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Any Interest in a Fiber Arts Ping List? (Vanity)
It Was Qiviut's Idea! :) | October 29, 2019 | Diana in Wisconsin

Posted on 10/29/2019 12:05:41 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Is there any interest in a separate 'Fiber Arts' thread on FR? It would probably be a monthly thread, and we'd post to it all month, share our projects, yarn/fabric recommendations, etc., as we do weekly for the Garden Thread.

We're finding a lot of over-lap between the Gardening Thread and the Cooking Thread and a few other General/Chat threads posted from time to time. Those of us that like to garden and cook seem to like to sew and craft and knit and crochet, too.

Any takers? Ping me here, or send me (Diana in Wisconsin) a message if you'd care to join us. It'll take a few weeks to get it organized, appoint a Dictator/Moderator For Life, etc. ;)

But first, we'd like to know if there is enough interest to give it a trial run.

Thanks!


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To: All; Qiviut

Thirteen takers, so far! :)


21 posted on 10/30/2019 7:56:58 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yay!!! Saw some interesting links just this morning that I could post .....


22 posted on 10/30/2019 8:02:35 AM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Add me, please, especially since my once-favorite fiber site turned ugly and ever-so-tolerant (/s) a while back.


23 posted on 10/30/2019 8:45:26 AM PDT by RightField
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To: Qiviut

I have a shawl pattern from Outlander that I would like to make.


24 posted on 10/30/2019 8:54:05 AM PDT by kalee
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yes please! I need the motivation to get started on a project I have at hand.


25 posted on 10/30/2019 8:55:01 AM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

Outlander is probably my #1 all-time favorite book & the rest of the series is excellent as well. I’ve seen some of the TV series episodes ... love the wardrobes, so I was glad to see Outlander-inspired patterns. If you do the shawl, please post some progress reports on the new thread, which hopefully looks like it will happen.

I want to make the fingerless gloves that Brianna wore. They are knit in the round, which I can do, but not very speedily. I have a baby blanket to finish (just the border, but it’s not a simple one) - baby due Thanksgiving. I also started a hairpin lace/crochet scarf to give me a break from the baby blanket. Once those are done, it’s fingerless glove time!! I introduced a friend to the Outlander book recently & she is majorly hooked & binge-reading ... I’d like to give her the gloves for a birthday present, which is in late November .... pressure is on!! :-)

Fingerless gloves pattern:
https://www.handylittleme.com/outlander-fingerless-gloves-pattern/

Hairpin lace scarf pattern:
https://www.bhookedcrochet.com/2017/12/17/waves-hairpin-lace-scarf/

Baby blanket pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/heartwarming-wrap


26 posted on 10/30/2019 9:25:48 AM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: kalee

BTW, I know “curiosity killed the cat”, but my curiosity is getting the better of me, wondering which Outlander shawl ... can you post a link to a pattern or picture?


27 posted on 10/30/2019 9:49:40 AM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: Qiviut

Pmed you the link to the pattern on Etsy. It’s the shawl Brianna wore when she met Jamie.
Let me know if you can’t open the link.


28 posted on 10/30/2019 12:44:16 PM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

I got the link (thanks!) & it opened. I like that one .... sort of “architectural” for lack of a better term .... not the ‘usual’. It’s an interesting piece ... can’t wait to see how it turns out for you!


29 posted on 10/30/2019 1:09:01 PM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: Qiviut

It is different, not the usual triangular shawl, which is probably why I like it. I”LL let you know how it goes. ?et me know about your gloves.


30 posted on 10/30/2019 1:33:24 PM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee

I’m in “trouble” now .... I have publicly declared I’m doing those gloves so now I really have to do them ... LOL! I’m actually anxious to get going .... got some yarn recently that should work (similar to yarn in pattern with almost the same “GRIST”).

If you’ve never heard of ‘GRIST’, here’s what it is .... it’s really helped me when I can’t find or don’t want to use the yarn in the pattern.

Grist: A Secret Measurement for Substituting Yarn
https://www.masondixonknitting.com/grist-secret-measurement-substituting-yarn/


31 posted on 10/30/2019 1:42:27 PM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: Qiviut

I promise not to nag you. ;)


32 posted on 10/30/2019 1:55:15 PM PDT by kalee
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To: kalee; Qiviut

I’ll nag her for the both of us. I’d like to find a SIMPLE pattern for crocheted finger-less gloves.

That would help me greatly, because with the kennel dogs, I’m always giving a pill, or checking this or that on them, (ticks, weird lumps, minor injuries, doling out treats, or just a much-deserved hearty ear scratch) and it would be nice to have finger-less gloves to do that for the winter months.

They’re inside of a building, so it’s not bitterly cold. I think that would be a good solution. Or even those mittens that you can pull back the flap to finger-less gloves?

I might be getting in over my head, here. And we’re not even ‘official’ yet, LOL! :)


33 posted on 10/30/2019 3:02:56 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Okie dokie - I have a "go to", very basic fingerless mitten pattern & I think they would work well for you.

I have given a lot of them away .... my brother got a pair for his birthday & wears them hunting all the time - I think they've even been on 3 New Mexico elk hunts, plus all the local white tail hunting. He even requested I make his business/hunting partner a pair for a Christmas gift. My niece (archery instructor & bow hunter) loves her pair that she wears hunting so much that when she lost one of her mittens and asked if I'd make her a replacement. I made her a whole new pair. I made a pair for a hiking partner - she has about worn hers out. There's more, but I'll stop now ....

As for the actual pattern, I made a bunch of these mittens before I got my patterns/projects organized. I do not think I have a link, but I typed up the pattern in a document along with some notes. I also found the notes from the pair I made for my niece (2016) after she lost one. I'm still scrounging around, but at the worst, I'll copy the directions off of my doc & PM it to you.

Here is a pic of a camo pair made for my brother:

DSCN0025

If you click on the pic, I think it makes it larger.

Here's another pair I made for myself - slightly fuzzy yarn - I love them & you can really see the detail (more on changes you can make when I send you the pattern)!

DSCN1671

34 posted on 10/30/2019 3:59:45 PM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oh my goodness .... after some scrounging around, I actually found the link for those basic fingerless mittens!!

Here it is:

https://www.interweave.com/article/crochet/basic-crochet-fingerless-mittens/

Notes coming via PM as soon as I can write them up/copy from my document.


35 posted on 10/30/2019 4:39:36 PM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: RightField; Diana in Wisconsin; Knitting A Conundrum

Too bad about Ravelry - I do miss some of its practical resource features and its method of cataloging my knitting projects. Hard to believe the TDS would take so many businesses over the edge, to the point where loss of revenue from the Deplorables and Reprehensibles was not only okay, but a badge of (dis)honor. HOpefully a viable alternative will be developed by normal adults.

All that said, Yes, sign me up, Diana, for this new thread.

btw- I just did a FR search for fiber arts and found this post from Knitting a Conundrum back in Oct2005- anyone know whatever happened with that thread?

Knitters and Needleworkers of Free Republic, Unite! (a vain vanity)
Ok, come out of the woodwork. We know you are out there, doing needlework at your computer terminal. Knitters, cross stitchers, crocheters and others. What’s your craft? Wanna share? Want to form an online knitting circle or whatever?

Sioux


36 posted on 10/30/2019 8:25:53 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Sioux-san

I forgot to include the link to the Knitting a Conundrum thread:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1501064/posts?q=1&;page=201


37 posted on 10/30/2019 8:28:28 PM PDT by Sioux-san
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To: Sioux-san

I added you to my ping list. So far there are 16 of us, interested!


38 posted on 10/30/2019 8:42:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Qiviut
Here's another good site for finding yarn substitutions.

Yarn Sub

39 posted on 10/30/2019 8:46:40 PM PDT by RightField
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To: RightField

Thanks!


40 posted on 10/31/2019 2:22:41 AM PDT by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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