I reckon you can never have too much wool either
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| 3251 | Waves hand madly in the air at popeye...or kiwimade ;-) ixcelm8 - 2014-01-10 14:40:00 |
| 3252 | *waves madly back at ixcelm8* Woooooppppppp woooooopppppp!!!! (son said to me over Christmas NEVER to say that out loud lmao) I have finished the first quarter of my cross stitch... omggg what a mission to get back into the swing of stitching. I'm part way through back stitching the border and will leave the back stitching for the main picture till the end. The corner isn't 100% but I refuse to unpick it for the fifth time (yep, unpicked it again today). Edited by kiwimade64 at 3:50 pm, Fri 10 Jan kiwimade64 - 2014-01-10 15:50:00 |
| 3253 | Hi Ixcelm8.. Waves back... Just let me check something lol. If I was to look on Fb would I find you in one of the groups I belong to and then be able to help with emailing a link to you? If that is what your hinting at? lol Edited by popeye333 at 3:57 pm, Fri 10 Jan popeye333 - 2014-01-10 15:50:00 |
| 3254 | kiwimade64 wrote:
Well done Kiwimade... just be sure you don't make the same mistake in the next section.. Ive started a little wee dress... fingers crossed all goes well lol... popeye333 - 2014-01-10 15:52:00 |
| 3255 | grandmasue1 wrote:
Have done GMS popeye333 - 2014-01-10 15:57:00 |
| 3256 | popeye333 wrote:
lol omgg no way! This corner can be my 'humility square' as quilters call it. Hope you enjoy the pattern GMS :) Can't wait to hear what colour you are going to knit it in. kiwimade64 - 2014-01-10 16:02:00 |
| 3257 | Just going to go check my emails ...I do have 1000 gms of an Acrylic Mauve but think if I am doing one for me I might buy possum/merino. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-10 16:17:00 |
| 3258 | I didn't put the buttons on mine... I thought well id never do them up. but I was thinking if I decided it needed it, I could add buttons for decoration anyway. Lol Kiwimade, at the humility square. When I have done cross stitch in the past I generally always make a mistake.. I put that down to making it original and no one elses will be the same lol popeye333 - 2014-01-10 16:19:00 |
| 3259 | YES...that pattern looks do-able but I estimate it will take me about 8 weeks...might be a little quicker once I don't have local grandkids coming in to play Bingo or Draughts or watch old video's with Pasue. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-10 16:34:00 |
| 3260 | Its quite a simple pattern really eh GMS... Just the frill that takes the time. That took me 8 days lol. Would look lovely in mauve too, but even nicer in a natural possum wool. Would look nice in black too with sparkly buttons. but who the heck knits black these days lol popeye333 - 2014-01-10 16:38:00 |
| 3261 | I don't think I could knit that much black but maybe a silvery grey. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-10 16:49:00 |
| 3262 | I was thinking a midnight blue :) kiwimade64 - 2014-01-10 16:51:00 |
| 3263 | I couldn't either GMS. it would kill my eyes. I love the 3/4 sleeves on the cardy, cos Im very bad at pushing sleeves up. popeye333 - 2014-01-10 16:53:00 |
| 3264 | kiwimade64 wrote:
Maybe a plain colour but something with a sparkle in for the frill too? popeye333 - 2014-01-10 16:54:00 |
| 3265 | ohh yes...definitely needs a sparkle or some sort of beading :P kiwimade64 - 2014-01-10 16:54:00 |
| 3266 | Just a tip ladies... I got MrP to hack the end off some 4mm metal needles for me. I then glued some big beads on the end. popeye333 - 2014-01-10 16:58:00 |
| 3267 | Hope you knowledgable knitters don't mind me popping in here everynow and again looking for advice -have any if you made the ten stitch spiral blanket -I have started it about 50 times and the centre doesn't seem to lie flat so then when I do the next round it has a bit if a frill look to it -I have looked on you tube there is a really good clip but it is in German and she knits continental style at a million miles an hour -about to consign it to the dnf bin gerry64 - 2014-01-10 18:15:00 |
| 3268 | Hi gerry64, I think someone in our facebook knitting group has done the spiral blanket. If you're on facebook search for New Zealand Knitters and Crocheters. maible - 2014-01-10 18:51:00 |
| 3269 | One of the ladies one here did a circle one. the thread is here http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/MessageBoard/Messages.asp raej2 - 2014-01-10 19:08:00 |
| 3270 | gerry64 wrote: kiwimade64 - 2014-01-10 19:13:00 |
| 3271 | I am doing the square one and CaroleV showed me where I had gone wrong ...lol...after we had done a Skype call we me teaching her corners. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-10 19:51:00 |
| 3272 | Hi, I made a ten stitch blanket for my sister I law when my brother died recently. Are you only doing the join slip thingy on the ridge, don't do it on the between ridge bit. You should do it maybe 9 times down the first bit. I will try and put up a photo. armin59 - 2014-01-10 20:03:00 |
| 3273 | http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/299597341.jpg armin59 - 2014-01-10 20:09:00 |
| 3274 | http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/299597976.jpg armin59 - 2014-01-10 20:15:00 |
| 3275 | I have done a couple of circular ones the centre is reasonably flat and once you start the outer rows ensure you keep good track of where the short row fits for each circle - I give it a bit of a steam press when finished to make sure it sits really flat sorry lost the photo will give it another go Edited by jayemtoo at 8:23 pm, Fri 10 Jan jayemtoo - 2014-01-10 20:21:00 |
| 3276 | http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/299598633.jpg jayemtoo - 2014-01-10 20:25:00 |
| 3277 | I have just started round 11 , think we do 12 is that right??? running out of wool fast now. carolev - 2014-01-10 21:49:00 |
| 3278 | Don't know carolev - sorry can't help you - but you're usually in bed by now aren't you? Are you turning into a night-owl? kuaka - 2014-01-10 21:59:00 |
| 3279 | jayemtoo wrote: Fabulous...I knew I had seen one somewhere. CaroleV you can do as many rounds as you like......I keep buying more wool.....I don't have a huge stash. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-10 22:21:00 |
| 3280 | oooo ekk granmasue.....I'd be divorced to mine if he wouldn't allow me to have my pwwwwwwwecious stash!! Wool envy ...thats what it is! lol ixcelm8 - 2014-01-10 22:32:00 |
| 3281 | Oops didn't see it's a spiral blanket, ignore all my advice then. armin59 - 2014-01-10 22:46:00 |
| 3282 | armin59 wrote:
sorry can't help myself!! re spiral blanket~ we all know what goes "around" comes "around" eh armin! lol ixcelm8 - 2014-01-10 22:50:00 |
| 3283 | popeye333 wrote:
Don't think I am in any of the "groups" at the mo ....but how about contacting me via my q and a...I'll email you and leave the q unanswered... ixcelm8 - 2014-01-10 22:55:00 |
| 3284 | cheers all of you for your help and your welcome- had thrown it in the every increasing pile of "I cant stand the sight of this anymore" but seeing your lovely one jayem just might give it another go tomorrow - forecast is for 38 so wont be venturing outside gerry64 - 2014-01-10 23:10:00 |
| 3285 | Ha-ha very funny. armin59 - 2014-01-10 23:26:00 |
| 3286 | morning ladies :) hard to believe it's summer this morning, have a cardy and slippers on. Feels like autum! Finished on sleeve on the wee cardy for Maddy last evening then started to watch Hunt for Red October with Sean Connery... sigh.... can't knit and watch him at the same time lol. Got a few chores to do around the house today, MrK is building me a new clothesline which he said will be finished next week. Just need to go into town and buy him some screws or nails or something like that - told him to make me a list lol. Windows need doing again, blimmen flies! Then I'll get the back stitching done on the border of my cross stitch and begin the next quarter. This next quarter shouldn't take as long as there are lotttssss of half stitches. Only thing is, being left handed, my stitches lie in a different direction so sometimes I have to add one or two more to fill in little 'gaps' I make. Happy knitting :) kiwimade64 - 2014-01-11 07:08:00 |
| 3287 | morning ladies got the washing on, Kuaka I was up late coss coro finished at 9.30 . been looking at houses to buy, time to move on. all have a happy day I know I will, carolev - 2014-01-11 07:09:00 |
| 3288 | I see carolev - I've been looking at houses too, but just to keep an eye on what is available in case Mr K pops his cloggs as I think this place would be too big for me on my own, and the section is quite difficult too - mind you, it would keep me busy, and as they say "the devil finds work for idle hands". No chance of that here. I'm still knitting dishcloths, I seem to have quite a bit of cotton and it's easier to knit when it's hot, than knitting wool. Just wondering, I also have a lot of 50% cotton/50% acrylic, do you think that would be okay for knitting dishcloths, or is 100% cotton better. We will be back to the boat after breakfast, but we are getting close to casting off (the mooring). Happy knitting everyone. kuaka - 2014-01-11 08:04:00 |
| 3289 | We decide to eat breakfast out on the deck...it was rather cool but pleasant. CaroleV you are living in a beautiful home now , in a peaceful setting and all your beloved, machines, wool stash ,dolls, teapots, materials fit in beautifully and your garden is magnificent. Moving on would be very hard but if you feel you must...well then....you must :) grandmasue1 - 2014-01-11 09:05:00 |
| 3290 | Morning everyone... Lots of projects on the go for everyone. Yep ixcelm8 will go via that way. Having just done the frill for my cardy I think Ill be staying away from the 10 stitch blanket for a while. At least I have the shorter needles for one now. I will sit in the office and look through all the patterns till something jumps out and says KNIT me. I have been planning for years what I want to do when its just me. I don't think theres any harm in that. I want a town with the following requirements. Lol that about covers everything. Our house we are in is perfect its just not in the right town. We don't have public transport unless you want to catch the workers bus that goes out at 6am and back at 6pm. Not cool here, but we have a nice breeze and overcast. Well better get a few things done then I can hide in the office for a wee while. Have a good day everyone Edited by popeye333 at 9:10 am, Sat 11 Jan popeye333 - 2014-01-11 09:09:00 |
| 3291 | Yes our house is ideal for us but will be far to big for me on my own, I have always planned on moving when I found myself alone......I have a fair idea where, it is just down the road, and close to everything. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-11 10:40:00 |
| 3292 | when MrK was in hospital and I was told to go home and pray, there is very little hope, I began planning his funeral and what I was going to do. It was weird as around three months beforehand, he had spoken to his mate about him dying and asked him to make sure I wasn't ripped off when I sold his woodworking gear and tools. The plans I made are semi in the back of my mind and occasionally I tease him that the funeral plans can easily be taken 'off hold'. I believe there comes a time in your life when you begin to think like this and it becomes a sort of self preservation strategy. Housework all done, washing hung out, dry, and brought back in. Going to do the back stitching after my cuppa. Have fun deciding popeye, there is always something we can knit or create! kiwimade64 - 2014-01-11 11:01:00 |
| 3293 | We were told when my husband was 40 that if he didn't lose weight he would be dead before he was 50. He has gained another 60 kg since then and is 76....yes we made plans....I developed a career, took over the principal wage earner role and here he still sits , right next to me. However we never increased the mortgage so have gone onto super quite comfortable financially. Our needs are small. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-11 12:00:00 |
| 3294 | Yup when MrP started having more problems I started thinking. I think it is self preservation.. And I think if you can put thought into it with a happy heart, rather than when they have gone and you are hurting. It makes things easier. Same with us GMS, they gave MrP 3 months to live 25 years ago. And he has died on the the table during surgery , plus heart attacks and strokes. Cant keep a good man down eh. When he is struggling and down a bit he tells me to go find someone younger. I tell him I aint done with him yet. And young doesn't mean fully fit and doesn't need care, he was only 43 when I got him and already a broken down crock. lol popeye333 - 2014-01-11 12:28:00 |
| 3295 | Kiwimade, what is back stitching? Kuake, casting off, you could do both at the same time, boat and knitting. Everyone I know only uses cotton for dish cloths. armin59 - 2014-01-11 16:20:00 |
| 3296 | well I my case I will go first, fact 1 I am older than him. 2 in poor health. 3 he owns every things, so I don't need to worry, been sewing most of the day. now to sell it carolev - 2014-01-11 16:24:00 |
| 3297 | Have just started on spiral blanket no 52 -well it seems that many -am clicking my row counter rather than remembering which of the two rows I should be doing -it looks much better Edited by gerry64 at 4:28 pm, Sat 11 Jan gerry64 - 2014-01-11 16:28:00 |
| 3298 | carolev wrote:
You have it sorted Carole. No need to worry. Im lucky in one way. When I get too old to be enjoying life, I can just "forget" to take my warfarin and it will happen within days. They will find me and probably say something like, Oh the silly old bugger forgot her pills. I often try and work out how many blankets I have made over the years Gerry. Not that many that's for sure.lol Ive decided to crochet a peggy square blanket as well as carrying on with the cardy... The blanket is red and white. Ive decided to knit and crochet and hopefully sell on here but I may have a stall at the local craft fair, in the cooler months. popeye333 - 2014-01-11 16:38:00 |
| 3299 | I am doing and adult size shrug at the moment with Acrylic dk I got from Arthurs emporium Whangarei. t feels quite thick for DK and cost me $25 for a kilo. I have yet to see how it washes etc. The brand is 'Needles'. *Popeye* stopping your Warfarin might mean a slow death.....just like stopping your Met :) Barrys INR was as usual 2.5 on Friday and he stays on alternate days of 1 0r 2 mgs. What he eats never seems to effect him. My last A1c was 42...so all is well in our household. grandmasue1 - 2014-01-11 16:54:00 |
| 3300 | Popeye I haven't got past the first circle -have just got a great pile of little frills - gerry64 - 2014-01-11 16:57:00 |
