* This is the final yarn and colorway. It actually has the colors of Dublin, some hues of blue. The yarn is Cascade and I frogged the other one as I did not like the way that he cap was looking with the Malabrigo, maybe the malabrigo will be good for a crochet cable Cap. This is the Pattern on Ravelry Here, but you can also buy the downloadable book on HERE, the price is in British pounds. I like these patterns because they help me build skills and improve my knitting. Thanks for stopping by!
I am hoping that this blog will help you and me experience the craft of crochet as well as knitting. During times of silence or turmoil, crochet and knitting continuously help me quiet my mind at my own pace, enabling me to find my center. I am also sharing my SECRET persona, Lt. DAX, my life in code while living in Bajor. Maybe fiction maybe not is up to you to decide. Peldor Joi!!!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Reverser Quay Cap WIP
* This is the final yarn and colorway. It actually has the colors of Dublin, some hues of blue. The yarn is Cascade and I frogged the other one as I did not like the way that he cap was looking with the Malabrigo, maybe the malabrigo will be good for a crochet cable Cap. This is the Pattern on Ravelry Here, but you can also buy the downloadable book on HERE, the price is in British pounds. I like these patterns because they help me build skills and improve my knitting. Thanks for stopping by!
Friday, August 29, 2008
Baby Crayola Set FO
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Baby Crayola Cap WIP
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Crayola Baby Jacket Done
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Bigotry et Ignorance, Men Who Knit
My name is Andres , I usually go by Andy or Crafty Andy. You would be surprised if I told you that I am very shy, yet my desire et interest to meet people and learn about other cultures brought me out of my hometown to this City by the Bay in the search of Freedom and Equality, mind you I was not uncomfortable where I was, but I knew I could be more at ease here by the bay. In my 20 something years of living in San Francisco I learned to love who I AM and to be comfortable no matter where I live or go.
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I will tell you that in my search for socializing with other people, mainly men, it was nice to know that there was a place of meeting other men who knit even if it was in cyberspace. Women who knit are easy to find, just go to the local yarn store. It is nice to revive old traditions of gathering in a circle and share stories and do something creative together, something not aggressive and positive and not competitive. When I compete I compete with myself, even though we can be competitive at times, it is nice to hang out and just enjoy each other's company, getting to know the person. Here I found MEN WHO KNIT and Women who support them, without judgements about who we are, what we do for a living, wether we are young, old, tall, short, skinny, not so skinny, and so on and so on.
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So I found myself lucky to find such a great place of Men Who Knit and to consider myself lucky to be here, we have laughed, we have cried, we have gotten angry and the we have made up. We are here together toward a common purpose, to promote Knitting Among Men and those who Identify with us, in a Positive, Non-Competitive, Non-Aggressive Way. Thanks for being part of our community all of you and Darrel for having the vision and foresight. The Fellowship of the Golden Needles is here!
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By the way I don't know if Russel knits or doesn't, but he is secure enough to be able to take this picture, how can two sticks and some thread make him look like anything else but Himself? Here you have some excerpts in Italics of the 54 Y old South Carolina Man's Posting and I quote
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"How do I start? It seems funny to me that when I knit in pubic how often I’m misunderstood. I was at a local meeting group ‘Calling all Knitters’ one Saturday, I’m the only man, when a foursome sat at the table next to us. Within minutes I heard the muted talking that suggests that they’re talking about you, you know, voices lowered even lower than they need be, because the acoustics in a Hardees isn’t that good anyway?Raucous laughter followed with an overtly loud, “I just can’t get over it, it looks so funny.” I hoped the “it” was my knitting and not me. I looked over, and made eye contact with the speaker. I nodded my head in greeting."
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Now do you go to Hardees to eat and drink or do you go to knit, none of my business to start with, but this is in my opinion a bogus story from an insecure straight man which I believe is a closet case or at least very insecure about being a masculine guy and I told him so in my response! How did he know they were talking about him or not, they were sitting beside him, maybe they were talking in a foreign language too? I think the story is made up just to put his opinion across, what an insecure man.
* "The laughter dying down, continued off and on for a few minutes; I kept on knitting, listening more to the ladies talk in our circle about this pattern or that, what charity things were being knitted for whom, and so on. Then I heard from the table again; “you know, you kind of get used to it after a while.” I smiled inwardly, as I’ve noticed time and time again that that is the general pattern of acceptance."
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I married man intimidated by women taking about him, sounds paranoid and far fetched to me, specially if he was accompanied bu other females. Women are very defensive of their male knit companions, that I have learned.
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I would like to hear from others on this…. the real subject is “decorum”.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Knitting in Public Alamo Square
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Crayola Baby Set WIP 1
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Crayola Baby set
I am working on this set very quickly, I want to finish it by month's end, so that I can take some of my UFO's in knitting and I have some Celtic Crochet and Knitting ideas running around my head.
I want to thank you for stopping by!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
FO's Aug08, Kitchen,Peppers, Killer Pies
This is my two Baby Bath wraps for you to see and some Kitchen tips. Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, August 09, 2008
WIP, Blue Garter Stitch Wrap, Bloggiversary
What do I get from Crocheting and knitting? I derive pleasure from my creative self expression, to put into fabric what is inside you is fantastic. I am extremely creative and always on the lookout for new things to do and challenge myself. Sometimes I enjoy doing things over in new ways just to see how it will look. I have made a commitment to myself to try to buy renewable yarn, meaning coming from wool, cotton, silk, bamboo, you get the idea, at least 50 percent of the yarn has to be renewable resource and by the Gods of Kobol, they need to be made in the U.S.A. if possible. I don't mind stimulating the foreign economies, but mine comes first.
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So on this bloggiversary , I want to tell you that I choose to be happy and to have fun, that is what I will do until the end of my days on this planet as a physical being. If Life allows me to I am hoping to keep on aging gracefully, eating well, having the right mindset and being happy. Being happy is a serious business, but takes little effort, laugh, smile and change yourself, life will follow. Look for silver linings on dark clouds, don't look for the dark cloud inside a silver lining. Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Show us Your Bedroom Stash!
So after rearranging some of my closets and shifting towels. yarn and changing strategies of where to put my stash, I consolidated my bedroom stash and here I challenge you to show us your Bedroom Stash. You know you have one, is it under the bed or are you out with your Stash? We want to know in the Blogosphere! Thanks for stopping by!
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Almost two years without blogging August 2020
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An easy to make Circular Needle Organizer, Thanks for stopping by!
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