Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Inspiration - Lovely mittens at Smoking Hot Needles
These are very pretty - probably would be warm enough for Texas!
New Videos Today - USM Tam
The USM Goldilocks challenge isn't over yet!
Are you new to this site? New to machine knitting, or to the Ultimate Sweater Machine? These videos build a little on knowledge, so here's what we have so far:
The easiest - scarf to knit.
Step two: knit the hat to match.
Appreciate all the free lessons, patterns, etc? Well, they do take truckloads of time. Help me keep doing this by doing your Amazon shopping through the search box at the left. They have quite a bit of interesting stuff for knitters these days.
Step 3 in the USM challenge is a fun little beret to knit as a gift item.
Knitting a tam on the USM (1 of 2)
Knit a tam on the USM (2 of 2)
Are you new to this site? New to machine knitting, or to the Ultimate Sweater Machine? These videos build a little on knowledge, so here's what we have so far:
The easiest - scarf to knit.
Step two: knit the hat to match.
Appreciate all the free lessons, patterns, etc? Well, they do take truckloads of time. Help me keep doing this by doing your Amazon shopping through the search box at the left. They have quite a bit of interesting stuff for knitters these days.
Step 3 in the USM challenge is a fun little beret to knit as a gift item.
Knitting a tam on the USM (1 of 2)
Knit a tam on the USM (2 of 2)
Friday, December 3, 2010
Holiday Special, While They Last
We have some special DVDs that contain a group of easy gift projects. I have already been including these in recent orders, and I gave them out at the Dallas seminar with orders, so if you order and already have the 2010 Gift video, let me know, and I'll send you some other surprise.
While they last, I'm including a DVD in each new order.
Thank you, everyone who ordered from me this year! The business of selling some books and DVDs and doing a few seminars has really helped to make my endless knitting teaching possible. And, I appreciate everyone who comments or emails - I draw energy from you, and you help me to do a better job!
While they last, I'm including a DVD in each new order.
Thank you, everyone who ordered from me this year! The business of selling some books and DVDs and doing a few seminars has really helped to make my endless knitting teaching possible. And, I appreciate everyone who comments or emails - I draw energy from you, and you help me to do a better job!
Eli Made the Bulky Lined Slippers - On EON with Standard Machine!
They look, great, too, don't they? Good photo of the U-shape you get until your fold them into slippers.
She photograhed some more socks, too - see the contrast between the little kid's sock and the big man's sock?
http://strikkogsy.blogspot.com/2010/11/liten-og-stormore-socks.html
Irma Conquers Enchanted Edgings
I was thrilled to see this post. Irma in Brazil had purchased Enchanted Edgings - and she is a Portugese speaker who is deciphering my English book and my English DVDs.
You have to know, reading my blog, that I'm a big fan of Irma's. Her blog is an absolute inspiration with great photos of the creative knitting she does.
Irma punched the cards and figured it out anyway! That's one trait I love in machine knitters, the decision to plow right over minor obstacles, like a foreign language, and a different machine, and make it happen.
She's got a batch of lovely photos of the edgings here:
Thursday, December 2, 2010
I always look at the puppy pictures...
I believe God made dogs to teach us how to love.
Advice, Please on Packaged Gifts
This time of year, I send an assortment of things to out of town relatives - for instance, chocolate gift baskets, pecan trays, and so forth. We have a big family, and we usually send a box of goodies the whole family can enjoy. These are things I order from companies and are shipped straight to the folks.
I don't get to see what the companies sent, and of course everyone expresses appreciation, but I really don't know what the best stuff is. Also, John and I are not very clever at making our minds up about gifts. So - does anyone have any fantastic, killer suggestions for things that are great to receive?
I don't get to see what the companies sent, and of course everyone expresses appreciation, but I really don't know what the best stuff is. Also, John and I are not very clever at making our minds up about gifts. So - does anyone have any fantastic, killer suggestions for things that are great to receive?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Making Christmas More Meaningful
In my reading, I ran into the suggestion that reading a chapter of Luke each day in December (until we run out of chapters, and Christmas is here) is a nice way to make the month more meaningful (and I have a longstanding problem with holiday stress), so here's Luke 1 for December 1, over at Bible Gateway.
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