cast on four stitches.
knit across
knit two, yarn over, knit to the end of the row.
continue this knitting two stitches, then yarning over and knitting to the end of the row until you have the width you like. 40 or 42 stitches, for example. the yarning over increases your dishrag one stitch per row and gives the nice loop edging.
to decrease: knit one, knit two and three together, YO, (yarn over) knit stitch 4 and 5 together and knit to the end of the row.
continue until you have six stitches left on your needle.
knit one and two together, three and four, five and six until just three stitches are left. cast off. cut, & pull extra yarn through with a crochet hook.
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surely, I have written it up before, but someone asked for it, and I thought I could store it here to copy. ha
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Monday, October 13, 2008
362-242 I won !!!
Bob recited the day ritual for James:
He gets on a train, and goes to work, and at 4:50pm, he calls me and says he is headed home. He walks in the door at 6:10pm and I have a hot meal ready and waiting. Then we play Scrabble. And James calls. And I knitted a dishrag while we played Scrabble.
Since I gave a box-of-dishrags to a friend at church Sunday morning, I knitted one for my sink, and five more to give away to someone.
I don't want to forget Bob smooching me on the back of my neck while I was making coffee this morning. I have been thinking about that all day.
Thirty-one years ago we met, and started writing letters to each other, and a Scrabble board was one of our first purchases as a married couple. We did not play much when the boys were little. But, now we try to play each day. And every once in a while, I win ! Bob lets me have as many letters as I want. I can make big words. And there are funny two letter words we use a lot to build other words. Tonight, I wondered, what does OE mean?? (a whirlwind off the Faeroe islands)
He gets on a train, and goes to work, and at 4:50pm, he calls me and says he is headed home. He walks in the door at 6:10pm and I have a hot meal ready and waiting. Then we play Scrabble. And James calls. And I knitted a dishrag while we played Scrabble.
Since I gave a box-of-dishrags to a friend at church Sunday morning, I knitted one for my sink, and five more to give away to someone.
I don't want to forget Bob smooching me on the back of my neck while I was making coffee this morning. I have been thinking about that all day.
Thirty-one years ago we met, and started writing letters to each other, and a Scrabble board was one of our first purchases as a married couple. We did not play much when the boys were little. But, now we try to play each day. And every once in a while, I win ! Bob lets me have as many letters as I want. I can make big words. And there are funny two letter words we use a lot to build other words. Tonight, I wondered, what does OE mean?? (a whirlwind off the Faeroe islands)
Friday, October 10, 2008
284-281
Bob went out first, and bingo-ed once, but I beat him by three points. It has been a while since I have won at Scrabble. And Bob lets me have as many letters as I want.
Bob re-installed the vents in the overhang thingies. We had run them through the dishwasher to remove twenty years of dust and grime after a good hand scrubbing. Every time Bob uses his cordless screwdriver we remember the story of taking toddlers to the hardware store. When we were not looking, baby Ben pulled a cordless screw driver off the shelf and into our cart. When we got up to the checkout, Bob thought I had put it in the cart as a gift to him. I did not know he had been wanting one, and this was when they had first been invented, and to me, sounded wussy.
We had eaten cereal for supper, and even though that is quick, we only had 45 minutes before sundown to get the screens re-installed. Four little screws each. By dusk's early light...and the step stool, and the ladder for the end of the house.
I am still having trouble standing up straight, even though I went to the chiropractor the other day. Oh, well. Yesterday, I went out to lunch with my friend and her cute little 2 year old grandson, but my back was hurting before we were done. She had seen the yarn we use on sale at Michael's for one dollar each, and we could not resist stocking up on my favorite colors. I am well-stocked on yarn now. This should last me through the winter ! It sure was nice paying one dollar for the cream color instead of 1.69 !!! And I usually do not buy the smaller skeins at 1.69, but at one dollar, I picked up a few "stripes". And I don't know when I have had so many shades of green in stock. These will make pretty dishrags.
It is Friday. I'd love to blog about female stuff, but it would gross out people. I am convinced there is a female/menstrual connection to my back hurting.
And what is it with memory tricks in your fifties?? Bob and I don't dare buy milk and set it in the back seat. We will get distracted somehow one the way home and forget to take the milk out of the back seat and put it in the frig ! What is with that?? And I will make notes to myself and leave them all over the place...and then forget to read the notes. So, I ride home from Braum's (milk purchase place) with a gallon of milk between my legs. Too funny. We are losing our minds.
Bob re-installed the vents in the overhang thingies. We had run them through the dishwasher to remove twenty years of dust and grime after a good hand scrubbing. Every time Bob uses his cordless screwdriver we remember the story of taking toddlers to the hardware store. When we were not looking, baby Ben pulled a cordless screw driver off the shelf and into our cart. When we got up to the checkout, Bob thought I had put it in the cart as a gift to him. I did not know he had been wanting one, and this was when they had first been invented, and to me, sounded wussy.
We had eaten cereal for supper, and even though that is quick, we only had 45 minutes before sundown to get the screens re-installed. Four little screws each. By dusk's early light...and the step stool, and the ladder for the end of the house.
I am still having trouble standing up straight, even though I went to the chiropractor the other day. Oh, well. Yesterday, I went out to lunch with my friend and her cute little 2 year old grandson, but my back was hurting before we were done. She had seen the yarn we use on sale at Michael's for one dollar each, and we could not resist stocking up on my favorite colors. I am well-stocked on yarn now. This should last me through the winter ! It sure was nice paying one dollar for the cream color instead of 1.69 !!! And I usually do not buy the smaller skeins at 1.69, but at one dollar, I picked up a few "stripes". And I don't know when I have had so many shades of green in stock. These will make pretty dishrags.
It is Friday. I'd love to blog about female stuff, but it would gross out people. I am convinced there is a female/menstrual connection to my back hurting.
And what is it with memory tricks in your fifties?? Bob and I don't dare buy milk and set it in the back seat. We will get distracted somehow one the way home and forget to take the milk out of the back seat and put it in the frig ! What is with that?? And I will make notes to myself and leave them all over the place...and then forget to read the notes. So, I ride home from Braum's (milk purchase place) with a gallon of milk between my legs. Too funny. We are losing our minds.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
My Day
Stepped on a nail. It pierced the bottom of my foot. Went right through my shoes. Only bled a little. Went and got a tetanus shot. (short version for those who are in a hurry)
Bob mowed the backyard, and put the shed back on its foundation. The painters had moved it out of the way. I helped Bob haul stuff from the garage back to the shed. And I set the sprinkler going, as the back yard grass is dry, dry, dry.
Left over shingles, the purple spreader of seed or fertilizer or all things grainular/grandular (spell checker don't like neither), the propane torches for welding, and the lawn mower and its accessories. Those accessories include the bag, the plug (for when you don't wanna bag), gas cans, and the oil pan with reservoir. Things that can and will get dusty...all neatly packed away in their shed behind the little house. The painter guy was a slob when it came to clean up. He had installed new siding around the bottom two feet of the little house, and left a construction nail in the yard. I found it. I stepped on it. It went right through my shoe. Bob had to pull the sucker out. So, now that paint and repair job just got even more expensive. A trip to doc-in-a-box to get a tetanus shot because I had not a clue as to when my last tetanus shot was. The nurse practitioner said that nails drive the bacteria from your shoes into your foot more than carrying tetanus. But the neighborhood cats think our back yard is their litter box.
I went to doc-in-a-box because they are open on Saturday. I don't go to the doctor often. This was my first visit there. They wanted to give me pain meds, but it did not hurt that bad. Most of their customers looked like they were in for allergies. And they were very friendly, efficient folks. They warned me it would be an hour, and I had brought my knitting. The TVs were playing Akeesha and the Bee movie. Saw the whole movie. They soaked my foot in cold stuff, and said my blood pressure needs watching. Just watch it, they said, and if it says high, come back for a chat. Dear husband is already on those expensive pills that make you tired. Looks like they are in my future, too. Anybody had any success with that amealBP they advertise on the radio?? And I am covered for tetanus and diphtheria !
I usually avoid Walmart on Saturday. Too crowded. I can go anytime. Why get in the way of folks that only have Saturday to shop? Too many piercings of ears, nose, and what is with the lobe widening stuff? I used to read National Geographic as a kid, and these ear lobe widening things were popular in Africa. Are lips next? And tattoos---whoa---so many tattoos. Call me old-fashioned. But, it is cute to see little kids stare at the old lady knitting. Children shopping with their parents stop and stare at what I am doing with two wooden knitting needles and yarn. And I smile back, because I don't always have to watch my stitches. Little girls walking backwards bump into their mother as they stare at this strange lost art of knitting. And one little girl trapped in a stoller paused from sucking on her doll to stare. I am sure that doll action figure was not suitable for her age range, nor was it designed as a chew toy, but...what do I know?
I found some heavy duty bandaids at Walmart, so Bob affixed number three for the afternoon. Bob is busy getting a Sunday School lesson ready for tomorrow. So, I am trying to be a good girl and be quiet so he can study.
And I found two new flavors at Walmart of Peaches and Creme yarn !! Salmon Royale. and Lilac Ombre. When they use "ombre" they mean varagated or mixture.
Bob mowed the backyard, and put the shed back on its foundation. The painters had moved it out of the way. I helped Bob haul stuff from the garage back to the shed. And I set the sprinkler going, as the back yard grass is dry, dry, dry.
Left over shingles, the purple spreader of seed or fertilizer or all things grainular/grandular (spell checker don't like neither), the propane torches for welding, and the lawn mower and its accessories. Those accessories include the bag, the plug (for when you don't wanna bag), gas cans, and the oil pan with reservoir. Things that can and will get dusty...all neatly packed away in their shed behind the little house. The painter guy was a slob when it came to clean up. He had installed new siding around the bottom two feet of the little house, and left a construction nail in the yard. I found it. I stepped on it. It went right through my shoe. Bob had to pull the sucker out. So, now that paint and repair job just got even more expensive. A trip to doc-in-a-box to get a tetanus shot because I had not a clue as to when my last tetanus shot was. The nurse practitioner said that nails drive the bacteria from your shoes into your foot more than carrying tetanus. But the neighborhood cats think our back yard is their litter box.
I went to doc-in-a-box because they are open on Saturday. I don't go to the doctor often. This was my first visit there. They wanted to give me pain meds, but it did not hurt that bad. Most of their customers looked like they were in for allergies. And they were very friendly, efficient folks. They warned me it would be an hour, and I had brought my knitting. The TVs were playing Akeesha and the Bee movie. Saw the whole movie. They soaked my foot in cold stuff, and said my blood pressure needs watching. Just watch it, they said, and if it says high, come back for a chat. Dear husband is already on those expensive pills that make you tired. Looks like they are in my future, too. Anybody had any success with that amealBP they advertise on the radio?? And I am covered for tetanus and diphtheria !
I usually avoid Walmart on Saturday. Too crowded. I can go anytime. Why get in the way of folks that only have Saturday to shop? Too many piercings of ears, nose, and what is with the lobe widening stuff? I used to read National Geographic as a kid, and these ear lobe widening things were popular in Africa. Are lips next? And tattoos---whoa---so many tattoos. Call me old-fashioned. But, it is cute to see little kids stare at the old lady knitting. Children shopping with their parents stop and stare at what I am doing with two wooden knitting needles and yarn. And I smile back, because I don't always have to watch my stitches. Little girls walking backwards bump into their mother as they stare at this strange lost art of knitting. And one little girl trapped in a stoller paused from sucking on her doll to stare. I am sure that doll action figure was not suitable for her age range, nor was it designed as a chew toy, but...what do I know?
I found some heavy duty bandaids at Walmart, so Bob affixed number three for the afternoon. Bob is busy getting a Sunday School lesson ready for tomorrow. So, I am trying to be a good girl and be quiet so he can study.
And I found two new flavors at Walmart of Peaches and Creme yarn !! Salmon Royale. and Lilac Ombre. When they use "ombre" they mean varagated or mixture.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Soft Creamy Colored Cotton Yarn
That trip to the yarn store (Michael's) paid off big time today ! They finally have the soft off-white-yellow-creamy colored yarn I had ordered and had been nagging them about for a month. (Sugar 'n Cream, Lily's brand) Yippeee !!!!!! I don't know why, but that color sings to my soul. And it looks like it will make some other colors look even warmer, and richer.
I have been carrying the label around in my wallet for months--color number 102001, soft ecru. (not to be confused with the more oatmeal colored plain old ecru)
And this is the first day of October. In just 27 days, our "baby" will be legal age. He has been out on his own for almost two years now, and doing fine.
Now I am going to go all political on you. Soap box at the ready: Is McCain insane? The calls are coming in 100 to one AGAINST the wall street bail out, and he does not get it?? We are a county of free enterprise, and whenever government gets involved in the banking industry and economy, they make things worse. Amazing. Yes, I will vote for McCain. I will hold my nose and take a barf bag because hopefully, he will choose a conservative supreme court judge. And I know he will be a great commander-in-chief of the military. (better than you-know-who)
Pelosi and the dims are delusional. They blame President Bush for everything and refuse to take responsibility for anything. And the media (MSM) cannot be objective to save their lives.
I have been carrying the label around in my wallet for months--color number 102001, soft ecru. (not to be confused with the more oatmeal colored plain old ecru)
And this is the first day of October. In just 27 days, our "baby" will be legal age. He has been out on his own for almost two years now, and doing fine.
Now I am going to go all political on you. Soap box at the ready: Is McCain insane? The calls are coming in 100 to one AGAINST the wall street bail out, and he does not get it?? We are a county of free enterprise, and whenever government gets involved in the banking industry and economy, they make things worse. Amazing. Yes, I will vote for McCain. I will hold my nose and take a barf bag because hopefully, he will choose a conservative supreme court judge. And I know he will be a great commander-in-chief of the military. (better than you-know-who)
Pelosi and the dims are delusional. They blame President Bush for everything and refuse to take responsibility for anything. And the media (MSM) cannot be objective to save their lives.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sugar'n Cream: new flavors
When you are not looking---that's when you find them.
I enjoy knitting cotton dishrags. The Canadian company, Lily, has a Sugar'n Cream line of 100 percent cotton yarn. I recently found new flavors at the local Joann's and today, found more at that same Joann's. "Culinary Colors" it says on the label---I guess they are on to us knitters, as to what we are making.
Urban Pastels has a lilac, light creamy yellow, medium teal-green, and white
Bronze Blue had a deep purple, light brown, peacock blue and white
Renegade is a crappy name, but jungle green camo with browns. Husband said he'd use one.
What fun, to find new colors.
Peaches & Creme, made by Elmore-Pisgh Inc., in the good old USA is my other source of 100 percent cotton yarn. Walmart keeps Peaches & Creme in most of their stores. Huge cones of the yarn is only $6.
LION Brand Yarn is harder to find, but Joann's had some today: Sagebrush is a combination of liht golden brown, teal, and off white. Lion labels list New York, New York as their place of the yarn's origin.
Soft Ecru, by Lily, Sugar 'n Cream is so different from regular old ecru, oatmeal, and off white. So creamy. Like real cream.
I prefer light wooden bamboo knitting needles. Number 10 work for me because I knit so loose.
I can knit and brouse websites at the same time. Waiting for a page to load, or reading an article online, I knit. I can knit during a movie, or Scrabble game. Keeping those fingers limber.
I enjoy knitting cotton dishrags. The Canadian company, Lily, has a Sugar'n Cream line of 100 percent cotton yarn. I recently found new flavors at the local Joann's and today, found more at that same Joann's. "Culinary Colors" it says on the label---I guess they are on to us knitters, as to what we are making.
Urban Pastels has a lilac, light creamy yellow, medium teal-green, and white
Bronze Blue had a deep purple, light brown, peacock blue and white
Renegade is a crappy name, but jungle green camo with browns. Husband said he'd use one.
What fun, to find new colors.
Peaches & Creme, made by Elmore-Pisgh Inc., in the good old USA is my other source of 100 percent cotton yarn. Walmart keeps Peaches & Creme in most of their stores. Huge cones of the yarn is only $6.
LION Brand Yarn is harder to find, but Joann's had some today: Sagebrush is a combination of liht golden brown, teal, and off white. Lion labels list New York, New York as their place of the yarn's origin.
Soft Ecru, by Lily, Sugar 'n Cream is so different from regular old ecru, oatmeal, and off white. So creamy. Like real cream.
I prefer light wooden bamboo knitting needles. Number 10 work for me because I knit so loose.
I can knit and brouse websites at the same time. Waiting for a page to load, or reading an article online, I knit. I can knit during a movie, or Scrabble game. Keeping those fingers limber.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Last Bundle
The last bundle of sticks is ready to be picked up on Saturday. Whoo-hoo ! And before 8am. Before the sun got hot... slathered in OFF, drippy sweaty.
Note to self: knit the headbands smaller because full of sweat, they stretch and droop. But, are otherwise very effective collecting sweat-of-the-brow, which is more like streaming brow.
Grandchild likes getting mail. Bob still can't believe I sent a card with a longhorn on it to known Aggies. Hey, it was a cow. And when asked, "what does a cow say?" Our intelligent grandchild can say, "moo". Too cute. A buffalo is ready to mail with pictures for poor grandchild's homework (parent project). Dang, they start earlier and earlier on homework, I mean, parent projects.
Laundry.
For a laugh, be sure to go the CakeWrecks site. It is a hoot.
cakewrecks.blogspot.com
We laughed and laughed, and I am glad our son and his wife enjoyed it, too. I am curious---what does a kitty litter cake look like??
Note to self: knit the headbands smaller because full of sweat, they stretch and droop. But, are otherwise very effective collecting sweat-of-the-brow, which is more like streaming brow.
Grandchild likes getting mail. Bob still can't believe I sent a card with a longhorn on it to known Aggies. Hey, it was a cow. And when asked, "what does a cow say?" Our intelligent grandchild can say, "moo". Too cute. A buffalo is ready to mail with pictures for poor grandchild's homework (parent project). Dang, they start earlier and earlier on homework, I mean, parent projects.
Laundry.
For a laugh, be sure to go the CakeWrecks site. It is a hoot.
cakewrecks.blogspot.com
We laughed and laughed, and I am glad our son and his wife enjoyed it, too. I am curious---what does a kitty litter cake look like??
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Huge Cones of Yarn
Huge cones of cotton yarn arrived in the mail on Saturday evening from my dear friend in Ennis. We had each mailed each other a box on Friday. I sent her knitted dishrags. And she sent me yarn to make more and money for postage. Wow. One lady she knows down there wants twenty in "shaded denim". It is a pretty, soothing color. I am trying to remember to keep track on the inside of the cardboard cone with little marks exactly how many one of these huge cones make. A regular ball of yarn, solid color makes two. These cones sure feel heavier than a pound. (it saith pound on the label)
Three down, and seventeen to go. I am glad my friend is finding all the dishrags I knit good homes down there in Ennis.
And we played a couple of games of Scrabble today since Bob was done with his Sunday School lesson. The word, JAWBONED, lays across two triples very nicely for 153 points. At first, I was going to be happy to just lay JAW on one triple in the upper left hand corner, but then I saw the opportunity to make it a compound word. Bob bingo-ed with SARDINES during the first game.
We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. And McDonald's premium salads for supper. Chick-fill-you-up salads are better, and bigger, but Chick-fill-you-up is not open on Sunday.
Three down, and seventeen to go. I am glad my friend is finding all the dishrags I knit good homes down there in Ennis.
And we played a couple of games of Scrabble today since Bob was done with his Sunday School lesson. The word, JAWBONED, lays across two triples very nicely for 153 points. At first, I was going to be happy to just lay JAW on one triple in the upper left hand corner, but then I saw the opportunity to make it a compound word. Bob bingo-ed with SARDINES during the first game.
We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. And McDonald's premium salads for supper. Chick-fill-you-up salads are better, and bigger, but Chick-fill-you-up is not open on Sunday.
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