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me | 12/7/06 | Knitting a Conundrum

[Knitting A Conundrum]

OK.

Who's still crafting?

What are you doing?

Got any pictures?

[Indy Pendance]

I'll see her this Saturday, I'll ask then.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I'll have to look....counts how simple you mean by simple...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Yep. Chicken stock it is.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Just basic single crochet, increasing and decreasing as needed. I could probably make and attach a mitten "thumb" if need be, LOL!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Cooking sounds fine to me, too! I suspect that's one craft most of us have in common to some degree!

[Alia]

Good Lord, my mouth waters.

Thank you for the tip -- you are quite right about "flame" and sugar. I'll be adding this to the recipe "comments". :)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I will look around this evening and see what I can find.

[Alia]

Thank you for the referral information.

[Mrs. P]

I would say that if you can sew and figure things out plus have a pretty good sewing machine that can handle layers of heavy fabric (I have a Bernina) you could do this. You will need a powerful stapler too. I borrowed my sister's pneumatic stapler and air compressor, you can maybe rent one or buy a used one. It is not really that difficult, the challenge for me was working up the nerve to do it. I had read books on upholstery and learned all I could. There is another couch in our basement that I wanted to do originally, but decided that this one is more valuable to us right now because it's a fold away bed too.

Good luck on your chair, I've read that recliners are not the easiest projects to do, but Laz-Boy recliners usually are better quality and worth the effort. I had one recovered professionally once and it cost plenty.

Oh, and the sore muscles are because you have to pull the fabric taut and staple it, my fingers and hands have been feeling the wear! I wore my fingernails right out, had to cut them all off short.

I'm not afraid to do a second project now. I have coordinating fabric for my little swivel rocker already bought, tee hee! That project will commence after Christmas.

Right now I'm on a marathon knitting spree, I have several small items to finish for this coming Sunday's family Christmas party. Also bread to bake! Happy Holidays!

[Indy Pendance]

I've become much better since watching the food channel. I just love Paula Dean. Of course, hers is the most fattening.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Lookie lookie what I found here!

http://www.crochetandknitting.com/socks.htm

[Indy Pendance]

Thanks for the info. I figure, my chair is so beat, but the frame is still good. So, what do I have to lose? I can junk it, or I can make a mess of it and give it a go. LOL! From your descriptions, my biggest problem will be my knees from crawling around the floor! They just don't like floors, a day later.

I wish I could knit right now. This dang ulnar nerve thing postponed all my knitting. I have yarn for felted gloves, and more sock stuff that I just won't attempt until my hand is healed. Plus the various other mittens and hats and blankets that I was supposed to get done this year. The sad thing is, I started after last christmas. sigh.......

[Indy Pendance]

Now that looks what Diana is looking for.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

And look at this mitten pattern. It's a pdf.

http://www.p2designs.com/pdfs/MittsCrochet.pdf

[Knitting A Conundrum]

That's what I thought. I'd have found it sooner, but I went to church right after she asked...have google will travel...

[Indy Pendance]

You know, you are an awesome researcher of all things yarn. I just love these threads. It's been sometime since we had one. Let's just keep this going, and add food. this is THEE best ping list I belong to. LOL!

[Mrs. P]

If your chair is brand name Lazy Boy, it probably is still in good shape. They say most recliners are not built to last that long, but apparently the Lazy Boy's are quite good.

When you do your chair, put it up on sawhorses and boards so you don't have to kneel down! If I had been able to do that here, I would have had it a lot easier. Also, doesn't the back come off of it? I think my parent's chair came apart and that made it easier to work on.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

That's my goal...not to start a new one each weekend or anything like that...just to keep this one going with pings to remind everybody where it's at! When we hit 2000 or so messages, we'll start the next one. Much easier to keep us all connected that way, I think.

And with the world news so dark, I need to remember there's good things in life too...and I bet I'm not the only one!

[Indy Pendance]

When, if, I do it, thanks for the tips. Yes, it's lazyboy, about 1982. The frame and working parts are fine (structure), the material, padding and that just sucks. So, heres the thing. I was a stay at home mom, doing all these crafty things, like sewing and cooking and brownie leader, and all that. Plus following my husband through all his job transfers (state to state transfers) and whatnot. Then my husband met his 'dream girl' and divorced me.

My daughters were 4, 7, 8 years old. So what does a mom do? Go to engineering school! Yep, I did it in 5 years, got a really great job, and ended up getting an MBA. I still credit all my sewing and planning and designing, and all that to my ability to take that knowledge to the next level. Whoop dee doo. I still sew and cook and knit and do projects, but I already knew how to do it before I got the fancy degrees. Those degrees paid my bills during a rough time. How many employeers will hire you because you know how to sew?

Fast forward 15 years later. My kids are grown up, I put them through college, I met a really great guy who has a great job, we make enough to have a good life. I don't have to play business man in the job market anymore. And we decided, it would be best for me to stay at home! Hip Hip Hooray!

I'll tell you, I'm the happiest I've been since I was 23 and newly married, rose colored glasses and all that, thinking I own the world.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

For those who crochet fancy:

a pattern from 1941

Fair Lady Gloves

MEDIUM SIZE

No. 2478~MATERIALS:

CLARK'S O.N.T. or J. & P. COATS BEST SiX CORD MERCERIZED CROCHET, size 50:

SMALL BALL:

CLARK'S O.N.T.--2 balls o/ White, Ecru or any color.

OR

J. & P. COATS--/ ball of White or Ecru; 2 balls o/any color.

Milward's Steel Crochet Hook No. 11 or 12.

GAUGE: 11 two-d c groups make 2 inches; 6 rows make 1 inch.


http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/failadglo.html