tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191675142024-03-06T21:15:02.377-07:00Rosemary KnitsRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-61260318412796252552011-11-11T14:24:00.000-07:002011-11-11T14:24:28.196-07:00Frivolous Knitting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">This post is dedicated to completely frivolous knitting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just what everyone needs, a knitted bike lock-chain cover! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please take a moment to admire the awesome bikes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The blue one is mine, and I bought it way back when I was in college. I think I bought it in 1979. Maybe 1978. I can't imagine how many miles that bike has carried me. It's a Raleigh Rampar, Mixte, lugged steel frame. I love it.<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The white beauty is a Schwinn Hollywood from 1960. It belongs to my 16yo daughter, and was one of those serendipitous finds this summer. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bikes get along just fine. Every time we leave them alone, this is what we find - they are snuggling AGAIN. heh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEr4Okpha1gr2DnYnyuUism8eFb_qo-XpXy-gl73BGLyZWm57HbOGKMge8g86RzEvgyffteSLpD-QqtNDHk4gX-jxfa2bqq5QZrj43LdiEMKnm03Hk9rDdtktP8ITefuskrJg/s1600/SAM_3207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEr4Okpha1gr2DnYnyuUism8eFb_qo-XpXy-gl73BGLyZWm57HbOGKMge8g86RzEvgyffteSLpD-QqtNDHk4gX-jxfa2bqq5QZrj43LdiEMKnm03Hk9rDdtktP8ITefuskrJg/s640/SAM_3207.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It looks nice, it's eyecatching and a conversation piece, but seriously, it's so darned heavy that I'm seriously considering getting a cable lock. </div><br />
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It'll be hard to give it up, because it's just so much fun!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knitted this tube in a modified version of I-Cord. My version takes three needles - cast on 4 onto each of two needles. Hold them back to back (so to speak) so that you can join your cast on into a tube. Knit across one needle, then knit across the other one. Instead of using 4 or 5 needles to knit a tube, like you would a sock, you just use three needles. I find that I-cords which are bigger than 4 or at the very most 5 stitches are nuisance filled to knit on two needles, but too few stitches to use the standard tube knitting number of 4 or 5 needles. Try it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-86176079490225938832011-03-29T14:56:00.004-06:002011-11-11T15:09:04.032-07:00Because Fleegle Asked...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dear Fleegle,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ask and you shall recieve. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First, kick the cat off of the fiber.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Next, pull off wisps of top and lay them in a row. In this example, I wanted the striping to make short color repeats, so I pulled off a very narrow bit of the top. If you want longer repeats, just pull off wider bits of top. You're the boss.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here, you can see the blue and the purple blending nicely. In a few days, I'll post another color-blending sample. This is where I'd like to do some more experimentation, with color blending,</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">You can make small, dainty P-Rolags, or you can make big honking ones. (Sorry for the awful photo, but I think you can get an idea of the size of this monster.)<br />
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This one has angelina and black alpaca added.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I use a big knitting needle, and one which is short and very narrow - just because I have them - you can use whichever sizes you like. You'll have to trust that there's another one in there - it doesn't stick out so it doesn't show up in the photo.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Ready to go!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Here is a photo which better shows the "two knitting needles" thing -<br />
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Whatever you've rolled up in there will draft out when you spin. Use as heavy or as light a hand with the "extras" as you'd like. Only experimentation will tell if your blend is actually draftable.<br />
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Here are some wacky tests - I had lots of fun with these.<br />
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Wool and already-spun yarns and string. The grey yarn in the middle was already knitted, so it's all ziggy zaggy. Of course, this would be lost the instant that the finished yarn got wet, but still, it was fun to play with.<br />
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I like to lay a very thin layer of wool on top of the "odd stuff" - it makes it a little bit easier to roll up.<br />
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FUN!!!<br />
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Picked Mohair...<br />
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I didn't take the photo, but I laid wool on top of the mohair, then rolled. The yarn ended up sort of boucley<br />
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Wool, Cottswold locks..<br />
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Another fine layer of wool laid on top of the locks...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> This one was fun. As I recall, it was tricky to midwife the locks through the <i>plying </i>stage, but they drafted out of the P-Rolag just fine. My notes tell me to remember to fluff out the butt end of the locks first, so now you know, too. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-12981609028777015252011-03-27T23:05:00.001-06:002011-11-11T15:13:32.859-07:00More Pseudorolags!Hello again!<br />
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It was so much fun to <a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/Magazines/Spin-Off-Spring-2011.html">see our article in print!</a> Thanks, everyone, for your kind words - Susan and I had lots of fun writing that article, and we are so happy that you like it!<br />
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There's a little more to the story, and I'd like to share. The sock which is pictured in the article,<a href="http://www.interweavestore.com/Spinning/Magazines/Spin-Off-Spring-2011.html"> On a Roll With Pseudorolags, </a>is one of a pair of fraternal twins. The one which made it into the magazine is the Mild Twin, and let me introduce the Wild Twin.<br />
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I had so much fun spinning this pair of socks.<br />
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The fiber was dyed by<a href="http://www.spunkyeclectic.com/"> Spunky,</a> it's BFL, and Spunky custom dyed it for me. It is fantastic. I asked for a simple batch of red, yellow, blue, and I couldn't be happier - the fiber and the dye job are perfect. This is the first time I've used BFL, and ohmygosh, I love it. It has a drapeyness that you have to feel to believe.<br />
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Here is a shot of the beginning of spinning the Mild Twin - the dyed top and the very first pseudorolag. I broke it in the middle of the blue section and spun it like this - red yellow blue red yellow blue. I knitted the Mild Twin from the toe up, and used <a href="http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/leegles-toe-up-no-flap-no-hassle-sock.html">Fleegle's Heel</a>, and that was that.<br />
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The Wild Twin was MUCH more fun!!!<br />
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Here is the cast of characters -<br />
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From left to right - black alpaca, blue angelina, green angelina, yellow angelina, watermelon pink angelina. We had fun.<br />
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Here is how I did it -<br />
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First, I laid out the BFL by pulling "tufts" off of the end of the top - no flicking or combing or anything - I just pulled the tufts and laid them out - and then I laid other things on top - sometimes some alpaca, sometimes a color from elsewhere in the top, sometimes some angelina.<br />
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I kept track of the p-rolags by pinning numbers onto them so that I could make sure to spin them in order. I wanted the Wild Twin to be somewhat similar to the Mild Twin. <br />
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Aren't they pretty?<br />
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I thank you for your patience. I thought that these were the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. If you want to see <i>more</i> photos, just say the word. heh.<br />
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As mentioned in the article, these were all spun with my favorite method - Tammy Rizzo's Navajo Ply on the Fly. Knitted with my <a href="http://rosemaryknits.blogspot.com/search?q=sterling">wonderful awesome sterling silver knitting needles</a>, made expressly for me by my darling son, Sam. They are size US0, and they are wonderful.<br />
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Experiment with Pseudorolags! I've added things such as threads pulled out of fabrics, shreds of sari silk, strips of fabric, feathers, lengths of yarn, curly locks and all kinds of other stuff. Play and see what YOU come up with!<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span></i>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-18388672888681285882011-03-05T12:29:00.001-07:002011-11-11T15:16:29.447-07:00Mushroom Helix<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVynanNBh_Dig_DmbSvmBMc5qz8ToiHlSzbMSOfCBo9CXCRlKEhKe09Buw9KhgoiWRb2hhckZzrUbUTrdNPnT9KPvjjVZ64kbk7VCVKTdwR5OgfahPzQXxQpyA5v8OboUCg7A/s1600/Helix+grace+img5350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVynanNBh_Dig_DmbSvmBMc5qz8ToiHlSzbMSOfCBo9CXCRlKEhKe09Buw9KhgoiWRb2hhckZzrUbUTrdNPnT9KPvjjVZ64kbk7VCVKTdwR5OgfahPzQXxQpyA5v8OboUCg7A/s640/Helix+grace+img5350.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />
A while back, there was a call for entries on the Spin Off site, and since I fell in love with the scarf in question, I thought I'd enter. Why not? The worst that could happen is that my scarf wouldn't be selected, but I'd still have a nice scarf, yes?<br />
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Well, it DID get selected! WOOT! You can follow this link, <a href="http://www.spinningdaily.com/media/p/6265.aspx">Handspun Gallery of Helix Scarves</a>, and see all of the others, too. I did the wrap-and-turn differently from the original pattern, and maybe you'd like to read about it.<br />
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This is a fantastic scarf pattern - it was my "coffee shop knitting," and it's perfect for that purpose. Garter stitch with just a little bit extra to keep the knitter interested, but on the whole, not much thought required. Perfect for knitting while talking.<br />
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Here are some photos of the lovely animal who contributed the fiber - she lives in Rye, Colorado, under the watchful care of Jean and John Kenney. I took these photos back in November, 2010.<br />
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She's a Churro Corriedale cross, and she's just a lovely animal. I bought her whole fleece, and I think that I'll spin a sweater, next.<br />
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Look at her view - I bet that these sheep don't appreciate it at all, but I sure do.<br />
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I took these photos one day, while visiting with Jean. I had no plans to take photos that day, and generally, when visiting Jean, I don't even see the sheep - Jean has a huge ranch, and the sheep are off grazing somewhere, but on this particular day, they came up the hill, stood outside the window and posed so prettily that I just had to snap their photo. <br />
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Since they were up so close to the house, I asked Jean if I could take more photos, so she went out to the barn and gave them a little more hay to keep them interested - here is a quick glimpse of Jean -<br />
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- and all of the sheep saying, "This is odd. Why are we getting a little hay now? Weird. Let's not ask questions, let's just keep an eye on the crazy lady and enjoy our snack."<br />
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They sure kept an eye on me. It took a while before they approached the feed - as you can see, the goat wasn't shy at all.<br />
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In fact, when I opened my car door to get my camera, he tried to climb in. I think he wanted to go for a ride. He's soooooo friendly. The sheep, not so much, heh.<br />
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Do you love fiber-circle stories? I do, so here's mine. In May or June, 2010, Jean called my<a href="http://coloradofiberarts.com/"> LYS, Colorado Fiber Arts</a>, and told the owner. Karen, that she had fleeces for sale, did she know anyone who might be interested? So, Karen told me, and I called Jean. I bought this dark fleece, and I also bought an unblanketed white Corrie fleece, as well as a blanketed Corrie ram fleece. And, at that very moment, a firm friendship was formed, Jean and I are great friends and I feel so lucky! I only wish that I'd have gotten to know her sooner.<br />
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Oh, and by the way, my LYS is the best ever! Visit the web site - Karen does mail order. If you live close enough, then stop in for a visit, take a class, participate in Open Knit, and just have fun! A great bunch of fiber folks hang out in the yarn shop. The latest news is that Colorado Fiber Arts is now participating in the First Friday Art Walk of Pueblo, and a different fiber artist is featured every month. If you haven't taken a Pueblo First Friday Art Walk, then why not think about doing it next month? Its lots of fun.<br />
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OK, back to my story, heh. Here is a photo of one of Jean's three rams - I think that this might be "my" ram, but I'm not sure. <br />
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I like this view, which is 180 degrees from the mountain view - you can see FOREVER.<br />
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Wow, how I digress. I started out, just wanting to show my Helix scarf, and I end up with a view of Kansas. Fiber is like that, isn't it. All encompassing.<br />
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By the way, the scarf photo features my darling child, Grace. She and I have had a busy month - February is Audition Month, and we traveled all over the place, and we had great trips! You can watch and hear some of her audition material <a href="http://youtube.com/gracefulpiano">here</a>, if you like.<br />
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<i>Be kind to one another.</i><br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtABdm2FCI/AAAAAAAAE_w/tJblycto1LE/s1600-h/IMG_6060x%5B6%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqV70tRuVjAAs9Xybe0hQltufTVAcz_ZfxSk3TwEbjF25GcJjVIAHRZW9A8-aWes0JIUjQ7o-NVMekQvbPMOtdwcukjMvR5xj71i4Wrqbo_32YFsyiFyAdQdO8T02WnhHMJpp4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="1028" /></a><br />
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- using<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtJLyns1fI/AAAAAAAAFAA/6wRcsE4fbIE/s1600-h/IMG_6974%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_6974" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkMr5WPk1ypmS4unyYG_L43SPUGmYVK0dltDlD8SYuhRThA0XRRW79xjaXLl4gI3sQPjLFgGH8MvprzFi9sEnr81_K0k8QPewlxFRAlrE5qIysotGxb40qBRsWdm4_gxGHBQg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_6974" width="1028" /></a><br />
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- and a whole lot of <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ba-gvtLmMnVy3Uwzo-Jn2F6lbnylJX-mz0uNQCaOhYE8r8Dls75-HI8FvlR4VszDmMqe6uJnIxdYeMwTNwtMbGjtrvKs5Y4SKXcpwtLKNkieR5LVulD_bR7JBmzbg-oUVrHX/s1600-h/IMG_6977%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_6977" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtJPTVHCeI/AAAAAAAAFAM/uHv4zFXJ5H8/IMG_6977_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_6977" width="1028" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
-because I really took my time with this project, and it took a very long time.<br />
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See, way back in May 2008, I attended an alpaca show with my friend, <a href="http://www.eyedazzleralpacas.com/">Allie Neas.</a> I think I <a href="http://rosemaryknits.blogspot.com/2008/04/spindles-great-western-alpaca-show.html">even blogged about it</a>, and I saw a woman there who was wearing THIS sweater. <br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAEt0DylI/AAAAAAAAE8w/G8iqEzx20zA/s1600-h/IMG_9440%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAF4SOWTI/AAAAAAAAE80/hTred05YNlo/IMG_9440_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="1028" /></a><br />
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I was so gobsmacked by it that I actually approached a complete and total stranger and fawned all over her sweater and begged for details. She was either somewhat snooty, overwhelmed by my boldness, shy, or maybe just mean, but all she would tell me is, “It’s a Rowan Pattern, and I used a zipper instead of buttons.” Bitch. <br />
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It took me FOREVER to actually find the pattern, based on the limited information that it was a button-up Rowan pattern. I finally tracked it down - it’s Moonlight, and it’s in this book, number 34.<br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAHFNuUgI/AAAAAAAAE84/DlkBT6eDztg/s1600-h/IMG_9439%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAISgHOcI/AAAAAAAAE88/69hO_wNa3Lk/IMG_9439_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="1028" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">..</span><br />
The fleece was shorn from a sheep, named Sierra Silver, owned by <a href="http://thelaceshepherdess.blogspot.com/">The Lace Shepherdess</a>.<br />
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Sierra is the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQHcihKEUPWRUKuTJas3fF-vc14U9_D6QJTuCiK-mqEvn6MHd7O6qJBezq9c28kKIc371Nzvm2KEhnExe7Kg4S9mhU8OTn3Pu0y8_6RkA-7NUFjkAY15ZvtE7d_Y95dzG0JbGSw/s1600-h/100_0786.JPG">one in the middle.</a> Isn’t she STUNNING. Her fleece <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUSIyCaidlr8ZDbDySSRBQl8pf4EMjIhWmrxDs9pBUU8rOyycAHYmo9PS9fMIXcgz8NYBVnfS75bPQrnBNmykC2hpgHv267xAhl0ZvCEjIb5YgEsZ21_IVr51vGY5TinxnPs0VA/s1600-h/Sierra+2010.jpg">really is silver</a>. It also kind of sparkles in the sunlight. I love it LOVE IT.<br />
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So, please allow me to introduce my sweater, Sierra Silver Moonlight (I love poetry.)<br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAKuqe4-I/AAAAAAAAE9A/BerBJ2M0M64/s1600-h/IMG_6326%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqkp95v6kVBu9wyNKi32kpaWFfMr6TJmBh8PF_QMjrjlOPiEBQwHHT7LCLITsgJ9pYlYSZfyHaiU_1CqD-2DP2PioFSvHY6ZxZuhZluAPjCalBHq9uldAz-4RpqxgvWRdr6jb/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="1028" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
Here, let me twirl in front of the camera for you.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAQtxtmhI/AAAAAAAAE9Q/hZXzOWy2ZHo/s1600-h/IMG_6317%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtARHAgqrI/AAAAAAAAE9U/UIoko5G4VcI/IMG_6317_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtATS9B2hI/AAAAAAAAE9Y/RS_SqwzzlHc/s1600-h/IMG_6318%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX_GLk3q1z8Ypa2jyp5WF9GZ8JTNW_dLltW3k9CIQRdvZZITs71cVVLIaMlxT1l14vNQPT_h9hZWNtaP4W-rwyNVpz-eJDYq3DVLPusxd6677kHVpOQ2_r_7drKBTFeEQMQcm/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb0EFXQwcX_pr0STQ6qZI6v0VszUhs68HkyZjTKinx1upOrE76xiOHPJqDg8SReTPLuxF-esbnEHsu47_F-oVFL8hLhTYs2vlzTD_OL3MbGLmBTWcRuWGNiTJWvpvrFTJ4Rt2/s1600-h/IMG_6319%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAWLeSWBI/AAAAAAAAE9k/0LhX36xu6Jw/IMG_6319_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtAh-fDqOI/AAAAAAAAFAY/5ky-V8JgTRg/s1600-h/IMG_6324%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXRAq4k-fVovsjoEzaPO3uzDBO819sAYJoOUB74sfyboOGAHzcwUi6qfuR1QZZgHgWr4vByVkTSfp2sR3F_hI8bsCD00FZCWahb3FadWhg3mF18ii2BC72a2R0IKWDJsC9Myj/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="244" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
Yeah, I’m pretty pleased with myself – this is my first ever sweater! <br />
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As you can see from the photo with my little dog, Dixie, lying on the washed locks, there is a slight color variation from light to dark grey. I wanted to knit the sweater so that it would be the lightest color at the collar and the darkest at the hem. The only way that I could figure out how to do this was to knit the sleeves as I knitted the bodice, only I can’t stand raglan sleeves, so that was out. I was thrilled to discover that Barbara Walker, a true genius, had already figured it out, and she shared her genius with the rest of us in the book, Knitting From the Top. Thanks, Barbara!<br />
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In order to use this genius idea, it meant that I had to re-design the whole sweater to be worked from the top down. Also, I wanted a tighter gauge and a more closely fitted design. I’m really pleased with how it all turned out.<br />
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I learned so much through the course of this project. I learned that I love Coopworth, and I learned that so does my cat…<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtevKtNFAI/AAAAAAAAFAo/Q65S_WoGo_I/s1600-h/IMG_0004%20copy%5B11%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFcagh0lqlg24KzAw4B6FgunRV4rddB7U8G_ufxxx-ahyhQxG66xJDMNHYBh8gtM-x7wgXIbEVVg0LLRZRbtiyq9IOk3FNbTDpZkQWgtIcexXGJsQEQ_47uv_6yjR0PKKnQnO/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="580" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
- - Don't let that look of pure innocence fool you - I couldn’t make her get off of this fiber, the brat.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipim7lPhm1_DsVaTgs1G0GyszHiejTo0ceeUEPtxO5SXwSM-wdZA_O-DfxKf2Xi4-URCA_syP7sTTZlHjsxQeJ_CJHC4Wv3eXF9W8alxM0UeR2kZRE6L_XnxFarrqf367BVR2_/s1600-h/IMG_9208%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="244" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtexPA6jZI/AAAAAAAAFA0/f6ICOA2gt14/IMG_9208_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="184" /></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTteyPPz3AI/AAAAAAAAFA4/sRaoUVVxWZY/s1600-h/IMG_9209%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4EBSXk81AcJm1RT94Hf-5bckxXbttRFIY32AjhYZIiMg02c8cl_5MnEOGncNfPkWpbmz3WrEazgvDp_eBrYhLcCk6JZyUsC-Lwa4baxzxbfK4_hhQ9CjUuvSg1nIh2P9Sh7r/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="244" /></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTtez4eDGfI/AAAAAAAAFBA/32xH09R0S7k/s1600-h/IMG_9216%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7tYJa_h42bJYVJNGc8XlrQdu5b1ot2z3uNAvu4Z3zLCXBZFteNl9qna4ebD1nZxpnGkq1k8MSKciGLifhx9HYX_OzYwKBabxaKKf08p0MolkpnGEIq0FvGZauXWsYaHhFtDx/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="" width="244" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
Wait, there’s more!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3Pnwxl9Xg1-vouIT-PEfSn3oJgQp7kH7wZs6VCxopT7q-8xYBfjFqcdEKGmc96xD1KTbLBDsoFHrDFUWobo4qtwYSqYnEe_Hdyh-zwADofzML7AjQx5KkoH8ohoaHFPFVB0x/s1600-h/IMG_9379%5B6%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_9379" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTte2arPRoI/AAAAAAAAFBM/-mv9lTktoOg/IMG_9379_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_9379" width="1028" /></a><br />
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- - she actually stole my spindle and carried it up to my daughter’s bed. Look how she’s hanging her head in shame.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_UNfX6bqpcKA/TTte3aqI9qI/AAAAAAAAFBQ/Ua7oQRIdQfo/s1600-h/IMG_9093%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_9093" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EJ2ivmsTLnN7TWNHsDA4k4d2kqn6fCkpS4brqPOTS79eh3s_nvtpY2ZsqXTR7t6iGFmXiq9AemlGvDLU-LmgkDgmmArBll1kJzy9ncU1o4MjdVf3r_9-HmIGkC1sU7pRh8Du/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="IMG_9093" width="1028" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">,</span><br />
- - the only way that I could keep track of my balls of yarn.<br />
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Anyway… I spun this yarn on my toy-wheel spindles, using my most favorite method in the whole world, <a href="http://rosemaryknits.blogspot.com/2010/09/update-to-tammy-rizzos-navajo-ply-on.html">Tammy Rizzo’s Navajo Ply on the Fly.</a> If you have shied away from Longwools, thinking that they are harsh, well, you might like to reconsider. This fabric which resulted from knitting this sweater is sturdy and strong – I figure that if I can keep the stupid cat off of it, I’ll have this sweater for the rest of my life. On the day of the twirling-in-front-of-the-camera-photo-shoot, it was bitterly cold, and this sweater kept me surprisingly warm. Longwools have a drapey luxuriance - I’ll certainly be spinning more Coopworth! Witness my latest purchase from The Lace Shepherdess – <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzLn-230n1fVM-aihzkejXoUBZUZ23KNYgVIjcVXZSQRjSsQ4O8pAIRvNsgf9aY0SjGQP4qt282k8RMmMp9q9Xlf7xmkzQs20lsfAXkEuCqhl67sG3o0b6YhwR_vgDySkwge6zA/s1600-h/100_1604.jpg">Timothy</a> – he’s the handsome lad in front, and here is a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKc5Bs-WXljjqyTF-9YCXSH2JGiGERLPttp2mev-UcAWPZgGAqYrXFFscE1-maTEvlYBlwCxdlbFOzqrxjE5nsxtLbNilKsQXBXr8cg1cvwsoESgHp-h5xV5UcWvTnBjZxYUvqg/s1600-h/Timothy+2+2010.jpg">photo of his fleece</a>. Ahhhh…… <br />
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<i>Encourage one another….</i>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-15616226125130337012011-01-01T13:07:00.000-07:002011-01-01T13:07:34.902-07:00Happy New Year!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
As all of my friends will attest, I’m a very exciting person. As proof, I offer evidence of my New Year’s Celebration - <br />
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Yes, I sat and quietly spun in the New Year!<br />
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May your New Year be filled with fibery joy!<br />
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RosemaryRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-20331254612583138432010-10-03T23:07:00.003-06:002013-07-20T22:18:36.785-06:00Updates to my bicycle wheel spinning wheelA long while back, I built a spinning wheel out of a bunch of junk in the garage.<br />
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While it worked very nicely, and while I really enjoyed using it, setting it up and taking it down was a royal pain in the neck because it was all clamped together. Sooooo..... I decided to work on the frame and make it more user friendly.</div>
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Meet my new wheel! (All photos click for enlargement)</div>
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The base is the same,, but I'm using a different wheel - my garage is overflowing with spare wheels - and pretty much everything else has been replaced. But - LOOK! It folds up!</div>
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Everything can now slip into an 8 inch wide slot between boxes in my fiber storage area. Ten big shouts of joy over that one! Yay!</div>
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So, let me give you a tour of my new wheel.</div>
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First, let's look at some measurements. The wheel itself measures approximately 25.5 inches across.</div>
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Cleaning it of road gook is possibly the most difficult and distasteful part of the entire project. I hated that part - it took forever and I hated every minute of it. I cleaned all of the spokes, and I cleaned the rim inside and out (I didn't clean the hub), and how I hated that job. In fact, I forgot how I cleaned it - I used some sort of solvent and a lot of paper towels and I blocked it all from my mind.</div>
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I kept the same base as in the original version of the wheel, and the center part measures </div>
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about 31 inches long, and the wheel side of the base measures about 15.5 inches long, while the<br />
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spindle side measures just a little less. Why? Because I needed to make room for the wing nut. Oops. Poor planning. *blush* It still works just fine, and a little asymmetry is aesthetically pleasing, isn't it?<br />
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The base is made from previously used (and exceedingly bunged up) pine 2 by 4's.</div>
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The spindle arm measures about 16.25 inches long, </div>
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The wheel arm measures about 26.5 inches long.<br />
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Both of these are made of maple - the wheel arm is wider at the base </div>
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So that my wheel can be folded and moved about, I felt it necessary to peg the arms in place so that they don't flop around while in transit.</div>
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Here you can see the peg for the spindle arm - one of an old pair of knitting needles which I made for some project a while back. They are made out of oak, which makes for a poor knitting needle, but which makes for an excellent peg. </div>
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I put the peg back into the base so that I don't lose it. I lose lots of things, and I have cats who help me lose things, which only makes matters worse. You'll see that it is in numerous spots on my table throughout this photo shoot, but in reality, I store the pegs in their holes when I'm spinning. Really, I do, lol.<br />
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(If you click the photo, above, to enlarge it, you'll see that I've countersunk the original bolts - same on the other side of the base. The spindle arm couldn't rotate with the bolts sticking out.)<br />
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The arm rotates up and then I tighten the eye bolt and wing nut to hold it into place. I picked eyebolts and wing nuts for this project because I didn't want to have to depend on tools. That was before I discovered that I'm made out of some wimpy stuff because they still hurt my fingers.... sooo..... I made this little wrench out of some left over maple - it works great!<br />
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I operate the wing nut with the maple wrench, and I stick the peg through the eye bolt so that it can lever against the table top, and it prevents the eyebolt from just turning around and around.<br />
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It works fantastically, and no hurt fingers! yay!<br />
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The maple is left over from this awesome counter top, made by handsome husband,<br />
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It's just gorgeous, and I've found a hundred uses for the little left over pieces.<br />
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Here are more views of the pegs and the wrench,<br />
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and the wrench stores in the wheel arm peg,<br />
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After these photos were made, I added two little brass screws, one on either end of the wrench, just because I never really trust gluing these things together, plus the little brass screws look nice. I'll have to show you sometime.<br />
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The spindle arm has a rounded base so that it can easily swing into position, and also so that it can be tilted one way or the other as needed. It works great. The wing nut doesn't need to be tightened ferociously tight, it just needs to be tight enough so that the arm stands up. Once you get it set, it stays there during use, even though you would be able to move it with light force.</div>
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I swing it up and tighten it into place. I'm using the same spindle holder, or "spindle head" (is this even a correct term?) that <a href="http://rosemaryknits.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-have-new-head.html">I've been using for quite a while now</a>. It works great. I've made a small change to the point where the band hits the spindle, but I'll get to that later.</div>
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Next, it's time to raise the wheel arm. It folds down onto the base and rests on two little dowels, and it gets held in place by the peg that you saw earlier.</div>
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You can barely see the pegs in the center and to the right, under the wheel arm. You can see the holding peg on the left.</div>
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I start by raising it so that it stands vertically, and I gently tighten the nut.</div>
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Years ago, I cut pieces from a copper pipe, flattened them with a hammer and anvil, drilled two holes in them and then bent them in such a way so that they held a basket onto my baby stroller. The baby in question is now almost 21, so you can see that I never throw anything away, heh. I am thrilled to be able to use them for this project. </div>
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The bicycle wheel is mounted onto a file,<br />
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This is enough for one night - next time we meet, I'lll show you how to set up for spinning. In the meanwhile, here's a photo to prove that it actually does work!<br />
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My youngest, Emma, age 14, entered the local newspaper's Summer Fun photo contest and she won first prize in the high school division! She won a nice little camera! WOOT!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here is her winning photo,</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> which is a self portrait, taken with a tripod, timer, ladder and 9,000,000 takes. The author of the newspaper article which summed up the contest called it "Highly creative." I have to agree. I also have to wonder if he had any idea how much work went into it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She entered 10 photos, and here are the others - </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OK, I guess this one is more "feet" than "legs" but I'm spotting a distinct pattern here.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have to admit that I didn't understand this one (above) until she pointed out the colorful footprints. Another self portrait which featured a timer, a tripod and this time, a box. </div><br />
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And, here's just about all of her! I love love love these two photos, the ones above and below this comment. I love how two clubs are in the air in the photo above, and I love the expression on the girl's face in the one below. There are about 75 other photos from this session, and they are all fantastic. I don't know how Emma narrowed it down to only two entries.<br />
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If you'd like to see more of my darling's photos, then please visit her blog, <a href="http://cinnamonthicket.blogspot.com/">Cinnamon Thicket.</a><br />
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Emma and Teelin, the juggling girl in the photos, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zehwYw-rZP4">have a juggling video online</a>, maybe you'd like to see it? The camera was set all wonky, so the image quality isn't too good, but still, I think it's cute. Watch the little brown dog, heh.<br />
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<i>Encourage one another</i><br />
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A friend who knows me in person was wondering why it sounds like I'm lisping in my latest video, when in fact, I don't lisp. Her husband is an audio expert, and he explained it perfectly. So, to expand the general knowledge in the universe, or at least in the blogosphere, here's the problem and the cure.<br />
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Ben says that I was standing too far away from the microphone, which is built into the camera. He says that high frequency sounds, the "s" sound in my case, is being picked up better than the lower tones, so all you hear is the hissing "s" sound, and that the further you get from the mike, the worse the problem. He says that this problem is exacerbated when recording outdoors. Two strikes against me - too far from the mike and outdoor recording.<br />
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There you go. Problem identified and problem solved. I love it when this happens. Thanks Ben! Thanks Karen!<br />
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This is great news because I have plans on doing a couple more videos in the coming months. My kids have a nice recording device, so maybe I can put them on the job as my audio engineers, heh.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-50019855135921727212010-09-25T11:01:00.000-06:002010-09-25T11:01:07.908-06:00There IS a Spinning Fairy!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
And she passed by my house! I'm the luckiest spinner on earth!!!<br />
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Take a look at the goodies which she left for me....<br />
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A nice big wad of cotton punis... <br />
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</div>My girls have had so much fun with the newspaper that it's wrapped in! <br />
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A nice big wad of.... *swoon*..... <i>cashmere.....</i><br />
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Two completely beautiful spindles, and three completely beautiful spindle dishes -<br />
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- one is a Swarovski cyrstal in a beautiful deep golden color, with a matching salt cellar dish,<br />
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and the other spindle has these three lovely greeny bluey browney beads, with a matching dish.<br />
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Both of them spin like dervishes - really REALLY fast, but the crystal one just zips like you wouldn't believe. I love them so much. The wooden dish was turned by my friend, and actually, I think that I like it the best. <br />
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Here is a quick little video to fuel your creative juices -<br />
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(That's a little bit of merino on the spindles - I want to get used to them before I spin the cashmere and the cotton.)<br />
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Wait, there's more!<br />
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Cute, colorful bookmarks to keep my place in my favorite spining books, and a darling little pair of knitting needles IN MY MOST FAVORITE SIZE HOW DID SHE KNOW?<br />
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A way too cute cup coaster -<br />
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check out these guys, look at their little googley eyes!<br />
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Look at the darling little thatched roofs and the stone fences! <br />
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She picked up this coaster on a recent trip to Scotland. I love it. I want to go there and see these sheep and these houses and these walls.<br />
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She also sent a magazine article which talks about a bridge project in my home town. I really appreciate this, too!<br />
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I'm such a very lucky woman to have such a good friend! Thanks, Susan!!!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-87853195989134982462010-09-18T00:06:00.001-06:002010-09-18T12:49:15.327-06:00Update to Tammy Rizzo's Navajo Ply on the Fly technique.<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Jc2tYkv_EU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Jc2tYkv_EU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />
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Finally! <br />
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I've finally found the time to make this video. Let me tell you, it takes so very long to make a 10 minute video!<br />
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I hope you enjoy, and I hope this video helps you to enjoy this technique. It's my favorite way to spin.<br />
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A friend pointed out that if you are viewing this on blogger, then you don't have the sidebar. Thanks, Karen! I hadn't thought of that... So, here's the "sidebar" links which I promised in the video. Enjoy!<br />
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(Karen also said that she's going to ask her husband, who knows about audio stuff, why I sound like I'm lisping.)<br />
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Links of interest -<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eunrqj97lLU">my first video</a>, showing you how to start the spindle, <br />
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<a href="http://www.eyedazzleralpacas.com/">EyeDazzler Alpacas</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/DazzlersBest">Dazzler's Best</a> - where you can buy some of that yummy alpaca blend<br />
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<a href="http://fiberbeat.com/">Fiber Beat</a> Podcast and Videos<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Navajo Ply on the Fly, Navajo ply on fly, tammy rizzo, navajo spinning, hand spinning, spinning, spindle spinning</span>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-31501447745737563392010-09-03T22:03:00.002-06:002010-09-03T22:03:36.223-06:00Simple Knitting Bag Solutions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
Sometimes, it's the simple things which can make life so much... well... simpler.<br />
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I love backpacks, but I don't like how everything ends up in a jumble in the bottom of the pack - especially if the backpack contains my knitting, and all of the little doodads which seem to accompany any knitting project. I solved this problem by making my pack a two-storey pack. <br />
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I put two cut-down jugs in the bottom of the pack.<br />
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The sweater-in-progress sits on top, the notebooks slide between the jugs and the pack side, and the doodads stay in the bottom without getting all tangled up in the sweater. I have outfitted my knocking-around back pack in a similar way, too, with life's little doodads in the bottom (laptop cord, pencils, hair clips and etc, and larger items can sit on top (books, notebooks and etc.) If your zipper goes all the way to the bottom of the pack, then you don't have to unpack the upper storey in order to access the lower storey. It works great.<br />
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If you don't have jugs, then maybe you could use a cut-down box. You might like to devise a divider - it's the thing in the middle which keeps the knitting from falling down into the lower storey and getting all jumbled up with the doodads.<br />
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Another kind of bag that I like to use is the humble tote sack. What troubles me about tote sacks is that they don't stand up, and when the sack flops over, then all of my stuff tumbles out, too.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you put a box into the bottom of the bag, then you eliminate the problem - voila! the bag stands on its own just fine, even when it's empty.</div><br />
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I can put my knitting or spinning project into the box, and any paper work or books can slide in between the box and the wall of the bag.<br />
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The bag with the purple handles has a shoe box in the bottom, and the other bag has a hair dryer box in it. <br />
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My son, Sam, attends <a href="http://www.rmcad.edu/">Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design</a>, where he's studying to become a computer animator. This was his final for his Sound in Animation and Video class. I think that he did an excellent job. His friend, Zack, is shown in most of the video, but Sam is the handsome lad who is drinking coffee.<br />
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Enjoy!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-61350513839901899122010-08-04T00:28:00.002-06:002010-08-04T00:28:39.940-06:00Darling knitted creatures!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>My friend, Allie, of <a href="http://www.eyedazzleralpacas.com/">Eyedazzler Alpacas</a>, now sells knitting patterns, on this site, <a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/DazzlersBest">Dazzler's Best</a>. She asked me if I'd knit a few of the animals, so that she's have something to display in her booth at <a href="http://www.weavespindye.org/?loc=8-00-00">Convergence</a>, down in Alberquerque. Maybe you saw her there?<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">These animals are so much fun to knit! The patterns are very well written and easy to follow. They are written for knitting on double points, but with a little figuring, you could easily knit them with two circulars, or with the Magic Loop. They don’t use much yarn, so they are excellent for using up those bits and pieces in your stash. <br />
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Since they are small, they make excellent travel projects. Personally, I think that they make the perfect coffee shop knitting project - they are small, so you don't have to carry a big old bag, they are very oddly shaped, so you get interesting stares, and should someone gather up the gumption to come over and ask what you are knitting - well, nothing stops 'em dead like this response, "oh, I'm knitting a two headed alien..." heh.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>– see how she has a nice straight back, and a round, poochy belly? That’s not due to manipulation of the stuffing, that’s due to cleverly placed decreases. The patterns are written so that the animals really have personality, and from there, it’s easy to personalize.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I think that it would be lots of fun to needle felt designs onto the completed animal. Let your imagination soar! Flowers? Initials? Team-Jersey numbers? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">These patterns would be suitable for many levels of knitting ability. While they would not be suitable as one’s very <i>first</i> knitting project, they would be a great way for a beginner to advance his or her knitting skills. Each pattern set features detailed instructions for the various abbreviations used in the pattern, and you can visit the designer’s web site for written AND video demonstration of any techniques that you might not know how to do. The online tutorials are very clear and well presented.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Another interesting point is that many of the techniques used in these patterns come straight out of sock knitting. For example, T Rex has a perfect sock-heel head. Triceratops has a short-row head. If you are interested in sock knitting, then these patterns would be a fun way for you to learn the various techniques.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Please note that I knitted these animals with very different gauges. </b>If they were all knitted with the same yarn and the same needles, they’d all be just about the same size. In other words, if I had knitted the horse with the same yarn and the same needles as for T Rex,<br />
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<i>they’d be the same size,</i> believe it or not! Now, just imagine a menagerie of Tiny Dinosaurs, Safari Creatures and Aliens! How much fun!<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=836668">T Rex</a></u></b> – knitted with one strand of Lamb’s Pride (wool and mohair), and one strand of Broadway (acrylic, mohair, poly, metallic, nylon) held together, on size US 10 dpns, at a gauge of about 2 ½ stitches per inch. Her eyes are made of Cascade 220, tripled and french knotted, with a french knot of black Wildefoote sock yarn for the pupil. She’s a big ole gal who measures approximately 26 inches from her sharp teeth to the tip of her pointy tail. I assembled her according to the pattern with no modifications, other than her head ornament. Since she has no ears, being a dinosaur and all, her head seemed oddly bare. She needed a hat. <br />
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She stands (sits?) about 11 inches tall, and isn’t she beautiful?<br />
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I call him "Lamont," because I worked on him on our drives back and forth to Denver, to watch Grace perform as part of her stint at the Lamont School of Music (see my post of <a href="http://rosemaryknits.blogspot.com/2010/07/un-sospiro-grace-thomas.html">July 2</a>). <br />
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It was great fun to blend the colors, especially since I wasn’t sure how it would all come together until he was all sewn up. I knitted him on size US 7 dpns at a gauge of approximately ...ummm… let’s just call it a variable gauge, due to the thick and thin nature of the yarn. Knitted at this gauge, he stands about 5 inches tall, and is about 17 inches long.<br />
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In order to sort of sculpt him into shape, I assembled him by using dpns to prop up his neck and head in order to hold him in position while I figured out the proper angle with which to attach his tail. It gives him personality, I think.<br />
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she is the darling of the bunch with her little diminutive self. She was knitted out of Fino, a laceweight Alpaca yarn, on US 00 dpns, at a gauge of approximately 10 stitches per inch. Her mane and hooves were made out of a little bit of Wildefoote sock yarn.<br />
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She’s approximately 3 inches tall, and she has a marble in her abdomen to help keep her from falling over. She is made from the <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=836701">Zebra pattern in the Safari Friends collection.</a><br />
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Just imagine how much fun it would be to knit an Appaloosa, or a Clydesdale? How about a paint or a Palomino? What fun it would be to needle-felt a little saddle or make a bridle out of ribbon? The mind boggles.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_981906925">Gamma the Two Headed Alien</a></u></b><a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1685274"> </a>– knitted with acrylic out of my stash, on size US 7 dpns, at a gauge of about 6 stitches per inch.<br />
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He and She measures about 9 inches tall. I loved knitting the eyeballs. After I attached the eyes to the heads, my daughter insisted that I leave the strings hanging, instead of hiding them. I agree with her – it gives a cute moustachey look.<br />
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Gamma is from the <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1685274">Take Me To Your Leader </a>collection.<br />
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I think that most of these Alien models would be able to wear doll clothes. Imagine Gamma in a <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=837332">little vest? </a>I know that my girls would have dressed Gamma, were he and she knitted about 10 years ago!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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She is knitted with one strand of variegated mohair and one strand of Peruvian Tweed Alpaca held together, on size US 3 dpns, at a gauge of approximately 4 stitches per inch. She sits about 7 inches tall. This elephant, with no legs, would make an adorable baby toy, too. I moussed her ears to to encourage them to stay “outstretched – mousse works great with animal fibers.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Isn't this just the cutest thing you have ever seen?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">These creatures are so much fun to make. Give them stripes – give them sparkles – sew on decorations – needle felt onto the completed animal - Let your imagination soar!</div>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-77383872940699234842010-07-10T09:44:00.001-06:002010-07-10T09:46:33.162-06:00Screw Spinning<a href="http://doney.smugmug.com/Other/Shearing-2010/12372213_tT2pE#884234063_tZwp3-A-LB"><img src="http://doney.smugmug.com/Other/Shearing-2010/DSCF6834/884234063_tZwp3-L.jpg" /></a><br />
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A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune to spend the day helping my friends <a href="http://eyedazzleralpacas.com/">Allie and Phil</a> at their annual Alpaca Shearing Day. <br />
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As the alpacas are shorn, their fleeces are sorted into bags - the main fleece, the neck, and the trash. In slow times, I'd poke around in the trash barrel and oooohhhh and ahhhhhh at what was being thrown away! I wanted to spin that stuff so badly! Allie and Phil have such gorgeous alpacas that their refuse is stunning, lol. So, being the rude person that I am and all, I poked around in the storage room, hoping to find something that I could use as a spindle, because I just couldn't stand looking at that lovely fiber and not spinning it. I'm sure that you understand.<br />
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Voila! I found this long screw. Excellent! Actually, it spun very nicely. My friend, Peggy, snapped the photo, above, using a flash - the screw is actually spinning, and I am actually making yarn. WOOT. The only problem is this - I'd spin a length, <br />
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and then wind on, and I put a hitch, then spun another length. Then, I'd have to pick out the previous hitch, wind on, and put in another hitch. This was a royal PITA with the screw because of how the yarn would bury itself in the threads.<br />
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Back into the storage room.<br />
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Sorry Phil.... you were really busy.... I should have asked.....<br />
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Anyway, I found a bite block, which was a stick about an inch in diameter and about 6 inches long, and covered in Alpaca Puke (ICK), and I thought that I'd try this. <br />
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It worked very well. After a while, I gave up picking out the previous hitch, and would just wind on top of it, thinking that I'd deal with the problem later.<br />
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Truth be told, I never dealt with it. I never got to do enough spinning for it to be much of an issue. We were kind of busy. <br />
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I showed this photo to my son, and he exclaimed, "OH! Alpaca <a href="http://www.upaa.org/winners_mic/2005_10/news3.jpg">poi</a>!" <br />
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Silly boy.<br />
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Anyway.....<br />
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So, take a look at <a href="http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/30939">this photo</a>! <br />
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(The photo is of such high quality that if you click on the link above, you can enlarge your view numerous times and still have a clear idea of what's going on.)<br />
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Look at where his yarn meets his yarn ball - there's a little stick there. *facepalm. Of course. Why didn't I think of that. So simple. It would be such an easy thing to just pin that stick in there and no need for picking-out-of-hitches.<br />
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I wonder if his apindle-stick was coated in Alpaca puke? Take a look at the size of that ball of yarn, will ya? I wonder what he's spinning? His fiber looks sort of stringy/hairy. I wonder if this is the end of his supply - or, maybe he has a basket of fiber behind his right leg? I want to know more about this man and his spinning....<br />
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If I had poked around in that storage room, just one more time, I bet that I could have found a small nail.<br />
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Number 3 in D flat major - <i>Un Sospiro</i> by Franz Liszt<br />
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PianoKnitterGirl is at it again! My daughter, Grace, is currently studying at the <a href="http://www.du.edu/ahss/schools/lamont/events/summer/precollege-acad.html">Lamont School of Music, Summer Pre-College Academy.</a> She was selected to perform in their Honors Recital, which was held last night, in the Hamilton Recital hall in the Newman Center of the Performing Arts. Oh My Gosh, what a facility! She will perform with her Chamber Ensemble tonight, July 2, in the same location, 7:30 pm, in case anyone is up for an evening of a variety of chamber groups. Join us! I'll be the one who is grinning like an idiot, possibly knitting.<br />
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Their final big blowout performance will be held on Saturday at 1:30 in the Gates Hall which is quite a stunning performance hall. Grace will be performing again, with a woodwinds ensemble, I think - not sure. This event will feature an all-school choir, a number of large ensemble groups, and an orchestra. It should be perfectly delightful.<br />
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All of these performances are free, and open to the public.<br />
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If you know of any high-school-age student, who is serious about music, please direct them to the <a href="http://www.du.edu/ahss/schools/lamont/events/summer/precollege-acad.html">Lamont Pre College program.</a> Grace attended last year, and again this year. She just loves it, and she has never worked so hard in her entire life. Kids attend from all over the country. They study music from dawn to dusk, and they really grow as musicians. It's worth <i>every </i>penny.Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-75208106462208764152010-05-28T15:37:00.000-06:002010-05-28T15:37:41.762-06:00Colonial Spindles?I really enjoy reading about the history of fiber arts, particularly from a European/North American perspective. I just stumbled across this article, <a href="http://www.nwta.com/Spy/fall99/documentation.html">Request for Documentation!</a>, and I found it very interesting. Maybe you'll like it, too.<br />
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Of course, I did my "stumbling" on Ravelry. Last week, I found this nugget on Ravelry - <a href="http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/">The Hearth Library.</a> Oh My. Notice the search function - I typed "spinning" and I got 1127 books. What fun!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-4574043917929873682010-05-19T01:31:00.002-06:002010-05-19T01:31:59.776-06:00Felted Rocks!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of weeks ago, my daughter, Grace, and I decided to make little purses. We wet-felted some merino onto rocks! It was fun, relatively easy, and the purses came out really cute.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are my purses, next to the rocks that I used. Too bad that I didn't include a measuring device - the blue one is approximately 2.5 inches in diameter, and the green one is approximately 3 by 4 inches.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNAKIT3xkPvHFnQPFyP11fzeJU9qAvksALUWjjjvViNDpzxk9CQgPZY-zg2Gu05hTd1-A1idrJWRf71rHDx1z3lmnbbsWb0_dVe9LzxuHcBml7Ib7E1Rv1WO2m9AbzPyuUrdK/s1600/IMG_0478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNAKIT3xkPvHFnQPFyP11fzeJU9qAvksALUWjjjvViNDpzxk9CQgPZY-zg2Gu05hTd1-A1idrJWRf71rHDx1z3lmnbbsWb0_dVe9LzxuHcBml7Ib7E1Rv1WO2m9AbzPyuUrdK/s640/IMG_0478.JPG" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the other side of the purses. The blue one is pretty much the same on both sides - the center bead is a little different, but that's all. The green purse...had a problem. See how the rock is white? Well, so was the wool, and I couldn't tell that the wool was REALLY thin in one little spot. So, I needle felted some colorful yarn over the thin spot. Where the yarns lie side by side, they are hiding the thin spot. Hey, it worked! It might not be terribly attactive, but it worked! The yarn provides strength to a really weak spot.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">If I do this again, I'll either use non-white rocks, or I'll cut the neck out of a balloon, and then stretch the balloon over the rock. Then, I don't think I'll end up with thin spots.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIOE5xL1Jy6WKezMCiKHaRPbXjreunqtfG2vIhxFegzFfMg1EW7khBEhgdfhhpcZLAECifS3euTNWUNmk3aY52rLNGB6c31sNhNAHWf9iCMjzHmnNnEXwhf5jbkFbtz4-nQIg/s1600/IMG_0490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIOE5xL1Jy6WKezMCiKHaRPbXjreunqtfG2vIhxFegzFfMg1EW7khBEhgdfhhpcZLAECifS3euTNWUNmk3aY52rLNGB6c31sNhNAHWf9iCMjzHmnNnEXwhf5jbkFbtz4-nQIg/s640/IMG_0490.JPG" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">So, here's how we did it. We wrapped the rock in saran wrap. Then, we layered thin whispy bits of merino top this way and that, wetting slightly to get it to all hold together - sort of. We dabbed a bar of Ivory bath soap here and there, and gently rubbed to get the wispy ends of the fiber to lie down and behave. The gentle rubbing causes foam to form, and this sort of holds everything together. We added more fiber, and gently rubbed some more. The rubbing was more of a turning and turning - like you would do with a bar of soap when you are washing your hands - that around-and-around motion. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">When we were satisfied that we had added enough fiber, we dropped the rock into the toe of a knee high stocking, and sort of twisted the stocking so that the rock was held firmly in the toe of the stocking. Then, we jiggled it with an orbital sander. No sandpaper was attached - we just held the rock up to the rubber pad on the orbital sander. We'd sort of gently rotate the rock while jiggling it, around and around. It worked great!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">After making sure that all parts of the rock had been jiggled, we rinsed the rock and took it out of the stocking to test for felting. We'd do this by poking (it should feel firm, and not spongy or cushy) and by pulling (no fibers should be able to pull free from the surface). When we were satisfied with the felting, we rinsed out all of the soap, and then we dunked the rock into a really hot pot of water, and then dunked the rock into a really cold pot of water, and we repeated this a few times. This finished up the felting process, nicely.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">Grace and I did the dyeing parts differently. I dyed my rock purses by simply heating them up in a pot of koolaid - Lemon Lime for the green purse, and Berry Blue for the blue purse. I stuck the purse in there, rock and all - I was afraid that if I had cut the rock out, that the cut edges would stretch or something. Grace cut her rock out, and dyed her purse in Rit. Her way worked better, as it dyed the felt through and through. My purses dyed only on the outer surface, which isn't a huge problem, but I think it looks nicer to have the inside dyed, too. Oh, and her edges stayed nice.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">After dyeing, we let the bags dry. Mine were still on their rocks, so I hung them in net bags so that all sides could dry.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">We cut the rocks out by slicing the felt with an Xacto knife. This was much easier than I had anticipated. I adjusted the opening so as to receive a zipper - I sort of squared the edges of the slit. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhwdMq0HEGlN-Ca7RglsK4YUWHEiQvhBqslvEGBOe-I2Kew92n5jB8hufrT3PvSrRFaXdf3A8RvsGiDgrjld8ClL5Osq_EgaSdl1d8dKZ6TFrCG1h_6XI0zRmrKSDH0lD0twI/s1600/IMG_0482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhwdMq0HEGlN-Ca7RglsK4YUWHEiQvhBqslvEGBOe-I2Kew92n5jB8hufrT3PvSrRFaXdf3A8RvsGiDgrjld8ClL5Osq_EgaSdl1d8dKZ6TFrCG1h_6XI0zRmrKSDH0lD0twI/s640/IMG_0482.JPG" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">We sewed in zippers. The little blue bag has a really old, really soft zipper, and it was very easy to install. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-ruDoBioUNgVrqyJVQ1ZSqzN03Vuj1A4YpPo6k7b_2jwk22Dr0pd2DNjL9HTRm-bQN6Mtqbkoe0Qvoy7JaPa7VoXjVTJR1rVn7fO-g4d8kOzlBCfj1SXTkTpYi0_w1AvEdy_/s1600/IMG_0483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-ruDoBioUNgVrqyJVQ1ZSqzN03Vuj1A4YpPo6k7b_2jwk22Dr0pd2DNjL9HTRm-bQN6Mtqbkoe0Qvoy7JaPa7VoXjVTJR1rVn7fO-g4d8kOzlBCfj1SXTkTpYi0_w1AvEdy_/s640/IMG_0483.JPG" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">Sorta looks like a Muppet.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9r_jhbEPEvonIX5M2hoGPrRkAY_8FGXurECsBFpcM-uaHDfhL5ePjHcB1R3Sb761zDK4cdGJ5Oo3DDqHm8xFY27dk45O8so3EJIGoBtnL9VVJv3ldYGvNFWctzBF63VnJpzMJ/s1600/IMG_0484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9r_jhbEPEvonIX5M2hoGPrRkAY_8FGXurECsBFpcM-uaHDfhL5ePjHcB1R3Sb761zDK4cdGJ5Oo3DDqHm8xFY27dk45O8so3EJIGoBtnL9VVJv3ldYGvNFWctzBF63VnJpzMJ/s640/IMG_0484.JPG" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">This purse is really small, so I had to cut the zipper. First, I made sure that the installation was just how I wanted it, then I whipped the zipper closed. Then, I cut the zipper, and whipped over the edge.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAiXfD1B8TtJ43kZXeIYM0OmYXQ-16BxUsyPQxOQ0ZzcI3jchBueUoH3h2GANDiEP46WOHp0XvOWoPpdobX6PAU35sRP_H3ZUjvlwCinr40dponH-9OVni2asOcl0Oq5iuW2N/s1600/IMG_0485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAiXfD1B8TtJ43kZXeIYM0OmYXQ-16BxUsyPQxOQ0ZzcI3jchBueUoH3h2GANDiEP46WOHp0XvOWoPpdobX6PAU35sRP_H3ZUjvlwCinr40dponH-9OVni2asOcl0Oq5iuW2N/s640/IMG_0485.JPG" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">As a finishing touch, I whip stitched the outer edge of the zipper tape to the inside of the bag, just to sort of make it neater on the inside.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;">This green zipper was so soft, that it followed the curve of the opening without any further work.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="text-align: left;">First, I sewed the zipper into place - I used numerous rounds of whip stitch to hold it into place. Then, I cut and finished the end of the zipper.<br />
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Next, I cut the slits into the zipper tape, and then I ran the running stitch, gently pulling the thread to make the zipper curve. Then, I knotted the thread, holding the curve into place. Last, I whipped the edges of the tape into place. I think that it turned out nicely.<br />
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I stuffed the purse with net bags (onion bags) and zipped it closed, and then needle felted the yarn onto the outside of the bag. <br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">See how hers is dyed inside and out. This looks much nicer. Do you have any idea how hard it is to take a photo of a black hole? <br />
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In the photo below, and in the first photo of the black purse - I had to adjust the exposure so that it would show up nicely - in reality, the purse is jet black. These photos seem to show that the purse has a greyish tinge, but no, that's just the exposure. The entire purse is like in the photo above - BLACK!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Since she was planning to make a proper purse, she made her felt pretty thick so that it would be durable. My purses were to be small, "treasure" bags, and I wanted for mine to be pretty thin.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
This was a very fun project - and, wow, your hands are never as clean as they are after a wet felting project!!!<br />
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(All photos click for big, and click again for even bigger.)<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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</div>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-20636501652638318722010-03-04T19:12:00.003-07:002010-03-04T19:32:03.764-07:00Knittergirl plays the piano, too!<span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CQ1H9b74Y-k&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CQ1H9b74Y-k&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Grace and her friend, Rebecca, playing a little Beethoven for you. They are both 17, and are Unsocialized Homeschoolers. Way to go, girls!<br /><br />They are working under the direction of Veronika Afanassieva, of the <a href="http://faculty.colostate-pueblo.edu/e.dobrotvorskaia/quartet.html">Veronika String Quartet.</a><br /><br />I know that this post has absolutely nothing to do with knitting, but what can I say - I'm proud of these girlies! Should you want to see more, and you know that you do, then go here - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/gracefulpiano">GracefulPiano</a>.<br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">,</span><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">,</span>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-42783593966549290982010-02-23T14:50:00.002-07:002010-02-24T23:29:19.107-07:00I like this photo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRriHAfXg_n7H8Ukm-mDQ55-SBQHi7BC6Umq-CM53HMyfHsn2GZbUWHTAW4588yysMiDzUkY-BsedWSdwQUqc8h2l0NhqCs0GPz1nV2SeHs2_1P1lMUNSEI_HzSe9GH3pXeTF/s1600-h/IMG_7615.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRriHAfXg_n7H8Ukm-mDQ55-SBQHi7BC6Umq-CM53HMyfHsn2GZbUWHTAW4588yysMiDzUkY-BsedWSdwQUqc8h2l0NhqCs0GPz1nV2SeHs2_1P1lMUNSEI_HzSe9GH3pXeTF/s400/IMG_7615.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442063130677215378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />this photo was taken last summer, when I was spinning <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6Uslr6wUft4KbygBKxe25VekVO8n5u6dGZ2rrfVFMOvjkayh1mHK0zJEBWlaaw6HFiHAsxCM5aRu4e5nWpUUBKBaSnKhiq8K-viRYiJ-TFiZ7uH76-Q5WZvjpU-5N7wXhl_O/s1600-h/IMG_8393.JPG">THIS </a>skein <a href="http://rosemaryknits.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-won-at-taos.html">of alpaca</a>.<br /><br />I just like this photo.Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-58055501374030007892010-02-16T22:56:00.000-07:002010-02-16T22:57:09.737-07:00Sam's Doodle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjER7UOARRRE6xj2gqBdDB4Q6sApUULgoqtWlMbiOOnw957uz0WS8PjMbLPnqpjoMQXKagGCxAFvcBJ7dmN7asryosxUuuqVOBjgxtetYR4A9V5ijOv6Iz_KzvrPnE-vfsqjYRO/s1600-h/IMG_9713_edited-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjER7UOARRRE6xj2gqBdDB4Q6sApUULgoqtWlMbiOOnw957uz0WS8PjMbLPnqpjoMQXKagGCxAFvcBJ7dmN7asryosxUuuqVOBjgxtetYR4A9V5ijOv6Iz_KzvrPnE-vfsqjYRO/s400/IMG_9713_edited-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439084319387201042" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5Z-Fq16FEyRRoPYWkxhrCJ27j1E7GcRJeBd5WaoTMNs6VcVn2CZqiw5QP5dokvBlXHF4ihwdHxGwQb9SLp81yil0r09UUtlGsNSvKWYGVQ9uoWaWkrkh6aBKvQc20eXuBLlA/s1600-h/IMG_9269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438960461967723250" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5Z-Fq16FEyRRoPYWkxhrCJ27j1E7GcRJeBd5WaoTMNs6VcVn2CZqiw5QP5dokvBlXHF4ihwdHxGwQb9SLp81yil0r09UUtlGsNSvKWYGVQ9uoWaWkrkh6aBKvQc20eXuBLlA/s400/IMG_9269.JPG" border="0" /></a>My son, Sam, is quite artistic. He's <span style="font-style: italic;">always</span> been a doodler, and for the past couple of years, his doodles have been of this one particular celtic knot design. Above, you can see one of his first designs, which he drew onto the surface of his desk. Yes, I know that it looks like maybe it's on someone's skin, but no, it's on his desk, lol.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWH8akgkKEyUZeqKiPk9D4IU0JjBarR3lq8XrSAjL1aEJZhTmAkyOYpUTFd2BwDXzPsutapa5AWKVF7SZQPItJmU7SDlTYJhY9rt-XustPmmiMX0vFIdsPobyaHUWxWaB8ZFJ/s1600-h/doodle+hand.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWH8akgkKEyUZeqKiPk9D4IU0JjBarR3lq8XrSAjL1aEJZhTmAkyOYpUTFd2BwDXzPsutapa5AWKVF7SZQPItJmU7SDlTYJhY9rt-XustPmmiMX0vFIdsPobyaHUWxWaB8ZFJ/s400/doodle+hand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439059078888870178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Here</span> it is on his skin. I HATE it when folks draw on themselves - shame on you, Sam! You are going to get ink poisoning!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1A6LIyGXA0MM5Cui_ozu7pgP3nA205sp_X_ZG6RDGwIiZABqTgMeqj8IXbFN3J4bqF7yPa4svfQNXv71ePKpRcNTVqLYbrit9jPFcWoWk65jOLoA96_E6J4p5pZr0ysPxwaWu/s1600-h/doodley+doodle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1A6LIyGXA0MM5Cui_ozu7pgP3nA205sp_X_ZG6RDGwIiZABqTgMeqj8IXbFN3J4bqF7yPa4svfQNXv71ePKpRcNTVqLYbrit9jPFcWoWk65jOLoA96_E6J4p5pZr0ysPxwaWu/s400/doodley+doodle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439059082721262306" border="0" /></a>You can see the basic doodle in this fancier doodle, and you can also see it in the owl -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddjHXgfb4JCXobCVYoESyHBkKjnoMWzrMdHxFyLWeQuVcqgEIFZhxBn7PalLl5IJyWuIw-XZ8160fG3jJjNaYCENKBtSpt14pmS5GknbRMoTHdzRyZgk_UHTBsyd7M8-JCJE5/s1600-h/doodle+owl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddjHXgfb4JCXobCVYoESyHBkKjnoMWzrMdHxFyLWeQuVcqgEIFZhxBn7PalLl5IJyWuIw-XZ8160fG3jJjNaYCENKBtSpt14pmS5GknbRMoTHdzRyZgk_UHTBsyd7M8-JCJE5/s400/doodle+owl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439060568572422898" border="0" /></a>Sooooo..... I thought that it would be fun to try to knit this doodle!<br /><br />I didn't know too much about cables, and I knew absolutely nothing about <span style="font-style: italic;">charting </span>cables. I threw myself on the mercy of my email pal, Susan, who knows everything there is to know about knitting, and she launched me on the right track.<br /><br />Many sheets of graph paper later, I had a design to swatch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3zV2cyLBNv4eFSk7CQnO-5VZPib-fBexLvprZi8H4JIvTyBKKARYSqm1qJz89wKnokNZ4jf4upYrPAdWwg0YSo8gD9LWQPGLewfG2U1PKd8W7MsnFYnaeooMlP4M16qqdC1C/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438960443391193026" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3zV2cyLBNv4eFSk7CQnO-5VZPib-fBexLvprZi8H4JIvTyBKKARYSqm1qJz89wKnokNZ4jf4upYrPAdWwg0YSo8gD9LWQPGLewfG2U1PKd8W7MsnFYnaeooMlP4M16qqdC1C/s400/hp+house+cup+pix001.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is much harder than it looks! The pink swatch was my first one, and it's... meh.<br /><br />What helped me to get a swatch that I like is to chart only the "pattern" rows. You know, like charting lace, where you chart the "pattern rows" but not the "resting rows." Eureka - I had that little brain storm and then I was able to actually make it work.<br /><br />When I finally got a swatch that I liked, I trotted on down to the yarn store, and my friend, Joyce, was there and I made her pick out some yarn, heh. It's so nice to have such nice, accomodating friends! Joyce selected this wonderful, heathery, Cascade 220 in the most manly of manly colors - sort of a heathery army green. Perfect!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmzXOi5TRd9uEBX5EV0P6tyLKxuQB8ATUJpvQx0aNwzug9JO0_qzuY7BW9czsEsqqQGcbVhtanuEzEOHoRinR-MKCf2O_jit-Q2-FsmfOTdT0jXvV3hd2UQ91W0ukAhcTGA4P/s1600-h/IMG_9462.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438961759565505266" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmzXOi5TRd9uEBX5EV0P6tyLKxuQB8ATUJpvQx0aNwzug9JO0_qzuY7BW9czsEsqqQGcbVhtanuEzEOHoRinR-MKCf2O_jit-Q2-FsmfOTdT0jXvV3hd2UQ91W0ukAhcTGA4P/s400/IMG_9462.JPG" border="0" /></a>The way that I solved the problem of the "circles" is to not solve the problem at all. I find that this way is *always* the easiest, lol.<br /><br />In the photo above, you can see that I got to a spot where the two smaller circles would have to cross the large, center circle, in an area where the slope of the upper circle is pretty much vertical. I swatched and swatched and scratched my head and scratched my head, and I never could figure out how I was going to make this work with traditional cable techniques, so I just ended the cable, put it on pins and decided to just sew them together. It works perfectly!!!<br /><br />Actually, I didn't exactly sew the cables, it's more like I crocheted them. I held some yarn on the inside of the hat, and I fished a loop through one of the knit stitches of the cable. Then, I fished a loop through the other knit stitch of the cable. I found that this side-by-side arrangement is important so that the stitches sit properly.<br /><br />My first attempt was to just embroider the cables with a chain stitch, and they came out way too flat and ... well... flat. Cables stand up from the knitting - the stitches are sort of at an angle to the plane of the reverse stockinette. Am I overanalyzing? Probably.<br /><br />Anyway, so I fished the two loops through the last knitted loops of the cable. Then, I fished two more loops through and so on, always fishing the yarn up through from the inside of the hat, until I closed the gap, making sure that I had the over and under crossings correct.<br /><br />The two little side circles took only two rounds of "fake knitting" while the large central circle took something like 6 or 8.<br /><br />There's a little problem, though. The reverse stockinette background is visually composed of horizontal lines, right? Well, knitting going horizontal is <span style="font-style: italic;">also</span> composed of horizontal lines... sigh. So, the cables don't pop quite like I'd like for them to, especially at the bottom of the design. However...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjER7UOARRRE6xj2gqBdDB4Q6sApUULgoqtWlMbiOOnw957uz0WS8PjMbLPnqpjoMQXKagGCxAFvcBJ7dmN7asryosxUuuqVOBjgxtetYR4A9V5ijOv6Iz_KzvrPnE-vfsqjYRO/s1600-h/IMG_9713_edited-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjER7UOARRRE6xj2gqBdDB4Q6sApUULgoqtWlMbiOOnw957uz0WS8PjMbLPnqpjoMQXKagGCxAFvcBJ7dmN7asryosxUuuqVOBjgxtetYR4A9V5ijOv6Iz_KzvrPnE-vfsqjYRO/s400/IMG_9713_edited-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439084319387201042" border="0" /></a>Sam loves his hat and recognized his doodle, straight away. YAY!<br /><br />Oh, and yes, Sam's hair has blue streaks. This is what happens when you have long hair - and teenaged sisters. Sam's hair is wet in these pictures - when dry, the blue is MUCH bluer, heh heh heh.<br /><br />Here is a side view...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubQqWBddDWfQT-6gv18qAaUvzp-eE7hoCkP1vmWe7Yi_U1-D3EMZfUOIWRWny1qkllxHBfVVGjAjojoQhCRFcOzKLk0xQWh1QuD0ggqJPmS96R5GNOoFus61yjI_RlXEVOqBl/s1600-h/IMG_9715.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubQqWBddDWfQT-6gv18qAaUvzp-eE7hoCkP1vmWe7Yi_U1-D3EMZfUOIWRWny1qkllxHBfVVGjAjojoQhCRFcOzKLk0xQWh1QuD0ggqJPmS96R5GNOoFus61yjI_RlXEVOqBl/s400/IMG_9715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439066609888303906" border="0" /></a>And one from the top.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoLe6E4aiZSvrAH0Utj8sRiYdKhEh_F60h-XTGVEe8plP7zrjwIjIauYWe3uinaEm0OWN0Iov1f94tGLb56BiWbmlUc6Vw1rrWVyrLNEA8DbaVjyh0x3DxQE1_yK6OBkJbypC/s1600-h/IMG_9717.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoLe6E4aiZSvrAH0Utj8sRiYdKhEh_F60h-XTGVEe8plP7zrjwIjIauYWe3uinaEm0OWN0Iov1f94tGLb56BiWbmlUc6Vw1rrWVyrLNEA8DbaVjyh0x3DxQE1_yK6OBkJbypC/s400/IMG_9717.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439066618765763314" border="0" /></a><br />Do you see his hands? Next post - Sam's Mitts! Stay tuned!Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-31964068324753171472010-02-16T00:37:00.001-07:002010-02-16T00:37:41.647-07:00NEW Spindle! NEW Mitts! NEW Earband! Hooray!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XLoTRrJVEx-UI8OiOhrhV5_Auk4OH6BW1qRyY5eH37HEskY2zYvSDms3aSPImTc7XM7YQ8IrmHvcKyjXUEGDF0P4Xw24MQYJQH_YB9Lhgm4OrDK59sB5mhP16-fqpLdCZobM/s1600-h/IMG_9320.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XLoTRrJVEx-UI8OiOhrhV5_Auk4OH6BW1qRyY5eH37HEskY2zYvSDms3aSPImTc7XM7YQ8IrmHvcKyjXUEGDF0P4Xw24MQYJQH_YB9Lhgm4OrDK59sB5mhP16-fqpLdCZobM/s400/IMG_9320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437661208945107442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My dear e-pal, Susan, sent me a lovely batch of fiber for Christmas. She dyed it herself! I love the colors! And, look what else -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLimhWgq6cPQzakLf0XOX55URmFm7YSh-t0xbfjDymbqU3KjfA2VRRLtLPt5Ju8hZN8CkI6cExR5l21RWVj0mq97xswTdmO7qZl3aYKz0VeSHhZ-VONnzjwBz8e3VeXC4FX_mG/s1600-h/IMG_9319.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLimhWgq6cPQzakLf0XOX55URmFm7YSh-t0xbfjDymbqU3KjfA2VRRLtLPt5Ju8hZN8CkI6cExR5l21RWVj0mq97xswTdmO7qZl3aYKz0VeSHhZ-VONnzjwBz8e3VeXC4FX_mG/s400/IMG_9319.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437572379033235730" border="0" /></a>A beautiful spindle, which she made herself! It's so beautiful, and it spins so nicely - it sort of floats. The nice flat sides mean that I don't need a notch! It's nice and light, just how I like my spindles, and I think that I'm going to use this spindle very often, and...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyl37NBYDIrcD81cBuoKjSqOBb5WxnpMOppQ3F7DFirxHjFKUarxQfxXcaUHRPnRYC56KckN21MIdXt52WRZW5VguWuJ__2sGW1qABLNV3U5BvkGV0sngXIqlDkpuxufJYgYDv/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyl37NBYDIrcD81cBuoKjSqOBb5WxnpMOppQ3F7DFirxHjFKUarxQfxXcaUHRPnRYC56KckN21MIdXt52WRZW5VguWuJ__2sGW1qABLNV3U5BvkGV0sngXIqlDkpuxufJYgYDv/s400/hp+house+cup+pix009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437566195683541650" border="0" /></a>I'll fight anyone who tries to take it away from me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlUIRR9RYMGxCxs5k4cnlIrLHdwyttWx5iTitm6RED-Oa3PpLnC2TDJ2lmlEMRBBYA_ebl2VdwOmmnaKyT4p4DwH_SeYr9iohkeLlWUMge4fcNy49d7aY4xsgQbFMwWYPagOr/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlUIRR9RYMGxCxs5k4cnlIrLHdwyttWx5iTitm6RED-Oa3PpLnC2TDJ2lmlEMRBBYA_ebl2VdwOmmnaKyT4p4DwH_SeYr9iohkeLlWUMge4fcNy49d7aY4xsgQbFMwWYPagOr/s400/hp+house+cup+pix010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437566200576508834" border="0" /></a>Yes, Emma, I know - awful joke.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3owGhmYE6Yjrzdqt9XLuwkPjXZYCwC2qctVyKp6b2F3hAbutU65xJnDizmfYmrSmmVBYozjw5h1HcJ7GpOjxyOzD2digQdOE3BAsdQiKWXwTmFzzpVbGoIc5mZOISmfCa8BBB/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3owGhmYE6Yjrzdqt9XLuwkPjXZYCwC2qctVyKp6b2F3hAbutU65xJnDizmfYmrSmmVBYozjw5h1HcJ7GpOjxyOzD2digQdOE3BAsdQiKWXwTmFzzpVbGoIc5mZOISmfCa8BBB/s400/hp+house+cup+pix011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437566207600701714" border="0" /></a><br />By the way, yes, it's true, Emma's hair, fingernails and bathrobe are all the same color.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ik-liLZgDIttkZbQ5clRtgutPl0MEGtvdMX_l63IRd3n-5dvomkZQOrIvRtgeGrgsdNMm5ufHYCKH6IKS-Myl1Re7YPR1aDooAPJW2arzaXvhRe1F1scdwKaoUsdyXhSF-dJ/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ik-liLZgDIttkZbQ5clRtgutPl0MEGtvdMX_l63IRd3n-5dvomkZQOrIvRtgeGrgsdNMm5ufHYCKH6IKS-Myl1Re7YPR1aDooAPJW2arzaXvhRe1F1scdwKaoUsdyXhSF-dJ/s400/hp+house+cup+pix006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437565477275520482" border="0" /></a>Which makes me want to sing, too, Emma darling.<br /><br /><br />I think that Emma gets extra points for being perfectly willing to stand out in the yard on a frigid morning, posing for pictures, wouldn't you agree? The fact that she was perfectly willing to do completely silly things means that she'll get to have ice cream for breakfast whenever she wants.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Rj3AqNWji6psIG1gTCX0AoVaAky9t8Jrs-PTtP_ulAkY7by1lBNvjmoxfXlpGPZb6fnDCb5K53LYRuyPqIyUT6tdxDZacxilcGMbvYD8sWJkTbwlnLjzY9sH2DElp_MxAaWP/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Rj3AqNWji6psIG1gTCX0AoVaAky9t8Jrs-PTtP_ulAkY7by1lBNvjmoxfXlpGPZb6fnDCb5K53LYRuyPqIyUT6tdxDZacxilcGMbvYD8sWJkTbwlnLjzY9sH2DElp_MxAaWP/s400/hp+house+cup+pix005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437565458730241122" border="0" /></a>Thanks, Emma!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGy2159BrDdRSOJQzgjANnD1glvckM7oqpahBCZikoKvw8fyrV1jxsNzMpaevjh5XvZTT4hOey45glUZUjOuU4TV5IDE2G7-BbMTTW9VhNyzANUqLyHZR5KTwrRVm-DJT2EnWT/s1600-h/IMG_9313.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGy2159BrDdRSOJQzgjANnD1glvckM7oqpahBCZikoKvw8fyrV1jxsNzMpaevjh5XvZTT4hOey45glUZUjOuU4TV5IDE2G7-BbMTTW9VhNyzANUqLyHZR5KTwrRVm-DJT2EnWT/s400/IMG_9313.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437640529414636370" border="0" /></a>Anyway, back to the project. So, I was thrilled with my Christmas present, and I got to spinning right away, later that Christmas day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHujNm3bMnezYG3jGIOMGF6jwLol8XSycXGgtm7IO03rpps1rgLSn2wQpSC0H8AEtk8QKXP0D6iOZ8jQtoO9Jb08dWZoosBjdbl3wbe2rMFYhwl3VyC7Y8ZGl9hIe6_zEYfgvT/s1600-h/IMG_9314.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHujNm3bMnezYG3jGIOMGF6jwLol8XSycXGgtm7IO03rpps1rgLSn2wQpSC0H8AEtk8QKXP0D6iOZ8jQtoO9Jb08dWZoosBjdbl3wbe2rMFYhwl3VyC7Y8ZGl9hIe6_zEYfgvT/s400/IMG_9314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437640521240913826" border="0" /></a>I had in mind a pair of fingerless mitts and an ear band, right from the very start.<br /><br />Susan sent me a nice 4oz bunch of fiber. I split it cross-ways in half, and then I split one of the halves the long way, and I spun each of the three pieces in my favorite way - Tammy Rizzo's Navajo Ply on the Fly method. I'm working on spinning softer, less tightly spun yarn this year, and I was off to a good start with this batch, and then I slowly reverted to my old ways, slowly getting tighter and tighter. Old habits are so hard to break!<br /><br />My good friend, Joyce, came over on New Year's Eve, and like <span style="font-style: italic;">the wild women that we are</span>, we sat and knitted. I don't think that we even had much to say to each other - we just knitted, and as I recall, Joyce went home by around 10:30 - woot! What a raucous New Year's celebration!!!<br /><br />She worked on a hat for her daughter, and I played around with some scrap yarn - I had been out shopping with my daughters the week before, and I saw a sweater in a shop with a very interesting stitch pattern, and I wanted to copy this pattern for my mitts. I messed around and messed around, and I never did figure out that stitch pattern. Instead, I discovered this one, and I like it so much better than the one I was trying to duplicate. I love it when this happens.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESWkC_I9lCXFUdqLYQwiGM7-D0n5WuO1HraTcyeXNhgtBrIQI3IC0Ds9M4fd6h2OjRjlW1dCaeZRGlk0vXEQhzel05h7kLMTA2FD4a1usWwxK9so38yorAWArVuYizzGWaWVC/s1600-h/IMG_9309.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESWkC_I9lCXFUdqLYQwiGM7-D0n5WuO1HraTcyeXNhgtBrIQI3IC0Ds9M4fd6h2OjRjlW1dCaeZRGlk0vXEQhzel05h7kLMTA2FD4a1usWwxK9so38yorAWArVuYizzGWaWVC/s400/IMG_9309.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437640509421687986" border="0" /></a>Does this stitch pattern have a proper name? Surely, someone has knitted it before?<br /><br />It goes like this. Cast on - join in a circle. Knit three rounds. On the fourth round, k1, then stick the point of the right needle into the stitch which is three rounds down and knit the stitch then pull the knitting so that the stitches above it unravel, then k1 and repeat all the way around. Repeat these 4 rows ad infinitim, alternating the rows in which you dip down. That's it. It's really easy, and I love it! It makes a THICK fabric which is highly textured.<br /><br />I got such a kick out of the fact that the stitch pattern and the striping of the yarn are almost an exact match - each 4 row repeat is in a different color. Well, almost each repeat. Anyway, it was fun watching this happen!<br /><br />Notice - both mitts start and end in aqua blue. I was so excited that I nearly cried. Nerdy?<br /><br />It's something like brioche in that what you end up with is so much wider than what you started out with, so careful swatching, and an <a href="http://rosemaryknits2.blogspot.com/search?q=stretchy+cast+on">exceedingly loose cast on</a> is in order. Also, the stitch pattern doesn't show up very well, and the ultimate width of the stitch pattern isn't readily apparent, until 3 or 4 rounds of the pattern has been worked, so swatch for quite a few inches before you make your decisions.<br /><br />Like I said, I divided the fiber into three parts - the larger part was spun to make the ear band, and the two smaller parts were for the mitts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TAPKdfXhtwh9QfQxhF-fG6GGU0Srxy0cjsT5LcyCTeF73sKKQV5tlGa5YN3NE8d-Kq3yK_8d-IfmJDlPa336Yk3MJkTQJLn5OafS6vd56JV8ZpDXEenp4Aw9hQ-wezY4uPOg/s1600-h/hp+house+cup+pix007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TAPKdfXhtwh9QfQxhF-fG6GGU0Srxy0cjsT5LcyCTeF73sKKQV5tlGa5YN3NE8d-Kq3yK_8d-IfmJDlPa336Yk3MJkTQJLn5OafS6vd56JV8ZpDXEenp4Aw9hQ-wezY4uPOg/s400/hp+house+cup+pix007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437565489356465394" border="0" /></a>I spun one of the smaller parts from one end, and the other of the smaller parts from the other end. so that the striping on each ball of yarn was opposite from the other. I knitted both mitts from the cuff to the fingers and I started knitting from the beginning of the spinning. So, as you can see, the mitts have opposite striping patterns - one of them goes, from the cuff up, blue, gold, pink, purple, and the other one is the opposite. Yes, I am, indeed, this nerdy.<br /><br />They are knitted in the simplest way possible - just a plain tube for a while, then I switched to knitting back and forth for a vertical-slit thumb hole, then back to knitting in the round. I used my favorite mitt cast off - the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=applied+i+cord+bind+off">applied i-cord bind off</a>. It's so durable and non-stretchy so that the finger end of the mitts keeps its shape really nicely.<br /><br />I knitted the ear band with my old standby ear band pattern. Swatch to determine how wide you want it. <a href="http://fleeglesblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/fleegles-totally-stretchy-provisional.html">Provisionally cast on</a> this many stitches, then knit a stockinette tube for about 3 inches. Then, switch to a k2p2 rib-tube for about 2.5 inches, then go back to knitting stockinette. When it gets long enough, kitchener the tube closed and you're done! This makes a nice, thick layer of smooth knit stitches across your ears and a cinched up length of k2p2, which goes under your hair. I love this pattern - it's also nice to have miles of stockinette for those public knitting sessions, such as knitting at the coffee shop - this keeps my hands busy, but I don't have to think about what I'm doing.<br /><br />This time around, however, I was terribly afraid of running out of yarn, so instead of doing the little "under the hair thing" in a <span style="font-style: italic;">tube </span>of k2p2, I did a sort of a three needle bind off, without the binding off step - - I guess I could call it a "three needle stitch reduction" so that I ended up working a k2p2 <span style="font-style: italic;">single-layer</span> for the under the hair part. It worked - when I was all finished, I had only about 5 yards of yarn left over. This is cutting it way too close for my comfort. *pant* *sweat* <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span>It came out much nicer than I thought that it would. Here's what I did, to the best of my recollection. When you knit a k2p2 tube, and you fold the tube flat, you can arrange it so that the purls of the front layer nestle into the knits on the other side, or the back layer. So, I just knitted or purled these together, one stitch from the front needle and one stitch from the back needle, which reduced my tube to a single, flat layer which required only half the yarn to go one round. I knitted back and forth for about 1.75 inches, and then I wanted to return to a k2p2 tube.<br /><br />If I recall correctly, this is what I did. I inserted the tip of the needle in between the legs of the stitch below the next-stitch-to-be-worked, and pulled a loop through, then slipped the stitch which should have been worked. Now, I have two knit stitches on my right hand needle - one just added, and one from the previous row, but both are pulled through the same stitch on the row below. I continued across, adding either knits or purls as the situation warranted. When I got to the end of the row, I turned.<br /><br />On this row, I knitted or purled the stitches which had been slipped on the previous row, and slipped the stitches which had been added. When I got to the end of the row, I turned.<br /><br />I got out another needle, a dpn of the same diameter, this time working the previously slipped stitches, and slipping the previously worked stitches onto a dpn. Turn.<br /><br />Now, resume knitting a tube.<br /><br />It sounds like more trouble than it really was, and it saved probably about 10 yards (or more?) of yarn. It looks really nice, too. In fact, it looks exactly like all of my other ear bands. Funny how that worked out. Maybe I'll do all of them this way?<br /><br />I really like earbands and mitts. Here in Southern Colorado, our winters are exceedingly mild, and often, it's just not cold enough for a hat. However, I wear my long hair pulled back into a bun, exposing my delicate ears, and an ear band is perfect. Same goes for my hands - my hands often get all sweaty in mittens, but are just right in fingerless mitts. Folks who've never worn them often don't understand how they help at all, since it is your fingers which get cold, not your palms. All I can say is - try them and see for yourself. They work very well, and your fingers are free.<br /><br />As an aside, my daughters' ballet mistress requested a pair of mitts a few years ago. See, she and her husband studied for their pilot's licenses for their 70th birthdays! WOOT! She thought that mitts like this would be so perfect for flying, as there is lots of wind in the cockpit, but she can't wear gloves because of needing to operate the dials and so forth. Just a couple of weeks ago, they bought a plane of their very own. It's from the 40's, and it's bright yellow. Hey! I just thought of something! I should make new mitts for her, and a pair for her hubby to match their little yellow bird! Good idea!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm0PYG7mo-idGFJlPokDKLwS15wfYac-Uws5hYB2W6R_YFYYmGGZAGelSvxO9BuK2lQU8zeuL80ZOzJQK-9OpmwSx1UO9RKUtqG2EWEGX8F6D1E2j3G-NHLdK2pOwzu1wCcKy/s1600-h/IMG_9374.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAm0PYG7mo-idGFJlPokDKLwS15wfYac-Uws5hYB2W6R_YFYYmGGZAGelSvxO9BuK2lQU8zeuL80ZOzJQK-9OpmwSx1UO9RKUtqG2EWEGX8F6D1E2j3G-NHLdK2pOwzu1wCcKy/s400/IMG_9374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437661222584133810" border="0" /></a>Back to the program...<br /><br />A little tip - next time you need to replace a lamp shade - pick out this shape. Loosen the thumbscrew at the top, and you've got yourself a <span style="font-weight: bold;">really </span>nice swift!<br /><br />Another aside, have you ever seen such cute wrapping paper? This is what held my spindle and fiber secret until Christmas Day. Yes, I took photos of the wrapping paper, and yes, like I said before, I am that nerdy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUxzFYcpLvMGxX0avJwiNHrhWHozqqHgmxqMMnQbWcPhM9XuG7T6PZv6JucICoFvxR0gNIZoCix-p2kL84FAl-43eGxr-afURztQ20kuQVTThA9kYPELKKviQ97uRuJSZgee0/s1600-h/IMG_9246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUxzFYcpLvMGxX0avJwiNHrhWHozqqHgmxqMMnQbWcPhM9XuG7T6PZv6JucICoFvxR0gNIZoCix-p2kL84FAl-43eGxr-afURztQ20kuQVTThA9kYPELKKviQ97uRuJSZgee0/s400/IMG_9246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437572369239795410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv01ecUIlfPjiPHyXph9UwuoKe07EolVX2Us2ZC4H_Xy96C34-CvCBW-cSyCCVAEoIdndkmWgIRAg07UvHEDUv_bE_0in470yrsuVEhJ0UkUAUdPlcTxwYqiY4h8-cz6B3aD1t/s1600-h/IMG_9245.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv01ecUIlfPjiPHyXph9UwuoKe07EolVX2Us2ZC4H_Xy96C34-CvCBW-cSyCCVAEoIdndkmWgIRAg07UvHEDUv_bE_0in470yrsuVEhJ0UkUAUdPlcTxwYqiY4h8-cz6B3aD1t/s400/IMG_9245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437572361329286946" border="0" /></a><br />What amuses me is this - my children were so enchanted that I got presents from someone that they never met that they insisted that these be the first presents that I opened. I don't know why this charmed me so, but it did. All three of them watched and waited while I opened these presents, and they oohed and aahed right along with me. It made me so happy!<br /><br />Thanks soooooo much, Susan. While Emma is the model, these mitts and earbands are keeping ME nice and warm on my daily walks. The fiber made such nice yarn - more boingy than I've experienced thus far. It was a delight to knit. I absolutely adore the colors, and like I said, it spun up to be almost the exact amount needed for this project. I'm using the remaining 5 or so yards for skein ties for my sweater project. And the spindle - the spindle is a complete work of art.<br /><br />THANKS A MILLION TIMES THANKS!<br /><br />Hugs!<br />RSTRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-46637683519323403912010-01-24T22:21:00.001-07:002010-01-24T22:23:39.780-07:00Cute Pumpkin set for Baby J<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_66UuA82SZos0HZh0K74168xf_buWl7p4eyX71yhPydbQ8l9cd4U5shFSyB25MoEhVJnrUASiFuShqQkBiYJE6aeLFRIyT0Xmcu3hpswPW331z96b750DvTedUPvada3Sedp/s1600-h/IMG_8683.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_66UuA82SZos0HZh0K74168xf_buWl7p4eyX71yhPydbQ8l9cd4U5shFSyB25MoEhVJnrUASiFuShqQkBiYJE6aeLFRIyT0Xmcu3hpswPW331z96b750DvTedUPvada3Sedp/s400/IMG_8683.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400897051471586770" border="0" /></a><br />I can't remember when I've had so much fun knitting something. Domino can't remember when he's had quite this much fun, either. Patient cat. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdulgKwiVYdfOioq4XGuU4zKe7qOUs6lUFvtzX9rMCy-pcSnq66L1OvbCp1xOqB1fBclPpA17eWtbSOz8yXrMn3It5zfpWQ5gZUw3M8VcYA14ODkOryUooADOy_rij-bimBAEn/s1600-h/IMG_8451.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdulgKwiVYdfOioq4XGuU4zKe7qOUs6lUFvtzX9rMCy-pcSnq66L1OvbCp1xOqB1fBclPpA17eWtbSOz8yXrMn3It5zfpWQ5gZUw3M8VcYA14ODkOryUooADOy_rij-bimBAEn/s400/IMG_8451.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400894157238687378" border="0" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Take a look at these booties -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSW8EgQcST78IvfHWBk6L9FJyPieK8F3CLUFIPY52AT7qsAKXU8QE-2cq_Liwu8FNFR4qVv_zYQZO8vL1Rusw1CldCzliMD2qQ1sLi_yhyphenhyphenDPZpXiOI13OWEH5xBsbd6XgmM8rg/s1600-h/IMG_8690.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSW8EgQcST78IvfHWBk6L9FJyPieK8F3CLUFIPY52AT7qsAKXU8QE-2cq_Liwu8FNFR4qVv_zYQZO8vL1Rusw1CldCzliMD2qQ1sLi_yhyphenhyphenDPZpXiOI13OWEH5xBsbd6XgmM8rg/s400/IMG_8690.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400895628673355554" border="0" /></a> -they are so cute. These are <a href="http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/patterns/cbbooties.shtml">Christina's booties</a>, and they're easy to knit. The tie is ended with "<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-a-leaf">Just a Leaf</a>," a pattern that I found on Ravelry. I see lots of "Just a Leaf" projects in my future. These leaves are a snap to knit, and so fast and easy.</div><div><br /></div><div>The little slipper and hat set comes from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19337958@N02/3889951488/">this flickr page</a>. I used "Just a leaf" instead of the leaf recommended in the slipper modifications. You could actually do the icord as an applied i cord, but since it's not much sewing, I chose to just sew it on. I provisionally cast on and knit the i-cord, ending with Just a Leaf. Then, I picked up the provisional stitches and knit the other half of the i-cord, once again, ending with Just a Leaf. I used the tails at the middle and at the tip of each leaf to sew everything to the slipper. Fast and easy!<br /><br />This little set is for a great niece who was born on my birthday! Woot! I turned 50 and she turned just-born on the same day (Oct 22)! I am quite amused by this.<br /><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFs6OzxYf0cC4-Lvy101I8FzSaXCD6Nr6Gd6FrEg73U3BctKK-l6OphL8t9M4UDn6U-bKNrfMsXAUd-x3uGFxzMPxLoimwVe0plmD5582Fw0B0yFJgUkMPcgui91-uDCDAnq9/s1600-h/IMG_8687.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFs6OzxYf0cC4-Lvy101I8FzSaXCD6Nr6Gd6FrEg73U3BctKK-l6OphL8t9M4UDn6U-bKNrfMsXAUd-x3uGFxzMPxLoimwVe0plmD5582Fw0B0yFJgUkMPcgui91-uDCDAnq9/s400/IMG_8687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400895620389111794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefr3TuxEZbODlqEUyq8BYzwOUnIxjE5nOrWbm5vmp2uo37praBXfS764h1f_o87hPiRK5wioD-K3vRGYfqMuY7qsTLq8DGbqTmxe-IMTK_zGu_J8Fe0OEKJL70aQLLbdEE-o-/s1600-h/IMG_8686.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjefr3TuxEZbODlqEUyq8BYzwOUnIxjE5nOrWbm5vmp2uo37praBXfS764h1f_o87hPiRK5wioD-K3vRGYfqMuY7qsTLq8DGbqTmxe-IMTK_zGu_J8Fe0OEKJL70aQLLbdEE-o-/s400/IMG_8686.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400895615507579266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBjG6s3U1GqoeSfv642PN6BrKK3yjR_Sz-04_bd3k8VP5FNYmkYDVRFhKYwJ74lDesHLNwMC_ozP3nk-7Za_0TLWhPzSp_1HtmAWyK7hUGEiTMycBF__Rtn6D-y_0pKSCfIns/s1600-h/IMG_8464.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBjG6s3U1GqoeSfv642PN6BrKK3yjR_Sz-04_bd3k8VP5FNYmkYDVRFhKYwJ74lDesHLNwMC_ozP3nk-7Za_0TLWhPzSp_1HtmAWyK7hUGEiTMycBF__Rtn6D-y_0pKSCfIns/s400/IMG_8464.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400894161601044530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-34730085031890046862010-01-23T16:22:00.001-07:002010-01-23T16:22:51.034-07:00Grace's Cabled Purse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzKXpHcPoeFbQOpHYo6SaTnCapW7rOU1ka7y9z06Ps5IGYo39HE1Xsyy8nrhgBUDrJa4EkFUsfkC4MQUGQhMeEjF7cloUs94jYvZDN0pBOEqFCPApldkOHTSpNmjxGU_t2lN0/s1600-h/IMG_8862.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzKXpHcPoeFbQOpHYo6SaTnCapW7rOU1ka7y9z06Ps5IGYo39HE1Xsyy8nrhgBUDrJa4EkFUsfkC4MQUGQhMeEjF7cloUs94jYvZDN0pBOEqFCPApldkOHTSpNmjxGU_t2lN0/s400/IMG_8862.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430075460350904706" border="0" /></a><br />A few weeks ago, my daughter wanted to know how to knit cables. I was busy cooking at the time, so I explained as best as I could, promising to actually show her just as soon as I was done in the kitchen. Later, I said that now would be a good time for a demo. However, she was already halfway through this little purse.<br /><br />Clever girl.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuv304MRYC2gBkuA5Af8qMrCYKS9dPNyfTgwekYodn_YwoZ__JIqLgrn34aPZDik8vKGw8ImSZyZnzAzNa6e_SpecqihlSsM7BZs6YU0P-QJh1LlrwU8TpjDnPOtvkfFi7DvE9/s1600-h/IMG_8865.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuv304MRYC2gBkuA5Af8qMrCYKS9dPNyfTgwekYodn_YwoZ__JIqLgrn34aPZDik8vKGw8ImSZyZnzAzNa6e_SpecqihlSsM7BZs6YU0P-QJh1LlrwU8TpjDnPOtvkfFi7DvE9/s400/IMG_8865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430076447199152754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It zips open to reveal a nice linen lining. The linen is reclaimed from a pair of pants purchased at the thrift store for just such a use. I can't pass up nice linen - I feel like we'll use it somewhere in the house.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1SYodKtfFwOsevRAQG8sfcshbSh_PObxVoI80e3VpHHiHrcECvLoOOL6q7zd8ZK7EGFKaCdXG4kysJmlPpw64Bgnb6e3ekudfmNncXNNyq-vkBlygkEZVsZJvSMCqEwTEmQg/s1600-h/IMG_8864.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii1SYodKtfFwOsevRAQG8sfcshbSh_PObxVoI80e3VpHHiHrcECvLoOOL6q7zd8ZK7EGFKaCdXG4kysJmlPpw64Bgnb6e3ekudfmNncXNNyq-vkBlygkEZVsZJvSMCqEwTEmQg/s400/IMG_8864.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430075462628475154" border="0" /></a>The way she made it is really clever, I think. She provisionally cast on, and knitted back and forth for about an inch and a half, which would be the bottom of the purse. Then, she wanted to switch to knitting in the round, but instead of picking up across the sides of the back-and-forth-knitted part, she cast on the amount of stitches which would equal this measure and then she picked up the provisional cast on and knitted across it, and then cast on for the other side, and then proceeded to knit the body of the purse in the round. After she was all done, she stitched up the small slits left at either side of the bottom. Clever girl. You know how you can never quite match up the gauges when you pick up along a side edge? She got around the problem altogether.<br /><br />She mounted this button on her purse.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqPYHOV4omdrPG4rcjQUabcrflkGr4zo9l9Y04mcpziyVMBsIXMMUk_HyS-_sDh8rIEQgSLR9XgoHuRwGNqf1qwdI20K5oQN8u-a7DYoQfjbOg4Sxv7r4_FUPIFY5KaoGhAqQ/s1600-h/IMG_8861.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqPYHOV4omdrPG4rcjQUabcrflkGr4zo9l9Y04mcpziyVMBsIXMMUk_HyS-_sDh8rIEQgSLR9XgoHuRwGNqf1qwdI20K5oQN8u-a7DYoQfjbOg4Sxv7r4_FUPIFY5KaoGhAqQ/s400/IMG_8861.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430076442189870930" border="0" /></a>Which pretty much sums up my daughter, Grace - a truly amazing person.Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19167514.post-58403553577909065232009-12-03T13:02:00.001-07:002009-12-03T21:30:11.140-07:00Listen while you knit!I have always loved recorded books, even back when they were on vinyl record albums. Back in those days, I'd walk to the library, and come back with an armload of records - they were mostly plays back then - and I'd tape them onto cassette tapes. I'd listen to the plays over the course of a week or so, then start all over again, with a new batch, re-recording over the tapes until they'd finally break, then I'd have to get new ones.<br /><br />It was such a nuisance because the point of recording the books onto cassettes was so that I could listen to them on my walkman while I took my daily walk, this being long before I discovered fiber arts. I didn't want to have already heard the recording, so I had this elaborate ritual of putting the needle onto the vinyl, clicking the pause button to get the recorder going and then I'd run out of the room, as my system wouldn't record if the volume was turned down. I'd return in about 15 minutes (if I remembered to) so that I could pause the tape, switch out the record, and repeat. Often, I'd have forgotten, or the side would have lasted much less than 15 minutes, so I'd have to back up the tape, find the end of the recording, which means that I would have heard some snippet of the story (Oh Horrors!) and go from there.<div><br /></div><div>What a nuisance! </div><div><br /></div><div>However, I gladly participated in such tedium because I was an addict, and it seemed such a small price to pay. Looking back, it's kinda hilarious, actually. What a lot of work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, of course, it is so much easier! The library has carried books on tape for a very long time, and nowadays the library has books on CD, and some libraries even feature downloadable recorded books. What luxury!<br /><br />I'm as happy as a pig in mud.<br /><br />Add to this mix - the wonders of PODCASTS! I'll never be out of listening material ever again.<br /><br />So, Santa visited Rosemaryknits a little early this year. Just a few days ago, I bought myself a Sansa Fuze and I couldn't be happier. I downloaded about 10 books from the library, and a whole bunch of podcasts. As I keep discovering more and more podcasts I'm wondering how I'll ever listen to them all!<br /><br />I am getting a lot of knitting and spinning done these days, I can tell you that. Listening to something interesting is what allows me to participate in such mundane, tedious tasks as washing fleeces, or painting diningrooms, or folding towels. Instead of putting off such tasks, I am happy to have something to do while listening, heh heh heh. Without something interesting to listen to? I'm afraid that I just don't do any of these things.<br /><br />So, I thought that I'd post a few of my favorite things, in case you are interested, too.<br /><br />My favorite listening device, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F5%26field-keywords%3Dsansa%2520fuze%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps%26sprefix%3Dsansa&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Sansa Fuze</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. Quite easy to use, and affordable. My favorite headphones are these - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028JE3T0?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0028JE3T0">Panasonic Slimz</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0028JE3T0" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> .<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A few of my favorite books:</div><div><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143144189?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0143144189">The Help</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143144189" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - I just finished this book last week. Oh My Gosh, this is as good a book as I've ever listened to. The voice actors are superb. What's eerie is that this book is like I wrote my own memoirs. I <i>was </i>Mae Mobely, and Aibilene was our maid. My mother was Miss Lefolt, but she was a zillion times nicer to the maid than was Miss Lefolt. It was creepy weird, like I was looking into my own past, but through a really weird lens. This is exactly how I was raised, and I was 3 in 1963, just like Mae Mobely. This book is set in Jackson, MS, and I grew up in New Iberia, LA, but otherwise, it was pretty much the same. It gave me the skin crawling creeps in many ways - like I was being <i>watched - </i>so many things that the characters said, I could so relate to, especially the part about the little white girl visiting the home of her maid - the behavior of the little girl, the behavior of the maid, the behavior of the maid's neighbors - the author captured that part <i>exactly </i>- but Oh My Gosh, this book is just superb in <i>every </i>way. All throughout the book, I kept having that "someone's walking on my grave" feeling because not only could I picture what the author was saying, I actually <i>lived</i> it - it was so close to my actual upbringing. The ending is so hopeful and promising. Listen to it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739352245?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0739352245">Harry Potter 1- 7 Audio Collection</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0739352245" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - these are awesome. My family and I used to read aloud every night. For many years, I was the reader, but then after about 15 years, I decided that I had read enough, and it was someone else's turn, so I had the kids read to ME. Besides, by this time, I had taken up knitting, so it was their turn to read, and my turn to knit. Then, we discovered this audio collection - Oh My Gosh, the reader, Jim Dale, is so wonderful - we've gone through this series three times, maybe four? </div><div><br /></div><div>I read aloud from books 1 through 3 or 4, then we learned about the audio books and listened to the whole series, from the beginning. Then, when book 5 came out, we had to listen to them all the way through again, and then we repeated this trick when books 6 and 7 came out. Do you know that they never get old? Every time we've gone through the series, I "hear" something new - something that I missed the first time or two through, some little clue that I missed. Anyway, if you want to <i>learn how</i> to listen to recorded books, then here is the best teacher I can think of. This is a stellar audio performance, and a really good story, too. These are great car-trip-vacation books.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, listening to Harry Potter sort of spoiled us for actually reading aloud anymore. Since then, we've mostly listened to books but every now and then, I force one or the other of my kids to read a book aloud - the last one was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156035219?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0156035219">The Princess Bride</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0156035219" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, beautifully read aloud by my then-17 year old son, Sam.<br /><br /></div><div>Another favorite that we've listened to over and over again is the Dark Materials Trilogy,<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807204714?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0807204714"> Book 1: The Golden Compass</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0807204714" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807204722?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0807204722">Book 2: The Subtle Knife</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0807204722" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807262013?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0807262013">Book 3: The Amber Spyglass</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0807262013" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. Now, these are a little different. While most recorded books are read just as the author wrote them, these are <i>slightly </i>different. They are performed with a cast of readers, and the readers leave off the dialogue tags, for the most part. So, the listener learns what each character sounds like, and the performer doesn't say, "he said," he just, well, he just says it, like in radio theater. The author narrates the parts of the book which aren't conversation, and the whole thing is completely delightful, besides being a really good story, too. We've listened to these over and over again. Some folks are offended by the story line.</div><div><br /></div><div>Right now, I'm listening to the James Herriot Series with my family - there are too many to list them all, so I'll post this link, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1559277734?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1559277734">All Creatures Great and Small</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1559277734" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, and you can follow it to the rest of them. I knitted a darling little baby set while listening to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1559277734?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1559277734">All Creatures Great and Small</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1559277734" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, and I'm spinning my Coopworth while listening to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593975457?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1593975457">All Things Bright and Beautiful</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1593975457" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. These books are wonderful. I can't think of an author who puts the reader <i>there </i>like James Herriot does. He paints wonderful word pictures, just wonderful. He's an excellent story teller. Were you aware that these are actually fiction, even though your public library shelves them with the non-fiction? There are 4 or 5 books in this series, along with lots and lots of compilations and offshoots - many hours of knitting pleasure, lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>Edited later in the day, because Janice reminded me in the comments section - one of the best ever recorded books is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060823844?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060823844">Anansi Boys</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060823844" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - certainly one of the best audio performances ever. I loved this book, and knitted <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZaeeWH101K2zv4udKo_E5N884jB6hEgcd7VJUy2pdPgmMq0TYCAYawb4YW2oU7ShSKTa_QeY7XuSYftwHWHvK4wTCzPdsh7cdhKInbMt2Syo2eBY_sQMVIrlKQ_AqSWEo6zakw/s1600-h/IMG_4347+copy.jpg">this </a>while listening to it. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So many of my friends tell me, "I've tried recorded books, and I just can't get into them." The truth is that you have to sort of re-learn how. I say "re-learn" because we all know how to listen to stories being told - it's in our bones. This is the oldest form of human entertainment and interaction, isn't it? Story Telling, and therefore, <i>Story Listening</i>, goes back to the beginning of humanity, so yes, you can learn how, you just have to give yourself a little time, and you have to select the right book. If you don't have any ideas, then pick any of the books listed above - all are very interesting and engaging, and all have good vocal actors. Some recorded books are such duds that I can't follow them either, and I'm a complete addict. Some, however, turn on the movie projector in your head and provide hours of listening enjoyment.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can find audio books at your local library, from <a href="http://www.audible.com/">Audible.com</a>, from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dgno%255Flogo&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Amazon.com</a><img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and many other places, too. You can find some excellent selections at <a href="http://librivox.org/">Librivox.org</a>, too. Some livrivox recordings are excellent, and some are so bad that they make me want to stick my knitting needles into my eyes, so don't give up if your first few librivox downloads are awful. Keep looking, you'll find something you like.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>We've also listened to The Bartimaeus Trilogy, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739356135?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0739356135">The Amulet of Samarkand</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0739356135" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; " />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739371355?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0739371355">The Golem's Eye</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0739371355" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; " />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807219819?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0807219819">Ptolemy's Gate</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0807219819" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; " /> with great enjoyment, too. It's funny how, with each book I mention, I can remember the projects I was working on when listening to the books, lol. While listening to this series, I spun the skeins which I entered into the Taos Wool Festival. These books are great fun, and the voice actor is top notch.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>Other books that I've recently enjoyed include - </div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061808121?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0061808121">To Kill a Mockingbird</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061808121" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - my all time favorite book. This version is read by Sissy Spacek.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061170623?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0061170623">A Clockwork Orange</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061170623" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - <i>exceedingly </i>disturbing, excellent vocal actor. I've tried to read this book, and the made-up language threw me. This actor brings it to life, and makes it perfectly understandable.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743599330?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0743599330">The Year of Living Biblically</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743599330" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - very interesting. I washed fleeces to this book, which seemed somehow fitting, lol.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143145703?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0143145703">The Eyre Affair</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143145703" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - This is a series of 5 books, and they are very good stories, and well performed, too. I did lots of spinning while listening to this series. My favorite one is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565118375?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1565118375">The Well of Lost Plots </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1565118375" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600241824?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1600241824">When You Are Engulfed in Flames</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1600241824" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> - Hilarious! Don't listen to this with headphones while knitting at a coffee shop because you will laugh hysterically and folks will look at you funny. Just warning you... Anything by David Sedaris is funny. Oftentimes raunchy, but really funny. Offensive to some, so listener beware.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739337270?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0739337270">The Book Thief</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0739337270" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0739337297?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0739337297">I am the Messenger</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0739337297" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586217194?ie=UTF8&tag=rosemaryknits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1586217194">Blink</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=rosemaryknits-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1586217194" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, and sooooo many more. These are just the last few in my reading notebook. I could go on and on, but I'll stop here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thirty years of addiction to audio books has provided me with a very long list. What started it all is that a very long time ago, I worked for a vision-impaired scientist who was able to get these special record albums and special record players through a foundation for the blind. We'd listen to books and stories and so forth while spending hours upon hours peering through microscopes, examining cotton chromosomes. Sometimes, we'd work right through lunch and stay late that night because the story was so engaging. <a href="http://www.bio.fsu.edu/history/obitmenzel.html">That lady was pretty smart</a>, if you ask me. Smart in oh so many ways.</div><div><br /></div><div>From then on, I was hooked! To this day, I have absolutely no use for TV and can hardly sit through a movie, but give me a recorded book and I'm in heaven!</div><div><br /></div><div>A few months ago, I discovered something new! New to me, at least. PODCASTS! Cue the chorus of angels...</div><div><br /></div><div>My teenagers fixed me up with itunes on my computer and a quick tutorial, and here I am, happy in podcast land. Here are my current favorites.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.cast-on.com/">Cast On</a> - always interesting.</div><div><a href="http://crafting-a-life.com/craftlit/">Craft Lit</a> - Oh my gosh, she's doing <i>Flatland, </i>be still my heart. She also interjects so many interesting facts and observations - I'm loving this! I only learned about it a few days ago, and can't wait to listen to her previous books.</div><div><a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/">This American Life</a> - I've listened to this radio show for years and I'm thrilled to be able to listen to the show even when I miss it when it airs. The most recent episode is online for free, back issues are available for a modest charge.</div><div><a href="http://www.cartalk.com/">Car Talk</a> - once again, I have loved this show for years, and I'm happy that I never need to miss an episode just because I have to go somewhere during their air time. My kids were raised with these guys - every Sunday, we listen to Car Talk and we get all upset if we have to miss it. Not anymore! Yay for podcasts!</div><div><a href="http://www.howstuffworks.com/stuff-you-should-know-podcast.htm">Stuff You Should Know </a> - I LOVE these guys! I wish they'd learn the subjective case vs the objective case when it comes to "I" vs "me" but I'll overlook it because they are just so darned CUTE!</div><div><a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/techstuff-podcast.htm">Tech Stuff</a> - I like to listen to these guys while spinning, just for the juxtaposition of the world's most ancient technology - a spindle - and the world's most modern technology - the stuff that they talk about. It makes me feel modern and edgy, lol. </div><div><a href="http://www.sciencefriday.com/">Science Friday</a> - a nice variety of science issues. </div><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819409">Please Explain</a> is always interesting and informative, and you never know what you're going to get - large variety.</div><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=35">Wait Wait Don't Tell Me</a> is excellent for car-listening, as it is engaging and fast moving enough that you stay alert, plus, it's just hilarious.</div><div><br /></div><div>Do you have any excellent recorded books to recommend? Do you have a favorite podcast? I'm trying to walk more, and there's nothing more encouraging than a good podcast to get me out there, getting my exercise. I've learned that I prefer audio books for knitting and spinning, and most housework and yard work, but that I prefer podcasts for walking and driving. When I listen to a book on tape, presuming that it's a good book, then I sort of "go there" and not pay such close attention to what I'm doing, which is not a good thing when I'm driving, heh heh .</div><div><br /></div><div>Edited later to add - if you are a recorded book aficionado as well, then please check the comments section, as I hope to get lots of recommendations. Thanks!</div><div><br /></div>Rosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13919009138145168313noreply@blogger.com15