Southern Spirit Hunters
Beyond The Spirits => Hobbies => Topic started by: bayou girl on Feb 02, 2012, 11:00:05 PM
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tammy, i'm sorry the cowl didn't work for you.
i didn't get the pictures today. i did get the 3rd blanket started only to decide i did not like the way it was looking, so i am going to be pulling it out. i hate when i do that but what can you do.
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I feel your pain. I spend more time pulling out than most. I guess I don't take enough time planning.
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tammy, even when i plan, it takes me forever.
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As long as you end up with what you want that's what matters I think.
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you are right. that is one of the most important parts.
i have finished the baby blankets but the photos i took did not save. since i finished the first 2, i have finished about 3/4 of the 3rd one. i really like it and so does ellie. i will post that photo when i retake the other two.
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ok, i lied, here is the picture of blanket 3. it saved, the others did not.
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Very pretty!
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the twin's blankets, side by side
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Very nice! I do like the bold colors for the boys.
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I think monochromatics can make such elegant patterns. I like the green. Not suprising since I am surrounded by it.
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Only I manage to get into these messes...or are you guys just not telling on yourselves? I got to the place where I need to begin shaping the neckline and realized that I need some of the double point needles to do that. Guess what, I don't have a one and boy with all the other expenses this month I don't think I'll be getting any. So what do I do...unravel the cowl and begin making more crocheted socks. Just what I needed right another project. Could I be masochistic?
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tammy, i pulled out the beginnings of a baby blanket 4 times. i get in those messes. lots.
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Thank you Jenn, it's nice to know I'm not alone.
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Yesterday I made a black and cream checked toliet tissue cover. It's very cute.
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Picture please?
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I'll try to get one thursday. Tomorrow is cram packed with things to do.
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i understand!
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Now I'm working on a catherine wheel toliet roll cover. I'll get a picture of it too tomorrow. Today I plan to take a nap and then rest the rest of the day.
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Pictures as promised.
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Nice fast projects that will help pull the bathroom together I hope.
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Those are nice. I like them.
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Thankyou. Steading my arm really helped with the pictures too don't you think? I think toliet roll covers are a nice bit of whimsy.
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i added to the borders of the twins blankets. i just was not satisfied with them. i like them a lot better now :good2:
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here is the other blanket, edged and finished.
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Those are nice finishes Jenn. It seems strange to me not to be crocheting anything at the moment. But I have plenty on my plate without that so I guess it's ok.
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Well since I'll be pulling out the sweater grrrrrrrh. I've decided to go back to crocheting and try the pattern for a hooded cowl on the bernat sight. It's super simple even I should be able to pull it off. This has just been failure after failure here lately. Hopefully something will change very soon.
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I finished the hooded cowl and it's fine. I just don't look good in hoods. But, when I'm cold I'll like having my ears and neck covered.
I've started a shell summer pullover. It won't be fancy but it will help me work out the stitches for the square neckline. I've never done one of those before.
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that sounds nice tammy. i'm glad the hood turned out well. i've started the next baby blanket. just a granny square. debating on how i want to do it, part of me wants to make it piece work, but the rest of me wants it to be done, and that means just a big granny square. i will decide tomorrow, i think.
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Sometimes it takes me longer to figure out what I want to do than to do it.
Here is a picture of the hooded cowl I just finished.
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Here is a picture of the start of the Square neck summer shell sweater.
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Very nice, Tammy.
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Very pretty
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Frogged the square neck. It went cockeyed.
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I'm sorry tammy. I thought it was looking good. I have had to restart the 4th baby blanket again. Which is ok. The reason was that the parents posted a picture of the baby's room, and what I had started would have clashed horribly. So I restarted the blanket in different colors but the same oversized granny square pattern. It is coming along nicely.
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What colors did they go with?
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Greens. So I will make one from the same colors as the last one.
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:ThumbUp:
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Well the burgandy yarn is finally turning into something. I've got two pair of fingerless gloves out of it and still have bunches of it. I'm thinking a pair of hunter socks next.
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I finished the first sock.
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Catching up on some pictures.
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Toliet Roll Cover
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Slim Muff
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Toliet Roll Cover
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Pretty!
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The socks are finished. They went in the drawer before I got a picture. Now I'm working on a fitted toliet tank cover for the master bathroom in cream with a black edge. It's just sc in a rectangle. It's purpose is to keep the things I put on the tank lid from slipping and sliding and falling off.
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Sounds good Tammy. I am within 6 rows of finishing the next to the last baby blanket. Pictures next week, I think.
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I've been known to stay up way to late to finish the last little bit of a project. it's like once I get so close I can't put it down. I look forward to your pictures.
I finished the toliet tank cover. It's ok but not great. I may have to rip out the edge and then redo it. I think I will have to wait until June because of the unexpected expenses that came up yesterday.
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i've finished the 4th blanket. it is in my crochet topic. boy am i glad that is done!
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I know you are. Now give you a day and you'll be looking for another project. lol, at least that is what I do most of the time.
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Oh, I already have more projects lined up :giggle: I am hust glad to be done with that one!
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Ah, ok, well I look forward to seeing them. You always do such good work.
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Thank you Tammy.
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Ok, currently I am working on a designer challenge over on Ravelry.com. I'm making it crochet because I'm upset that nothing I'm knitting is working out. So my current project is a unisex, neckwarmer in a reversible stitch. It's comming along pretty well at the moment and that is pleasing me no end.
Anyone else up to anything?
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duh, I looked back at the toilet roll covers and though they were hats for little girls. Would be cute if they were.
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i'm working on a dressy shawl. i'll post pictures of the design soon.
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I used to have what I considered a dressy shawl. It was white and made out of a very light yarn. No idea whatever happened to it.
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I look forward to seeing your shawl. Here is the picture of the neckwarmer.
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It took a lot more yarn than I had anticipated but I'm happy with it.
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Very pretty!
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i really like that tammy. i don't know what i like best, the colors or the pattern.
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Pretty. No idea where that shawl is.
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here is the reverse
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Very nice!
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I like the reverse.
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that is so pretty tammy! and you did a great job with the photography too. i want to try working on a 2 color reversible project, i just haven't gotten that brave yet.
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Choose your colors wisely it makes a huge difference.
I thought it would be much more difficult than it is.
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I've got an idea for a "stained glass" crocheted cardigan. I've just got to complete something like 6 projects before I can get to it. I hope the inspiration lasts that long.
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Yahoo! I have an outlet for my designs. Sandy the owner of the consignment store in town is going to put them in her online stores. Isn't tha great. I'll make sure I get the link to add here when the pattern is published.
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now I just having to finish the draped boat neck sweater so I can start on the gloves and socks and stained glass cardigan. Right someone loan me your arms I need several pair as you can see.
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Very cool duh. I have no idea what a stained glass cardigan is but it sounds lovely.
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I was looking at some of the stained glass patterns on ravelry and I came up with an idea for a cardigan. It will be awhile until I can get to it but it's in the works. Or steaming up my brain anyway.
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OMG, The publisher for Holla Magazine just contacted me about my reversible neckwarmer, how cool is that? I'm so excited.
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Congratulations, Tammy!
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That's very exciting Tammy. Congrats!
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Oh wow!
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I got rejected. Owwwwwwww! Oh well there is still sandy.
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They contact you then reject you? I still like the idea.
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The contacted me off of the written description. They rejected me off of the pictures. I'm a horrible picture taker.
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tammy, first off, congrats on the contact, that is a feather in your cap, regardless of the rejection. and now you know that next time (i am sure there will be one) you know to get someone else to do your picture taking for you. good luck!
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lol...does that mean I get to send the item to you and you'll get the picture? Just kidding. Sandy will be taking the pictures for her website.
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will you resubmit the pattern with better photos?
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No. I still have a vendor for the pattern who will take her own pictures. I am considering the expense of a tech editor since my testers are having so much problems with the turning shell stitch. I know it's an odd stitch but I don't remember having this much trouble with it when I learned it.
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I've begun sketching out the stained glass cardigan. Now I just have to figure out where to place them on the front panels. I think I'll make a topic over and beginner designers and see what they think.
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Who or what is a tester? Sorry if I've asked this before. I've thought about asking it before.
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duh, I found where you already answered this but at this point I can't delete this. Sorry.
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decided on the pattern placement. I'm going to put in low on the right side as I'm looking at it and high on the left side with the stems of some flowers flowing from one side to the other through the center plaquette(?) I think that's the word I want. The part where the buttons go. That is going to be black like between windows. The picture will continue from one pane to the other.
So that's where I am on that one. Now for the Neckwarmer, testers are having problems with my written directions and I'm thinking a chart of the stitch maybe the answer. Jeffry has all those fancy cad programs so I'm going to talk to him about doing one for me. Depending on what it would cost of course.
The sweater continues to be in the works. I'm down to the last 48 rows of the 2nd sleeve so I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Last night I decided to do a test for a different designer. It only took a couple of hours so nothing like the amount of time my project takes to do but I thought I should give back. I don't know if it actually works that way on the site but it seems like a good idea. I don't want to be selfish and just take, take, take.
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I had an "ah ha" moment. How I have the chart for the Turning Shell stitch. I just have to take it to the library on Wednesday and get it converted to a file. I need to call them and ask them what kinds of files there scanner converts to. Don't want one that won't insert into a word document. Anyway I'm excited by the progress.
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Is it as confusing for you as it is for me working on three things at once?
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finally worked. That's what I found when I googled stained glass sweater. It looks like church windows to me.
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Pretty... :)
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I'm going to take a guess that the sweater is a transfer pattern. That doesn't mean it isn't beautiful because it is. It just isn't the same as something that is made with different colors of yarn. If you look at the inside where the neckline is you will see that it is all white. That happens when I pattern is stamped on the outside of the fabric rather than being woven in, knit, or crocheted.
You have definitely found something along the lines of what I plan to attempt in crochet, or knit depending on which technique works best.
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tammy, you explained that very well. sheri, if you want to understand better what tammy is talking about, look up the term entrelac crochet. that isn't really it either, but, how the pattern will be displayed on the front, and with the threads hidden in back, will be similar. and tammy, you might want to consider that for the parts you were thinking of knit for. just a thought.
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I'm not that knowledgeable about knitting. I've never really done any color work in knitting before which is part of what has me prefering the crochet where I am more comfortable.
I'll look into it. It may mean I'll have to put off the stained glass sweater for awhile.
Which would be fine since I just got a great idea for a unisex reversible crocheted sweater vest. Woohoo. That would be easy for me to do and once I get the chart scanned into the computer in the right type of file I could use if for this too. How cool right? Two birds one stone?
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That does sound cool. Love reversible.
If you crochet a sweater similar to the one I posted it will be gorgeous! Time intensive but a work of art.
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Mine won't be that segmented. The black would take over.
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Came up with an answer to the yarn problem with the stained glass sweater design. I'll use two strands of yarn moving from one color to the next by switching out the yarns as necessary for the look I want. Way cool. Love it when a plan comes together.
Ok I may need valium to work with testers lol. It's a very detailed area of creating the pattern. I have one tester that I dearly love. She questions everything and makes fantastic suggestions as to ways to improve my writting. We have made some major changes to the pattern and I'm definitely going to have to make it again. I think it is a major improvement over the one that I have already made. So that is very exciting. And it taught me the worth of good testers and in future tech editors.
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Can you work with the tester of your choice?
That does sound like a good plan - using 2 strands.
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Yes you can work with the testers of your choice sort of - There is a list of people who have not done a good job in the past and you can by pass them up to a point. But you aren't suppose to hold spots for your favorite testers.
I think the 2 strands will work. Of course until I do a swatch I can't be sure. There is going to be a lot of swatching for that particular pattern.
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I hope you have the patience for it. I am not a patient person and I think that's one of the reasons I can't sew or do crafty things. It's just not in my nature. My mother always says all we have is time so don't freak out about taking the time to do something but when I start a project it drives me crazy until it's completed.
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That's true of most people when they are young. They are focused on the result rather than the process. With time and practice a person changes that or they never accomplish a great deal and are never very satisfied. Because as soon as you've finished the project it's over and there is an immediate need to move on.
For me I enjoy the activity. I only get antsy when a project is taking much longer than I expected. Like the sweater I am currently working on. The designing is for me at this point a learning experience that I am sharing with others and I find that very satisfying. Working with others and having to communicate effectively is a challenge for me. But, I'm going slow, checking things over several times before I send them off. And making sure I am open minded when I get negative feedback. It's helping me grow as a person and I appreciate the opportunity and those who are working for me.
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I'm not young but that's true of me. I am definitely result focused and it drives me crazy and I drive everyone around me crazy about it.
I'm glad you're enjoying designing the sweater. Can't wait to see it.
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I'm going to have to redo the neck warmer. We came up with an even better alternative that put the same color of yarn on each end so that it looks like a border. I'm loving it. Glad I bought a bunch of black and cream.
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sounds like a good idea. but not the redo part.
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Well if you going to design rather than do someone elses redos are a part of it. I don't mind so much I just don't want to burn out or get so much on my plate that I can't manage it all.
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tammy, nearly everything i do is my own design. i will look at a pattern, then decide how i want to change it. about the only thing i do from a standard pattern is a granny square and even that gets changed up now and again. lately i've been working dish cloths, the one zoe and i did on thursday i finished off, it was a 5 point granny with a scalloped edge. no pattern, just my own design as i went.
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