Posted in General Chit Chat, Knitting, RANTS on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, and here we go again, lol. I’ve got the back done and a side as seen here
but it was ticking me off and I HAD to finish up what I’m giving my adopted brothers girlfriends gift, lol. I adopt some folks into my family because there are the extra family that God [...]
Posted in General Chit Chat, Knitting on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so I’ve got kp 3 going and I’m using the caron one pounder in some tan color. Here’s the back of the current take of the sweater pattern I’ve been fighting with, lol.
and here is the back off the machine with green scrap holding the stitches for me
That is all for now [...]
Posted in Knitting on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have the gryffindor scarf off the knitting machine! This is what it looks like at the moment. Ignore the green waste yarn, lol. Now of course this isn’t a full length one I did rows of 20 for each stripe with 7 maroon and 6 yellow and one of the stripes got an extra [...]
Posted in General Chit Chat, Knitting on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Good grief it took me all day yesterday and just til about 6 tonight to get my main household computer back up and running safely. I can’t believe my son allowed some stupid program to download (he gave it freakin permission) he’s not a little kid and he knows better. I think he was having [...]
Posted in General Chit Chat, Knitting on December 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ya know :::shaking head::: the blasted Not So Baby Yoda Sweater is kicking my butt. I got the back done but I messed up somewhere, heh, casting off mind you! Then when I went to start the front the blasted carriage on my USM kept stalling for some reason. I think [...]
Posted in Knitting on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I recently got involved in a machine knitting group on yahoo groups because I own a Bond Ultimate Sweater Machine. My machine had been gathering dust under my couch since shortly after I got it due to my pregnancy of bed rest and then the issues of dealing with an infirm newborn. Kiddos [...]
Posted in Crochet, General Chit Chat, Knitting, Patterns on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You know, my friend Linda had brought over a slew of books on knitting from the library along with a book of hers titled “Reder’s Digest Complete Guide To Needlework”
Embroidery
Needlepoint
Knitting
Applique
Quilting
Patchwork
Macrame
Crochet
Rug-Making
Lacework
are all included in this book and I’ve got to tell you that after thumbing through most of the books and reading a couple the best [...]
Posted in Knitting on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You know, I’d gotten myself a treat last year in the form of the Ultimate Sweater Machine from Bond. I’d gotten a pretty good deal on Ebay with the row counter and extension kit thrown in the deal.
So what’s good about this machine? Well for a person like me who’d given up on knitting because [...]
