.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>...butterflies, sun, flowing water and warm skies?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It has been a long time since my last post. Anyone around here will tell you that it has been cold. Freakin' cold. While looking at my photos, I had wandered into our vacation on Mackinac Island. I saw the photos from the Butterfly House and thought they were much more inviting than the white, brown and grays of winter.<br /><br />I have completed many projects, and the family has done many things. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpW-mn764FggUWSfrh1tK85o2ou-9lWxYjys73u81fgIRiwxr7lqQ7p87w2v42KnfZcFeE2s8hm4IKrqGHjQUmBkYvCw_jn_1HSOXj1es-rrvVeOt091xY8h9KVcGSPOK6IBA2Q/s1600-h/P1010029-1.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpW-mn764FggUWSfrh1tK85o2ou-9lWxYjys73u81fgIRiwxr7lqQ7p87w2v42KnfZcFeE2s8hm4IKrqGHjQUmBkYvCw_jn_1HSOXj1es-rrvVeOt091xY8h9KVcGSPOK6IBA2Q/s320/P1010029-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294194419026026962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzkmRB1lLIIYn-DSJecsjiUVhSr-evfEnm9819ktTcLqTBgC7XMYz2s3U9gfFeMRyj_AgvEXvFHqasjupRLdxbhnnpo9aFtlI1aKEBdpebS6vxkn4NzifQTOYlgOXC2VlxLEOrQ/s1600-h/P1010028-1.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzkmRB1lLIIYn-DSJecsjiUVhSr-evfEnm9819ktTcLqTBgC7XMYz2s3U9gfFeMRyj_AgvEXvFHqasjupRLdxbhnnpo9aFtlI1aKEBdpebS6vxkn4NzifQTOYlgOXC2VlxLEOrQ/s200/P1010028-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294195561508062274" border="0" /></a><br />Favorite memory of the new year is the kids sledding down the hill behind our cottage in the dark for hours each night. They rigged up a shop light off of the deck so they could see their way down. In the photo you may spot an orange hat at the bottom of the hill. That is T. Son built a bonfire so they could warm themselves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlI00wWag28HlHWnduyAfmUC2JuH9eu5HyVivgUL2qyJCt-weblKYn1wIUMcOKvR2hlXahrqGMfkWIlBhWnGJZaJ5IA9kvIdWBi62Aw-90oeYmC6zIAJuiab37ayWoLY9sG9W6w/s1600-h/P1010014-1.JPG" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlI00wWag28HlHWnduyAfmUC2JuH9eu5HyVivgUL2qyJCt-weblKYn1wIUMcOKvR2hlXahrqGMfkWIlBhWnGJZaJ5IA9kvIdWBi62Aw-90oeYmC6zIAJuiab37ayWoLY9sG9W6w/s200/P1010014-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294196578094585314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />During the day there were many games of Mexican Train Dominoes. Wheeeeee! (Not me, I don't like board games. Ram-niss and the kids love them. I knitted.)<br /><br />We sure know how to party it up. :-)<br /><br /><br /><br />I will show finished knitted objects later. For now I will keep looking at butterflies and warmer days.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7FwHyEptHxhy6sK3s04_vfTovJKBUlhLsU0dXkeXBYdTZij2oyO3BinJglYhvh1fGIXDJNaFDtn_hkIhgv_YS-uodPtsFUvfPrctSgwFgEdefCUU6lZProib32l98V0FlAppUw/s1600-h/IMG_6722.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7FwHyEptHxhy6sK3s04_vfTovJKBUlhLsU0dXkeXBYdTZij2oyO3BinJglYhvh1fGIXDJNaFDtn_hkIhgv_YS-uodPtsFUvfPrctSgwFgEdefCUU6lZProib32l98V0FlAppUw/s320/IMG_6722.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294197116601674466" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-27179516725945772892008-12-15T10:27:00.001-05:002008-12-15T10:34:45.694-05:00Breakfast with the Big Guy<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJW_Zhi0P3jYxqXBz2qi6H0QsSm5jUlbqqATu2oOZnYx-fbl8FmdBKuS0b2jwQ20QDYDhXSBSz0qqZCR91n_Yn5hoAeO_7i-W8fffV-6YJxgq5bQG1EMLKYfiiMa5514X-y0cpQ/s1600-h/P1010001.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJW_Zhi0P3jYxqXBz2qi6H0QsSm5jUlbqqATu2oOZnYx-fbl8FmdBKuS0b2jwQ20QDYDhXSBSz0qqZCR91n_Yn5hoAeO_7i-W8fffV-6YJxgq5bQG1EMLKYfiiMa5514X-y0cpQ/s320/P1010001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">T just had to visit with Santa. She thought that maybe he would understand her wish for an American Girl doll. It has been on her Christmas list for the past 3 years. One day she pulled out the AG catalog out of the recycle bin for the umpteenth time and said to dad, "I don't understand why mom throws these away. These are great magazines!"<br /><br />Last Saturday Ramniss, I, T and a sister went to have breakfast with Santa. I wonder ... was this our last year or do we have a few more?<br /></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-91512202140806716612008-12-03T10:13:00.005-05:002008-12-03T10:20:49.191-05:00I have holiday ADD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3061009127_b636b3e0f1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 254px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3061009127_b636b3e0f1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I have several projects started. None of them really are for gifts. Or I tell myself I am not knitting for Christmas. I really am. I keep adding to my collection of current ‘not knitting for Christmas’ projects. Each one ends up with learning a new technique. Which is good, but only adds to me jumping from project to project.<br /><br />I have containers of yarn in my living room for matching and pairing for projects. Do I take it back downstairs? No, because I have other projects rattling in my head that would require maybe what is in the big honking tote along with other yarn in the basement sitting in totes. What if I run out of yarn in my current project? I probably have more in the tote – so why should I take it downstairs????<br /><br />I also have a few felted sweaters that I had a brilliant idea of turning into a few items. Went to the store to get the fabric and patterns needed for these projects – now I have piles of cut fleece, felted sweaters, patterns, sewing machine, sweaters hoping to be part of the project… all sitting in various stages in my dining room.<br /><br />Ugh. Then there is the bedroom. I have projects in there too.<br /><br />Oh, and there is the decorating. I will have to move all my nonsense back downstairs. We have to get the house ready for the holiday.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">... I want to ride my bike....</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-81988264962750903772008-11-26T12:47:00.004-05:002008-11-26T12:57:08.226-05:00Made it!<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">0 Days left - Finished mitten count - 14 pairs. 3 for family members and 11 for others.</span></span><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViRX5P9cyRr6GIW0HoQeYCpPzJcucLRKtEmAt3ZvSg4xpUMOluk-Mti48H0q6KKO6urHC3sH18mIuMifb3BTVHSkQ448LxUSdPA3EXPNbosYdf4xIcpFOSoC28mrUPCP7jjuRcQ/s1600-h/P1010076.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgViRX5P9cyRr6GIW0HoQeYCpPzJcucLRKtEmAt3ZvSg4xpUMOluk-Mti48H0q6KKO6urHC3sH18mIuMifb3BTVHSkQ448LxUSdPA3EXPNbosYdf4xIcpFOSoC28mrUPCP7jjuRcQ/s320/P1010076.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Month of Knittin' Mittens has come to an end. I will admit it. Towards the end I slowed down. It was the thumbs - all 28 little dinky thumbs. My last mitten I strung out over 3 days. Even using the magic loop method, the short rows of knitting, turning, knitting... bleh. But the body portions were fun to knit. It was similar to knitting socks. So here they are 11 charity mittens knitted with superwash worsted weight scrap yarn on #3 needles.<br /><br />I am done. Did I mention that I am done? finished? Any kid/husband claiming they need mittens/gloves can go buy their own for the rest of this season.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-r0ueO9sEvJ-CKQ3fSdA2e5uNAns9HcjR2apVCUztPQt4qdictTCBW0sMr9ObSJ1niqePjGiVLWlCJlajMMGQ9O98yhqZs09U8FrcT4Mv20JvORHSHU02GVyvmQhwEO2hZfLiA/s1600-h/P1010070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-r0ueO9sEvJ-CKQ3fSdA2e5uNAns9HcjR2apVCUztPQt4qdictTCBW0sMr9ObSJ1niqePjGiVLWlCJlajMMGQ9O98yhqZs09U8FrcT4Mv20JvORHSHU02GVyvmQhwEO2hZfLiA/s400/P1010070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273025014417978466" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-57457711775008437172008-11-17T11:22:00.005-05:002008-11-17T11:37:25.078-05:00Mo's Match from Mitten Month<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >9 Days left - Current finished mitten count - 10 pairs.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>3 for family members and 7+ for others.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjFmxfzbGKBUnfdg1GxaQaLxtzonWSrdYXFgFhxm4VxRxXq01d8mPds5RKcwrYw1jRKinqhECCtLnwVvI6vLtVm0pOchfShReo3DyiPKxxXsl03lyEt6IbpbRRgstfBfgVBDTXQ/s1600-h/100OLYMP.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjFmxfzbGKBUnfdg1GxaQaLxtzonWSrdYXFgFhxm4VxRxXq01d8mPds5RKcwrYw1jRKinqhECCtLnwVvI6vLtVm0pOchfShReo3DyiPKxxXsl03lyEt6IbpbRRgstfBfgVBDTXQ/s320/100OLYMP.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gryffindor Glittens.</span><br />No pattern, just guage along with a bunch of knitting references, and Mo's measurements.<br />Worsted weight yarn<br />Size 3 needles<br /><br />Mo is a Harry Potter nut. She and her friends have read the entire series many times and are still reading the series. A while back Mo knitted a very long Gryffidor scarf. She is currently knitting a Ravenclaw Scarf for her friend by the next movie release. Meanwhile I took her left over yarn and made her matching glittens. I didn't get a chance to wash and block them. Heck, I was lucky to get a photo taken before Mo ran off with them.<br /></div> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-58264177550827703582008-11-06T15:23:00.008-05:002008-11-06T15:48:41.998-05:00Knittin' Mittens Month continues<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >20 Days left - Current finished mitten count - 4 pairs.</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >2 for family members and 2 for others.</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > </span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2976175496_4f372e631b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 374px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2976175496_4f372e631b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>While Michigan still is having lovely warm weather I will show you a recent finished object. I made a <a href="http://webpages.charter.net/elink/doc/Savta.pdf" target="_blank">Savta’s Shell Pattern Afghan</a> for our family. As you can see I need wash/block this, at that point it will be softer. But for now we haven't needed it, though I hear that we will probably be fighting each other for it by the end of the week.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/3008888630_3be89392fa_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 209px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/3008888630_3be89392fa_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I have knitted a few charity mittens. While knitting Son indicated that he needed mitten/gloves. I knitted them up pretty quickly (despite having big man hands). If he doesn't like them I want them back for me. Ram-niss tried them on before we shipped them and declared that he wanted them if Son didn't want them. Guess I will be knitting another pair. <br /><br />So for my Month of Knittin' Mittens - I have these done with a few more waiting in the wings.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />Mo handed me her left over yarn from her Harry Potter scarf so I could knit her a pair of glittens to match. Fortunately unlike her brother's pair hers will be much smaller.<br /><br />Will it be Knittin' Mittens Month and a Half???? Stay tune. Whoooo Hooo!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">*Please pay no attention to the little flecks of red on the black glittens! I was in a hurry to wash them so I can get them in the mail to my son up at Michigan Tech. i thought I was being clever by washing a few other sweaters with the mittens. Guess what color the sweaters are? :-)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-37308930783104648462008-10-31T17:12:00.003-04:002008-10-31T17:25:05.872-04:00Buy a dram, save a farmA local multi-generational farm is in trouble. They aren't asking for a handout, they have product that they are selling for a nominal fee ($5). If they sell enough, they can save their farm. <span style="font-style: italic;">(Knitters know it takes just one stitch at a time to make a sweater :-)</span> Those of you in Lansing can purchase their mint oil at the Farmers Market on Saturday, Nov.1. Others can purchase online at <a href="http://www.getmint.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=48" target="_blank">www.getmint.com</a>.<br /><br />Most farmers and local people can understand what happened. Others, please take a few moments and read, watch the video, and visit their site. (I have included the address, phone and email - because yesterday they were so busy their site was down.)<br /><br />Articles have appeared in the Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, and other publications around the US. I have copied from the St. Johns Independent.<br />----------------------------<br /><br />Article from - <a href="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/interim/mint.shtml" target="_blank">St. Johns Independent</a><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><a name="Buy a dram, save a farm"><b><br /></b></a></span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><strong>Crosby Farm on YouTube</strong><br />See the interview</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > <object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5yFtlrKKfLQ&hl=en&fs=1"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5yFtlrKKfLQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed> </object> </span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yFtlrKKfLQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yFtlrKKfLQ</a></span><br /></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Crosby Mint Farms<br />1250 East Parks Road<br />St. Johns, MI 48879<br /><br />Phone: Contact Linette @ 989-493-3873<br /><b><br />Email: <a href="mailto:info@getmint.com">info@getmint.com</a></b></span></p><br /><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><a name="Buy a dram, save a farm"><b>Buy a dram, save a farm</b></a><br />Crosby family mint farm in jeopardy</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/0810/images/crosby1_jpg.jpg" alt="crosby1_jpg.jpg (7950 bytes)" width="200" height="161" /></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >We have heard the politicians and pundits talk about the pain on Wall Street and Main Street, but now there is trouble with one the oldest continuously operating family mint farms in the country. The mint farm run by Linette Crosby and her brother, Jim, is on the brink of foreclosure. </span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Last summer Greenstone Farm Credit Services purchased the 140-acre farm for $300,000 during an auction at the Clinton County Courthouse. Now Linette and Jim have until November 1 to pay down their debt.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/0810/images/crosby3_jpg.jpg" alt="crosby3_jpg.jpg (15726 bytes)" width="300" height="194" /></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >The family has enough product to cover their debt, and here is how our readers can help. The Crosbys are selling peppermint and spearmint oil on their own website for the very reasonable price of $5 per dram. This 100% natural essential oil is processed from the first harvest of the growing season, which will produce the highest grade oil available, with no chemical additives. </span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/0810/images/crosby4_jpg.jpg" alt="crosby4_jpg.jpg (3384 bytes)" width="50" height="141" /></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >To purchase essential oils <a href="http://www.getmint.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=48" target="_blank">visit the Crosby website</a>.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/0810/images/crosby2_jpg.jpg" alt="crosby2_jpg.jpg (6140 bytes)" width="170" height="162" /></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >The Crosby family has cultivated and processed mint since J.E. Crosby purchased the property before World War I. Through the vision of J.E. Crosby Sr., the farm has been producing unparalleled mint oil products through four generations. These signature oils have developed over a 96 year family tradition and have contributed to the rich history of the mint industry in Clinton County and the mint industry as a nation.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/0810/images/crosbystill_jpg.jpg" alt="crosbystill_jpg.jpg (22643 bytes)" width="333" height="209" /></span></p> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >If you are interested in more information on the old Crosby Mint still located just south of St. Johns on Business US-27 there is a 53-minute video release created with excerpts from American Mint: "The Historic J.E. Crosby Mint Still." The Historic J. E. Crosby Mint Still, one of the oldest surviving mint stills in the United States, is part of an important heritage that touches us all. But the number of mint farmers is decreasing, and it is a heritage that is disappearing from the American countryside. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this video will be donated to a trust fund at the California State University, Fresno Foundation for researching, recording, and restoring historic structures and buildings associated with the American mint industry.</span></p> <p><a href="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/crosbyvideo.pdf" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Download an order form.</span></a></p> <p><img src="http://miserybay.usanethosting.com/sjindy/0810/images/crosbyvideo_jpg.jpg" alt="crosbyvideo_jpg.jpg (42127 bytes)" width="526" height="208" /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-10500945729268719302008-10-30T13:25:00.005-04:002008-10-30T13:41:00.910-04:00Mittens Month<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2987284276_a9043bfbac.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 445px; height: 296px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2987284276_a9043bfbac.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Knittin' mittens. Knittin' mittens for one month, and one month only.<span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span><br />I started on October 27th and will knit through November 26th.<br /><br />First set were done for T. I didn't want the shoeless cobbler's children syndrome. Mo will get a pair of glittens later in the month. Ram-niss wanted a pair too. (Yes, really - mittens. I can't say that I ever saw him wear mittens.) In between these pairs the rest will be charity knitting. I have a thing for cold fingers/hands and am always on the quest for the warmest mittens. I don't like the idea of others having cold fingers/hands either. Some of the charity mittens will go for the guild and hopefully I will be able to hold back a few for our local library's mitten tree.<br /><br />But after one month - I am done with the mittens for others. My goal is to not knit on my current sweater or the siren call of another project. Can I only knit mittens for one month? That will be a tester. I may stray into a hat, but I am hoping I can focus on this one project for now.<br /><br />Do you want to see a month of mittens? Really doubt it. I do have a few projects done that I haven't yet shared. I can show a few shiny objects till Thanksgiving. :-)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span>Only the quick mittens for this month only. I foresee taking my time and knitting Selbuvotter mittens in the future after the holidays. So those don't count :-)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32527783.post-32270793879569894162008-10-24T14:29:00.006-04:002008-10-25T10:30:04.805-04:00Picking scabs<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IMM9IB75d1tPfII-GNLKsZNe1R0ouMB3SADeBw9qckH9Ef4V7RzEQ4gNcTNFMvUKPJXzERULPl7I0qgmLtiTMUyXXXyuQR7dTZyZrLGwQWv-154Y1jOn-y4LYtOmX14NHi1j0A/s1600-h/march+2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IMM9IB75d1tPfII-GNLKsZNe1R0ouMB3SADeBw9qckH9Ef4V7RzEQ4gNcTNFMvUKPJXzERULPl7I0qgmLtiTMUyXXXyuQR7dTZyZrLGwQWv-154Y1jOn-y4LYtOmX14NHi1j0A/s320/march+2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260794042496673330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Remember my Creme Savers sweater?</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2969148799_bbcd283bba.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 229px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2969148799_bbcd283bba.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> </a><br />Do you ever have a sweater that is good and done, but yet it nags at you that there are things that you aren't pleased with?<br /><br />My Creme Saver sweater was my recent itch. It fits well, everything is in the right proportions. BUT there were a couple of things that nagged at me. One was the collar. I just wanted it to stand up. The collar had other ideas. It wanted to flop down. Then when it limply laid there, the cream zipper was flashing brightly on the underside. This probably drove me a little crazy because I had ordered this zipper a couple of times and in the end settled with the cream. So this leads me to fix #2 - I bought some ribbon and stitched over the zipper on the inside.<br /><br />Now I can enjoy my sweater. Though being a 'hoodie', my daughters will be circling like vultures.<br /><br />Do you have any projects that you couldn't leave well enough alone after you were done with it? Did it come out better, or was it like a scab and just bled? :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.knitterbay.com</div>Ewe-nisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03956410362427306671noreply@blogger.com2