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New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! We've just added the palette for Deborah Norville Everyday Yarn! If you knit and/or crochet, this is for you. This is a beautiful yarn with a nice feel to it, a good alternative in worsted weight acrylic! (Thank you again to BetwixtTheStitch!)
New! The Red Heart Super Saver Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
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Nicky,
Hee hee! Try to think of it this way...it could be a lot worse...she could like some really annoying music. Sometimes my husband will bring up a tune he knows I hate...and it gets stuck in my head. But that's okay...I usually sing the Smurf's theme song, and he cuts that crap out immediately!
Must write a book, "How
to Annoy Your Spouse When Your Spouse is Annoying You."
Looking forward to "seeing" Neave return!
Line,
I'm so sorry you can't go to a physical therapist.
That should actually be less
expensive to go to one, not more, since physical therapy can often
keep people from needing surgery! So backwards.
Sending good thoughts that going slowly will really help and you'll be going to physical therapy in the near future.
I posted five FREE sewing patterns for Kindle for today...grab them before they're gone! (Note: you do not need to have an actual Kindle. If you have a smartphone, you can download a Kindle reader app for FREE...if all you have is a PC, you can download to your PC...and I believe there may also be a way now of completely bypassing any kind of reader app to read directly online - though please don't quote me on that, as I'm not sure. I find the PC reader to be quite decent for pattern content...since I don't own a Kindle, I can't say how well it works...but I would think a smaller screen would make patterns kind of difficult to read.)
Here's the circle (you must join to see posts):
/circles/pg/groups/36435/crafty-bookworms/
Melanie,
I found the whole kit.
I bought it for the loupe and
calipers, I do love the colored gems.
I do have my own sourdough recipe made with my homemade starter, but there is a frozen dough that's been around since I was a kid. It's called Rhodes, and comes in loaves or rolls, it's what my mother bought.
There are others nowadays, but I've never tried any of them.
You're right about the Q being so noticeable because of the size. For instance the K hook is only 0.5mm larger than the shaft.
We definitely need to get measurements on the other main brand. Do you have some of both brands to do test swatches with? I know I don't have any.
I have the results of the first yarn usage experiment;
To make a 7" x 7.5" swatch with the P hook took 25.7g of yarn, which translated to 141.75 feet.
The same size swatch with a K hook took 31.4g yarn, translated to 173.2 feet
That's a difference of 31.45 feet
So using a larger hook does use less yarn.
Should I go on and make more swatches to compare with other sizes?
Also. I haven't quite finished compiling all the info from the different swatches into something that makes sense.
I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to take pictures, the ones made with the smaller sizes would have to be pinned down to get a pic, they just stay rolled up.
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Char,
Welcome!
What a lovely
thing to do, to cross stitch something special for a friend!
I'm not sure
what percentage of our users are cross stitchers, but feel free to
create your own circle! Sounds like there's a big need for a
nerdy/geeky/gamer circle!
Sounds like there's a big need for a
nerdy/geeky/gamer circle! Nicky,
Hee hee! Try to think of it this way...it could be a lot worse...she could like some really annoying music. Sometimes my husband will bring up a tune he knows I hate...and it gets stuck in my head. But that's okay...I usually sing the Smurf's theme song, and he cuts that crap out immediately!
Must write a book, "How
to Annoy Your Spouse When Your Spouse is Annoying You."
Looking forward to "seeing" Neave return!
Line,
I'm so sorry you can't go to a physical therapist.
That should actually be less
expensive to go to one, not more, since physical therapy can often
keep people from needing surgery! So backwards.Sending good thoughts that going slowly will really help and you'll be going to physical therapy in the near future.
I posted five FREE sewing patterns for Kindle for today...grab them before they're gone! (Note: you do not need to have an actual Kindle. If you have a smartphone, you can download a Kindle reader app for FREE...if all you have is a PC, you can download to your PC...and I believe there may also be a way now of completely bypassing any kind of reader app to read directly online - though please don't quote me on that, as I'm not sure. I find the PC reader to be quite decent for pattern content...since I don't own a Kindle, I can't say how well it works...but I would think a smaller screen would make patterns kind of difficult to read.)
Here's the circle (you must join to see posts):
/circles/pg/groups/36435/crafty-bookworms/
Melanie,
I found the whole kit.
I bought it for the loupe and
calipers, I do love the colored gems. I do have my own sourdough recipe made with my homemade starter, but there is a frozen dough that's been around since I was a kid. It's called Rhodes, and comes in loaves or rolls, it's what my mother bought.
There are others nowadays, but I've never tried any of them.
You're right about the Q being so noticeable because of the size. For instance the K hook is only 0.5mm larger than the shaft.
We definitely need to get measurements on the other main brand. Do you have some of both brands to do test swatches with? I know I don't have any.
I have the results of the first yarn usage experiment;
To make a 7" x 7.5" swatch with the P hook took 25.7g of yarn, which translated to 141.75 feet.
The same size swatch with a K hook took 31.4g yarn, translated to 173.2 feet
That's a difference of 31.45 feet
So using a larger hook does use less yarn.
Should I go on and make more swatches to compare with other sizes?
Also. I haven't quite finished compiling all the info from the different swatches into something that makes sense.
I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to take pictures, the ones made with the smaller sizes would have to be pinned down to get a pic, they just stay rolled up.
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