SadieKate Gloves

[CorsairMac]

Corsair "yup, I knit too in the cold, dark months" Mac

Excuse me, What? Is this Corsair, its always beautiful in NM, Mac?
Sheeesh. Surly looking out at Snow, fog, rain bluck.

But of COURSE it's always beautiful here in NM - but since I"m a desert rat, anything under 50 degrees is cold and during the shortest days of the month when the sun sets around 5:00 pm, it's too dark for me!......which means I start my hibernation around Thanksgiving and come out around Groundhogs Day!
Surly looking out at Snow, fog, rain bluck=CorsairMac not even bothering to get out of electric-mattress pad heated, heavyweight feather comforter over flannel sheets bed, it just ain't worth it!

Partly Cloudy
53°F
Feels Like
53°F
Updated Jan 30 02:25 p.m. MT

UV Index: 2 Low
Wind: From W at 5 mph
Humidity: 35%
Pressure: 30.06 in.
Dew Point: 25°F
Visibility: 10.0 miles

just for you my good friend Surly!!

[SadieKate]

Back to the more relevant topic to this forum (ahem, knitting ) . . .

Guess I'm going to making lotso copies. Corsair, I'll mail you a packet also.

In the meantime, does everyone know about Knitty? Fun articles, a great forum and free patterns.
http://www.knitty.com/archive.html

Corsair, my very first (and only longsleeve) sweater was made from Noro because all first large projects should use cheap yarn.

Surly, if you liked the yarn in Karen's wristies and need to order. One skein did the trick. Instead of tonight being my S&M night, guess it's going to be S&T (shot and typing) night. My pattern is currently a bunch of pencil squiggles.

[Melody]

I never learned to knit though I always wanted to. My mother knitted but she never taught any of us. My parents always wanted us to be doing things like studying. :P

Is there any good resources out there on learning to knit?

Mel

[SadieKate]

Mel, I'd go buy a book or two because you'll want the pictures. You could be downloading and printing out directions forever and ever and ever if you try to do it from the 'net. You can find the info but you have to know what to look for and put it together piecemeal. At least, I would find it frustrating to do it that way.

Here are a few books I'd recommend:

Sally Melville's Knitting Experience Series starting with the Knit Stitch:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/189...lance&n=283155

Stitch & B**tch has some funky projects
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076...lance&n=283155

Good basic book by Debbie Bliss with a more traditional theme
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157...Fencoding=UTF8

Of course, a beginner's class at your local shop is great because they'll help you decipher the confusing world of needle size and type, yarn type, gauge, etc., etc., etc.

[Surlygirl]

[QUOTE=SadieKate]Back to the more relevant topic to this forum (ahem, knitting ) . . .

ooooopppppps. Sorry SadieKate. Corsair and I have to get our little weather digs in now and then.

Now back to our regulary scheduled program

[SadieKate]

Heck, it can't be that far off course. Nobody has mentioned food yet.

[bikerz]

. . . Instead of tonight being my S&M night, guess it's going to be S&T (shot and typing) night.

Clarification please!!!

sales and marketing?
shots and martinis?
saltines and marmite?

[SadieKate]

S&M is my shot and movie night (my weekly injection and get pampered by Bubba night).

[CorsairMac]

and.......................thank you Ann for finding a way to get food into the mix!! ROFL


and thank you very much Sadie ma'am! my LKS has a baby-fine merino wool ribbon that I've been trying to find Something to make with it......sounds like this might just be the perfect project! we'll have to do pictures of our projects some day (this from the chick that still hasn't done the promised tattoo pix yet


oh oh oh oh oh ...and thanks so much for the website - no I hadn't seen that one yet and I'm already loving it!! {{{{sadiekate}}}

[Surlygirl]

Hi SadieKate,
Well I have one wristie done and I love it! Its even purple to match my bike. I think I'll wear them post ride when my hands are cold. My yarn store had only a few Debbie Bliss so I opted for another brand. I haven't knit in a long time so I had to go to knittinghelp.com to refresh my memory on a few things.
Thank you again. Great pattern.

[SadieKate]

You are very welcome. Glad you like them. Sounds like my horribly detailed instructions worked or you're just being polite.

[Surlygirl]

Partly Cloudy
53°F
Feels Like
53°F
Updated Jan 30 02:25 p.m. MT


just for you my good friend Surly!! [/QUOTE]

Are you kidding me woman. Thats T-shirt weather here in New England.

Dark and Foggy
Overnight 32
Feels like
January
Wind 8 mph
Precip 40 percent
Humidity 82 Percent
Wintry mix AM

And that is how we do it in Mass. I knew I could count on you to bring a little sunshine to my day