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Bets]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:41:54 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:23:16 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:21:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:03:35 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:23:07 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:09:12 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Suzann]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:05:08 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:54:52 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:15:22 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
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Thanks for dropping by the blog, SK. I was really excited about the prospect of that dye job!

Bets]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:50:33 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:33:00 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
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B]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:46:01 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:00:52 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 21:03:02 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I would give anything for it to be cool enough to grow lilacs, hyacinths, and a host of other plants. I would like for us to have 30 days at 30 degrees-so we could kill some fleas, some scorpions and some fire ants. I LIKE to store party beverages on the back porch when I have people over-that doesn`t work here. And I REALLY miss going to the grocery at lunch, and leaving meat in the car all afternoon while I am at work because it has NO chance of thawing.

There are hidden blessings to really cold weather.]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:34:40 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:09:07 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:30:45 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
It sounds like you have been working very hard...you deserve an evening with Super Kydd. I know it`s a lot of work clearing paths, I hope you don`t have trouble with icy spots. I miss snow. I want snow....just a little, maybe 3-6".

My plants are so confused because it`s been so warm. My clementine tree produced fruit, and I was so surprised to see them; it was so dry this year, I was happy I didn`t lose the tree.

Bets]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:13:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 05:35:10 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 24 May 2006 09:41:23 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
B]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 20:59:42 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I think the Rio is fabulous. I swatched it and I really like it. It`s very red. Maybe a little Chinese red in there. :-} I also like the Mayan Treasure. I haven`t received it yet but I think it would be beautiful in a shawl for a Chinese lady.
Benne]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 15:27:19 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
j]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 15:12:34 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 14:30:31 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Thanks for posting, I was worried because we don`t hear from you often!

I am waiting for my box to come in. I would guess either Mayan Treasure or Rio (if she`s flashy). I talked to Benne (our tastes are very similar) and she said I would really like the Rio.

What looks attractive to you?

Bets]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 10:54:54 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Tue, 23 May 2006 10:49:16 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:52:27 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Happy New Year!

B]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:10:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Sandra]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:05:56 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Lucky for me, someone bought the last of the Trafford. Whew!

B]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2006 11:01:52 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
That`s the trouble-they are all very nice!!! I think the Bradford is similar to colors that you seem to prefer-it`s serene and earthy. The Oxford color is still very grown-up and sophisticated, but with a little more variety. Wine would be very good for anyone in your family (or mine, for that matter). The thing that makes it tough is that all the colors are very Asian-friendly!

Another thing I have noticed is that most of the color combinations are similar to classic plaids-it would not surprise me if someone owned a pair of plaid trousers or a skirt that coordinated exactly with these colors. It is strictly personal preference!

What to choose, what to choose? I have managed to talk myself out of them-it is 60 degrees out today, our winter is just about over.

B]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:53:39 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:33:13 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
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B]]> Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:38:00 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:27:36 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:32:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
B]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:12:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
B]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:10:25 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 shui Kuen]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:08:35 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:02:50 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I know you have some hand-dyed merino (because I dyed it myself!) I was thinking about that last night-I thought "She doesn`t have to order any yarn, she could use that!" 400 yards-which I think is the amount I sent-should finish at least 7 motifs.

I was not brave-I was at 7 repeats and was considering whether I had enough to finish another repeat AND the edging. So I chose the short route. The edging instructions are a little vague, but it seems to be going ok. I have about 6 more rows before I finish. Perhaps Mark will model this!

I find that knitting with VERY thick yarn, like WB, gets a little hard on the hands-you may want to switch weights off and on.

B]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:22:17 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:35:46 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:32:27 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I mailed it to you!

The big mistake I made was trying to compensate for the Bond`s tendency to finish things SHORTER--I calculated the pattern at 15 stitches by 26 rows--which of course, came out ENORMOUS-much bigger than 4" per 26 rows, but in the end, it worked out.

B]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:48:18 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Shui Kuen, I looked in my photos, I think I deleted the photo of Mark before the sweater was fulled. I knit it on the Bond. I remember that I sent you a pattern (I didn`t save it!) for it in an incorrect gauge-the rows per 4" were calculated wrong, which made the sweater MILES too big, and then I fulled it. It REALLY pulls up in length when you full it. Check your correspondence from me sometime around November 30th.

I think if you plan to do this, it would be best to select a sweater pattern from the 80s, when everything was MILES too big (make sure the armhole is REALLY deep) and then go from there.

It is really a lovely fulled fabric-like Austrian boiled wool. Perhaps if you experiment on mittens you can get a good idea of how it behaves? I promise the mittens will be WONDERFUL---just make them 1 1/2" too long before the oversized thumb, and 2" too long after the thumb.

I will double check to see if I saved the pattern ANYWHERE, then I can at least tell you the gauge I used.

Bets]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:34:30 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Thank you Cate. Sorry to learn that you can`t wear your sweater. Do you know HW `s behaver?
Shui Kuen]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:18:08 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Cate]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:04:12 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 I am cleaning and organizing my yarn the other day. I found a beautiful birthday letter from you. I reread that and appreciate the art work you did to that yarn. I should really get that WIP out of the box and finish that shawl.
Second question: how is your bag wool sweater behave? What size needle did you use? I was thinking to use size 10.5, will that make it easy to pill? I washed the swatch and drying it right now, see how it will shrink. So far, the swatch is fuzz but not pill, looks good. I want to make a cable sweater from Rebecca.
I got 8 skein of optik which Benne ordered that for me. No idea what to do with it. Should that be a sweater with mohair or should that be a wrap, or should that be a scarf? What do you think? Both Benne and you always gave me good advices. Now,it seems that Benne is away. Did you get any of that? And what did you do with it?
Did I tell you that the modified starfish poncho is done, it drapes very well. I didn`t get a chance to block it.It looks like a silvery spider web.
Playing SC cotton this morning also, thinking a sunfish like Sandra`s. The swatch is drying now.
Shui Kuen]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:33:21 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:17:56 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
The brown 5X7 office type envelopes with the aluminum fasteners (actually, any envelope with an aluminum faster) incurs extra mailing charges in the US postal system....I didn`t know that, but the postal clerk told me that.

I am not a connoiseur tea drinker either, I thought the rum tea could be a good alternative for all the dieting ladies who go to the health spa next door. If it tastes terrible, WOULD you tell me? (It smells good!)

Mark thinks it tastes like something to drink when you are sick. I thought it was good, but I am only one voice that has to please many...and I wouldn`t want it every day either. I bought a case of the mixed variety, and that sounds like it was a smart bet!

Bets]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:13:46 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen
PS: there is no little aluminum clasp.I only got two tea bags. Am I missing something?]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:11:07 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
He`d spit if he knew you spelled it with a C!!!! That`s like, um, I don`t know...Wron! hahahaha!
B]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:11:17 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Just don`t try sending BB and Shui Kuen vintage wine tht way, Bets!
T]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:21:11 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I still can`t believe they almost made me to do a customs form for 2 lousy teabags!!! Tell me what you think about the flavor.

The salesman only gave me a few samples. I went to the warehouse and Bought a lot of that stuff today, and I pulled a case for "promotional purposes." Does Ceylon Tea flavored with Rose sound good to you? Organic Earl Grey? Herbals?

I think I`ve figured out my way around the US postal system and "foreign" shipments. If I can stuff it in an envelope, it`s MUCH faster than stuffing it in a box! I mailed a bag to my cousin`s little girl in Tokyo-it took 10 days in an envelope. I have never been able to mail a box to them that took less than 6 weeks!

BTW, the little aluminum clasp in the back of the envelope costs extra.

Moral of the story-Shui Kuen, I`ll only mail you flat things. Tell me what kind of tea you want, I`ll send you some, just don`t be surprised if the box is smashed flat to get it into the envelope.

Bets]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:55:04 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:39:32 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
If you make something with the bag wool, try a little experiment with a leftover bit. I fulled mine by throwing it in the dryer-you might try a pot on the stove-if you can take this yarn to a stage BEFORE felt, it will be an EXTREMELY dense fabric, but still VERY flexible. I had the row gauge wrong when I input the sweater into the computer, so I had to do it, but he likes it so much at the fulled stage.

Benne told me that UROS is just like this yarn, and if that`s the case, sign me up!

B]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:29:47 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:15:07 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Eileen.]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:39:49 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:18:43 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
B]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:26:29 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:03:58 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 shui Kuen]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:30:38 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I wanted to surprise him. I thought it was really nice looking, and a little bit different. I bought the Forest Heather for it. My husband`s favorite sweater is a shawl collared sweater the kids and I made 6 years ago.

B]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:36:55 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 shui Kuen]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:25:35 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
bets]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:52:57 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2004 05:56:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:40:42 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
LOL...I just wanted to know what you have planned for forty-eight balls of alpaca!!!!! I buy too much yarn, I cannot afford to send you to a shrink!

I guess that is the most pleasurable part of knitting-all other posts have danced around it, but while you are pleading to me not to have you committed to the provincial hospital, you hit it right on the head! When I knit for other people, I think of them! That is the essence of joy for me!

I understand completely about the have not years-my colleague and I had the same discussion today. We know what it is to "have not"-I remember working 40 hours a week for 2.90 an hour, paying rent, paying for my car, gas, and insurance, and being VERY mad that my boss (the cheapskate) telling me I could buy good clothes from thrift sales. I have no problem hearing that from anyone else but the man who pays my salary!

I can do all the same things (except it`s been a while since I fileted a salmon) and a sense of accomplishment is very satisfying! Ok, well, I may be lying about the house-cleaning, and my garden has been sadly neglected since I am in here talking to you. (This IS wonderful-I now have FRIENDS with the same interests!)

Please tell me what you have planned for that glorious cloud of alpaca!

I wish you ANOTHER 48 balls of alpaca!

B]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:15:50 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:05:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 I think you deserve every bit of yarn that you buy! For one thing, you are such a productive knitter and for another thing, your projects turn out beautifully.
Also compared to say, going out to the movies, or to a restaurant or my husband`s latest speeding ticket ($130,grrr...), yarn purchases, especially discounted online, are not extravagant.
Sandra]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:53:17 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui kuen]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:03:30 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
If Bets is like I am, she cannot wait to see what wondrous things you make with your alpaca. Your knitting is absolutely breathtaking and my guess is that your jam is beautiful too. The thoughts of it are making me hungry. :-} Your talents are many and you inspire me with all you do. I know what you mean about the old days, we had so little but were still happy. I found some skeins of old yarn I bought in those days recently and it came from a discount store, an awful acrylic and it cost $1.77 for 400 yards. I used it for lots of things and didn`t know any different, just happy to be knitting and making things for those I loved. BB gets special praise for loving and wearing his vest, and wanting to give you the things you could not have before. He`s a treasure and so is my Thom. We are indeed fortunate that we have mates who want to buy us the things that bring us joy and that we couldn`t afford in earlier times. And you`re right, a night on the town costs a lot more than good yarn and then it`s gone but our yarn and projects are still around. And there`s no hangover from knitting! lol

So, I add to my list of good things, getting to know you and seeing your knitting and animals. And many thanks to Ann for having this place we can all meet and share our love of knitting and life.
Benne]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:58:47 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Les]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:30:51 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 I also remember when I first moved to Canada, I had no friends, I had no yarn, not many needles, not too much knitting experience, an old lady weaver sold me some weaving yarn, I happily made a multicolor vest for my husband - see my bio, with 15 balls of yarn in a mess tangle. It was an itch one also, my DH still proudly wears it very often.
I am so thankful for the internet, I can get things that I was unable to get or not affordable in that old day.
I am so thankful that I can chat here.
Bets, I work hard also, I garden, I weed, I pick berries, I made jam, I feed fish, I clean house, in the winter I help firewood. I pick up my knitting needles while taking a break. If I knit a vest for my mother, I am thinking about my mother. When I am knitting a vest for my sister-in-law, I am thinking about her......Yarn is just my hobby, not very expensive if you compare it with smoking or drinking.
Bets, please don`t send me to the shrink.
Shui Kuen]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:27:50 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 SK]]> Mon, 02 Aug 2004 05:09:07 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Benne]]> Sun, 01 Aug 2004 18:02:32 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I don`t have anything in particular in mind for mine, but the garments in this booklet are very nice! Do you plan to keep the sweater for yourself? (I HOPE so!)]]> Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:21:57 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Sun, 01 Aug 2004 09:40:24 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Sun, 01 Aug 2004 05:14:30 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Do you know if you want cables or lace in this sweater? Give me an idea of what you want for this sweater!

I got SOOOO lucky on my Outback Mohair-I bought the Bayou color, the pretty dark green, and I have some glossy gold rayon mix to go with it. The big deal about that is that I found a pair of pants that EXACTLY coordinate with the yarn in my mother-in-law`s size, by a manufacturer she likes. This must be destiny!

Have you posted your mother`s vest to her? Does she live far?

Betsy]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 21:22:36 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 2)Beverly Galeskas`s felted knits + fiber trends`s felted clog and felted baret. 3) Mary Thomas`s knitting book and knitting pattern. 4)Arans and Celtic by knitter`s. 5)The harmony guide of Aran and fair isle knitting 6)debbie bliss`s celtic knits and learn to knit . 7) some reference book, like big book of knitting. 8) Meg`s knitting. and some old booklets. Yesterday, I rec`d pingouin 20, 22A and spring leaflet.
All together, I have only one box of books and Magazine.
Bets, I am looking forward to see your magic grid and your silk sweater. I love magic grid, it is so pretty, isn`t it?
Shui Kuen]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:23:41 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Oh, you are right-there isn`t a breath of itch in that yarn. It would be a beautiful blanket, but it`s far too expensive for that. Did you like the way it swatched up, color-wise? The only one I played with was the Bejeweled-and that`s so lively, you can barely tell Amanda`s cap is lacy!

Right now, I have a Diamond vest in Rio, boring Anouk, the sleeves to my silk sweater and a Pingouin bunny sweater at work as WIPs. (The bunny sweater is at work-I kept trying to knit lace on my lunch hour, and then people would come up and speak to me, and I kept getting lost!)

I wanted to make Magic Grid for my MIL-I have swatched it, and I must finish these things in progress. I bought two Pingouin books, and there are some marvelous patterns in mine. Which did you get?

I am SURE whatever you make will be absolutely beautiful, but I think you want something extra special for this yarn. I don`t know what would be "extra special" to a knitter with your high standards and excellent technique. (THAT is a puzzle!) Which magazines do you subscribe to? Maybe something will jump off the pages at you?

Betsy]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 13:06:06 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:09:55 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 02:46:30 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Benne]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:22:55 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Much better, I think! I sent her a package Saturday, she got it yesterday, and she was very excited to see it! (She must have the best mail service in North America!) She wrote me last night, and she`s finally sleeping again, and just feeling a little bit better all the way around.

They had bad weather in her part of the country, so they had some wind and rain damage to Thom`s office, but they are essentially ok, and that is the important part.

What are you working on? What yarn did you make your top down with? I sent Benne some stuff that I bought on sale, and one in particular that I think would interest you-you could even make a Lion sweater with it. I`ll let her tell you about it-I only sent her a little bit-it was what I had left over from a project.

I am kind of in a slow period- I am trying to get some projects done so I can get cranking on a very big Christmas project for my mother in law-2 sweaters (I even have matching pants for the Bayou colored mohair!)

Bets]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:44:45 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:23:21 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
The twin leaves was the pattern for the Mirto, wasn`t it? I liked it when I saw it, forgot about it, and looked all over for other patterns. Silly me-that was pretty much what you were looking for.

I usually start with a pattern-sometimes, I`ll wing out on my own, but usually, if I have a pattern, it`s a starting point, and I adjust from there.

b]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:06:53 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 I think I like twin leavies pattern for my cotton sweater. I usually don`t follow patterns, I make it as it goes. That`s how my mother does her sweater.
Shui Kuen]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2004 04:30:29 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
Thanks for the compliments-I was thinking about you while I was working on the machine-I think you would be a good candidate for one.

Does that mean your DK is saying
"You can`t buy a machine THIS month"
"You can`t buy a machine now, because I want to buy you one as a gift later"
or
"No way, you don`t need a machine EVER"?????

(If no machine EVER is what he means, it might be time for him to start drinking REALLY cheap wine!! The kind with a SCREW top, no cork!)

I think I need to struggle to catch up to you! You get to do all these gorgeous wooly sweaters, and I wait around for the lightweight summer things to come in-and then have to balance work and home, and THEN knit!

Did you decide on a pattern for your cotton?

Bets]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:46:57 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157
I`m glad that you ordered some needles and more yarn. Hopefully your DH will eventually "see the light"!

Libby

ps. I dont have one either but very much want one.]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:44:28 GMT http://www.elann.com/Commerce.Web/forums/messages.aspx?TopicID=148157 Shui Kuen]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:57:25 GMT