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Knitting
Pipeline group on Ravelry
Bronwyn and Sarah joined me this week for the show.
Pipeliner Notes
I wish you all could look out my window with me today…
Events:
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Any mitten pattern will do. You do not have to use the Robin Hansen
pattern.
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(#13) Diahrensal Dianne in Billings MT Quince & Co yarn in your choice of color.
Giftable pattern of your choice:
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#46 Mooskers
Knitting Pipeline
Retreat April 26-27, 2013 with Yarn
Crawl Fun Day on April 25th. We
have over 80 registered now but there is room for more. Susan B Anderson will be participating in our retreat! I have permission to announce this.)
Current Retreat Sponsors:
Ewe-nique
Yarns Morton IL
The Fiber Universe
in Peoria IL
Klose Knit in
Urbana IL
Quince & Co releasing Scarves II this week. I think.
I have a shawl design in this collection that is called Gill’s Rock.
Nature Notes
Sarah saw Bald
Eagles riding ice floes down the Mississippi!
Bronwyn saw a Bald Eagle while having lunch at Steak & Shake on the
river.
Needle Notes
Paula
Aranami Shawl
by Olga Buraya-Kefelian
Bronwyn
Clearwing by Amy Christoffers
Seedling Dreams by Amy Beth Mayes
Marguerite
Shawlette by Katie White
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| Seedling Dreams by Amy Beth Mayes |
Cowl Neck
Warmer by Angela Juergens
Those
Mitts by Leslie Friend
The Blethering Room
Accordian Style document case does
not work as well for dpn’s because pockets are not enclosed at the bottom.
Aquilterknits had a nice set
up. Cardboard tubes for dpn’s.
Patternworks has plastic pockets
that fit in standard 3 ring binders. Pockets Packs for Circular
Needles and Double
Pointed Needles.
Twinsetjan’s idea:
I’m wondering if a binder will
work. I’m thinking filling it with page protectors each with heavy paper in
them. Then I can staple the swatches to the paper to keep them in a given place
on the page. I figure if I put one high and the next low I’ll be able to fit
more in the binder. I have a different notebook for pattern notes -- the
swatches would fill it too quickly, but this way I can find the swatch easily
if I need to. If I do this, I’ll let you know how it works.
For swatches from personal
knitting, I just have them in a basket. They serve as my repair yarn if needed
and I figure I can just sort through them to look for the right one if it’s
necessary. I’m hoping that won’t be often so that the time to find the right
one would be less than the time coming up with an organizational scheme anyway.
I ordered vinyl sleeve pockets
from Amazon. Avery Big Tab Two-Pocket Insertable Plastic
Dividers, 8-Tab Set, 1 Set (11907)
High Note Low Notes
Product Notes
Try
on Tubing Bronwyn likes it. Paula is not convinced.
Ball winder Stanwood
Needlecraft
- Wind larger balls
- No catching of yarn in the gears.
- Might be faster definitely is more pleasant and feels more efficient.
- Stays clamped on table
Cons:
- takes up more space for storing.
- Moving part could be a bit dangerous if you have small children poking fingers in it.
- A little noisy
1 comment:
Your review of the fuzzy clothes hangers was so helpful. I got some and now my shawls and shrug don't fall to the floor. Thanks
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