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FAVORITE ONLINE SHOPS

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APRIL: Precious Pals

Here is my Knitting for Charity site of the month.

Sponsored by

THE KNITTING GUILD OF AMERICA (TKGA)

The Precious Pals Program provides immediate comfort to children in crisis by providing thousands of stuffed animals with knitted outfits to law enforcement agencies and other first responders all over the United States.

2 Secret Pal Exchanges

2 NEW SECRET PAL EXCHANGES

I just signed up for these 2 fun and inspiring groups

that I want to share with all of you

CHECK IT OUT !!!!

and

Knitter's Fantasy 2006

MY REPORT FROM KNITTER'S FANTASY

APRIL 1, 2006

REPORT FROM KNITTER'S FANTASY 2006

This event is held every year on the first Saturday of April in

Warren, Ohio.

This year's sponsor was the

Western Reserve Knitting Guild.

Vendors, shopping, networking, swap table, fashion show, lunch, morning and afternoon classes, door prizes, raffle, and MORE !!!

HIGHLIGHTS:

2 Knitting for Charity collections----please click on the charity graphic logos

to go to the sites

MY CLASSES

TIP TO WRIST I-CORD GLOVES

with

PATRICIA WILLIAMS-JONES

"Sistas in Stitches"

(Pat also modeled several amazing knitted outfits for the fashion show including PJ's, 2 piece suit, long coat, and BOOTS !!!)

I am using CASCADE FIXATION

1 skein for both gloves

I was pleasantly suprised to see how this wonderful, stretchy yarn STRIPES!!

Today I will be calling Pat to figure out how to connect the fingers !!

ENTRELAC

I hope to understand this technique because I have yarns and patterns for the

Entrelac Scarf Pattern by Lucy Neatby

and

Entrelac Felted Tote from Knit Picks

ready to knit !!

PURCHASES

COUNTRY SILK CALYPSO - 10 oz. / 2000 yards

AND

I discovered a new FELTED BAG

DESIGNER:

NONI BAGS

check out her patterns here:

http://www.nonibags.com/Nonibrochure.pdf

FAVORITE VENDOR

KNIT WIT KNITS in Salem, OHIO

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR NEXT YEAR! When my guild,

the NORTHCOAST KNITTING GUILD will be in charge of the event !!!

3 Panel Noro Felted Bag

HERE'S the LINK to myFREE3 Panel NORO Felted Bag Pattern

http://jag-bag-knits.blogspot.com/

That's me and my 3 panel Noro felted bag at a recent

NorthCoast Knitting Guild meeting !!!

Checkmate Scarf Pattern

ONE SKEIN TRENDSETTER CHECKMATESCARF PATTERNSIZE 17 NEEDLESCast on 96 stitches loosely.Entire scarf is 5 TOTAL rows.KNIT one row.BEGIN DROP STITCH:ROW 1 (RS) *K1, YO twice; repeat from*, end K1ROW 2 *K1, drop double YO off needle; repeat from *, end K1.KNIT 2 ROWS.BIND OFFTIP: Bind off with larger size needle.

MARCH: Mother Bear Project

KNITTING FOR CHARITY

SITE OF THE MONTH

Each month, I will be posting a website where you can knit for a unique charity.

I love this idea and I'm happy to share it with all of you.

The SITE for MARCH is:

THE MOTHER BEAR PROJECT

Don't you just love the RED HEART on each adorable bear?

PLEASE CHECK BACK EACH MONTH FOR MORE INSPIRATION !!!

Goldilocks bag in purple

This is a very fun pattern designed by Chris Bylsma.

See original bag here in YELLOW





My bag in Purple.


You can see color arrangements and purchase the yarn and pattern here at: One Fine Yarn

KnittingBlogsGroupTwo

NEW NETRING FOR KNITTERS WITH BLOGS is up and running.

The net ring is titled:



KNITTINGBLOGSGROUPTWO

and TO JOIN CLICK HERE:

JOIN

I started this netring after tyring to join the original list for knitting blogs to and discovered that is closed to new members.

Lucy Bag

FINISHED MY FIRST LUCY BAG !!!

This pattern is designed by TWO OLD BAGS

3 skeins of LAMB'S PRIDE WORSTED (85 % wool / 15 % mohair) Color # M181 Prairie Fire

and

1 skein South West Trading Company MELODY (65 % rayon / 35 % nylon) Color # 516 Serendipity

For the bag bottom and handle, I used single strand of Lamb's Pride by itself.

For the rest of the bag, I used single strand of the Lamb's Pride and single strand of the Melody held together.

The pattern is VERY contagious and the bag turns out terrific! I especially like the handle design.

I highly recommend the MELODY - one skein is a big 400 yds. so you get alot

of mileage from it.

TIP: With this yarn SHAVE THE BAG after felting, the novelty yarn shows up better and it isn't as fuzzy.

Link to: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted

Link to: Southwest Trading Company Melody

Pattern can be purchased here: Karp Styles

It is also seen here knitted with:Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool

Noro Daria Scarf

I love NORO and have been felting with Noro Kureyon (one of my favorite yarns to felt). At
Birds of a Feather, (this picturesque barn in Avon, Ohio), I discovered NORO DARIA MULTI. An innovative cord-like yarn in a blend of cotton and rayon with the most gorgeous individually dyed colors you'll ever see. Daria Multi colored is just beautiful and has a unique feel. Try my scarf pattern or make it narrower for a cool belt. I used Color # 11 Ocean/Fuschia/Purple.

NORO DARIA SCARF PATTERN

2 SKEINS NORO DARIA YARN

SIZE 8 NEEDLES

CAST ON 12

Knit every row, kniting IN BACK of each stitch.

BIND OFF

Check out more colors of NORO DARIA and purchase at

Yarnmarket.com

Knitting Pattern Central

I stayed up way too late last night working on my blog!! I want you all to know about this GREAT website with links to tons of free patterns, well organized and very inclusive!

Check it out at

KNITTING PATTERN CENTRAL.

Virtual Greeting Cards

Take a look - these are GREAT!

Lion Brand Virtual Knitting Greeting Cards

Lopi Buttonhole Bag

LOPI BUTTON HOLE BAG

Here is my completed Button Hole bag knitted with LOPI. My daughter enjoyed adding the needle felted flowers with white roving - after it was felted. The link to the bag pattern can be found at this wonderful website: Hello Yarn.

Link to Bag Patterns

I have been very busy trying to figure out how to format my blog, as you can see, there are some glitches......

But, I did come across this amazing website to share with you. Faery Crafty has done her homework and has created a very inclusive list of BAG PATTERNS for you to check out!!!

Please see her blog at Faery Crafy.

Felted Bag knit-a-long

Please check out the Yahoo group Felted Bag Knit-a-Long

I have posted photos of my bags to the photo album titled:

"Judy's Felted JAG BAGS"