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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Dec 17 2005 : 12:59:16 PM
Just thought it'd be interesting to see what everyone's working on currently. I knitted boot socks for Christmas gifts and I'm finishing those up. I made my 2 year old grandson a pair - adapted the pattern from a ankel sock pattern - and I'm making my son-in-law a matching pair. The little ones are soooo cute! |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 13 2006 : 10:52:28 AM
Annie T,
Oh my gosh - what a great job! The shirt is beautiful and your DH is so handsome. Wow.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 13 2006 : 10:51:09 AM
Hi Katie-ell & Jenny,
I saw the yo-yo's in an old timey craft book and then once in Country Living and decided it would be a good use of leftover fabric when done with sewing projects. I'm gonna start working on making more too. Maybe I'll tea stain some muslin for added old time look.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| greyghost |
Posted - Jan 13 2006 : 05:16:24 AM
Wish I could sew a shirt like that! Practice makes perfect - I'm still working on it - I can do a skirt of any kind like a pro, but not tops or jackets. Getting close on pants tho. |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Jan 13 2006 : 01:00:05 AM
Gees, Girl, thought I was looking at Kenny Chesney there for a moment!! Has he got any brothers?
You are right, get 'em young and train 'em right!I got mine at 15(me) & 17(him), married at 18 and 20, had him for almost 30 years and still LIKE him!
You did a wonderful job on his shirt. I am amazed, it looks store bought! Good job, Miss Annie. I used to make us (gulp) matching western shirts (it WAS for the Sadie Hawkins dances,not to mention it was the mid 1970's)) every year and they are HARD! I am impressed. |
| McKenzie Mist |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 7:58:20 PM
Annie, You did a beautiful job on your husband's shirt - it is just beautiful! I can imagine how proud he is to wear it. Bless you! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 7:21:34 PM
yes!!!
Jenny in Utah
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| Julia |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 7:18:31 PM
Thanks Jenny and Shirley, it will be my task tomorrow. After it dries is it ready to use?
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| AnnieT |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 1:33:23 PM
LOLOL!!! The trick with finding Cowboys is to rope-em young so you have a chance to train 'em up a bit. I caught this one when he was 15 and unruly, married him when he was 18--started, but still green--and now I've got me a regular gentlman and a great Daddy at age 22. ;)
Hehee! Annie
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| Utahfarmgirl |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 11:23:22 AM
Woo hoo, Annie! What catalog did you find HIM in? I want one for my daughter!!
Happy Wishes! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 10:36:50 AM
You sure did a great job Annie!! My two oldest sons are also 6'4" and it is SOOOO hard to sew for them..nothing fits...that is wonderful that you got it down..he looks really good in those colors too!! Tell him happy birthday for us!!!
Jenny in Utah
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 10:33:43 AM
Beautiful job Annie. Don't ya just hate those kind of collars! |
| AnnieT |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 10:19:27 AM
Thank you! He's 6'4", and patterns are always way too short for him, so this is my new and improved and greatly modified pattern for him... In other words, this is the fourth cowboy shirt I've made him, but the first time I've gotten it right. On the bright side, I can now sew a shirt collar with a stand like a pro. ;)
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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 10:10:36 AM
Holy Cow !!!! You did an awsome job!!! I love the colors and your honey hunk (to borrow from Frannie) is a doll. He is very lucky to have a woman like you! Wishing Birthday Blessings !!
Theresa |
| AnnieT |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 10:05:42 AM
Here's something I just finished. This is DH's birthday shirt, finished last night. Never mind that his birthday was Tuesday. He loves it. And it fits him. 
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 06:24:11 AM
I have been planning some sort of yo-yo thing lately too...love the look. I did some clowns with yo-yo's years ago and have been given a few small things over the years that friends have made. I was thinking maybe a table runner with cute 30's repro prints...I love those!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Jan 12 2006 : 06:17:22 AM
Debbie/Blueroses -- I collect yo-yo stuff! Coverlets and pillows and diamond-shaped dresser scarf things. How fun to make new ones. The coverlets I have usually have a border of solids (and maybe a grid pattern of solids) and then lots and lots of different prints, sometimes arranged by color. . . . should be easy to construct . . . the time-consuming part is sewing all those little circles. Good for you, taking up this old craft. |
| Shirley |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 11:56:40 PM
I do the same as Jenny and for the weight, I use spray bottles with big handles, if they are empty all you have to do is add as much water as you want to for the weight. I also hang then from the shower head .
If I am doing lots at a time, I run the skeins thru the spin cycle(just for a little bit) to get out the excess water ,and they dry alot faster
shirley |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 10:12:42 PM
I have always set the twist by wetting the yarn lightly and hanging outside (inside works too..I have used a shower rod) with a little weight at the bottom of the skein, which should be opened into a loop. (Does this make sense?) I have used all sorts of things as a weight...not too heavy..just enough to keep it straight not stretch it. I really need to get some spinning done and just keep getting sidetracked with other stuff...sewing tonight!!
Jenny in Utah
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| Julia |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 9:54:35 PM
I am so wanting to get knitting socks, it just seems so homey to knit socks, especially in winter. Got some spinning done today. Getting the hang of it, though my strands aren't even. Tried some plying with two balls of yarn, Turned out well.
Question. How do I set the twist. One source that I have said to put it in a plastic bag with a bit of water, and set it in the warm sun. Being that it is dead winter, and all I have is rain... there has to be a better way.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| blueroses |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 10:01:45 AM
Have any of you worked with fabric yo-yo's? I have a whole bag that I worked several years ago, and I'm going to try and contruct a coverlet.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Celticheart |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 08:33:48 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Bridge
I have been working on teaching myself to knit in the round on 4 needles. I hope to make some socks soon. Does anyone know if you can make socks on circular needles? I haven't tried to use those yet, I need to look up some directions.
Yes you can! There are several books out on the subject--Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles--is the one I can think of right now. There is also one with a method called The Magic Loop which uses one long circular needle. My DD has that one. I watched her do that one day and I'm not sure I 'get it' but it can't be that difficult. She was a brand new knitter and she figured it out.
Socks are one of my favorite things to knit. I'm sure I've mentioned it here before and it's what got me interested in knitting again a few years ago. I use 4 double points though and I like to do it that way. I'm sure what intimidates people about using the DP needles is seeing all of those needles sticking out. Since I know how to do it that way and don't have a problem with it I guess I don't see the point in changing now. But that's just me.  Sometimes I'm a little set in my ways....lol.
Have you discovered Socknitters at Yahoo groups yet? Lots of info.
Happy knitting.
Marcia
"I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidence of the determination to live." Vita Sackville-West
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 08:02:36 AM
I have heard that you can knit socks with two circular needles..I suppose like using two straight needles, except that they bend so you can do it in the round..like where two of the double pointed needles would go..half the stitches on each needle..if that makes sense. I havn't tried it yet. I knit socks quite alot but i am such a creature of habit that I do it the same most all the time. Found a pattern I like and I don't do much different except changing up yarns, colors and stuff..boy I wish there was a great yarn shop closer than Provo to here (an hour and 1/2!!!) But maybe it is for the better!!
I love the yarn that makes the stripes or patterns as you knit. I use it quite alot!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
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| Bridge |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 07:52:51 AM
I have been working on teaching myself to knit in the round on 4 needles. I hope to make some socks soon. I got some awesome wool yarn that makes stripes as you knit. The local craft shop is closing :( but the lady whos has the yarn had everything 30% off so I got some neat yarns and a stich counter & some awesome bamboo circular needles.
Does anyone know if you can make socks on circular needles? I haven't tried to use those yet, I need to look up some directions.
I also want to finish a x-stitch piece I have been working on for 4 years for my moms birthday in April.... |
| rosebud74a |
Posted - Jan 11 2006 : 12:20:46 AM
Aunt jenny, I love those little pillows you make. They remind me of a small project that i made for my friend for her wedding this summer. She needed a ring bearer pillow to match the one that she already had. The one that she had was her great grandmothers so it was old. The sewing was simple but dying the fabric to match the other pillow took a couple of tries. I loved the antiqued look of your little pillows. Hoope verything goes well with the birth of your calf...you wil definalty have to show her off. (or him....as you can see i have a gender bias...haha). I am working on a a knitted cap for a toddler birthday party on Saturday...not sure that it will be finished. i hope i can finish it though, it looks so cute it the picture. It has little ear flaps. I have to work all week and that uaslly impinges on the knitting. I gave this little girl my first ever pair of booties that i knitted..so it would be nice to give her the first hat i ever knitted...GardenWitch, i am quickly becoming an internet addict as well...is this like a support group or does this help us slip further into addiction ?? haha Peace,
Stacy
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau
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| GardenWitch |
Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 7:34:12 PM
Still knitting, but the past few days I've slacked a little because I found this cool blog site and started a blog and reading other people's stuff and it's a really fun community. So I've been distracted ... and tomorrow night I start my night class ... and this weekend my partner and I are going to clean out his (frightening) garage and get stuff done around the house (because for the first time we both have a weekend with no plans!).
Oh and I started a new scrapbook, I haven't put any of our pictures in an album for almost two years! And this one is turning out sooooo gorgeous, I wish I had a digitial camera ... I think we're going to have to get one soon, we both want one!
Still thinking about those little pillows too ... and Aunt Jenny I'm gonna have a look at your site one of these days ... but I'm afraid I'm turning in to one of those scary internet addict people!
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. --Gandhi
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