Check out this video showing knitting needles being made:”Wandering Wisconsin: A Yarn Good Idea” 3/29/08 http://www.weau.com/wijournal You can buy these needles from this store:Yarn Good Idea Needles->
Archive for March, 2008
Handmade, wooden knitting needles
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged knitting needles on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MAJORING IN LACE
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged knitting, lace on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a neat series of articles, about knitting lace.
MAJORING IN LACE: INTRODUCTION
MAJORING IN LACE – PART II
MAJORING IN LACE – PART III
MAJORING IN LACE – PART IV
Purl Soho in California … LYS
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged LYS, Orange County CA on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, the Orange County California group on Ravelry.com recently had a “field trip” to the local Purl Soho. I think I might like that myself. Hrrrmm.. Their website at purl doesn’t list the Tustin, CA location.
However, on their blog at purlbee they do give the following address for the Tustin location:
15431 Redhill Ave Ste D
Tustin, CA 92780
800-597-PURL
It’s a wherehouse, [...]
Reference on Yarn Overs
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged knitting, yarn overs on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an article that I want to remember to review later on…Yarn Over Simplified
Make custom care labels for your garments…
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged garment labels, handmade, labels on March 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This is just the neatest idea on how to make your own custom-care labels for your handmade garments/gifts: Custom labels
Bought more yarn….
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged ravelry, sale, yarn on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so someone on Ravelry.com mentioned that there was a sale going on at Little Knits so I checked it out. They had some good deals on discontinued and “seconds-quality” items, so I ordered enough yarn for 3 or 4 pairs of socks and also ordered the Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece for the sweater I’m going to knit for [...]
Other yarns and online yarn stores
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged yarn stores on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some online yarn shops to keep in mind:
WEBS – everything (well, LOTS of stuff)
The Loopy Ewe - specializing in sock yarns
Don’t remember what others I saw recently that I wanted to keep in mind. Will add more when I find them…
Inexpensive yarns …
Posted in Needlecraft, tagged knitting crocheting yarn on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Those nice yarns are nice, but they cost a bit too. 5 skeins for a sweater at $8 each… not cheap. OK, if you want something more reasonably priced, these sites might be ones to check out:
KnitPicks.com
Yarn and Thread by Lisa
Elann.com
L.A. Marathon, here I come! (Take 2)
Posted in Running, tagged marathon, Running on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OK, so I’m off to run the L.A. Marathon tomorrow morning. Will be away from the computer until late on Monday. This will be my 2nd time running the L.A. Marathon and my 3rd marathon overall (I also did the Long Beach Marathon this past October). So my goal is to just go out there [...]
