“Fiber arts”
Glad you explained. I was fearing the quinoa and bran recipes.
Also, see this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-tSzZVH5sk
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THANK YOU, Diana, for doing this thread!!
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If you want to crochet/knit for Charity, here’s a good Charity Drive going on this month:
https://www.allfreecrochet.com/Crochet-for-Charity/Prayer-Shawls-Rush-Charity-AFC
Our Mission
By crocheting or knitting a prayer shawl for someone in need, you will be helping provide a bit of comfort to those who need it most. The shawls provide patients with warmth and a comforting embrace during difficult times. It lets them know that someone cares and it gives them hope of recovery and peace.
Something so simple can be the brightest thing that has happened to the patient in some time, as many have often driven from great distances for treatment and have nothing comforting from home with them.
That’s where you come in, knitters and crocheters!
We need your help in providing patients at Rush with knit and crochet prayer shawls. Whether you work up a quick and simple one-color shawl or channel all the brightness of a rainbow into your design, think warm thoughts of peace and hope while you do it. Once you finish your design, send it over to us! We’ll be collecting all of your knit and crochet shawls to donate.
When Is the Charity Drive?
The 2019 Charity Shawl Drive will take place November 1st through December 1st.
SEE LINK FOR REQUIREMENTS, MAILING ADDRESS, ADDITIONAL INFO INCLUDING SOME PATTERNS!
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Personal note on prayer shawls/wraps (even 1 prayer afghan):
I have made 24 prayer shawls, 23 for family/friends & one that was donated to my church last month. When people are hurting, grieving, ill, or need a ‘warm hug’ for some reason, a prayer shawl/wrap is a great way to let them know you care & are thinking about them/praying for them. The comments and thanks I get when I gift a shawl, and how much it obviously means to people to get something tangible, makes every stitch worthwhile.
Please add me to your ping list! I live on an alpaca farm and I love working with their fiber.
I’m getting back into weaving again with a Cricket ridged heddle loom. Any other weavers out there.
I’m also taken with loom knitting as it’s easier on my hands since Arthur It is decided to move last year.
Please add me. I have been hand-knitting since I was about 7 years old.
Current project is a top-down sweater in burgandy wool with white speckles.
Please add me to the list. Thanks!
What a nice idea. Please add me to the ping list.
This is a really good idea. Thank you, Diana.
I made this Moogly bag several years ago for a wedding & loved it … except for one thing - it really needed a shoulder strap of some sort. With another wedding this summer, I made the bag in a color that matched my dress and after several false starts/trial & error, I devised a strap for it. I used split rings & sewed them into the insides of the bag, then crocheted a strap to the split rings. The strap folds down into the bag where it's invisible, but it's readily available if you need it.
The wedding bag turned out great – showed it to a crocheting friend who loved it. She had helped me out with some things so I made her a bag as a thank you gift. She loves natural colors, so I used one called “Birchwood Cottage” - it's aptly named because it perfectly matches the bark of a River Birch in the yard next door.
How to turn any yarn into bulky yarn (Crochet)
Using this technique, the "chunky" yarn makes a fairly stiff, thick fabric - no lining needed. The video has 'crochet' in the title, but it works for knitting, too.
Moogly Chunky Stripey Bag Pattern
I did modify the pattern a bit - I added 3 pattern rows to make the bag a little longer because I liked the proportions better.
After trying an I-cord strap (didn't work - too fat & stretchy), I settled on a strap that could be crocheted to rings. Start with a chain (triple strand) 36" long (another inch or two would be ok). Work slip stitches back down chain on one side to ring, slip stitch in a way that hooks to ring, then slip stitch down the opposite side of chain to end & attach that end to ring with slip stitches. This is a strong, not-too-stretchy strap.
It's easier to see the stitch pattern on the wedding bag (I Love This Yarn: Berry)
This is the Birchwood bag (I Love This Yarn -Print: Birchwood Cottage)
MWH: I'm NOT ping-list pinging you, LOL!
Speaking of which, one was reading to me today from For the Love of Knitting: A Celebration of the Knitter's Art (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Love-Knitting-Celebration-Knitters-Art/dp/B005UVUQRG) and it seemed wonderful. It has some poor reviews on Amazon from people who were expecting a pattern book. It's not.
Knitting is underway!! I’ll have something to show you this weekend.
This the “something new” I learned to do on this project .... it was an adventure since I’m using circular needles with only a 29” cable.
How I use Jeny’s surprisingly stretchy bind-off knitted from the wrong side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6AFEsAh75o
Wear and Wipe Kitchen Towel Scarf
https://sew4home.com/projects/kitchen-linens/wear-%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99-wipe-kitchen-towel-scarf
Thinking of returning to weaving. Thank you for putting me on your ping list.