vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 20, 2009, 4:51 pm
A few links from me to you. From the Make It Do It blog, a tutorial on making a snowman kit, this is a cute and easy gift you your and your kids to make and give. From Swiss Miss how to make you...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 19, 2009, 9:11 am
Is it cables? finishing? socks? gauge? color work?  For me it is lace. I love it, want to knit it, but it seems I spend a majority of my time tinking back. grrrr But if we could knit anything w...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 18, 2009, 9:04 am
I haven’t been doing much knitting lately. I’ve been on a mad cleaning binge. So to reward myself and maybe get in the knitting mood, I decided on a spontaneous splurge. Three books were purcha...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 17, 2009, 9:05 am
Up this dark, and rainy morning and am reminded of how knitted items are so comforting. I have bought many a house shoe, slipper, and sock, to warm my perennially cold toes. But it wasn’t until I fi...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 16, 2009, 9:14 am
I’m sure everyone know a knitter that needs a stocking stuffer or little (or big) present. Here are some that I found on Etsy while I was “suppose to be” paying my bills. I’ll categorize...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 15, 2009, 9:14 am
St Elisabeth of Hungary, spinning for the poor, on a castle type wheel with a distaff. I am fairly new to spinning. I had a variety of spindles and enjoyed playing with them. I was torn whether I w...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 14, 2009, 11:15 am
Here is an Etsy Seller that has a little bit of everything. Becky from the Fab Miss B blog. She has two Etsy Shops, The Fab Miss B, in which she highlights vintage, (yes you can buy vintage on E...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 10, 2009, 7:24 pm
I hate to throw things away, I’m always looking for other uses for things, here are a few I like Altoids Tin Gardens from Gomi Style If you must cut a sock apart, this is a good reuse for it f...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 8, 2009, 2:02 pm
In the attempt to get a different look to my dyed yarn, I tried to dip the yarn into separate dye pots. Wow, I love the look, clean colors, more definition.  I used this article from Knitty to guide ...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 7, 2009, 9:25 am
As you know I have been raising silkworms, or trying to. It started with the idea of raising them for their cocoons, and eggs and then dyeing them to spin. Along the way I became charmed by these litt...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Nov 2, 2009, 9:22 am
I read about Navajo plying recently and found a couple of videos on You tube. This on is good, and here is another from the Yarn Wench Comment - Like

vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 30, 2009, 11:49 am
My girlfriend that I met on Ravelry and I went to the Southern Indiana Fiber Arts Festival, last weekend. The drive was pretty, the company good, weather cold, and the fiber great! I went with the ...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 25, 2009, 12:59 pm
Featured Etsy Seller is Made by Melissa! A  28 year old engineer by day – and she started crafting as a way to express her creativity. Good prices, and quality items! She crochets, Recycle...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 24, 2009, 9:09 pm
I have been on a major decluttering streak. I have pitched, donated and reorganized, but I’m not done yet. I come from a mother who was extremely neat and orderly, and a grandmother that tee...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 23, 2009, 5:07 pm
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 21, 2009, 7:24 pm
Right on schedule on little eggs started hatching…Sept 29th These little guys are called “Kego” in Japan, and translates to “hairy baby”. See detailed info on the website WormSpit. ...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 10, 2009, 3:55 pm
Here are some things too good not to pass along. Love all of these links… From Jo So and Sew a tutorial on how to cover a plastic bangle with knitting. Check out How to Be Domestic, she shows ...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 5, 2009, 4:55 pm
One of the best Halloween memories I have is going to a big scary Halloween party. I was about 7 or so. They had set up a “haunted house” and we had to go around and look at scary things. Headless...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 4, 2009, 9:46 am
Once upon a time there was a woman, a knitter of course, that dreamed of learning to spin.  She knitting and bought spinning books and magazines and read all of the articles. OOOO, Ahhhhh…. Then sh...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Oct 2, 2009, 1:21 pm
I admit, I love to knit bags, they are beautiful and soft. But yarn handles and bags can become stretched out. After taking the time to make the perfect bag, take the time to line them and give them s...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 30, 2009, 2:45 pm
I begin to wonder if the number of sweaters I have planned to knit is similar to the length of the hair on a wooly worm. If so, we are in for a severe winter. It all began in the middle of sum...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 24, 2009, 11:19 am
If you have the new Spin Off mag, you have probably read the fantastic article by Michael Cook about Growing your own silk, and his in depth website Wormspit. Well, I fell in love with the little w...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 22, 2009, 9:16 pm
Designs By Vanessa Vanessa lives in Arizona (lucky thing) and has an obsession for all things birdie. Her shop is fun just like her items. Charming Chickadee Necklace $25.00 Song Sparrow Earri...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 20, 2009, 8:02 am
When a pattern tells you to get gauge. I only wish it were that simple. Practically every fitting problem can be due to gauge. Go to you LYS and ask them for help with a pattern fitting problem and wh...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 18, 2009, 8:11 am
Here are some links I’ve run across that are too good to keep to myself. There are so many great artists out there, here are some with free patterns.   Knitty fall 2009 out!! The Mou...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 13, 2009, 2:48 pm
Evidence that life is a like yarn, sometimes it gets knotty, but with patience you can work it out, or if all else fails, cut it and tie a knot. This knitting story begins with a knitting girlfrien...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 10, 2009, 4:24 pm
Yeah, we know it, we are talented and knitter’s know how to look good in their knits. Last year, we were all knitting or crocheting the big neck wraps. Lots of patterns everywhere, in fact we have ...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 6, 2009, 10:25 am
It all started with the book by  Melissa Morgan-Oakes (rav link). Knitting two socks at a time. I have tried several other methods of knitting two at a time socks and this is the one that “clicked�...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Sep 3, 2009, 7:19 am
Upon a suggestion from a fellow Plurker, I am converting a pattern that I am knitting, to a top down pattern. I am well versed in knitting in the round, bottom up sweaters. I found and fell in love w...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Aug 31, 2009, 7:00 pm
At my house we have stitches of a different kind. It has been keeping me from my knitting. My husband has had a knee replacement. My admiration to anyone out there that has had one. It is a lo...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Aug 29, 2009, 4:22 pm
I find it valuable to keep a knitting journal, usually it is a large spiral bound book. I mean to keep all of my knitting info, swatches, yarn samples etc. in it, but it is large and I am always behin...
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vicki n. posted an article on Knitting Dragonflies - Aug 25, 2009, 7:58 am
I saw this sweater on this front of Knitscene Fall 2009 and decided to make it, but  with a twist of colors, minus the belt (why place a belt over your pattern area?). Deciding on blue I picked ou...
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