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How-To’s Day: How to Steek Fearlessly!

By Denise, on July 31st, 2007%

Steeking is when you knit the body of a sweater in a tube, and then reinforce and cut open where the armholes (and quite often the neck). �I just finished a test knit that involved steeking and really it is not as scary as it sounds! In fact�I think the steeking was the easy part! So here are some suggestions for you to steek fearlessly. This is a great technique for loom knitters too by the way!

Read everything you can on the subject!
Gather your supplies…

You might need some of these… if you are really faint of heart!

Then make the cut!

Really it’s not as scary as it seems! Make a mini sweater and try it out! Practice makes perfect!

STEEEEEEE-rike!

By Denise, on July 30th, 2007%

Read for another bit about softball? This is really really sad.. maybe you should get some tissues ready… go ahead I’ll wait.

The title says it all. My last chance up at bat.. my last game this season.. and I struck out. le sigh…

Well I suppose I should look on the bright side! I . . . → Read More: STEEEEEEE-rike!

Isela and I on Crafty Pod!

By Denise, on July 27th, 2007%

It feels like the world is going a mile� minute today… or more..

So much to do and so little time! But I might slow down to listen to a podcast!

Isela and I were interviewed a while back for Crafty Pod basically an online radio show about crafts of all sorts! The podcast is finished and up for listeners today! You can hear our loverly voices here!

Enjoy, and come on back and let me know what you think!!

A little preview of things to come.. a sneak peek..

Yes it is loom knit!

�But the sneek peek comes with coniditions!! We need a few good patterns…�we are still open for submissions to the fall issue of Loom Knitter’s Circle!! So get them in!! We need some more submissions to make a great Fall Issue, so send in your submissions large and small!

Random events in the last 72 hours..

By Denise, on July 26th, 2007%

-Nellie Olson flew over my house.*

-Caleb tried to burn the house down make his own popcorn.

-The internet went out again.

-I had to open up Jaxom’s computer and do minor surgery to get it running.

-The dog ran off on me in the rain..

-The dog was really only hiding somewhere dry while . . . → Read More: Random events in the last 72 hours..

For those who think I have too much yarn…

By Denise, on July 25th, 2007%

Check this out…

How-To’s Day..How to Guarantee it will Rain!

By Denise, on July 24th, 2007%

Well this one needs no explanation!

Brian is coming back late tonight so hopefully I can get some how to tutorials filmed! So if you have a looming how to question let me know!

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