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VRWKNWC: Conservative Crafters of the World, Unite!
me | 12/7/06 | Knitting a Conundrum

Posted on 12/07/2006 6:51:44 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum

OK.

Who's still crafting?

What are you doing?

Got any pictures?


TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: cooking; crafting; handiwork; knitting; needlework
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To: secret garden

Did I tell you I never kitchener? There's more than one way to finish a toe!


421 posted on 01/09/2007 4:35:59 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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I have dreams of tatting ornaments for a small Christmas tree for 2007. I would do a tiny tree (2 feet high). The tatted ornaments are tiny (1" to 2" across.) I have already tatted about 10, I think I would need 50. That is what I am working on right now.


422 posted on 01/09/2007 6:25:29 PM PST by Utah Girl
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To: Mercat; alwaysconservative; wildehunt; IN Farm Girl; proudofthesouth; HarleyLady27; ...

Anybody awake?

So far, this calender year, I have:
hemmed most of a runner for my china cabinet
not put a single stitch on my half-knit sock
started playing with my spinning wheel after about three years of just looking at it.
Spun a little on my drop spindle
(Last year, I did spin and knit a pair of socks for hubby. I have goals to do something like that again.)
Thought about getting out my quilting frame, but can't decide if I want to make a one piece quilt or a piecework quilt. (Of course, I haven't even found one of my 3 irons yet, they are still packed in boxes, so I doubt if this project gets started yet.)

Discovered that to read wearing my glasses (which are lineless bifocals), I have to put on magnifiers. And if I want to see the fabric up close any more when it's time to do really delicate work, I do better with magnifiers, too.

Now I know why I am running around the house with my glasses perched on top of my head. I really do see better up close and at midrange without them right now.

Now I wonder if I can count using my spinning wheel (it's a two pedal number) as exercise....


423 posted on 01/15/2007 6:33:02 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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I know it's not needlework but yesterday I finally, after several years, got my husband to set up my workspace for drawing and have roughed in a drawing of my parents on the night that they became engaged. They're both gone now and it makes me a little weepy to work this project but I've wanted to draw this photo for a long time. Oh, and I started another Christmas stocking because I found the kit for $2 at the half price book store. :-)


424 posted on 01/15/2007 6:43:09 AM PST by Mercat
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Good morning! About a week and a half ago I finally finished a scarf to go with my new coat. I started on a blanket and my goal is to finish it in 2007. LOL


425 posted on 01/15/2007 6:45:31 AM PST by retrokitten (I heart global warming)
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I'm still waiting for my sprained finger to heal. I've been reading a lot of blogs.....


426 posted on 01/15/2007 10:25:25 AM PST by sissyjane (Mr. Nifong, you've picked on the wrong families and you will pay for the rest of your life)
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To: Mercat

I keep saying I'm going to get back into painting, but I have put it off for 5 years. Go figure. I wasn't that bad at it, either.


427 posted on 01/15/2007 10:26:54 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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I haven't gotten past the graphic stage, working from old family photos but it's great therapy to get into those faces from the past. I would love to do landscapes, watercolor I think.


428 posted on 01/15/2007 11:03:16 AM PST by Mercat
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

I actually appliqued today, but my hand is killing me. I'm going back to the doctor tomorrow.


429 posted on 01/15/2007 5:54:08 PM PST by sissyjane (Mr. Nifong, you've picked on the wrong families and you will pay for the rest of your life)
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Sometimes it takes a long time. I laid off of knitting for most of a year because of strains. Now I only work for short stretches a time, and try to vary the crafts I do.


430 posted on 01/15/2007 6:01:36 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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Mine is from an injury, and the doctor told me it was sprained.

The doctor was at Prompt care, and didn't even do an x-ray. I'm calling my own Doctor tomorrow to ask for one.


431 posted on 01/15/2007 6:05:34 PM PST by sissyjane (Mr. Nifong, you've picked on the wrong families and you will pay for the rest of your life)
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I don't blame you...got to take care of those hands!


432 posted on 01/15/2007 6:32:23 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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I've been a very busy bee!!

I finished the pink camo blanket (it's a round ripple!!), a dozen snowflakes, hats, and a bookmark! I've started a Log Cabin afghan, and a teddy bear made with thread.....

Oh, and about a dozen squares to contribute to various afghans around the country!

To those who crochet......check out this forum!! Crochetville.org


433 posted on 01/24/2007 1:19:00 PM PST by cdbear (Have you hugged your teddy bear today?)
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