tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post308753242405006482..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-21889456136249656442015-03-22T11:47:40.505+00:002015-03-22T11:47:40.505+00:00Sometimes I cut a small slit to advance the yarn t...Sometimes I cut a small slit to advance the yarn through, so as not to open the "zipper."pattie in Geneseohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985010949684160655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-76661819209909631442015-03-21T18:01:05.350+00:002015-03-21T18:01:05.350+00:00Here in Essex we had heavy cloud on Friday morning...Here in Essex we had heavy cloud on Friday morning, but it did get darkish.<br />In 99 we were out on a headland just south of Newquay, along with several hundred people. It was cloudy, but just before the key event the cloud dispersed. It got really quite dark, and eerie as you say. The most dramatic moments were followed by cheering from the crowds on the opposite headlands. We all felt that we had witnessed something supernatural, even those who had been waiting for that moment ever since reading about it in "Look and Learn" some forty years before.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-4955344668243002015-03-21T17:38:37.871+00:002015-03-21T17:38:37.871+00:00This is exactly what I do!This is exactly what I do!Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004651109262737552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-73638590713282034982015-03-21T15:39:15.164+00:002015-03-21T15:39:15.164+00:00I notice your Green agranite Blocks project hasn&#...I notice your Green agranite Blocks project hasn't progressed. Has it bcome a UFO? I have many of thosweavinfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479719533728863947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-6038108976400462922015-03-21T12:34:42.727+00:002015-03-21T12:34:42.727+00:00Re: multiple WIP's. You might keep a journal ...Re: multiple WIP's. You might keep a journal on your Ipad, or if you enjoy written journals, a small notebook. That way you can note progress, and not loose a project. Of course, one can do the same thing on Ravelry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-22158306706070593192015-03-21T11:47:28.240+00:002015-03-21T11:47:28.240+00:00A pack of stitch markers in various colours might ...A pack of stitch markers in various colours might help. The ones which resemble a safety pin without the sharp bits. Eg as you wind the yarn into balls, pin a red stitch marker into every ball of colour A then a blue marker into every ball of colour B and so on. Because these markers fasten and unfasten it is easy to attach a small label if needed. If you have a centre-pull ball it can stay in place, with an ordinary outside-inwards ball, just un pin it from the ball and put it around the working yarn.<br />Hope this is useful, HelenHelennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-27129230615618408202015-03-21T11:17:02.752+00:002015-03-21T11:17:02.752+00:00I use a ball-winder to make center-pull balls/cake...I use a ball-winder to make center-pull balls/cakes of yarn. Then slip the string of a small hang tag through the outer layers of yarn, and slide the tag through he loop. You might try this with the hand-wound balls you make, pinning the tag to the ball and removing it as you knit. I also use plastic sandwich bags sometimes, although am trying to lower plastic intake/use here! They can be repeatedly used for several projects. Have a couple of simple fabric bags I slip yarn into, also. Less easily visible, but less plastic!<br /><br />Too bad you do not have the 'problem' of a cat. That would be a loss for me.skeindalousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-58587291403384165922015-03-21T09:39:17.960+00:002015-03-21T09:39:17.960+00:00I use freezer/sandwich bags with a 'zip' f...I use freezer/sandwich bags with a 'zip' for the multiple-similar-colours problem. They often have a ready made spot for writing the label, and you can easily open the top as much or as little as you. They also offer some resistance to m*ths during long projects. LizMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236147334939640291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-22636238794704544882015-03-21T09:26:52.196+00:002015-03-21T09:26:52.196+00:00I agree that the near eclipse darkness wasn't ...I agree that the near eclipse darkness wasn't very exciting - but the event itself was. My not quite 2 yr old toddler wasn't very interested - but I was! The cloud cover helped too - meaning you could look directly at it and see the smiling sliver of glimmering sun peeking out. <br /><br />I am glad to say my children's school took them out (into the playground and the meadows) to see it. Knitlasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694849211711608460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40925979946198285492015-03-21T09:07:09.557+00:002015-03-21T09:07:09.557+00:00I wonder if putting the balls in plastic bags migh...I wonder if putting the balls in plastic bags might be an idea - by which I mean,a bag large enough for the ball to slip around and rotate inside, but with some kind of mild restriction around the top, so the ball doesn't leap out when you pull out some more yarn.. Even in a cat-free environment that would be an bit of a bad idea.You can then label the bags.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.com