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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: Socks For The Glorious Liberation Of The People's Technocratic Republic...

« on: November 09, 2008, 12:39:10 PM »

nice :) cables AND socks....very brave

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: Los Pequenos Relojes de Arena

« on: October 30, 2008, 01:22:35 PM »

Well my main reson for wanting to do my sock booklet, is just selfish reasons of wanting to try out different things and then thought, why not give the book a story. So, every year, I stay in a cottage on an organic farm and really wanted to be able to do a book that is mainly UK based, with UK yarns (but available worldwide) and I did want to be totally organic but darn it, there aren't enough organic yarn companies around to supply what I need for the designs!

When it comes to skulls and stuff, I do love that, but feel I might have exhausted the options on those as much as I love them.
However, i do love 'motifs' and there is no end of inspiration or those, I still have some designs of celtic knots and dragons etc and perhaps might bring out single patterns as well as put stuff aside for a Pagan based book.

I want everything I do to be a labour of love and not a chore or a marketing ploy although i do have to think about effort put in and the actual use it will be to someone. That is why I had to pull out of a major book deal, I was slowly being walked over and producing stuff I did not feel connected to and my UK pub even chose a different name for the book and circulated a book sample without me seeing it! And an invented biography about me with not a word of truth in it, at one point I was told to keep it quiet that I was not a Christian

So, I knit to enjoy. I rarely follow a pattern of someone elses although I should do, I tend to make stuff and even if it is my first go at someting, I then write a pattern which hopefully is of use to someone else.

These Pequenos socks, started life as my Sis in Law's socks and she had little knitted tubes with them to put on her chilblains in her damp New Zealand home.

Well that sounds awesome. I love cletic knots and dragons, and there aren't enough decent uk books there. I often find it hard to figure out American yarns etc. I hope it turns out ok for you. I'd definately be interested, once i can do socks-haha

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: Los Pequenos Relojes de Arena

« on: October 25, 2008, 02:50:32 PM »

I haven't worked up the courage to try socks, but when I do, one of Erssie's will probably be the first ones I try.  I also just checked out her other stuff, I think I am in love.   

ditto thsoe socks are lovely

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: DOLLAR STORE DEATH!!! WOW!!

« on: October 19, 2008, 06:16:24 PM »

sounds kinky to me lol

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: DOLLAR STORE DEATH!!! WOW!!

« on: October 19, 2008, 07:15:03 AM »

i loves them!!!

i needs them


I will makes them! 

lol

but will you hug them and squeeze them and call them George???

I will.  But gently, so as not to break their wings off.
....or maybe not so gently, because broken-ness might be interesting, too......

well i've always found the notion of an angel with one wing interesting *cackles*   so tragic, they were born to fly but now can't...

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: DOLLAR STORE DEATH!!! WOW!!

« on: October 15, 2008, 04:46:37 AM »

Truly awesome. I just need to find a cheap angel now....hmm

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: Swamp Witch

« on: July 09, 2008, 05:40:03 PM »

true. I keep forgetting Raverly as a palce to nab yarn.
I've not gota  head for yarn, I always end up buying teh cheapest. Although the yarn I used for my 'nuclear' fingerless gloves are really nice (but itchy) XD

eee I need moneyz first -haha!

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Projects from the Online Zine -- PUBLIC / Re: Swamp Witch

« on: July 09, 2008, 05:01:57 PM »

It looks lovely to me :) If i had some decent yarn I'd give swamp witch a try. Ponchos were all the range not too long ago, and it acts like a poncho. I wouldn't wear it in public though (nor would I wear a poncho), but just snuggle up with it.
I saw the hugest thickest knitting needles a while back.  it was like 'must get!'. at the mo, the largest I have are 6mm.

I think you need a floaty yarn for it, yes? Whatever you've used seems to work nice *nods*