tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79044018559887765232024-02-02T05:37:26.379-08:00Knotical Adventures in Fiber Arts by Mylyne De JesusWorks in thread, paper, and other mediaMylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-84435942289094822392009-07-24T00:00:00.000-07:002009-07-24T00:04:51.067-07:00Graduation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxy7sUmjvDR5tmBpBNLsQsolHyICoyx2Y2dQDRdAO9ZELQidwd8NIO8hECAkND9IXxHP0DSQclkjZD4vRqZ2XX9LywYcR0Z-vM478jA7a5cZhe20ivppsQU1iJjq1u8nnaRIeIDu25OE/s1600-h/Triston+grad+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitxy7sUmjvDR5tmBpBNLsQsolHyICoyx2Y2dQDRdAO9ZELQidwd8NIO8hECAkND9IXxHP0DSQclkjZD4vRqZ2XX9LywYcR0Z-vM478jA7a5cZhe20ivppsQU1iJjq1u8nnaRIeIDu25OE/s400/Triston+grad+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361918891904723890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The future lies before you,<br />Like a field of driven snow,<br />Be careful how you tread it,<br />For every step will show.<br /><br />--Author Unknown<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-75641487439408406832009-07-14T13:59:00.001-07:002009-07-23T23:56:54.320-07:00Sok It to Me<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">School's out, so it's one distraction after another. Needless to say, I haven't got much knitting or crocheting done. But what I have accomplished, however</span></span>, <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">is completing my first sock-- YEAH! Here it is...</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHmaysor8hUO1kGBV9eJaLcefQwKZapv1z2Qn5d7fmu77iQ7N6k__3bSjW5AOQaPowGGKsW7wJ7o2EJZUhxlBlcvBy06pd6HwWP6EeGkJ_pczRSO-XXuayeR73swDMzp_KHfoV8XIMZw/s1600-h/sok4+copy.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/AVvXsEiZHmaysor8hUO1kGBV9eJaLcefQwKZapv1z2Qn5d7fmu77iQ7N6k__3bSjW5AOQaPowGGKsW7wJ7o2EJZUhxlBlcvBy06pd6HwWP6EeGkJ_pczRSO-XXuayeR73swDMzp_KHfoV8XIMZw/s400/sok4+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358424094548749506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pySv6knuzeag2QAkO-9eYklZ_6VK44v7R8QGd_kuXk8Tjo9vGxBHGIP4m_lxgaiQLHYu9g_LqUQNxCWSElKG9SqWpQEqc2p13-r8lvFwtCov6GSGjKJMuF8lr-gtHmhpNoJEtbQ9yrM/s1600-h/sok3+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 401px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYaWrlBbNi5uxjZr857VRQt0e-aQE3Y3cOTDkMs7i9UHysZf-CzjNBsVBJq0X0-k8jNgAUU-rmW6SN5Fio1yJIkIoptgx7TyTghgTQP_o6gAlRARnRCEb83oWf1o3FblV64IS0JuS0io/s400/sok+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358424073282375490" border="0" /></a>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-79656823814739108972009-07-14T13:55:00.000-07:002009-07-14T14:42:50.132-07:00Gifts from Near and Far<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64dJ_h0n1ox-2JC_taBum43W6GWi0EInlMaMco1iHDjgxQE5xiJfsWnlPACgtUvM3zSmZUzUWb-QvMxTnnSx_lmFwybVRHL-YrgrAGikfWibm1cYERaD_NDSGDiZYMwRkZHtANOYapeg/s1600-h/Threads+from+Maile+copy.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/AVvXsEj64dJ_h0n1ox-2JC_taBum43W6GWi0EInlMaMco1iHDjgxQE5xiJfsWnlPACgtUvM3zSmZUzUWb-QvMxTnnSx_lmFwybVRHL-YrgrAGikfWibm1cYERaD_NDSGDiZYMwRkZHtANOYapeg/s400/Threads+from+Maile+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358423182748280354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://freepatterns.k1p1keepingyouinstitchesstudio.com/">Maile Mauch</a> from</span> closeby sent me the cotton threads above for designing <a href="http://knoticaladventures.blogspot.com/2009/06/purly-shells-bookmark.html">"Purly Shells."</a></span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-TzbpfsWyeSTmGNFhNPKt5ezH1G8Xm8NL44ru_I5t0A0FpuNN5n7P3q_vwajv5ntMJqah55V_X1B-bmwx1eZ1f194y8I3vCv3X5KtSK77ZvUjk2ei1_QgnMU_evkxl7pp3r9SEB3qZ0/s1600-h/Korea+copy.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/AVvXsEjV-TzbpfsWyeSTmGNFhNPKt5ezH1G8Xm8NL44ru_I5t0A0FpuNN5n7P3q_vwajv5ntMJqah55V_X1B-bmwx1eZ1f194y8I3vCv3X5KtSK77ZvUjk2ei1_QgnMU_evkxl7pp3r9SEB3qZ0/s400/Korea+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358423177855138578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOp95G9ehrcsjHV1fhTM01jidkP8K5rLYDhyphenhyphenUgq63Wcn6lfAHOMiYIN6zg-rhuY9-dS7GKgX8qEbI8ovHSttVWfJmCw44Nb-ssfYPxb1Q2D-MIYelzKZ0I2O5VmjEGifzevFTg-6e2xy4/s1600-h/Japan3+copy.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/AVvXsEjOp95G9ehrcsjHV1fhTM01jidkP8K5rLYDhyphenhyphenUgq63Wcn6lfAHOMiYIN6zg-rhuY9-dS7GKgX8qEbI8ovHSttVWfJmCw44Nb-ssfYPxb1Q2D-MIYelzKZ0I2O5VmjEGifzevFTg-6e2xy4/s400/Japan3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358423171577854066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5vRV8wekAwGAshUgsARFlmGF8blFOlDCeQGhqAmu9MIPUaA0u0K2x7XKA3-P4b_KjxXs3uNo5jMWi74U_NvPmnu8trgJ5Utf6cCEbSEyouNerlkWePu4tS3r8BuxpkUkGOTfQuIlNEA/s1600-h/Japan2.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/AVvXsEim5vRV8wekAwGAshUgsARFlmGF8blFOlDCeQGhqAmu9MIPUaA0u0K2x7XKA3-P4b_KjxXs3uNo5jMWi74U_NvPmnu8trgJ5Utf6cCEbSEyouNerlkWePu4tS3r8BuxpkUkGOTfQuIlNEA/s400/Japan2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358423164569377282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Then International Delegates from Japan and Korea came and left us a few gifts. We threw them a gathering on June 20, 2009.</span></span>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-43121610571901972272009-07-14T12:48:00.000-07:002009-07-14T15:14:35.618-07:00Hot! Hot! Hot!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">See people rockin' yeah people chantin'</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUq6i_tAe4A2afFskH5LpDch9yY1gfR-PtZY-5NucnOuFgdWVJWs9-ymeCL4v5aaPaxF8ZiP2HI9L5P5hwet59CgtGM2Ftp9hzHGRDrrszpCMHtPbeZOymGJS3x0IwxwuOi2UE-HemrRQ/s1600-h/hot+pad+4+copy.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/AVvXsEhUq6i_tAe4A2afFskH5LpDch9yY1gfR-PtZY-5NucnOuFgdWVJWs9-ymeCL4v5aaPaxF8ZiP2HI9L5P5hwet59CgtGM2Ftp9hzHGRDrrszpCMHtPbeZOymGJS3x0IwxwuOi2UE-HemrRQ/s400/hot+pad+4+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358420501179396242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Feeling hot hot hot<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07IzH37kruPPeeOFkLZY-JEH43FU9sKpyOxQg1Nviiksyo7P_NIGUPrjq3hYKz43d5CNPoScfiuRkcHhRzHvSa1mYsEj_2GeJtMz8VyvqQG87xM_oESkibPZlDa6Xj-dLXH_3IHR8sEs/s1600-h/hot+pad+3+copy.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/AVvXsEi07IzH37kruPPeeOFkLZY-JEH43FU9sKpyOxQg1Nviiksyo7P_NIGUPrjq3hYKz43d5CNPoScfiuRkcHhRzHvSa1mYsEj_2GeJtMz8VyvqQG87xM_oESkibPZlDa6Xj-dLXH_3IHR8sEs/s400/hot+pad+3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358420493545677122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Keep up the spirit come on let's do it</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZj8CCeglR77nl9uch5JeHuoubs3rP1N1Pfcjxtu92ZEx_KgtW3yp5OtlFdQqUj4G7uLT7G80jL8p97H0UsazHj3JfNY5041V4uXCA7KIxWPq1Ts2XbybY8Pagaim2XwuwCuys3R8MjU/s1600-h/hot+pad+2+copy.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/AVvXsEgAZj8CCeglR77nl9uch5JeHuoubs3rP1N1Pfcjxtu92ZEx_KgtW3yp5OtlFdQqUj4G7uLT7G80jL8p97H0UsazHj3JfNY5041V4uXCA7KIxWPq1Ts2XbybY8Pagaim2XwuwCuys3R8MjU/s400/hot+pad+2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358420485746898050" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Feeling hot hot hot<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutb6t6S5KGE1JvTsafTtAAcyw_rj3L2jHoYd_9SqLc9KPgxlTtBy_ohxFklj60-BcircwYO_q16mYQZTq0mVvzk_tHlAystLIEDdHvysRbqIfJFks_Hd802VZxico5yCXwudpTZHx1Wc/s1600-h/hot+pad+copy.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/AVvXsEiutb6t6S5KGE1JvTsafTtAAcyw_rj3L2jHoYd_9SqLc9KPgxlTtBy_ohxFklj60-BcircwYO_q16mYQZTq0mVvzk_tHlAystLIEDdHvysRbqIfJFks_Hd802VZxico5yCXwudpTZHx1Wc/s400/hot+pad+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358420508203241442" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">--<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIP5w4H6Dw">Hot! Hot! Hot!</a> by Buster Poindexter</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-61181969427435851122009-06-21T17:41:00.001-07:002009-06-21T17:43:39.881-07:00Purly Shells Bookmark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw2HOgYjiZmSQDLaN0UI0D-0aEJ_9TjxMLM9Xx5H7BDgx7bzhrdHIX02Q6C-7BvdaIXrby262NNPxc7vkJcN2v-70avoSHbHPDiXE56BBAfUPZnDcDhI54oZulP5Ze4umBJ0EWfByljo/s1600-h/purly+shells+bookmark+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw2HOgYjiZmSQDLaN0UI0D-0aEJ_9TjxMLM9Xx5H7BDgx7bzhrdHIX02Q6C-7BvdaIXrby262NNPxc7vkJcN2v-70avoSHbHPDiXE56BBAfUPZnDcDhI54oZulP5Ze4umBJ0EWfByljo/s320/purly+shells+bookmark+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349945919120998370" border="0" /></a>
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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjZJkQN82xd8hWJXLVzm0_qci7w-VBp2vCXBxrv76S8PwfO9LMAkE8KuV7-SSt55koUVj4tcdyyL6n9rILoaW3jpAs3UwxYmvWbQuf8fgDfNTE_U6tJG2BvwvZTcuBqPU3Lr1uc0XKOfU/s400/Scarf+Clip+by+Mylyne+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346251673835796738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">The objective of this workshop is to make a scarf clip with a bear motif. Each of the workshop participants started crocheting tiny bear heads with even tinier bear ears.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86OMaeAVc2UUrXC77d_T2I6SKTTBVTHbyZW8OjAKkrQAXrdwptPrehTXcJ_QcXgJ_3PCXkfItGeG2Yu0mZB7qASCnZ64PG87gmEc5GV8HoCnHMdak9UR5gz5xWhLNEtOO-0zRSw6KkiQ/s1600-h/scarf+clip+copy.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/AVvXsEg86OMaeAVc2UUrXC77d_T2I6SKTTBVTHbyZW8OjAKkrQAXrdwptPrehTXcJ_QcXgJ_3PCXkfItGeG2Yu0mZB7qASCnZ64PG87gmEc5GV8HoCnHMdak9UR5gz5xWhLNEtOO-0zRSw6KkiQ/s400/scarf+clip+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346243035582703874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">After sewing the head parts on the wire-stuffed arms, it's starting to look like a bear scarf clip.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTtigCcZpVSVPSswHp_ZC3KypuEKEaNf4T-eDN9P5KzHGgylllFsYmKfVjDvroBNLZTltbkZDFusOAMFGnML83-tx_E84b2TE4ea9ns6XOAq3gSIaoomC3h65i-CPujqVifEXs0ZSntk/s1600-h/scarf+clip2+copy.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/AVvXsEglTtigCcZpVSVPSswHp_ZC3KypuEKEaNf4T-eDN9P5KzHGgylllFsYmKfVjDvroBNLZTltbkZDFusOAMFGnML83-tx_E84b2TE4ea9ns6XOAq3gSIaoomC3h65i-CPujqVifEXs0ZSntk/s400/scarf+clip2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346243040731306274" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Paying attention to the details, make the face come to life. The eyes are the first to be sewn on the face.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhh6zxSgNNz2resIfj3VrYog8CwI6fZ_6Xm7ryGxmbxQWaWhKd92BoAxqketrxgsH-G88DWMf9TWn9BnYDJfWQppqRYyhZugdIVBEEH6gyeMljPmr5yOfoWfXZko53Ig0BIxm84H3xiw/s1600-h/scarf+clip3+copy.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/AVvXsEjNhh6zxSgNNz2resIfj3VrYog8CwI6fZ_6Xm7ryGxmbxQWaWhKd92BoAxqketrxgsH-G88DWMf9TWn9BnYDJfWQppqRYyhZugdIVBEEH6gyeMljPmr5yOfoWfXZko53Ig0BIxm84H3xiw/s400/scarf+clip3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346243052243363618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Working on the muzzle features like sewing the nose on and the lips give the bear a distinctive personality and the scarf clip a cute finish.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGrY3KVi3ob338ewGfT0B-vi2_4ZLkD8w1vb9pb_8uVUdtt2JE0hOBdvvOVFzReRWnQ4obHfmfouSqWYQ81Cjr6EH6d3CpiqFhrS4bcsFYoz9oiq6uDyOVrVztDILhnEBIwWP4rA8nEE/s1600-h/scarf+clip4+copy.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/AVvXsEjRGrY3KVi3ob338ewGfT0B-vi2_4ZLkD8w1vb9pb_8uVUdtt2JE0hOBdvvOVFzReRWnQ4obHfmfouSqWYQ81Cjr6EH6d3CpiqFhrS4bcsFYoz9oiq6uDyOVrVztDILhnEBIwWP4rA8nEE/s400/scarf+clip4+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346243052824836706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-3686799769680860412009-06-06T18:38:00.001-07:002009-06-08T23:51:23.095-07:00Seafoam, Seafoam<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Visions of those shores embedded in my mind,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Are now just fragments of dreams,</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />That only my subconscious can bind.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />One day I will return to that sea.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Until that day I will continue to dream,<br />Of sea foam waves crashing over me.<br /></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> from Sea Foam Waves by stormyskye,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" > http://www.bestlovepoems.net/member_love_proses/sea_foam_waves</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The seafoam stitch was first introduced in the Interweave Knits Summer of 2001 as a chenille towel pattern. Which is why adapting it with a shawl of<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEW8n6agFCrr32hldNAJNEaD2jHU75bLFz_ej0cel8LlNHC38DZmfmYv841BolyIP569GfKcF9GSnHpo3xdLgidTlOiB_LhR2vPysMOqqOGbruyvNdVAkjyCOlormKvJQZ2duRniPDLc/s1600-h/dream+shawl+seafoam+stitch+copy.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/AVvXsEiNEW8n6agFCrr32hldNAJNEaD2jHU75bLFz_ej0cel8LlNHC38DZmfmYv841BolyIP569GfKcF9GSnHpo3xdLgidTlOiB_LhR2vPysMOqqOGbruyvNdVAkjyCOlormKvJQZ2duRniPDLc/s400/dream+shawl+seafoam+stitch+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344395446225148722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Moda Dea yarn is not that difficult in fact it seemed that the stitch and the yarn appeared as if they were made for each other as you can see from the picture above.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZN5xvm23zWLRs-0IBEJD0BLKGjN-_Data_3q52z3c3PHjN7dtUCsjkrijggDUZscOZZ7OFf9G3w1vXTsngB_YXcPqfQCByGPkJyqfLH_wesILpvrMDB1BW8FU_meiVcw5_FFX8yn2UQ/s1600-h/moda+dea+dream+red+copy.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/AVvXsEjPZN5xvm23zWLRs-0IBEJD0BLKGjN-_Data_3q52z3c3PHjN7dtUCsjkrijggDUZscOZZ7OFf9G3w1vXTsngB_YXcPqfQCByGPkJyqfLH_wesILpvrMDB1BW8FU_meiVcw5_FFX8yn2UQ/s400/moda+dea+dream+red+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344395452473432354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Only a mere five more balls are left remaining of the stash for this shawl. Did I mention that the Dream yarn is also of a chenille type yarn and is so unbelievably soft that I can hardly wait to get this shawl off the needles.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS18NJc6VfaPMUqLRtCtJpIcbGLk5y-3DQKLivUdbFF20oJeEgrqB-vaQJo7xDRFM9_xJ8bLriYVzJ6rqD2xz2ymRqMDCaPn0vNndPo3Q2XGWYNM5ttoaiO0nixX5y2R9i8Bi4KpIVJM/s1600-h/dream+seafoam+shawl+copy.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/AVvXsEhDS18NJc6VfaPMUqLRtCtJpIcbGLk5y-3DQKLivUdbFF20oJeEgrqB-vaQJo7xDRFM9_xJ8bLriYVzJ6rqD2xz2ymRqMDCaPn0vNndPo3Q2XGWYNM5ttoaiO0nixX5y2R9i8Bi4KpIVJM/s400/dream+seafoam+shawl+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344395441151546226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I purchased some sky blue balls of boucle-type yarn some time ago and finally decided to use a drop-stitch pattern for this and what came to mind is none<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuCtHAjEUGLTrNGFlocn_DnIsMDgPj-Jywn091nFtujzVv6ynd50yojxDvxLNngLLWbBSB4nbh6vOTpfzBT2o5XI4WvDMgec3ioSBgaKz3Uf1PuumnHpoSyovJbd8IQSS4Uu9TxzYrDs/s1600-h/blue+seafoam+yarns+copy.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/AVvXsEiBuCtHAjEUGLTrNGFlocn_DnIsMDgPj-Jywn091nFtujzVv6ynd50yojxDvxLNngLLWbBSB4nbh6vOTpfzBT2o5XI4WvDMgec3ioSBgaKz3Uf1PuumnHpoSyovJbd8IQSS4Uu9TxzYrDs/s400/blue+seafoam+yarns+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344395437374980530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />other than the ever-trusted seafoam stitch as it not only reveals a stitch pattern in and of itself, but also show-off the yarn texture at the same time.<br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_A1W4mnVQZxqvCFVJU1D_OcCNjK-Yxf_YzUEnQmd7HNA1THsBx75Wp_Ze4U41vWtGwbkld_CNzt78A5mrxsH3FdtGRr6S5IrWPhA4CShaJOkHSEeLIo7xmPMDglpWFx1va7J7Mf9Avs/s1600-h/blue+seafoam+scarf+stitch+copy.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/AVvXsEjZ_A1W4mnVQZxqvCFVJU1D_OcCNjK-Yxf_YzUEnQmd7HNA1THsBx75Wp_Ze4U41vWtGwbkld_CNzt78A5mrxsH3FdtGRr6S5IrWPhA4CShaJOkHSEeLIo7xmPMDglpWFx1va7J7Mf9Avs/s400/blue+seafoam+scarf+stitch+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344395432074566530" border="0" /></a><br /><pre><span><span style="font-size:large;">Seafoam Stitch<br />Cast on on a multiple of 10 stitches + 6.<br /><br /> row 1 - k6, *yo2, k1, yo3, k1, yo4, k1, yo3, k1, yo2, k6*, repeat from *<br /> row 2 - knit across, dropping all the yarn overs as you go.<br /> row 3 - knit across<br /> row 4 - k1, *yo2, k1, yo3, k1, yo4, k1, yo3, k1, yo2, k6* repeat twice from *,<br /> ending in a single k instead.<br /> row 5 - knit across, dropping all the yarn overs as you go.<br /> row 6 - knit across<br /></span></span></pre>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-75905777810244712362009-06-04T09:33:00.000-07:002009-06-08T23:44:44.861-07:00Off the Hook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZBLPVjbKxuTVIwyQNtVGB_3ZnPZnlmhywzSyszHQ03mj0Xuug8cTSsDtcdi0l_sEMu3M3w2ULrNsoy6JCXdMkAEAYhpbgeeBfa0ita7Mt-18yLLonOpBUsTIpEpzZAO27paGc74Dqe8/s1600-h/potholder1+copy.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/AVvXsEhmZBLPVjbKxuTVIwyQNtVGB_3ZnPZnlmhywzSyszHQ03mj0Xuug8cTSsDtcdi0l_sEMu3M3w2ULrNsoy6JCXdMkAEAYhpbgeeBfa0ita7Mt-18yLLonOpBUsTIpEpzZAO27paGc74Dqe8/s400/potholder1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343514204528608066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was a long and slow detailed work, finally the Easy Potholder is done. </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYbVs0TaD5hJGrUROzULbZb_EVe9-GYqW33VaqNXMn6MibPzccw5rwUZ4sMjR_xsFbUwvl5wL1qYzRW_jCCW8YxXo2nh1aJNakVjhyoK_UwjL6uUlsxBDhzQwCzInPDvfhdziSJ7v-xQ/s1600-h/potholder+1a+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYbVs0TaD5hJGrUROzULbZb_EVe9-GYqW33VaqNXMn6MibPzccw5rwUZ4sMjR_xsFbUwvl5wL1qYzRW_jCCW8YxXo2nh1aJNakVjhyoK_UwjL6uUlsxBDhzQwCzInPDvfhdziSJ7v-xQ/s400/potholder+1a+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343514200807533874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />I still have a lot of cotton yarn in my stash, but I dare not make another one like this. Maybe I'll try another geometric pattern like this <a href="http://mylittlekitchen.blogspot.com/2007/12/crochet-old-fashioned-potholders.html">old fashion potholder</a></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. And hope this one doesn't get old too soon. Anyway I'm eager to use the one above in the kitchen and see how good it works.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlppczWD33mKlO-usVpWWXfkjG5GTTmZ9tICddVwdVEsLhuERU251JSdsgY7OtG-VEL8V2fg7Zaz7z1bCLbfSXq03hdytaW5QwrI_iqHTSskc6s8kBea7dDUyQnTvn9xdGQ7dF1hI3GBE/s1600-h/amigurumi+bear+1+copy.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/AVvXsEjlppczWD33mKlO-usVpWWXfkjG5GTTmZ9tICddVwdVEsLhuERU251JSdsgY7OtG-VEL8V2fg7Zaz7z1bCLbfSXq03hdytaW5QwrI_iqHTSskc6s8kBea7dDUyQnTvn9xdGQ7dF1hI3GBE/s400/amigurumi+bear+1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343522601218787474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Another one that's off the hook for some time now is a bear amigurumi. Not a miniature one, but still not for child's play. I got the pattern from a Japanese Amigurumi book I purchased from Kinokuniya Bookstore. I tried to stay close to the color of the bear, using substitute yarns that are available at the LYS.<br />Then A couple of things came in the mail a few days ago...<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSeHp16h532qq__D0EFs0F1swbisMFMLc08KSoPLCY2c7tWmaXykrt2EmOiS-4qlgtAWwe9SEzs_h7S-U33L4d-_A7ZWPxp_5A45o9P1XwUIXTKC80iPuqrMaQx-SxIP4Zc4JL94wefA/s1600-h/orange+lace+kp+copy.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/AVvXsEiLSeHp16h532qq__D0EFs0F1swbisMFMLc08KSoPLCY2c7tWmaXykrt2EmOiS-4qlgtAWwe9SEzs_h7S-U33L4d-_A7ZWPxp_5A45o9P1XwUIXTKC80iPuqrMaQx-SxIP4Zc4JL94wefA/s400/orange+lace+kp+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343515612569368722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">...an orange laceweight yarn which would make a pretty lace neckwarmer or cowl.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLF5wkqEB-FY-2mhCC-VZ6VwOJyEtKGnSQDKi8UWuphyphenhyphen49OCQmmEuQhPL0-xPUcgre0qOK1FQG0GWq2r_ugsaNlV-Bm1Us1-gFASzTKrqsHkxyQvYVZepChnT5NrBMYSKj-VsmHWWPpU/s1600-h/green+sok+yarn2+copy.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/AVvXsEgyLF5wkqEB-FY-2mhCC-VZ6VwOJyEtKGnSQDKi8UWuphyphenhyphen49OCQmmEuQhPL0-xPUcgre0qOK1FQG0GWq2r_ugsaNlV-Bm1Us1-gFASzTKrqsHkxyQvYVZepChnT5NrBMYSKj-VsmHWWPpU/s400/green+sok+yarn2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343515608335902770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And a pretty green fingering weight yarn with which I am currently knitting a<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.knitspot.com/knitting_pattern/keukenhof-sok-p-147.html?zenid=s5avh702q589837dkj51pmm3s3"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lDsscC8BnWXopegJMdz_ouyHtKAIzyLtk81cO4iS4DlhNCYWmryEtF2AFoS8HwAuMMSfPy35SgP-xNItD-VIZiCeV1xeC4LRDCDqX5vAc_zC2M0_TnCUZJbFfm-kAqMDdbAjnQwiJ-o/s400/keukenhof521_72dpi_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343526892685462738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />sock using a pattern called <a href="http://www.knitspot.com/knitting_pattern/keukenhof-sok-p-147.html?zenid=s5avh702q589837dkj51pmm3s3">Keukenhof Sok</a> designed by Anne Hanson from <a href="http://www.knitspot.com/knitting_pattern/">knitspot,</a> which is my very first sock project. I'm happy to report that the instructions are clear and the pattern-- easy to remember and follow.<br />I also have a couple of WIPs that are on the needles so next time, I'll be posting about these too.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-28630183714698858552009-05-29T19:28:00.000-07:002009-06-08T23:48:27.073-07:00I Heard It Through the Grapevine<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllQZDfRwTc47E6zoF8tdbB4EfauOOpT7pomjguAu7jPiyaf34pWc67Has52-wXESv8B7IQ87vDk3urBoMZk7-9O0pTFKT87XRIvhs9XN33mnkbZaPYQBzb8PqOaGSQjWttGk4FfRLQQA/s1600-h/raisin2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllQZDfRwTc47E6zoF8tdbB4EfauOOpT7pomjguAu7jPiyaf34pWc67Has52-wXESv8B7IQ87vDk3urBoMZk7-9O0pTFKT87XRIvhs9XN33mnkbZaPYQBzb8PqOaGSQjWttGk4FfRLQQA/s400/raisin2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341438697197107698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60058591@N00/572174185/">Source</a><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This product of the drying of grapes have been around since 2,000 B.C. in Egypt and Persia. The ancient Romans were said to highly value raisins and used it to decorate their places of worship, as currency for barter, and as prizes for sporting events. Today, raisins are prized not only for their sweet taste, but also for its many health benefits. </span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Studies show that raisins:</span></span><br /></span></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">are rich in potassium which may help reduce the risk of stroke and some types of kidney disease</span></span></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">contain fiber and tartaric acid which prevent constipation and protect against some colon diseases resulting in healthier digestive and may prevent colorectal cancer</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">rank among the top foods rich in antioxidants which may slow down the aging of the body and brain thereby reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">contains oleanolic acid which inhibits organisms responsible for periodontal disease thereby preventing tooth decay and gum disease</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">with a low fat diet, can effectively lower cholesterol and "bad cholesterol"</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">are rich in boron which is important for bone health in women</span></span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />The Wilen Sisters have discovered that a certain type of raisins relieve arthritis pain. The recipe for this amazing remedy follows.</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></span></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1116212871; mso-list-template-ids:573178110;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:image; list-style-image:url("PicExportError"); mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:13;" ><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:13;" >The Amazing Gin-Soaked Raisin Remedy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: bottom;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:10;" ><span style=""><img src="http://www.blogger.com/PicExportError" alt="*" width="11" height="11" /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >1 lb golden raisins</span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: bottom;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:10;" ><span style=""><img src="http://www.blogger.com/PicExportError" alt="*" width="11" height="11" /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >gin (approximately 1 pint)</span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: bottom;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:10;" ><span style=""><img src="http://www.blogger.com/PicExportError" alt="*" width="11" height="11" /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >glass bowl (Pyrex</span></strong></span><strong><sup><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:7;" >®</span></sup></strong><strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > is good—crystal is bad)</span></strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: bottom;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=";font-family:Symbol;font-size:10;" ><span style=""><img src="http://www.blogger.com/PicExportError" alt="*" width="11" height="11" /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr"><strong><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" >glass jar with lid</span></strong></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p>Spread the golden raisins evenly on the bottom of the glass bowl and pour enough gin over them to completely cover. Let them stay that way until all the gin is absorbed. It may take 5 to 7 days. </p> <p>When the gin is absorbed, transfer the raisins to the jar, put the lid on and keep it closed. <em><span style="font-family:Arial;">Do not refrigerate.</span></em> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dosage.</span></strong> Each day, eat only 9 raisins as specified on page 13 of Bottom Line's <span style="font-style: italic;">Secret Food Cures.</span><em><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""></span></span></em></p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">References:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.sun-maid.com/en/healthyliving.html</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=33</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />http://www.raisins.net/</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />http://www.calraisins.org/raisins_home/</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />http://www.bottomlineintl.com/store/mags/order_sfc_mag.html</span>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-13941604208775159912009-05-20T20:29:00.000-07:002009-05-20T21:02:04.934-07:00Good Beginnings and Better Endings<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It started with a ball of ladder yarn that looks like this<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6VqrIopKjS4IPCuA1MYdwzy6807sGnxN7l7LHe57sNv_5mz256iWDHmOyQbmDYMUAiwhWllEtETbXz8-AW2Q32KBm1phyphenhyphen_41lUCZRUdW8fV33RKHgiMw38p1lEwT_rMBUOeI2jlwahc/s1600-h/Trellis+yarn+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsMtfD5ZCgmP-SAwXy-6FG4AkonJ4riM9LoZmtKMIJk1uxpJ3xWvawuc1hjvmsU6cd98HIC-OCQmOHg70RtLwyAGIKhMmHwiuuEBWCDsQXxxW_anwH7YeoQ39DnyOXa86p030VuyIpRs/s400/lei+lariat+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338117654933983250" border="0" /></a><br />...<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">a "Ladder Yarn Lariat!"</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-42397021165863616212009-05-18T14:20:00.000-07:002009-05-18T15:48:37.596-07:00"Shaken, Not Stirred..."<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monstershaq2000/2161452451/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jVhmNF5MKtESE8fcaoEIeCthh3-2dKn32m-osXWNo10cyCKedQhmCOOGCaO4IJFURD81GbuBFEaAE29Oe-eVKIiPnEfQ1wcItj1JfU69ds1nUO0jKmW5E-Gi9t143xcCwXL-dWOY1nU/s400/red+martini+shaken+and+stirred.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337277829784603794" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monstershaq2000/2161452451/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">...so goes the famous line of the dashing, Brit agent 007-- Bond, James Bond. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But this post isn't about him, neither is it about red martinis. It's about living along the Pacific Ring of Fire and being shaken by a "4.7...no, a 5.0...no, a 4.7" magnitude temblor says Caltech. What do they know? Where I was it felt like a 6.9 or some big number like that. It also lasted 15 seconds which translates to "forever!"<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSOiOmw2NCL0LmhYeESxf2I2X9WzFg2_lAuAMqZsFBsiYbdYyGXany5-9pMkCyAf1doGdeRW6YtCPQrGoHqgdgVeoC2u34px47CtcNaTHTnO4l0NW0FuN_LWNQ2ES5dKSFdMm923UC3g/s1600-h/P1000019+copy.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/AVvXsEioSOiOmw2NCL0LmhYeESxf2I2X9WzFg2_lAuAMqZsFBsiYbdYyGXany5-9pMkCyAf1doGdeRW6YtCPQrGoHqgdgVeoC2u34px47CtcNaTHTnO4l0NW0FuN_LWNQ2ES5dKSFdMm923UC3g/s400/P1000019+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337277189400025842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was in the bedroom checking emails when it happened. When it did, I was waiting for the floor lamp (above) to stop shaking. After it seemed like forever and still not stopping, I decided to run to the dining room to see the over head lighting (below) swinging away.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiY8T0GN3pXjF8iuAM8xKAx7Rq8HOyMfjqI4JvIHOoyXDxNdQa7T5sZ0I3aEg1FCt452VrKz59VPI67ciZAHadjYXJSyws391EUgIKp3jTQ0_E2Q1fvr2EQDWSqlUTGoT44dm5ywcJbA/s1600-h/P1000027+copy.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/AVvXsEgRiY8T0GN3pXjF8iuAM8xKAx7Rq8HOyMfjqI4JvIHOoyXDxNdQa7T5sZ0I3aEg1FCt452VrKz59VPI67ciZAHadjYXJSyws391EUgIKp3jTQ0_E2Q1fvr2EQDWSqlUTGoT44dm5ywcJbA/s400/P1000027+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337277838234511026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Despite that, I felt a little reassured finding my DH and DD, the only one who remembers what to do during an earthquake from all that drilling at school and took cover under our dining table (below). By the time my DH and I decided to join her, the ground stopped shaking.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfKw0SIDR3nAeuWxPVQIGJ75fLiUxmDVWgDzVaEY7nGIMfwqIRgy2usdluXyn_EmkDynPJceX-fEzrMi0xY64qKegpX6O7Y1Ogl5XEUk3_OLfewtF0sbiBKergiP-xCPfJQZ16ax7FVU/s1600-h/P1000025+copy.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/AVvXsEghfKw0SIDR3nAeuWxPVQIGJ75fLiUxmDVWgDzVaEY7nGIMfwqIRgy2usdluXyn_EmkDynPJceX-fEzrMi0xY64qKegpX6O7Y1Ogl5XEUk3_OLfewtF0sbiBKergiP-xCPfJQZ16ax7FVU/s400/P1000025+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337277834131170834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There were a couple of aftershocks following that event, but our knees were still wobbly that we didn't feel them</span></span>. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All that mattered to me at that moment was my darling family and that they were okay.</span><br /></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-37266950873708712872009-05-16T18:59:00.000-07:002009-05-18T15:44:59.734-07:00The Sound of Silence<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/2497467000/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XGMb-EE2MCGq-0dVOXXDPZq0bgsWD7CzY4KCf3o2a-YuALjaHparEXN_JEoZH0cpUDwcunZDAIKHadLk4NO4y5ZGbOPGZp_7p21yaYAiAlq-9ax_zTGVs-H6720yjPoD_SM_ej0irPI/s400/silence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336620418956138018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/2497467000/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Source</span></a></span><br /><br /></div> <span style=";font-family:georgia,bookman old style,palatino linotype,book antiqua,palatino,trebuchet ms,helvetica,garamond,sans-serif,arial,verdana,avante garde,century gothic,comic sans ms,times,times new roman,serif;font-size:85%;" >True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. ~William Penn</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlm5loCIybaS9Azw9dv8-5c731_lHqoXl6OtFedDp_f5RAW2nM1N74J4gSK2en1VdJRvbFCccW3d02evJaSuqPGwP4fpjfcBGs8uW2maio_1g2wJ7lPhylTkMbVXUpkf1e-7N_WLqksw/s1600-h/ducks+copy.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/AVvXsEgtlm5loCIybaS9Azw9dv8-5c731_lHqoXl6OtFedDp_f5RAW2nM1N74J4gSK2en1VdJRvbFCccW3d02evJaSuqPGwP4fpjfcBGs8uW2maio_1g2wJ7lPhylTkMbVXUpkf1e-7N_WLqksw/s400/ducks+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336613931986348130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Ahhh, silence-- if you don't count the chorus of waterfowl on and around the lake. A few ducks waddled by me hoping for yummy handouts, of which I didn't have. But it seemed okay with them anyway as they later took a nap next to the bench I was sitting.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-a-ag-I58rJ_4PhLC-e1Bh5gUrE08SHNMpGg30pSdoVdc9eMFj-LJZ3bgLx7HE0YuLsM8jNCQEntTrkRVqWFzSO7j5Hz8rbn1CTIRnkj5RDflsr1HOXnMulMOTGnnNj-eFVPSXnxqJM/s1600-h/LM+Park+copy.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/AVvXsEia-a-ag-I58rJ_4PhLC-e1Bh5gUrE08SHNMpGg30pSdoVdc9eMFj-LJZ3bgLx7HE0YuLsM8jNCQEntTrkRVqWFzSO7j5Hz8rbn1CTIRnkj5RDflsr1HOXnMulMOTGnnNj-eFVPSXnxqJM/s400/LM+Park+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336613934634296242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">There still was a haze by the lake. It actually was an overcast day a perfect day to take pictures and to go fishing. DH did just that as I crocheted away.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It was early that day that, apart from the ducks and a jogger or two and DH, I have this side of the lake to myself to reflect on moments past and listen to the sound of silence.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPziQdQ4aGolG4-S5BoGjDNCDHg4zc5n5jgHoHzk9esWrKbG4ScWYiRSTs6TL8PmsPs_570Ti8c0ZyJHissOeBiMJ4jMdhRfTxTB20yR7356zaJVopGVM9nRFapi7ZatIpdrkPwtcKwM/s1600-h/Park+Benches+copy.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/AVvXsEjXPziQdQ4aGolG4-S5BoGjDNCDHg4zc5n5jgHoHzk9esWrKbG4ScWYiRSTs6TL8PmsPs_570Ti8c0ZyJHissOeBiMJ4jMdhRfTxTB20yR7356zaJVopGVM9nRFapi7ZatIpdrkPwtcKwM/s400/Park+Benches+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336613940848690690" border="0" /></a>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-52012350914570234932009-05-16T10:48:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:43:34.299-07:00Beaded Butterflies and Flower Buds<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpK7F9dBEr8ZrOi-VLNvKuiytRxqCcrCaWI8v7WV_AhmEuRoIXoNXnYXqvId2yGQE5YX-8-vmj7QRtxzIlXvu1I9o8zpMFKAIk6_G7JAOPgaOBg4PDJvOPT1xFLW8EmU4596HP-xXT48/s1600-h/Beaded+Butterflies+Buds+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpK7F9dBEr8ZrOi-VLNvKuiytRxqCcrCaWI8v7WV_AhmEuRoIXoNXnYXqvId2yGQE5YX-8-vmj7QRtxzIlXvu1I9o8zpMFKAIk6_G7JAOPgaOBg4PDJvOPT1xFLW8EmU4596HP-xXT48/s320/Beaded+Butterflies+Buds+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336556016434706514" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Beaded Butterflies and Flower Buds Bookmark by Mylyne De Jesus<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Copyright © 2009<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Supplies Needed:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Best Perle Cotton (Baby Pink) or other equivalent No. 5 Perle cotton thread </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:country-region><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region>#2 (2.75 mm)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">#6/0 Czech Glass E-Beads, 15 total (Crystal Pink Lnd)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Size 13 (0.85mm) crochet hook (or any size that would fit through bead hole)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tapestry needle</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Abbreviations:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">yo = yarn over</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">k2tog = knit two stitches together</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">yo = yarn over</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">ssk = slip, slip, knit (Slip one stitch, then slip the next. Insert left needle into the front loops of the slipped stitches and knit them together from this position (through the back loop).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">pb = place bead (Pick up a bead with crochet hook and insert the hook into the stitch loop making sure the hook is facing you.<span style=""> </span>Pull the stitch loop off the left needle and through the bead.<span style=""> </span>Place the beaded stitch back on the left needle and knit.) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">cdd = centered double decrease (Slip two stitches together knit-wise, knit the following stitch, and pass the two slipped stitches over it.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Directions:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">CO 25 sts.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bottom Border: Work in garter stitch for 2 rows (K right and wrong side rows).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Side Borders: Work first 2 and last 2 row sts in garter st throughout pattern unless instructed otherwise.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pattern:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">On right side rows, work stitches according to pattern.<span style=""> </span>On wrong side rows, purl stitches (except for side borders).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Work Flower Buds as follows:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 1(Right Side): K.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 3: K3, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k1, yo, ssk, k3.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 5: <st1:place>K2</st1:place>, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k2.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 7: Work as Row 3.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 9: K3, k2tog, yo, pb, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, pb, yo, ssk, k3.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 11: K.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 13: K1, * yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, k1, repeat from * to end.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 15: <st1:place>K2</st1:place>, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k3, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k2.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 17: Work as Row 13.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 19: Pb, * yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, pb, repeat from * to end.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 20: P.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Repeat Rows 1 to 11.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Starting with a Purl row (wrong side), work the next 5 rows in stockinette st. to prepare for the next step.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Work Butterflies Lace as follows:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 1 (Right Side): K.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 3: K9, yo, cdd, yo, k9.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 5: K8, k2tog, yo, pb, yo, ssk, k8.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 7: K7, k2tog, yo, k1, pb, k1, yo, ssk, k7.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 9: K.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 11: K4, yo, cdd, yo, k7, yo, cdd, yo, k4.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 13: K3, k2tog, yo, pb, yo, ssk, k5, k2tog, yo, pb, yo, ssk, k3.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 15: <st1:place>K2</st1:place>, k2tog, yo, k1, pb, k1, yo, ssk, k3, k2tog, yo, k1, pb, k1, yo, ssk, k2.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 16: P.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Repeat Rows 1 to 9.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Starting with a Purl row (wrong side), work the next 5 rows in stockinette st. to prepare for the next step.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Top Border:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Work in garter stitch.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Decrease right and wrong side rows by working end row stitches as follows: Ssk, k up to last 2 sts, end k2tog.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Continue working decrease pattern until 3 sts remain on needle.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Cdd remaining 3 sts, pull last st through loop.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Leaving a 12-inch tail, break thread.<span style=""> </span>Cut 3 threads (of the same kind) measuring 12 inches each and thread through same loop as top border tail end and braid altogether to desired length.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Weave bottom tail at back of work.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Block as needed.</span></p>
<br />Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-43124202229953586462009-05-14T10:15:00.000-07:002009-05-16T14:36:12.157-07:00An FO and some UFO's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg608vW0enjsdfMj_2EajqDvWePHV2tvVbNyYnyk9rVWRnauThWF0Rn-92SwAkAKIakIcZJ33M3b5O0zwxt2JDfx6Nh-yNzD-yTg1jwJzON4czR-egD1zG4w-2qMjh_4xTmAXMKv4jKW1s/s1600-h/purly+shells+bookmark+copy.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/AVvXsEg608vW0enjsdfMj_2EajqDvWePHV2tvVbNyYnyk9rVWRnauThWF0Rn-92SwAkAKIakIcZJ33M3b5O0zwxt2JDfx6Nh-yNzD-yTg1jwJzON4czR-egD1zG4w-2qMjh_4xTmAXMKv4jKW1s/s400/purly+shells+bookmark+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336537922736432530" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The theme called for something oceanic for the month of June. I scratched out the original design in favor of this simple lined up shells of a variegated cotton thread in <span style="font-style: italic;">Shades of Blue</span> and came up with the above piece called "Purly Shells." Just in time, too, for the deadline. Will it make the cut? Free pattern to come out next month.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoB7zxdRhyphenhyphenCrBHQRHNGfn-m1vu_MNiU2DeCEclnZotZwPAU3tPmGYLCMLQQiasJBpFmXmyQOpLqwTVXVcOxXMK1nQNAjSe3bVQU8YjBqnnsKrRAbKp5uGjTWpn-6sYqyee7Dty1yZlYg/s1600-h/potholder+wip+copy.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/AVvXsEiaoB7zxdRhyphenhyphenCrBHQRHNGfn-m1vu_MNiU2DeCEclnZotZwPAU3tPmGYLCMLQQiasJBpFmXmyQOpLqwTVXVcOxXMK1nQNAjSe3bVQU8YjBqnnsKrRAbKp5uGjTWpn-6sYqyee7Dty1yZlYg/s400/potholder+wip+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336537926657375634" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the meantime this unfinished object gets worked on at night as it doesn't put much strain on the eyes. I got used to the tight crocheting that making the thread miniature bear requires so that the first row stitches are snug as a bug in a rug. Hope it doesn't curl up like a rolly polly. :) Still trying to figure out how to sew the corners in to make it a thick, smaller square. Hmmmm.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio71m0fjDtpnT-HtWsOjGKiSiAwpa2y6mVKNXmx31NWvJW5vv1FR76qSxHYDfJCtxM6xdKXog_wymmxICX1xe8ZQ3dGHHtoePzCiIyumqzPnOTSTFAn5_eJQjPQTfLl1sGhDEf-dEnj8M/s1600-h/Trellis+yarn+copy.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/AVvXsEio71m0fjDtpnT-HtWsOjGKiSiAwpa2y6mVKNXmx31NWvJW5vv1FR76qSxHYDfJCtxM6xdKXog_wymmxICX1xe8ZQ3dGHHtoePzCiIyumqzPnOTSTFAn5_eJQjPQTfLl1sGhDEf-dEnj8M/s400/Trellis+yarn+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336537929226547042" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Finally, a ladder yarn waiting on the sidelines. What will it be? A scarf, a belt-- any ideas?</span></span><br /></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-8057482316271019902009-05-09T18:40:00.000-07:002009-05-18T12:06:49.377-07:00Hey, Wait a Minute Mr. Postman!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3157965887/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFm2HSXZQlFX7tVZ-F3ypuxSmeSrtyWLPi8m4bbwSuKH66L-RcA-TSAC4rtl7fSjIOnB6b_GC6ANem3fyPzI38sbYRz9jDzPRAap4ad1l_g1kNHz3DNE9xwIgjUmQSyBhE_yyPx7051B4/s400/usps+toy+truck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334020506787733618" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3157965887/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Source</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Yesss! Don't you just love getting something in the mail. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Two things arrived for me today. The first is a package from Debi of <a href="http://www.tedsfromthreads.com/">Teds from Threads</a>. Talk about very speedy delivery! We've really come a very long way since the Pony Express.</span><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_LEDbEkXdJev5o1qIw-3ikhopQxad86m1yiBuHwY3PXk1hyphenhyphennr8hVzJgQFha85DmSGgPRBEYIxBuTfYDCmfUDIvdPAQKZ3ZtjMwaQgm284wyNeSaUQn_BLLCs9m2hde0roYZ7ogm4h2Q/s1600-h/TfromT+package+copy.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/AVvXsEjd_LEDbEkXdJev5o1qIw-3ikhopQxad86m1yiBuHwY3PXk1hyphenhyphennr8hVzJgQFha85DmSGgPRBEYIxBuTfYDCmfUDIvdPAQKZ3ZtjMwaQgm284wyNeSaUQn_BLLCs9m2hde0roYZ7ogm4h2Q/s400/TfromT+package+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336539237468704546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I'm so excited to receive materials and tools that miniature bear artists use. Among these are cotton stuffing, cotter pins, onyx eye beads, stuffing tool (not in photo), and a nap riser (brush). Debi even left her business card with some tiny buttons for embellishment. Thank you Debi!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnRa8KvBlRPbOsYb_A_LNxhP1PUL216oxsgasvS24VETTWmiur_BGSg_9ZIk37bYUJ3KwjhRc0g9yuPR4VO2L-ts3qVjYHtKWslXHt-3zF6DhkOjy-IScdYCoYQStWT6jIHVCQspVyOg/s1600-h/TfrT+contents+copy.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/AVvXsEghnRa8KvBlRPbOsYb_A_LNxhP1PUL216oxsgasvS24VETTWmiur_BGSg_9ZIk37bYUJ3KwjhRc0g9yuPR4VO2L-ts3qVjYHtKWslXHt-3zF6DhkOjy-IScdYCoYQStWT6jIHVCQspVyOg/s400/TfrT+contents+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336539237271841842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />The second is the most-awaited issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Teddy Bears and Friends magazine.</span> This issue has thread artist, <a href="http://www.threadteds.com/index_EN.htm">Berta's</a>, challenge "Bare Bear and Bare Doll" scheduled to start soon. I have not yet decided to join the challenge. We'll see.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXF4marsbvRm6AHloxlcVNdMuCl4F46kQhHIEeQvtNEca314jEgAelNjD9Hs2qqD0A-OdspPZvqVddbhQNojwzhy4gBIlLytCyT5CyWwXS_b74ttaGmkovRKjqPVEU-9OF2OmtKZ0PxY/s1600-h/Summer+2009+TBF.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXF4marsbvRm6AHloxlcVNdMuCl4F46kQhHIEeQvtNEca314jEgAelNjD9Hs2qqD0A-OdspPZvqVddbhQNojwzhy4gBIlLytCyT5CyWwXS_b74ttaGmkovRKjqPVEU-9OF2OmtKZ0PxY/s400/Summer+2009+TBF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334020499335017714" border="0" /></a></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-53607640980382190162009-05-08T22:41:00.000-07:002009-05-16T14:54:22.217-07:00Do You Know the Way to San Jose?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNe_EDMkYvTCmnethsDM87DinkGDMZm99TqE9-C8cOTJ6qFz4Kh8rbPR_X7rA92kJQakkpRTOq13uIuqoEkQT9gxMf5HJWbqovjCL5UbHvzfa2dWDUnm5Apxz5tWOaGua2EerifAjP7k/s1600-h/327415main_finding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNe_EDMkYvTCmnethsDM87DinkGDMZm99TqE9-C8cOTJ6qFz4Kh8rbPR_X7rA92kJQakkpRTOq13uIuqoEkQT9gxMf5HJWbqovjCL5UbHvzfa2dWDUnm5Apxz5tWOaGua2EerifAjP7k/s400/327415main_finding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333696342294738418" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/327415main_finding.jpg"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Source</span></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">People seem to be in a great hurry to get somewhere that many rely on the voice from above, the GPS, for fast, accurate direction. Reaching one's destination is so important in our time that in a survey done by NASA on April 21, 2009 concerning what people think are its greatest achievements, finding your way with GPS ranks first on the list.<br />While my itinerary does not include traveling great distances, I too can benefit from some direction when it comes to completing my projects.<br />I have, at last, finished my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcoyFe2YrlaOJWLDFPpibNvlo815Pw1CXtGu9vr3QCqM2EqpOPf3GOXOEL5CjWIeIWcdzsf4yeWwDk7NEGQ11N7wID50l-pnxhouuyKN4NFC59IzSveBOOTvXfqTIFqAk6qAO2G-XDJY/s1600-h/garter%2520st%2520scarf%2520full%2520shot%5B1%5D.JPG">WIP</a> from a few posts ago and was surprised to discover its length doubled from what I originally had in mind, which is a good lesson in knitting a swatch first.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvPLmTkywgkriqtDTkwbHwKOrMjSQjeAaB0HqgmgCJ0jRmIvj_VnNt9hyphenhyphenZbk2faTU42gxHMQ_vLmx5QzSan8_rUwo05s4I-Z_GHv35sRE-c6WeXfySmi4aKTkC-ilF-CW7Icu7wTpue0/s1600-h/Sideways+Scarf+3+copy.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/AVvXsEjbvPLmTkywgkriqtDTkwbHwKOrMjSQjeAaB0HqgmgCJ0jRmIvj_VnNt9hyphenhyphenZbk2faTU42gxHMQ_vLmx5QzSan8_rUwo05s4I-Z_GHv35sRE-c6WeXfySmi4aKTkC-ilF-CW7Icu7wTpue0/s400/Sideways+Scarf+3+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336540012290199650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have also managed to complete my entry for "What's Your Bear's Pursenality?"<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-ByJlEZp9paNPV0DJQgPf3_lAlRNC4JzKM0NROL2zzRItfX5Um-1cn-VM7fpp7C0U5pJq79BFAgzRfpIkQ3bVvBrh92FCqVBawqOQRZomhT0aEE4n3THsJxjb5GRiob2tOIoqry2cvU/s1600-h/honey+dew+in+purse+brooch+copy.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/AVvXsEgB-ByJlEZp9paNPV0DJQgPf3_lAlRNC4JzKM0NROL2zzRItfX5Um-1cn-VM7fpp7C0U5pJq79BFAgzRfpIkQ3bVvBrh92FCqVBawqOQRZomhT0aEE4n3THsJxjb5GRiob2tOIoqry2cvU/s400/honey+dew+in+purse+brooch+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336541524054899234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Putting together a miniature bear involves crocheting the arms, legs, ears, and head individually.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip08kcoI67totty748tJmRh_S8rs_UhcFyFNo0_FLSCU7N13rboWLXr7FcAGIT6PkLGwkE8VdHf6eqeEUzLwxw3H1z6yCtuDVAwgLO8g7uiRTqB-ndISrhpRLZOqYPmbM6v6YpbKHT4JE/s1600-h/honey+dew+to+sew+together+copy.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/AVvXsEip08kcoI67totty748tJmRh_S8rs_UhcFyFNo0_FLSCU7N13rboWLXr7FcAGIT6PkLGwkE8VdHf6eqeEUzLwxw3H1z6yCtuDVAwgLO8g7uiRTqB-ndISrhpRLZOqYPmbM6v6YpbKHT4JE/s400/honey+dew+to+sew+together+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336542586970187122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Then comes giving the head a face after which the ears are sewn next.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi477va8wkKK_SVCC6yA4K2s-lXN6S5EjJEJN1CioLhs0KqyYE83nxOG_SCaGHPoAzApMCBRkjfMtFRRcKl_02dio3wSiupTIN8LyeL-i-xnBDZhomyYt4m51WKP5DIIIgdJ2kvql4AJV8/s1600-h/honey+dew+to+sew+together2+copy.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/AVvXsEi477va8wkKK_SVCC6yA4K2s-lXN6S5EjJEJN1CioLhs0KqyYE83nxOG_SCaGHPoAzApMCBRkjfMtFRRcKl_02dio3wSiupTIN8LyeL-i-xnBDZhomyYt4m51WKP5DIIIgdJ2kvql4AJV8/s400/honey+dew+to+sew+together2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336542579742225794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Then, finally, jointing the piece together.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5N6AHM6pnT3crK8m0iz7KvCBBD-WyOyTe6boco_H7Ot87Pgu9ZDMQ1TGMfsDbTjIYbOrweJBV59rq0Ignkqy8Fs9rVAnjwzMO7w2cGp6NTGPjUaWWboGebdCOuewjBOEr6fPTnIP5F-Y/s1600-h/honey+dew+w+dime+copy.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/AVvXsEi5N6AHM6pnT3crK8m0iz7KvCBBD-WyOyTe6boco_H7Ot87Pgu9ZDMQ1TGMfsDbTjIYbOrweJBV59rq0Ignkqy8Fs9rVAnjwzMO7w2cGp6NTGPjUaWWboGebdCOuewjBOEr6fPTnIP5F-Y/s400/honey+dew+w+dime+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336542586139774050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For this challenge, I paired Honey Dew bear with the beaded purse brooch from <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1rwf1dkL4dSwXqEmIBjPrzdcX-HF4dM6UNJYyf3nDG-3Jm_CTRDj8xfLiU-K_yYfvIBeBOtEx1VPaX4wMmBW0HyRKSbehjikHD93hVOMZwQ1KqYHFQnj7ix50LVwZ8Y-upbBzHJ-DyY/s1600-h/bead+knit+purse+brooch+w+dime.jpg"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">here</span></a>.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVcdRc9-fxXBlR4MJz3HArWO0AX2fCjqlpOq5y0AyTqF3aU7jwBnmP61u62GcnOwtmpgNXnBVn41P6rengulW0ZePQ2x5Vc_zwMuDp5GWe91a98O6iF6p0K1VUFZaurQKzgwHgE5DBHI/s1600-h/honey+dew+and+purse+copy.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/AVvXsEhAVcdRc9-fxXBlR4MJz3HArWO0AX2fCjqlpOq5y0AyTqF3aU7jwBnmP61u62GcnOwtmpgNXnBVn41P6rengulW0ZePQ2x5Vc_zwMuDp5GWe91a98O6iF6p0K1VUFZaurQKzgwHgE5DBHI/s400/honey+dew+and+purse+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336541518316905826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh187molYu0SH9NiJjUFQS2o8LackTkGYx6aaaG6sO8I_hkU4sMoSmCLuzVvC8uHMUg5FV2may7oxpaomo2zG4SsH3rS4kKV28iFQfY48c9pT0U_B7Vm7mbkC3kz2wtd9UvrElMAAGLOUs/s1600-h/honey+dew+in+purse+copy.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/AVvXsEh187molYu0SH9NiJjUFQS2o8LackTkGYx6aaaG6sO8I_hkU4sMoSmCLuzVvC8uHMUg5FV2may7oxpaomo2zG4SsH3rS4kKV28iFQfY48c9pT0U_B7Vm7mbkC3kz2wtd9UvrElMAAGLOUs/s400/honey+dew+in+purse+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336541518096894258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then out of the blue, my number 2 son decided that he wanted a laptop cover for his laptop and so I enlisted the help of "Cables Untangled" for this commission.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Untangled-Exploration-Cable-Knitting/dp/1400097452/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241854858&sr=1-1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWA6j0uyJxFs_gyoT78P8ELC5QfmiW3O266HfhTOQI3W9I8nDG6GDLE0ALnprMiR0w94Sk78IMcXE7VU9MQw_thqwToRw8aO9RoantHAt4V93qokkLriSQkfzjfgLFRLs6AiAUXYud740/s400/book+cables+untangled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333714419315292034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />After measuring the dimensions of the laptop, I found a cabled sweater that inspired me to knit the cover.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBFyUAXTy2852AXfV7ug13TWGgzFQkuq3UZ93l-4LkuEUwDa_dEQtgOHUCZeK69ZHorEbj-pmY9MaExqbMGQDBdZ-jcySlM_aq5ihA92tNtxVCAgsYI-CRDyNCKT1kwBQoGrGIYZqmuY/s1600-h/lap+top+sweater.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/AVvXsEihBFyUAXTy2852AXfV7ug13TWGgzFQkuq3UZ93l-4LkuEUwDa_dEQtgOHUCZeK69ZHorEbj-pmY9MaExqbMGQDBdZ-jcySlM_aq5ihA92tNtxVCAgsYI-CRDyNCKT1kwBQoGrGIYZqmuY/s400/lap+top+sweater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333714413074466850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The color of choice is black with a sideways design orientation.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o1r0y6pVAWHunOuXV1HflSNEYO0iEdpMd6BK50HuOwXiXzoolyydM6WKYRILI_0lj3tlfFQghY3Ml5sBXxpT56bFko0Fc7YRDk23HzMUMnR6MoTbJbG5XAUaRsa-uh4-cBzxxBJJ4k4/s1600-h/laptop+cover+copy.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/AVvXsEj2o1r0y6pVAWHunOuXV1HflSNEYO0iEdpMd6BK50HuOwXiXzoolyydM6WKYRILI_0lj3tlfFQghY3Ml5sBXxpT56bFko0Fc7YRDk23HzMUMnR6MoTbJbG5XAUaRsa-uh4-cBzxxBJJ4k4/s400/laptop+cover+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336540535526143762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />The cover can be easily slipped on or off as needed.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FrO5JeMIAOF6iqUfC8aIvKLV0EvtjI7gEgYK0cLdbj0o7ZjUOXCsr2rGTNQ-thoITUKJeqRgVOtXZlsUPluN5g8Xk7imqZcn2nyM_VX8DJI5w4YxL6ItA9RMM4dNB484sL6-wvdVF2g/s1600-h/slip+on+laptop+cover+copy.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/AVvXsEi7FrO5JeMIAOF6iqUfC8aIvKLV0EvtjI7gEgYK0cLdbj0o7ZjUOXCsr2rGTNQ-thoITUKJeqRgVOtXZlsUPluN5g8Xk7imqZcn2nyM_VX8DJI5w4YxL6ItA9RMM4dNB484sL6-wvdVF2g/s400/slip+on+laptop+cover+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336540538100954034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Here's a close-up of the cross-over stitch.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDj-s-p4GSina1aD3uAlnGas3UuR5Swxc88mbLEFbFquuAE2JAonjnPg9bT8EpmZJapgc_R1WaS8i7NVrKc96w4JiRjCFmevtRgI_3uiO79OQFjp98PlvsDGQd5r_uYUDN6XvdqUTwvg/s1600-h/laptop+crossover+stitch+copy.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/AVvXsEjRDj-s-p4GSina1aD3uAlnGas3UuR5Swxc88mbLEFbFquuAE2JAonjnPg9bT8EpmZJapgc_R1WaS8i7NVrKc96w4JiRjCFmevtRgI_3uiO79OQFjp98PlvsDGQd5r_uYUDN6XvdqUTwvg/s400/laptop+crossover+stitch+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336540533994780338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I'm pleased to report that he is happy with his new laptop cover.<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On the other hand, even with the help of a newly acquired book from Amazon.com hopes of finishing my </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Square-Crochet-Motifs-unexpected/dp/1603420398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241854264&sr=1-1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoQoBjQ1bNhmhIsiXVn5QwHTqylO7OGhtf0I9MVbBVJ9Du2F0TUVPQhk9rOUXJQFvdjcq0IndThT92upO-MXlxQXbrelzdD_Qt5gp0ndqB_FnduKrSLQtw4ZC-9Y4vh_yC_WdsYMlC2g/s400/book+scan2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333714418340821842" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTgNtlm-U8SnmJGQYXTw4Xq3pHNuFA76CPheY_dfKXDZxZ1Vnq4SLidDBMvA7kryeI03O4DTd1qWW2Q71IjYhjYi35mCHSuRdkZHM9gzYh0gqwuepQrSkNEMk1so5i8HpDoNlZF1bHmk/s1600-h/poppies+motif.jpg">freeform crochet</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> entry on time faded as I decided to join "</span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://potholderswap.blogspot.com/">Hot Pads! and Potholders-- the Swap</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">" in spirit as their list is full and plan to use these yarns below to make a<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwcNCVJZaoYMv6NAfAaCRUw6-Q0bXKZgxDgkjluPsVHMvsql_IoiAfi3eOCTdmEA1FzswRjDOeGNOEZp71qfP5FW0IEqPfowLL9BsRBnAtTaW6aesxc2JfTso5jIDzfLAcRpDI499sHIw/s1600-h/Cotton+Yarn+for+Potholders+copy.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/AVvXsEiwcNCVJZaoYMv6NAfAaCRUw6-Q0bXKZgxDgkjluPsVHMvsql_IoiAfi3eOCTdmEA1FzswRjDOeGNOEZp71qfP5FW0IEqPfowLL9BsRBnAtTaW6aesxc2JfTso5jIDzfLAcRpDI499sHIw/s400/Cotton+Yarn+for+Potholders+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336540008143259826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />pattern called "</span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://shala-beads.livejournal.com/140872.html">My Favorite Easy Potholder</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">," featuring this (front and back views) simple, but pretty potholder.</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyEPNObRebqIUAo0u-GJ8Zr5rkjCrphbAq-5qYFYxrKJ8b-wk7wu5u-QhSKyBqZKgPfdvLuUxdMNO8869oTHWNZKWElzrPU9nzjRWxWtqwW10SimL61QxdNdTNueGOLGxZ28gsIj6Crk/s1600-h/pbg_potholder2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyEPNObRebqIUAo0u-GJ8Zr5rkjCrphbAq-5qYFYxrKJ8b-wk7wu5u-QhSKyBqZKgPfdvLuUxdMNO8869oTHWNZKWElzrPU9nzjRWxWtqwW10SimL61QxdNdTNueGOLGxZ28gsIj6Crk/s400/pbg_potholder2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333714413264651186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQc9xdSrIO5WEn07ZqLj5Yf9SkHwEScHtdwCkHO9awg3m5N_LQR7WdNHbhFib5_1QfR3FDznsPaWCbwQuoLkDDSjvPzuki0u3ugebuRiGzaUj7kayGkmEbKEgkbjm8c3sAczYCHASnens/s1600-h/pbg_potholder1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQc9xdSrIO5WEn07ZqLj5Yf9SkHwEScHtdwCkHO9awg3m5N_LQR7WdNHbhFib5_1QfR3FDznsPaWCbwQuoLkDDSjvPzuki0u3ugebuRiGzaUj7kayGkmEbKEgkbjm8c3sAczYCHASnens/s400/pbg_potholder1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333818177649954978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Did I tell you about the Thread Teds Workshop I joined to make a scarf clip? Here's my initial progress.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzsON3FKfCov91RSAgkfvmyX-9L9N2bD5VVuT227jgwBHEYXFjP6RkBcj25tR1MZusQ-HZLKaEOVdlQLydfXhSuagv8PTfS35so-qj7oZmwJc0KBVVSItU-G89-Uu8-Qgpecf5XUhdiI/s1600-h/Scarf+Clip+by+Mylyne+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzsON3FKfCov91RSAgkfvmyX-9L9N2bD5VVuT227jgwBHEYXFjP6RkBcj25tR1MZusQ-HZLKaEOVdlQLydfXhSuagv8PTfS35so-qj7oZmwJc0KBVVSItU-G89-Uu8-Qgpecf5XUhdiI/s400/Scarf+Clip+by+Mylyne+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336543283016713426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I forgot to mention that I'm also designing another laptop cover (this time with a hugs and kisses cable) since the first one is a hit among my son's peers.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So with so many WIPs, I can't tell where this is leading or where I am going. Can you? : )</span><br /></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-75704302359773211732009-04-28T23:16:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:45:21.636-07:00Swaying Spring Leaves Bookmark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFqWQeMsmVpKL82PFgHB0CkeBsJuUYbe2F5X0brYCFp6KLo9qyb6SPKVQ0c_VYBbTxUXnem2sTWEo6l0TWiQ8bbn-sjqjO4lqIZIurPbHCR8oZPB4uMQ-GTIMedFSDiwtS7WS-aTGH-c/s1600-h/Swaying+Spring+Leaves+w+ribbon+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFqWQeMsmVpKL82PFgHB0CkeBsJuUYbe2F5X0brYCFp6KLo9qyb6SPKVQ0c_VYBbTxUXnem2sTWEo6l0TWiQ8bbn-sjqjO4lqIZIurPbHCR8oZPB4uMQ-GTIMedFSDiwtS7WS-aTGH-c/s320/Swaying+Spring+Leaves+w+ribbon+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336556498680495218" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> 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De Jesus<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Copyright © 2009<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Supplies Needed:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Coats and Clark Aunt <st1:country-region><st1:place>Lydia</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Classic Crochet #10 (Frosty Green) or other equivalent yarn</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">US #1 (2.25mm) Knitting Needles (I used a pair of dpn’s I already have)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tapestry needle</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">12 inch of 1/8” Satin Ribbons (each of White and Light Green)—Optional</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">1 ladybug button (Optional)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Abbreviations:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">yo = yarn over</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">cdd = centered double decrease (On right side rows, slip 2 stitches together knitwise, k the following stitch and pass the 2 slipped stitches over it.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Directions:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">CO 29 sts.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bottom Border: Work garter stitch for 4 rows (K right and wrong side rows).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Side Borders:<span style=""> </span>Work first 2 and last 2 row sts in garter st throughout.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Work Pattern as follows.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -9pt;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Pattern:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -9pt;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> On right side rows, work according to pattern.<span style=""> </span>On wrong side rows, work stitches in pattern (knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches) and purl yarn overs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -9pt;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Row 1 (Right Side):<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k9, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 3:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, yo, k1, yo, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k3, cdd, k3, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 5:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k2, cdd, k2, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 7:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, cdd, k1, p1,yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 9:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, cdd, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 11:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k9, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rows 13 and 15:<span style=""> </span>Repeat Row 11.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 17:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k3, cdd, k3, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, yo, k1, yo, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 19:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k2, cdd, k2, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 21:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, cdd, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 23:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, cdd, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 25:<span style=""> </span>P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k9, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 27:<span style=""> </span>Repeat Row 25.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Work on Row 28.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Repeat Rows 1 to 27.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Top Border: Work garter stitch for next 4 rows.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">BO.<span style=""> </span>Break thread, leaving a 4-inch tail.<span style=""> </span>Weave in tails.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Block as needed.<span style=""> </span>Lace ribbons through hole at the bottom of bookmark.<span style=""> </span>With thread, sew ladybug between holes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br />Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-58409518655770626202009-04-23T17:14:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:11:32.391-07:00To Bead or Not to Bead?<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">To bead! And knitting with it is the answer. There are two ways of introducing beads when working on a piece. One is with the use of a fine crochet hook to pick up the bead and hooked onto a knit loop sliding the bead onto the work (the method I used with the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiTfR78y8uhQDj1ADpL6X_GMuYd_jS4jKcxfBsh7SaRw-QPkBqoDjuJfHpijSj_7dK_5S7iq6IzjHNryzp4fQgrRpEEr0ZXlMs4uFn_bVIR1yCkS29pECM1uyhfqXJH-6QuVKAuyjwaQ/s1600-h/Beaded+Butterflies+Bugs+White.jpg">Beaded Butterfly and Flower Buds Bookmark</a>-- pattern to be posted next month).<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53HcJCgq0hGRZ_P1YQxZa0OFMUnZkbC8gzl5xDh8QESQ9E8HcbT_jLEz2hY5nDkgQRwaYjEcUdQr31ci4POvJKih8bN5siXbpSZZwahO6CAy82Vvt01qJwxzwS5YSGQIPkdp5TMzWPQ0/s1600-h/beads+on+thread+copy.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/AVvXsEh53HcJCgq0hGRZ_P1YQxZa0OFMUnZkbC8gzl5xDh8QESQ9E8HcbT_jLEz2hY5nDkgQRwaYjEcUdQr31ci4POvJKih8bN5siXbpSZZwahO6CAy82Vvt01qJwxzwS5YSGQIPkdp5TMzWPQ0/s400/beads+on+thread+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336547311673779442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />The other is pre-loading the beads on the thread before knitting the piece, then sliding the bead in between stitches on the wrong side to make the beads appear on the right side. I have to say that it was truly an experience to load it just as much as to knit with it. I followed the instructions on loading that says to tie the bead thread to the knitting thread which I did over, and over, and over, as the finer thread is sensitive to the sliding motion exerted on the bead especially at the junction of the two threads.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddkCAElj6GB3Tca6RZyQ_DLEhbWZlCTAy-UL7sa0sG5B73CFz0rtHVccE0xtWKXl3feFILbLM-EMzeMO4sWCGCTv8hY8JKCkUlI8xHgiB0UWxuh-TwQ5jT1ejb4DFFPB-ikMXleBa_yg/s1600-h/knit+beaded+bag+kit+materials+copy.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/AVvXsEjddkCAElj6GB3Tca6RZyQ_DLEhbWZlCTAy-UL7sa0sG5B73CFz0rtHVccE0xtWKXl3feFILbLM-EMzeMO4sWCGCTv8hY8JKCkUlI8xHgiB0UWxuh-TwQ5jT1ejb4DFFPB-ikMXleBa_yg/s400/knit+beaded+bag+kit+materials+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336547746439935170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />And if that isn't enough, since I'm not one to take the easy way in learning things so for this project, I purchased a purse brooch kit (from <a href="http://purseparadise.com/">Purse Paradise</a>) which uses a "0000" (hey, that's 4 zeroes!) or 1.25mm knitting needles.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0T_u75TFE3N0vVAcX069lVm3NIwB0SQ_-oq_8YZBbjS0yETYq6KZO2YJaYYTBx9GafNUoX3WWR11HhtM-_Ae0qWdyimvJc1oMEYPVDKeonq5u85DPlCnJg1TXmqpvHsZbUpoaxSQpChU/s1600-h/bead+knitting+in+progress+copy.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/AVvXsEh0T_u75TFE3N0vVAcX069lVm3NIwB0SQ_-oq_8YZBbjS0yETYq6KZO2YJaYYTBx9GafNUoX3WWR11HhtM-_Ae0qWdyimvJc1oMEYPVDKeonq5u85DPlCnJg1TXmqpvHsZbUpoaxSQpChU/s400/bead+knitting+in+progress+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336547309269068738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />So, what was supposed to take two hours to finish turned out to be a six-hour adventure-- and every minute was worth it! What do you think?<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHCAuJQJFvzTRwF12fAd5C5SUddHB48ZqD7LFgpIwLTvyPebOuMeEqiPC-L-5_icaAdVY6SNr13J78SVgcbUEWekj7Q6Oazcbfh6qFd-JAGifOp43q6Voszg8TkTkes70mLVV2vD205w/s1600-h/bead+knit+purse+brooch+w+dime+copy.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/AVvXsEhgHCAuJQJFvzTRwF12fAd5C5SUddHB48ZqD7LFgpIwLTvyPebOuMeEqiPC-L-5_icaAdVY6SNr13J78SVgcbUEWekj7Q6Oazcbfh6qFd-JAGifOp43q6Voszg8TkTkes70mLVV2vD205w/s400/bead+knit+purse+brooch+w+dime+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336547309073036626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-62556343764507299372009-04-18T19:19:00.000-07:002009-04-23T17:54:30.797-07:00The "Newest" Health Nut<div style="text-align: center;"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Trebuchet ms; 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font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">These are some things we all can be “nuts” about. : )</span></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gillesgonthier/3254541652/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe85Mi77yhByK8oza4TRpNYKe7twY3jT_iVFD_Xm6XjpSwrFukHQpiOsBK1YH_jblBm2WH36vVzsrEWE8g1DwzRXSS_ou04CaaPmmtmM6Hu9wpRdAoyuPAihiVV6iBsKaMNsYdwh4zak/s400/squirrel+w+walnut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326221728350807906" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gillesgonthier/3254541652/"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Source</span></span></a><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p>References:
<br /></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.riversideonline.com/health_reference/Cholesterol/CL00002.cfm">http://www.riversideonline.com/health_reference/Cholesterol/CL00002.cfm</a> (content provided by the MayoClinic.com)</span></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">California Walnuts; <a href="http://www.walnutinfo.com/health.html">http://www.walnutinfo.com/health.html</a>. </span></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.26736Sv1.</span></p>
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<br />Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-89248707615371287962009-04-15T21:12:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:17:37.204-07:00It's the Little Things<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapsforgeisha/2079424487/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4M4wZs7jsvr96zsbqz7WVBjWHWiz7ejCbYSpyeNA8tjZSs0yKCwTcBM14bwTl6LwKlJSAC-WCUlpnnzEwZ5Fl2UMMocdKWSplCh83asZZrId-Bjm837yURsL_XLE6kKsSOZVY0HXdOM/s400/little+things.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325160693004117330" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snapsforgeisha/2079424487/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Little Things</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div> </div><p style="line-height: 100%; color: rgb(204, 102, 204); text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="line-height: 100%;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >By Ebenezer Cobham Brewer</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Little drops of water,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Little grains of sand,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Make the mighty ocean</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >And the pleasant land.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Thus the little minutes,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Humble though they be,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Make the mighty ages</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Of eternity.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.freefoto.com/preview/15-89-44?ffid=15-89-44&k=Waves"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 543px; height: 363px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl-woVML6Tjxk7FItiEj7HJ-YFReEfsKIBAvE87ZS3595b6XipvKp69UzfB_zhWB-KRAnp-wGF1V5bHpmWwldKOMi9ujGTAfLjQvH2cvJfDZt5sGIkETgeo9yNCCudBBNI_yqwl6pMZ2A/s400/splashing+waves+2++free.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325337754558997538" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.freefoto.com/preview/15-89-44?ffid=15-89-44&k=Waves"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><st1:place style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=""><br /></span></st1:place></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><st1:place style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="">“Little Things Mean a Lot." We hear this saying so many times and relate them to gestures, moments, and memories-- the touch of a loved one, watching the sunrise or set, baby’s first word.</span></st1:place></span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><st1:place face="trebuchet ms"></st1:place></span></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><st1:place face="trebuchet ms"><br /><br /></st1:place></span><div face="trebuchet ms" style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steven-beckom/2074561243/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3dO7lqbIp3kWsqgKI9BryBZXwxX73gxxiIQQAObtCaTc0vt_hDIaceoFGrWZ8P0acj-bFjdOSv-P6z1DAoR6isLbBpPY68znzzTx2qL7axn_dVezgHyQb-GDkR-ngLRDTUvJm67fMaY/s400/two+chairs+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325158238379172466" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/steven-beckom/2074561243/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Source</span></a><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >But there are yet other little things that have recently taken its dwelling in the hearts of many modern toy collectors worldwide and have taken a hold of mine.<span style=""> </span>I am speaking of the many faces of miniature thread crochet animals, with emphasis on teddy bears.<span style=""> </span>Yes, bears less than 4 inches tall. Below is an example of a miniature bear by artist, <a href="http://www.jessicaleeslittlecreations.com/">Jessica Felton</a>.</span></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5375337"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PZgIpzAzjJWBXAzWtebfqRjYWA_h7IAeT0Tt8BtYHX9Hh3nmIDNlPUN_CGbNfVOrIB2fMnV30L2kniApEkMDRrkeRu4esFf1wwAuPatLpOZlOnJXfT58nhrpAbyjq4GKDURpqyvVsdQ/s400/Jessica+Felton%27s+Chrissy5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325158236248872242" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.jessicaleeslittlecreations.com/">Chrissy by Jessica Felton</a><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">While there are a number of online groups that promote this latest trend in teddy bear-making, none is as popular as the Thread Animals Group as it boasts a membership of 1,447 (as of </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:date year="2009" day="15" month="4"><span style="">04/15/09</span></st1:date></span><span style="font-size:100%;">).<span style=""> </span>This group, which is owned by <a href="http://debbittybears.blogspot.com/">Debbie Nicholas</a>, is unique in that it teaches its members techniques of miniature teddy bear-making, show-casing the volumes of amazing works of members in the group’s website as well as its <a href="http://threadanimals.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, and holds a monthly raffle for a free artist pattern.<span style=""> </span>In addition, the very creative moderators, <a href="http://www.beyondbasicbears.com/">Bobbie Ripperger</a>, <a href="http://www.threadteds.com/index_EN.htm">Berta Hesen-Minten</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14230193919534051716">Beverley McKenzie</a> and the talented owner, Debbie, take turns in thinking up monthly challenges for the members. Let's take a look at some of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><div style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >With so much concern over the state of the economy, Debbie started the year with a January challenge called Bargain Basement Bears using free to almost free and recycled thread as its requirements.<span style=""> </span>“Glitzy,” featured below, was my entry.</span></div></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWv59-B8ScAqnuTabVVNFcFMRfeOtLSbufQ30Oik9z0dFQxE0fR9nPmNJwhSfdb-zGRHZJzJN1os3hG4VPAzuBkVzuIi5noqHCCSsbYxDDQh1EOL4lknB7yew4c7OCTFJES4z6P4GAWc/s1600-h/CIMG2935+Glitzy+copy.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/AVvXsEiwWv59-B8ScAqnuTabVVNFcFMRfeOtLSbufQ30Oik9z0dFQxE0fR9nPmNJwhSfdb-zGRHZJzJN1os3hG4VPAzuBkVzuIi5noqHCCSsbYxDDQh1EOL4lknB7yew4c7OCTFJES4z6P4GAWc/s400/CIMG2935+Glitzy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336548879511020402" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:";" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Then came February’s Little Red sponsored by Beverley using 75% of red in each entry. Mine was “Prisoner of Love” inspired by the song of the same name and dedicated to the romantic in all of us.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:";" ><br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ExTEVdL3_g9NN1qaIxdnplfuJNca_uLXga3mvTIrr3oAKFRQZ4GQstzvm05YLdC5v0dq7l-EvcPNbbuIfMttZ7K3zpQJjDkdycLUiNOdW57Z0bQb9Ov14aKNJHwgMUZddVSFGsixLyw/s1600-h/Prisoner+of+Love+copy.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/AVvXsEh0ExTEVdL3_g9NN1qaIxdnplfuJNca_uLXga3mvTIrr3oAKFRQZ4GQstzvm05YLdC5v0dq7l-EvcPNbbuIfMttZ7K3zpQJjDkdycLUiNOdW57Z0bQb9Ov14aKNJHwgMUZddVSFGsixLyw/s400/Prisoner+of+Love+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336548883673000642" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Bobbie thought up with a unique theme for March called March Music Swap featuring minis of instruments, notes, anything music-related.<span style=""> </span>I didn’t join the swap, but not wanting to be left behind I made a trumpet dedicated to Louis Armstrong and his song, “West End Blues.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDAu7CJTLG-4qzJ1DbXzD3HZfA24Y8hKPBpfr4aA884zX1cQQzYAAQDWU2uOYz6Z9XXz4E9q_HqHKJN0UAS_swpSpDKdxBaY7-8X0S361Fywg1lSsyFts0DJPitKnqvNiOBeOjGul_Sk/s1600-h/A+Trumpet+for+Louis+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:trebuchet ms;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:trebuchet ms;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><p style="line-height: 100%;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=""><span style="">April calls for a challenge by Debbie with a theme called “Show off your bear’s ‘purse’nality” using a purse as a prop for a bear. My entry is still a WIP. I’m using a light yellow fingering yarn for my bear and will be making a knit beaded purse brooch from a kit. I will feature the final result in a later post as I’m off taking care of the little things.</span></span></p></span></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-9625789968615763992009-04-13T13:33:00.000-07:002009-04-13T22:12:26.308-07:00Widgets<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">As you probably have noticed, being a newly established blog I've been doing a lot of editing and "redecorating," making sure that everything is just so. This weekend I decided to investigate the rage about widgets and got totally lost in so many of them. Widgets are inter-active, side-bar plug-ins which are used to customize a computer screen or a blog page. I stumbled upon this particular one, which I tried very hard to embed on one of the side-bars to no avail. I can't let this awesome "discovery" go without sharing it with you. So without further ado...<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script>if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('725891be-9f33-4db2-9a98-24de6f76257f');</script></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><noscript>Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/soundsphere">Sound Sphere</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Hope you enjoy it!<br /></span></span>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-68867057226775211852009-04-12T18:16:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:21:28.965-07:00Waiting for You
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<br /></span> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=""><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Remember the song, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQF9kpwupeU"><span style="font-style: italic;">Right Here Waiting for You</span>, by Richard Marx</a> that goes…</span>
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<br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Wherever you go</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> Whatever you do</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> I will be right here waiting for you</span>
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> Whatever it takes</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> Or how my heart breaks</span></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >
<br /></span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"> I will be right here waiting for you</span></span>
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<br /><span style=";font-family:";font-size:100%;" >That’s exactly what my UFOs (Unfinished Objects) or WIPs (Works in Progress) would have said if they could speak.</span>
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<br /></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style=";font-family:";font-size:180%;" >Instead I’ve put it aside as an in-between-the-challenges project.<span style=""> </span>Well, winter has passed and they’re still on the needles.(Sigh)</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">
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<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: courier new;"><link style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have at least 3 other projects—2 shawls and a stuffed toy bear on the needles hidden away somewhere or deep inside one of my closets.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">FO (Finished Object), a bag of 7 knitted baby hats for the neonatal unit at the local hospital for charity, that still hasn’t left for the hospital yet because it’s been recently put aside somewhere in the garage by mistake.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I only hope that DH (Darling Husband) does not find it and sell it at one of his garage sales. What about you?</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Do you have anything “in progress” that’s put aside somewhere and waiting for you? </span><span style=""> </span></span></div></div>Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-13572003363282669902009-04-09T22:38:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:24:20.411-07:00Life is Full of Challenges<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRmUGzw1JPwEDgK5r93PbyHaUl6pyM-K17eOn3s6iNk88h76ht47tBuUkPvBYolzKLYDIqjwaTQjPDvk6UFotAqjpn0fC7qqV_l53pd_hiVjMjXIicERPt3AXD9gsevdB875SmRrzfoA/s1600-h/2279483636_bbc8b190e3_m+hands+challenge.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahsasakaki/2279483636/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRmUGzw1JPwEDgK5r93PbyHaUl6pyM-K17eOn3s6iNk88h76ht47tBuUkPvBYolzKLYDIqjwaTQjPDvk6UFotAqjpn0fC7qqV_l53pd_hiVjMjXIicERPt3AXD9gsevdB875SmRrzfoA/s400/2279483636_bbc8b190e3_m+hands+challenge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322934373090253922" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahsasakaki/2279483636/"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">Source</span></span></a>
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<br /></span></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">It has been said that we are living in times that are “critical” and “hard to deal with.”<span style=""> </span>No sooner has one ordeal passed than another one comes and shakes us up even more.<span style=""> </span>Some are driven to despair thinking that they will never come out of a downpour of trials.<span style=""> </span>But just like the rain lets up, gradually we notice our burdens seem to lighten and things take a turn for the better.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Though we don’t eagerly look forward to these, we come out of it wiser and stronger than we were before when things got rough.<span style=""> </span>“What doesn’t kill us can only make us stronger,” as the saying goes.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the world of the artisans, on the other hand, challenges are viewed very differently as they are presented in various themes to take the artists to the outer limits of their imagination.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For example, the Freeform Crochet list, a group promoting a new crochet technique which at the same time is actively involved in charity work, is hosting one under the subject of, “Four Seasons.”</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many of its members, myself included, eagerly signed up to join the challenge, but having no experience at all in </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.intff.org/pages/2008%20%20TYE/TYEmain.html">freeform crochet</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, I later realized that I may have jumped in too soon.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But I’m determined to enjoy the process and learn the new technique whether or not I make the deadline.</span><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Spring is my season of choice and will be using this picture of a field of <st1:state><st1:place>California</st1:place></st1:state> poppies as an inspiration.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">In this challenge, participants are allowed to choose one or more seasons as their subject(s).
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<br />It sounds easy, but it’s an art of which its principles I haven’t grasped yet so I’m using a couple of books to help me out with this project.</span><span style="font-size:85%;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOw-mMBF5NktElFU7VOYN-ky71h4alv2wdZeVSSjtvbrFP6CNhXuILhFiKnXnwBFOWKLgBbrW1vojE05rHZrFadH6_UbWHFc25_OLu92tRc_uqi1cvgbraextVPe0LSd_fVnf7LaLMks/s1600-h/knitcrochetbooks_0005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOw-mMBF5NktElFU7VOYN-ky71h4alv2wdZeVSSjtvbrFP6CNhXuILhFiKnXnwBFOWKLgBbrW1vojE05rHZrFadH6_UbWHFc25_OLu92tRc_uqi1cvgbraextVPe0LSd_fVnf7LaLMks/s400/knitcrochetbooks_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322934193913375538" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >A richly illustrated Japanese crochet book from my bookshelf</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.knitpicks.com/Textured+Crochet+Stitch+Collection_BD31008.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOFOZO53eBlh4fJLGdst0hu0hFPBEUfg2zC5XRodTSLxfMt9ecfkABb5dWbDHBvRedtjF-rNrDduukf5jUIvys-vrRZWfLqGK2bUVnNiWN7ifg_urLeeM9oS-OOldsI2IbQGx-vawdVs/s400/knitcrochetbooks_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322934189299553746" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span>Stitch book recently bought from </span><a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/Knitting.cfm">Knitpicks</a></span>
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<br /></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">I’m just as curious as you probably are of how the piece is going to look so I’ll post the “big reveal” when it’s done.</span><span style=""> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p> </div>
<br />Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-49402082796187027272009-04-09T17:32:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:28:08.434-07:00The First Hello Bookmark<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGgwetjq42l96CbM7HOj5kdVYoe2LhjH4P4OXw9KlcovM-r7Z6mDGURT_Arn9VuqS57F7Z1Hom0R2hzrGZb80RLQxSd8GzMVeKQ8LisfkDEzT0YZZ7FperQQtmxKKEXmDKSaZSdYv0aY/s1600-h/First+Hello2+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGgwetjq42l96CbM7HOj5kdVYoe2LhjH4P4OXw9KlcovM-r7Z6mDGURT_Arn9VuqS57F7Z1Hom0R2hzrGZb80RLQxSd8GzMVeKQ8LisfkDEzT0YZZ7FperQQtmxKKEXmDKSaZSdYv0aY/s320/First+Hello2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336551586509438978" border="0" /></a><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://knoticaladventures.blogspot.com/">The First Hello by Mylyne De Jesus</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Copyright © 2009</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Supplies Needed:</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Patons Silk Bamboo (Moss) or other equivalent sport wt. or fingering yarn </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">US#5 (3.75mm) or US#3 (3.25mm) for fingering yarn knitting needles (I used 2 dpns I already have)</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tapestry needle</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">7/8” White Organdy Ribbon (optional)</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Abbreviations:</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">yo = yarn over</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">cdd = centered double decrease (On right side rows, slip 2 stitches together knitwise, k the following stitch and pass the 2 slipped stitches over it.)</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Directions:</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">CO 15 sts.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bottom Border: Work garter stitch for 2 rows (K right and wrong side rows).</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Side Borders: Work first 2 and last 2 row sts in garter st throughout.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Work Pattern as follows.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pattern:</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">On right side rows, work according to pattern.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">On wrong side rows, work stitches in pattern (knit the knit stitches and purl the purl stitches) and purl yarn overs.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 1 (Right Side):</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, yo, k1, yo, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rows 3 and 5:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Repeat Row 1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 7:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, yo, k1, yo, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 9:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 11:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 13:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 15:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k9, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Rows 17 and 19:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Repeat Row 15.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 21:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k3, cdd, k3, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 23:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k2, cdd, k2, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 25:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, k1, cdd, k1, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Row 27:</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">P1, yo, cdd, yo, p1, cdd, p1, yo, cdd, yo, p1.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Top Border: </span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Garter stitch for next 2 rows.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">BO.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Break thread, leaving a 4-inch tail.</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Weave in tails.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Block as needed.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Lace 12 inches of organdy ribbon through the holes at the bottom of the bookmark. (Optional)</span></p> Mylynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03141714045566840834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904401855988776523.post-29871110377450513412009-04-08T08:42:00.000-07:002009-05-16T15:32:55.938-07:00Mark My Words<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grillkillen/509970089/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBjMJke4OxcjWllFRSMGhFWz24PanDO8uCBNeyZwkZd9Zu1vKO90Nye1qFCehR-qpEcq7WjACsdN4eyAp73Ok3QV5aDlYSSj6ew7kB9lyRLpiLBx2_MKcNJ9YrRFJydx5mdcYg_DlXyw/s400/509970089_4e069d658d_b+large+leaf+drops.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322519742899544322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CSAM%7E1.PC1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/grillkillen/509970089/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Source</span></span></a>
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<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >It’s the month <span style=""> </span>for the air to give way to warmer weather and light showers and for plants to show some signs of life.<span style=""> </span>In this really cool Yahoo Group called Monthly Threads KAL-CAL Bookmarks, owned by <a href="http://freepatterns.k1p1keepingyouinstitchesstudio.com/">Maile Mauch</a>, leaves are the theme for April.<span style=""> </span>Every month, Maile picks out a few designs for sharing with the members and this month I’m thrilled to have my 2 knitted designs, <i>The First Hello</i> and <i>Swaying Spring Leaves</i>, chosen.<span style=""> </span>I’ve also just finished another bookmark, a beaded one, for May.<span style=""> </span>It has an overall pattern of beaded lace flower buds and butterflies.<span style=""> </span>I will share all mentioned patterns with you after they’ve been posted at the group’s website.<span style=""> </span>I’ll first show you how they look.</span>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglaoDzq9EzhpnF1sP44K65y-6-pn2leYv-wL1X97S_gjbA82I5lPeY4zn2ojnP44zPHZpaEuqJCTf_HiLyD3NSdqTzlSxiGqxvra-ueLKUb6MdQiDd6cCNNSZ2ByoA6D8ainRuQIx1xo/s1600-h/First+Hello2+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjglaoDzq9EzhpnF1sP44K65y-6-pn2leYv-wL1X97S_gjbA82I5lPeY4zn2ojnP44zPHZpaEuqJCTf_HiLyD3NSdqTzlSxiGqxvra-ueLKUb6MdQiDd6cCNNSZ2ByoA6D8ainRuQIx1xo/s400/First+Hello2+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336552706628434786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's The <span style="font-style: italic;">First Hello</span> and below is <span style="font-style: italic;">Swaying Spring Leaves</span></span></span>.
<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtKohp6T1fbUQXYgVQiclHfxAXAKSrPq-HxsaI_6hiuslYAj9xL3xx-hQm0gNm0eUM4aYcPKmQtu7ErWgCoM0RsPzdUCsCgY6y6RUk_HceYCf-oRs_uqwll855Wx-X-0r-LhyDhWTtz8/s1600-h/Swaying+Spring+Leaves+w+ribbon+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtKohp6T1fbUQXYgVQiclHfxAXAKSrPq-HxsaI_6hiuslYAj9xL3xx-hQm0gNm0eUM4aYcPKmQtu7ErWgCoM0RsPzdUCsCgY6y6RUk_HceYCf-oRs_uqwll855Wx-X-0r-LhyDhWTtz8/s400/Swaying+Spring+Leaves+w+ribbon+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336553069879611730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Apa-iV-5cJpOLCVuOdRBUkjDnAv6fGrkhw7l0B1oxEJIArCBkY7SOB27qkEU9gqTKR0yUz6BNYJJgPxcO1_tTGJ-Z31N5J7qs-r95ibj065HBh33WkigiCCIrD4T9hXakU5Pk9MD-rc/s1600-h/Swaying+Spring+Leaves+w+ribbon.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Below is <span style="font-style: italic;">Beaded Butterflies and Flower Buds, </span>my first bead knitting piece.</span></span>
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