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Re: Bit Off More Than I Could Chew

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 22 May 2018 02:20:06 -0000

I'm so glad men have a place to go and play in the company of other men. If a man shows up at a knitting group of mostly women, he's either fussed over or made to listen to female health problems. Glad you had a good time.

Re: Afraid of Knitting

dianeinchicoca — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:28:59 -0000

I do like your color choices on the garter scarves. It makes them very special.

Re: Crazy About Apple?

dianeinchicoca — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:43:34 -0000

I agree with you re: apple products. I continue to upgrade my windows desktop when necessary and use it, and its nice big keyboard, at home. You're right iTunes sucks, and now they force you to use the cloud to synch instead of the PC for apps and files. iTunes still works for music, but I find I don't care so much about my playlists these days. I like my iPhone 7 and iPad Pro. I use my iPhone camera exclusively since I dropped my last "real" camera and broke it. I like IOS Snapseed for photo processing on my phone. KnitCompanion on the iPad is a necessity for lace charts and PDF patterns. Like you, I'm used to them and don't think I would switch to Android any time soon.

Have you ever tried Kim Salazar's explanation of Ann Kreckel's Jane's bootie pattern? It's my favorite. https://string-or-nothing.c...

Re: Yarn of Mystery

dianeinchicoca — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:34:13 -0000

In the "lid for every pot" sentiment, I vote donate or garbage. It is not a sin to rid oneself of distasteful objects.

Re: Who Am I To Judge?

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:33:05 -0000

Thanks for the review - book on order. I am surprised by how much I do like knitting essays.

Re: Reading My Knitting

dianeinchicoca — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:13:12 -0000

I count purl side rows using Lucy Neatby's smile and frown method. The frowns are stitches and the smiles are the running thread between sts.

Re: Carol Sulcoski

dianeinchicoca — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:05:41 -0000

Bought the book. Love the pocket.

Re: Declaring War on Xmas

dianeinchicoca — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:54:38 -0000

I'm not a Christian, but I always say, "Thanks, you too." I love this Winter Holiday and bring a fresh tree and garland inside each year. You can't bottle that smell!

I once taught knitting to a super christian who looked for signs of other cristians like it was a secret handshake. Phooey.

Re: Men Who Crochet

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:32:24 -0000

I'm going to start calling you Color Boy.

Re: Openings and Closure

dianeinchicoca — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:36:00 -0000

Congrat's on the knitting retreats successes.

I've been reading your blog for some years and seen a few blankets go by. What do you do with them all?

Re: Learn to Knit - Best Tutorial

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:08:39 -0000

You probably and I certainly learned from books, pamphlets, and magazines. These online videos are a terrific addition to our tool set. Maybe I'm old, but I still like the "Learn To Knit" skinny book for its clear pictures, and then Sally Melville's knit/purl/color books. Also, after the basic stitches are in hand, I would recommend a trip to all the local yarn shops to see their atmosphere and what they have to offer in the way of lessons, especially help with reading patterns and fixing mistakes. Sometimes even Michaels stores have pretty good knitting classes. A local knitting group is a good way to soak up knitting chatter. If your friend is a man, he'd have to be brave to listen to all the talk about uterine problems and girl talk :-) My only man knitting friend likes Men Who Knit web site and ravelry groups. You are kind to do all that investigation for a friend.

Re: Please Vote

dianeinchicoca — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:05:12 -0000

I hand wound a few balls recently. I didn't feel any closer to the yarn and it took forever, so I've gone back to my ball winder. The nostepinne is nice to have for long trips where you might just happen upon some yarn you need to work with "right now" and the seller doesn't have a ball winder handy, which has happened before. PS: The afghan is coming along nicely.

Re: The Big Picture

dianeinchicoca — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:37:53 -0000

I don't believe it til I see it. Have faith in the designer, I guess. Good luck!

Re: Level Up

dianeinchicoca — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:48:59 -0000

I like it, especially gadabout, hermit, and drone.

Re: Finding Inspiration

dianeinchicoca — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:37:40 -0000

An armhole is what, 10 inches or so? Even that much intarsia would drive me up a wall. But! It's nice looking, very nice.

Re: The Best Organizational Tool Ever

dianeinchicoca — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:56:03 -0000

I use Evernote for the same thing you describe - I always thought OneNote was for students, and maybe it was in the beginning(?). I keep trip itineraries, knitting notes and patterns, scanned this and that. I'm considering keeping all my tax relevant documents in Evernote (charity, med exp, taxes paid, etc.). Taxes are on my mind :-(

Re: The Sweater Workshop - Revised

dianeinchicoca — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:08:45 -0000

I have fond memories of that Jacquelin Fee book. I made my "fish warmer" out of pink and orange Red Heart. Still have the book and the fish warmer.

Re: QueerJoe's Knitting Blog

dianeinchicoca — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:33:17 -0000

I understand.

Re: Struggling

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:26:46 -0000

So very sorry to read about Nico. I know you will provide good hospice. Sending a hug.

Re: Frightful Computer Haiku Contest v 3.0

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:08:46 -0000

My computer crashed
And I lost my precious photos.
Loss haunts my today.

Re: A Retreat To Joy

dianeinchicoca — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:30 -0000

I'm glad men have this opportunity. I know my weekly knit group is one of the things that makes my life better. Men are invited, but they don't come - probably because they would be such a small minority.

Re: That Apocalypse Thing Was Kind of a Bust

dianeinchicoca — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:26:28 -0000

Nice color choices! Garter stitch warms my little EZ heart.

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dianeinchicoca — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:05:28 -0000

What are you going to make with your Kauni? I recommend an over garment, and not one against the skin. Nice colors you chose.

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dianeinchicoca — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:44:48 -0000

I like the first, plainer border on the crocheted blankie. Thanks for your blog. Have fun at the retreat.

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dianeinchicoca — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:30:11 -0000

Oh dear. Oh dear. Pass the smelling salts.