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Knitty Blog
Ok now
that the weather is getting warmer, it's time for me to put down
the sticks and concentrate on my "other" job. I will be
making jewelry for most of the summer. So if you are in
the mood for something pretty or need a gift, be sure to visit
my on-line store.
I have over 200 items so there's lots of affordable gemstone
jewelry to choose from.
I
NEED YOUR HELP!
I'm trying to find out
which store sells this mirror!
OK
gals, now that you have had your laugh, remember... Breast
Cancer Awareness... Go have those boobs checked out and stay
healthy!
Begging your pardon!
I recently
received an email from someone who didn't sound very happy with me.
I want to apologize to anyone who catches
little mistakes on my website. HOWEVER, I would like to
remind those disgruntled persons that this site is my own personal
website (not a commercial site) and was started as a "blog" and a
place where myself, my mom and my aunts could swap photos of our
knitting projects.
When I added links to free felted purse
patterns for my family to access, others found the site and started
accessing the free patterns also. Which I didn't mind. As the
months passed more and more people started accessing the site. My
little "knitty blog" is now world wide and receives approx. 35,000
different visitors and over 1,600,000 hits per month!
This site is maintained by me only, when I
have the time. And costs me over $200 a year just to have the name
www.knittychick.com and to keep
it on the server.
I TRULY
APPRECIATE anyone who sends me an email with broken
links, missing links, moved patterns, new patterns, etc., as I would not
be able to maintain the site without your help. We do not have
high speed available in our area and it's virtually impossible for me to
check each and every link to see if it's broken, moved, etc.
I'm not looking for kudos or even
a thank you, but could you please add just a little sugar to your emails
- it really makes my day. After all it's FREE!
Thank you! And please keep
those emails coming! I do love hearing from you and answer
whenever I can :)
Kris
Patterns@knittychick.com
From my little corner of the world to
yours!
This is what we woke up to New Years Day (the
ground was bare the night before).
It snowed another 3 - 4 inches on top of this.
January 2, 2008
What's Knitty Chick up to these
days besides beading? Trying like crazy to knit up some of her
stash! Yep, I decided to go down into the depths of the basement and
bust out the stack of plastic bins full of yarn that's been there since
the time of Moses. I have to
admit that I stood there in awe at the stack of "under-the-bed" roller
bins full of yarn that went from the floor almost to the ceiling.
My first thought was "should I call
my insurance guy and take out a rider?" You
know, the kind that most people take out to cover their expensive jewelry.
Apparently my diamonds sit in plastic boxes in my basement. I'm in
clear competition for the "she who dies with the most yarn wins" award!
And my second thought was . . . how
come my husband hasn't seen these yet? They aren't hidden very well!
I'm sure I will hear it when we go to load up the moving truck and I
insist on taking every stinking one of these yarn bins with me. I
can hear him now . . . "do you really need to take
ALL of these, or can you get rid of some
of them"? Famous last words. We have already cleaned out two
20 yard dumpsters full of junk in the past few months! However not
one strand of yarn was trashed. I managed to justify keeping every
single tangled ball of yarn & every half finished project from as far back
as 20 years ago! I think that gesture alone qualifies me as a "true
knitter". Or at the very least a "stash freak" or maybe just someone
in need of medication?????
Anyhow, long story long, I am knitting
scarves as fast as I can to try to get rid of some of my stash. There's going to be a lot of people
getting scarves in '08 for Christmas! I hope they appreciate them,
because I have very expensive taste in yarns, and so far the material cost
for each scarf is coming in around $30 - $35! You would think that I
was knitting with spun gold or something. Come to think of it, spun
gold may be cheaper than some of these specialty yarns I'm using.
I have already given one to mom, and here is a photo of one that is going to my friend Wen in Arizona. I
know what you're thinking, and YES, they do wear scarves in Arizona.
They are freezing their butts off when it hits 60 down there.
It
hits 60 here and I'm stripping off my clothes and running half naked
through the yard. The neighbors don't appreciate it, but that's what
happens when we have a heat wave of 60 degrees after a long winter of 20's
(you saw the photo above) I go a little nuts, but at least I'm
wearing one of my hand knit scarves!
This is an 18 stitch wide garter
stitch knit scarf on size 10.5 needles and took approx. 2.5 to 3
balls of Trendsetter
Yarns "Pandora" (not Pandora Shadow)
in Color #15 Lavender approx $11.00 per 99 yard ball.
Mom's scarf was out of the same
material only in Antique Rose.
Nov. 28, 2007
So sorry. It's been a gabillion years
since I've posted anything to my blog. My jewelry business has taken
off and I have been making jewelry like crazy. However, I have found
time to knit up four hats in the past 2 weeks (one is not shown - I
already gave it to my mom). I am using Fiber
Trends Felt Hat II Pattern # AC-2. Typically I make the
medium size which fits just about everyone. It takes me about 3 - 4
hours per hat, depending upon what I'm watching on TV and how much
attention I'm paying to my knitting. I use the narrow brim version of
the pattern, however I did make a booboo and on the purple hat below
(center). I accidentally lost my place and ended up making the wide
brimmed version, which I really like. If you use Noro Kureyon for
this hat, keep in mind that it felts up much more "flaccid" than other
wools so your hat will come out softer and not as stiff. It's sort
of like a floppy hat, that's why I tend to make the narrow brim version so
it doesn't flop down into my eyes. Note: the hats come out of the
washer much fuzzier than in the photos. I shear my hats because I
don't care for the fuzzy look, but a lot of people like the fuzz, so if
you are one of those people, spare the clippers. Second Note:
Don't despair if your hat takes 4 to 5 or more times through the wash
cycle to felt. Noro seems to take longer than other wools to felt
down.
  
Click on the small photo to view the larger version.
Oct. 8, 2007
Wow! The Knitty Chick web
site received a record 25,406 unique visitors last month! Looks as
if everyone is looking for a project or two to start out the fall knitty
season!
One of my all
time favorite Knitty Shops is FOR SALE!
If you love the "yarn arts" and are looking for a great business
opportunity contact Lola for all the details.
Knits-n-Knacks
Lola Snell, Owner
216 E. Chicago St.,
Jonesville, MI 49250
Phone:
(517) 849-7838
Ok, all you FELTING FREAKS, Interweave
Knits Magazine has just come out with a special issue solely dedicated to
felting. It has 13 felted or fulled projects, plus felting how to's,
and much more. If you love to felt, you won't want to miss this
issue.Purchase off of
newsstands or
click
here to order.
July 6, 2007
What's up with the Knitty Chick lately?
She turned into a "Bead Babe" for the summer! It's just been too flippin' hot to even think about picking up something as hot as yarn.
So I pulled out all my beading stuff and started making jewelry.
I've been having lots of fun creating affordable jewelry. I started
out making stuff for myself and now it's turned into a mini business
- everyone is buying it! If you would like to get in on the action,
click on the "Jewelry" link above and check out what I currently have
available.
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