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May 24th

daveballarat's picture

A Knitting Retreat in Ancient Greece, now Patara, Turkey

Sun, 2009-05-24 08:41 — daveballarat

A knitting retreat could be fun to contemplate ... admittedly it is a long way from most but ... it has interest on it's side... Ancient Greece, 18 km beach, wonderful Turkish cuisine... and cheap...

WillyG's picture

A couple firsts

Sun, 2009-05-24 08:03 — WillyG

Just took pics of my first handspun yarn project, which is coincidentally my first pair of mittens.

May 23rd

RickeScott's picture

African Adventure Bag

Sun, 2009-05-24 04:44 — RickeScott

Finished this several days ago. The final size, 48cmx48cm.

sonics's picture

mowing the lawn.

Sun, 2009-05-24 00:05 — sonics

Sonic and I mow the lawn together. She loves it. She would be wearing her little sweater i knit her but she ate it the second she had it on.

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the knitting basket

Sun, 2009-05-24 00:00 — sonics

Just for the hell of it heres all my projects thrown into one basket.

Hi, my name is woodburn and I'm new to this site.

Sat, 2009-05-23 20:21 — Woodburn

I'm wondering if anyone has used the Noro wool Yarn from Japan. I am interested in trying it. Is it scratchy or is it similar to merino wool?. Thanks for your help.

vsidart's picture

4 months and 6 lbs. of wool later...

Sat, 2009-05-23 13:26 — vsidart

I finally finished the Elizabeth Zimmerman "Knitted Garter Stitch Blanket" for my new livingroom. Just over 6 pounds of Lion Brand "Fisherman's Wool" with 2 strands held together on size 15s.

May 22nd

Jason1978's picture

not all doom and gloom

Sat, 2009-05-23 03:12 — Jason1978

Right guys!

New York Built's picture

Some Online Resources For Knitters

Fri, 2009-05-22 18:57 — New York Built

All I can say on this one, is WOW!
http://techknitting.blogspot.com

From my textile co-conspirator Hannah Wallace

Some very useful knitting calculators

rvicarus's picture

Prayers for Ben (ManMadeKnits)

Fri, 2009-05-22 13:33 — rvicarus

Hey...