It was brought to my attention in the past day or two that there was an error in the Melinda Cloth pattern on Row 2. The error has been corrected.
Please accept my apology for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Tagged Dish or Wash Cloth Pattern, Dishcloths, knit, Melinda Cloth
I have decided to sign up for the 2012 E-Book Challenge hosted by Workaday Reads
My goal is to read 100 Books-Server. I will list them by month in the tabs on the Menu above.
Challenge Guidelines:
Levels:
I realized today that I have not written here in months. Life has been typically busy.
I have been in a major knitting and crocheting slump for the past few months. I am not sure what has caused it, but will try to start a new project in the next day or two.
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I have had a hard time finding things to talk about here recently.It has bothered me to the point that I have spent a lot of time thinking it. Finally this morning, an idea came! I will tell explain the Monday Rule.
Years ago when we first began our homeschool adventure, my family made up the Monday Rule.We originally decided to do this partly because traditionally weekends were more busy than the rest of the week and we really needed the rest. It was also a day to enjoy our uniqueness as a homeschooling family.
The rule has several parts:
In a nutshell: Monday has been a down day in my household for years. It has proven its value and worth for us repeatedly. Instead of dreading Monday we enjoy and treasure it.
May your day be as happy and pleasant as ours!
This gallery contains 12 photos.
These are pictures of some of my favorite projects I have done over the years.
Welcome to my new home. I have moved to WordPress.org
In the next few days and weeks you will be seeing changes here while I get used to my new home on the internet. Please patient with me during this time.
I have recently begun making slippers for an organization that provides slippers to women and children living in domestic violence shelters. It is The Pink Slipper Project. Slippers don’t have to be pink and they can be made using any pattern you feel comfortable using, for either women or children. The site also includes free downloadable patterns for knitting, crocheting or sewing slippers on the right hand sidebar. I can tell you from experience as a knitter and crocheter that those patterns are well written and easy to follow.
You will also find a list of sources for patterns here:
Please take a look at the site and consider sending a pair or two of slippers, or other items to this organization.
The first name that comes to mind is Maile Mauch. She has been a free lance designer of knitwear since 1974. Her designs have been published in a variety of places. At the present, some of her creations are available at the site for Pisgah Yarn and Dyeing Company.
Somehow a few years ago I ran across her website: K1,P1, Keeping You in Stitches. One of my goals at that time was to learn to knit lace. It was a technique I had never had the courage to try. I was amazed at the abundance of free patterns on her site with most of them being lace.
Soon after I discovered her site she announced the establishment of a Yahoo Group called: Cloth Of The Week. She was offering to teach new knitting techniques on a weekly basis. And so she has for almost the past three years. I have learned many skills from her ranging from t how to make a yarn over following a purl stitch to feeling comfortable following more complex patterns.
Maile's lasting gift to me is Courage: Courage to try new techniques…Courage to play with yarns and tools I have never used…Courage to think: "what if " and then to try out my idea… Courage to explore new patterns…Courage to try my hand at designing…Courage to go where I have never been. For this I will forever be grateful.
Shortly before Thanksgiving Maile had a stroke. At this time she continues to be recovering from this event.
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Since I have gotten behind blogging this is my attempt to catch up.
The topic for Day 2 was: Blog about a pattern or project which you aspire to.
There are a few that come to mind. The first one is the Babette Blanket. In terms of my skills, it ranks as very simple. My concern is the time commitment. It is a huge undertaking that I am not ready to do at this time.
I am fascinated by the color possibilities. They are endless. I have decided to use Peaches & Creme Worsted Wt. because it is my favorite cotton. Another reason for using it is the abundance of color choices. I want to make one showcasing all of the colors. My goal is to make another one using any colors that contain purple. I might choose to use a lighter shade such as White, Cream or Ivory to offset the darker shades.
The knitting project to which I aspire is to learn to knit Intarsia. I tried one time but did not catch the concept. I will try again in the next couple of months after some major projects are completed.
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Tagged Babette blanket, blanket, crochet, Intarsia, knit, knitcroblo2, Uncategorized
