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hi, i have just made a design and from looking at it, do I start the row on the same side every time, not disimilar to mosaic overlay? its just im used to turning when making flat pied=ces so just wanted to check?
Thanks
Thank you. Everyone is creative in their own way... except when
it comes to my brother. He can sort of knit and crochet, but you
can tell he does not exactly enjoy it, poor thing. Art, even when
done the wrong way, is beautiful and special.
Line,
Awww, that is sweet, and what a lucky girl, to get such lovely toys!
While I can't say Muffin has
ever been given my toys (LOL, stuffed animals), I also can't say
she's lacking for any, LOL. She has
tons of toys. I've put away
the hard toys, though, only because it would be just my luck to
slip on a ball in the dark, fall and break something.
Or fall down the stairs
because my hands are full and I don't see some toy at the top of
the stairs. Because I swear, if she could sit by the
stairs and play, she'd find something that rolls and then start at
the top and send it down the stairs, listening to it make noise all
the way. And then she'd forget she left something up
top. No, this doesn't sound like a good idea at
all!
Sadly, I've also had to put away what we called her "bitey ball." This is a hard ball that is made up of plastic dots, so there are holes between some of them. Aside from the fact that it would be a great tripping hazard, sigh, sometimes when she'd bite the bitey ball, it would get stuck on her teeth.
I don't want that happening at
night or while we're away for an hour or so, especially if she
can't get it off of her teeth! So once in a while she'll be
allowed to play with it, but then it gets put back in the box where
she can't get to it.
LOL, okay, first, I have zero dolls that look like Chucky. Blurgh. I'm talking about fashion dolls...Barbie comes to mind, but forgetting that blonde bimbette, there are dolls that are about half the size of Barbie, no longer made, but just as wonderful: Dawn dolls. Those are dolls from the '70s. They're very pretty and over the years there have been a lot of knockoffs, too. I think the UK's version of Dawn was called Pippa. Anyway, Dawn (and friends) had what Barbie lacked...eyelashes. Really tiny, pretty eyelashes. Dawn had lots of outfits, too.
I want to make outfits for Dawn.
Barbie, too, but mostly
Dawn.
To cover half of that plan, there's a Swedish site that has over 1000 free Barbie knitting patterns (nothing for Dawn, sigh), with translations into a lot of different languages, including English. (Also Danish, though I know you don't knit - yet - and don't like dolls.) Take a gander at these, and then see if you can figure out why I want to make Barbie clothes
:
http://stickatillbarbie.se/
Did I mention they're all free? Now you see why I want to
knit for Barbie...because so many patterns are available and
free! (Dawn will have to wait.)
Now you can also see why I like fashion dolls. I've found more free
patterns for Barbie than any other type of doll.
And perhaps now you can understand why I don't mind using acrylic! Because Barbie won't
complain. And though she's lately had a little, um,
plastic surgery , her size stays pretty
constant. I don't know of anyone who can make that claim!
I also have a few knockoffs of what are called "American Girl" dolls. AG dolls are way expensive...forget how much, may be around $200! The knockoffs were all far cheaper. The first one I bought with a coupon from a craft store. I think she was under $10, maybe about $8. Then my friend sent me a doll I had admired, when they went on clearance in one of her local stores. Later on, they went on clearance in my local store, so I bought another two, and I think each were under $5. Seriously good price!
And they definitely don't mind wearing clothes made of acrylic.
I think a scarf I crocheted for my friend's AG-type doll is in one of my photo albums on here.
And none of the AG-types look like Chucky! Matter of fact, I've never heard a peep from any of them.
LOL! Probably the apron and the blindfold won't bother him, though chaining him to the stove is another matter.
Oooh, you'll have to tell me how it works out when you order from them! Really, their yarns look amazing!
Oh, yeah, it would be awful to work so hard to make something, only to have it fall apart. That's why I won't use anything less than good fishing line for beads. There's an old product that I didn't care for, which used to be considered an industry standard, but since certain fishing lines were found to be great for beading (not all, though, so one must be careful not to pick up any old fishing line), that's what I've been using.
Every once in a while someone says their beaded project made with fishing line fell apart, but I've had big discussions with people who are big in the beading industry, and they believe breakage was caused by a sharp bead or crystal. Others claim the knots cause the fibers to cut themselves, but so far it seems more are of the opinion the breakage was caused by sharp beads or crystals.
Hugs,
Melanie
Janice,
Thank you kindly for your input. I would love to someday make
the entire thing private (other than the mall, of course), but as I
mentioned, I was overruled, and for now it's going to stay the way
it is. 
I did send along your
suggestion about putting a message up about the searchability of
the posts.
You're very welcome...and thank you for being accommodating about the messages and leaving the gist of that wonderful discussion available!
Melanie,
I don't get tired of cooking as much as I get tired of trying to figure out what to cook.
The family isn't much help, "I don't know" isn't a dish I know how to make.
I feel for you with the dry, chapped hands. Mine can get pretty bad in winter too,
and it isn't near as brutal here.
Astrid,
What beautiful gifts. Love the loop shawls, and that scarf is wonderful.
Do your winters get brutal, with the single digit cold like the area where Melanie is?
I understand about trying to use the phone to upload pics, I'm learning to do it from a tablet. Melanie told me a trick for resizing and it works. I upload the pics to facebook and they are automatically resized, then I can just copy them here.
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hi, i have just made a design and from looking at it, do I start the row on the same side every time, not disimilar to mosaic overlay? its just im used to turning when making flat pied=ces so just wanted to check?
Thanks
Thank you. Everyone is creative in their own way... except when
it comes to my brother. He can sort of knit and crochet, but you
can tell he does not exactly enjoy it, poor thing. Art, even when
done the wrong way, is beautiful and special. Line,
Awww, that is sweet, and what a lucky girl, to get such lovely toys!
While I can't say Muffin has
ever been given my toys (LOL, stuffed animals), I also can't say
she's lacking for any, LOL. She has
tons of toys. I've put away
the hard toys, though, only because it would be just my luck to
slip on a ball in the dark, fall and break something.
Or fall down the stairs
because my hands are full and I don't see some toy at the top of
the stairs. Because I swear, if she could sit by the
stairs and play, she'd find something that rolls and then start at
the top and send it down the stairs, listening to it make noise all
the way. And then she'd forget she left something up
top. No, this doesn't sound like a good idea at
all!Sadly, I've also had to put away what we called her "bitey ball." This is a hard ball that is made up of plastic dots, so there are holes between some of them. Aside from the fact that it would be a great tripping hazard, sigh, sometimes when she'd bite the bitey ball, it would get stuck on her teeth.
I don't want that happening at
night or while we're away for an hour or so, especially if she
can't get it off of her teeth! So once in a while she'll be
allowed to play with it, but then it gets put back in the box where
she can't get to it.LOL, okay, first, I have zero dolls that look like Chucky. Blurgh. I'm talking about fashion dolls...Barbie comes to mind, but forgetting that blonde bimbette, there are dolls that are about half the size of Barbie, no longer made, but just as wonderful: Dawn dolls. Those are dolls from the '70s. They're very pretty and over the years there have been a lot of knockoffs, too. I think the UK's version of Dawn was called Pippa. Anyway, Dawn (and friends) had what Barbie lacked...eyelashes. Really tiny, pretty eyelashes. Dawn had lots of outfits, too.
I want to make outfits for Dawn.
Barbie, too, but mostly
Dawn.To cover half of that plan, there's a Swedish site that has over 1000 free Barbie knitting patterns (nothing for Dawn, sigh), with translations into a lot of different languages, including English. (Also Danish, though I know you don't knit - yet - and don't like dolls.) Take a gander at these, and then see if you can figure out why I want to make Barbie clothes
:http://stickatillbarbie.se/
Did I mention they're all free?
Now you see why I want to
knit for Barbie...because so many patterns are available and
free! (Dawn will have to wait.)Now you can also see why I like fashion dolls.
I've found more free
patterns for Barbie than any other type of doll.And perhaps now you can understand why I don't mind using acrylic!
Because Barbie won't
complain. And though she's lately had a little, um,
plastic surgery , her size stays pretty
constant. I don't know of anyone who can make that claim!
I also have a few knockoffs of what are called "American Girl" dolls. AG dolls are way expensive...forget how much, may be around $200! The knockoffs were all far cheaper. The first one I bought with a coupon from a craft store. I think she was under $10, maybe about $8. Then my friend sent me a doll I had admired, when they went on clearance in one of her local stores. Later on, they went on clearance in my local store, so I bought another two, and I think each were under $5. Seriously good price!
And they definitely don't mind wearing clothes made of acrylic.
I think a scarf I crocheted for my friend's AG-type doll is in one of my photo albums on here.
And none of the AG-types look like Chucky! Matter of fact, I've never heard a peep from any of them.
LOL! Probably the apron and the blindfold won't bother him, though chaining him to the stove is another matter.
Oooh, you'll have to tell me how it works out when you order from them! Really, their yarns look amazing!
Oh, yeah, it would be awful to work so hard to make something, only to have it fall apart. That's why I won't use anything less than good fishing line for beads. There's an old product that I didn't care for, which used to be considered an industry standard, but since certain fishing lines were found to be great for beading (not all, though, so one must be careful not to pick up any old fishing line), that's what I've been using.
Every once in a while someone says their beaded project made with fishing line fell apart, but I've had big discussions with people who are big in the beading industry, and they believe breakage was caused by a sharp bead or crystal. Others claim the knots cause the fibers to cut themselves, but so far it seems more are of the opinion the breakage was caused by sharp beads or crystals.
Hugs,
Melanie
Janice,
Thank you kindly for your input.
I would love to someday make
the entire thing private (other than the mall, of course), but as I
mentioned, I was overruled, and for now it's going to stay the way
it is. I did send along your
suggestion about putting a message up about the searchability of
the posts. You're very welcome...and thank you for being accommodating about the messages and leaving the gist of that wonderful discussion available!
Melanie,
I don't get tired of cooking as much as I get tired of trying to figure out what to cook.
The family isn't much help, "I don't know" isn't a dish I know how to make.
I feel for you with the dry, chapped hands.
Mine can get pretty bad in winter too,
and it isn't near as brutal here.Astrid,
What beautiful gifts. Love the loop shawls, and that scarf is wonderful.
Do your winters get brutal, with the single digit cold like the area where Melanie is?
I understand about trying to use the phone to upload pics, I'm learning to do it from a tablet. Melanie told me a trick for resizing and it works. I upload the pics to facebook and they are automatically resized, then I can just copy them here.
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