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For those of you who haven't heard...
1. My computer decided to turn off and never turn on again.
Hubby set me up with a new computer but that also brought issues as my old web design software would not work on the new computer so I'm having to learn a new program for that.
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3. And, there was a fatal shooting at our local college earlier this week which really upset our whole town. My niece, who is like my daughter, attends the school where this happened so that day was very hectic until we found out where she was. Thankfully, she did not have class that day.
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Leftover Yarn Use: I have had best time using up all of my leftover yarn to make a multicolored caterpillar for my grandson. You can just keep on crocheting these caterpillar balls and legs, matching up wild colors until you get rid of all of your old yarn. It is hilarious! I got the pattern as a free gift from Charles Publishing along with a list of over 300 more toys to make. Their address is P.O.B. 577C, Weatherford, Texas 76086 Have fun!
Carole
ANSWER:
Hi Carole:
This is a wonderful idea for using leftover yarns... thank you so much for sharing!
Lisa Hamblin
CNM/MBA
WORDS
OF ENCOURAGEMENT
"The time is always right to do what is right."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr. ~
And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax office; and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he rose, and followed Him. And it happened that as He was reclining at the table in the house, behold many tax-gatherers and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners?" But when He heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means, "I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE, for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 9:9-13
And after that He went out, and noticed a tax-gatherer named Levi, sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, "Follow Me." And he left everything behind, and rose and began to follow Him. And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and other people who were reclining at the table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax-gatherers and sinners?" And Jesus answered and said to them, "It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."
Luke 5:27-32
And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels."
Luke 9:23-26
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CROCHET
STITCH or TECHNIQUE
(A
different crochet stitch and/or tip featured in each issue...
to be added later to the Crochet Basics page)
FRONT POST DOUBLE CROCHET (FPDC)
(a/k/a
Front Raised
Double Crochet)
Yarn over, insert hook from the front side
of the work right to left around
the post of the indicated stitch on
a previous row;
yo and pull up a loop (3 lps on
hook)
yo and draw through two lps (2
lps on hook)
yo and draw through two lps (1
lp on hook)
Yarn is made by twisting multiple plies of fiber together through a process called "spinning".
The tighter the plies are twisted the stronger the yarn.
Scrap
Yarn Ideas ... do
you have number 90?
The following
page is compilation of uses for scrap yarns: SCRAP YARN IDEAS
A friend of mine purchased a set at WalMart once.
When I went to buy a set they didn’t have any left so I cut an old broom handle in half and
used a Swiss Army Knife to whittle the end to a rounded point. I still have it!
The plus for making mine homemade is the fact that mine is longer... at least 2 feet long.
RE: How to Crochet - Foundation Double Crochet Stitch
Very cool. I just love these tutorials!
Lisa Zafar
Hi, luv the patterns, the Row Count Patterns......just finished working on the pattern Row Count Anchor Afghan Square Crochet Pattern and I found an error.....
.rows 22 and 23 reads 7MC 12CC 7MC......that totals to 26 but the base count is 28.......
PERSONALLY, I made the pattern 7MC 14CC 7MC...and continued the pattern as written by you with no problems......I would luv to see more of the Row Count Patterns from you, for patterns other than just squares if you have them......
Thank You,
Regina Cantrell
At this time I only have afghan squares and coasters that are "row count". What other kinds of row count patterns would you like to see?
Crochetnmore
<< Regina's Reply >>
Thank you for taking the time to write me back, I really appreciate it. As for the row count patterns that I would like to see, I think that I will just enjoy what you've already created....I'm really enjoying your hard work....Have a wonderful day
Regina Cantrell
RE: was wondering if u wouild have something that is 30x50 that would fit a square table?
I need a tablecloth to make that size if u have something...thanks...love your patterns
My granddaughter has requested a crocheted coat for her 11.5 inch fashion doll.
I had found one a couple of weeks ago, when she wanted a fur coat, so did not save it.
Dean Young
i can't seem to email you, but please please please help me. i want to crochet your easy dog sweater, but i can't figure out how to make the pattern smaller for a chihuahua. i just can't comprehend how to do it. my mind is slow, but i can crochet. can you tell me how i would make it for a chihuahua, please. you can email me at (email omitted). bless you and thank you
Reisa Fay Schoettlin
I really like your Breast Cancer coaster and am attempting to make a set. I've tried a few different ways but cannot figure out how you switch between the colours. I would appreciate it if you would get back to me with instructions on that.
Hello, I hope you can help me! I found this free pattern before Christmas and made this scarf, I love it!
I want to make more but have lost the pattern. The pattern starts with a chain the length of the scarf. Please let me know if you can help? Thank You, Gail
To make this pattern larger you would need to make the ends larger by adding additional row(s). Then you would have to add additional chains to the Purse Center. Additional rows added to the Purse Center will make the purse longer. Just be sure the number of stitches on the Purse Center and the Ends are the same so the joining part of the pattern works out.
RE: How to Crochet - Baby's ABCs Afghan in Multiple Colors
Comments:
thank you for all your tips and helpful hints as this my first time doing this pattern. i have been crocheting for 22 years and i have always thought this pattern was more difficult than what it is.again thank you
cpadmore4983
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HUMOR
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Laughter is an instant vacation." - Milton Berle
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The third grade class was being given a course
in first aid. The question was asked, "What
would you do if you had a younger brother who
swallowed the house key?"
After a pause, little Courtney answered, "Easy!
I'd climb through the window!"
Both of my parents work and lead hectic lives. So my
father was bound to forget their wedding anniversary. Remembering at the last minute, he sped to the stationery
store, flew through the door, and breathlessly asked the
salesclerk, "Where are the anniversary cards?"
To his surprise, he heard my mother call out, "Over here,
Bill."
Garbage collectors were picking up our trash as my
wife walked back into our house. A particular barrel was very heavy. “Lady, we can’t take this,” one man called out. “It’s way over the weight limit.”
My wife turned her eight-month-pregnant figure
toward him. “It didn’t seem that heavy when I
carried it out,” she said. Without another word, the man emptied the barrel
into the truck.
As a 30-year-old kindergarten teacher was talking to the
children seated on the floor around her, she absentmindedly
removed her glasses to clean them.
"Wow, Miss Collins!" one child exclaimed. "You look really
different without your glasses on!"
Another child piped up, "I bet she looks different when she
takes her teeth out, too!"
I heard recently about a stay-at-home Mom. One evening she went to a PTA meeting and her husband and her oldest daughter got together and decided they would clean up the kitchen for her. They put up all the food, wiped all the counters, washed all the pots and put them away, put the dishes in the dishwasher and ran it. They swept and mopped the floors and then sat down, and awaited her arrival.
Two hours later she returned from the meeting, took off her coat, hung it up, walked through the kitchen into the den, grabbed the remote control, and began watching television. They followed her over to her chair and stood by her side. Finally she felt them looking over her shoulder and looked up at them and said, “What?”
Her husband said, “The kitchen.”
“The kitchen. What?”
“The kitchen. We cleaned up the kitchen. Didn’t you notice? It’s sparkling clean. We cleaned it for you.”
The woman replied, “Yes, I noticed. Thankless job, isn’t it?”
A little girl was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time, she would take
her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled
cheek. She was alternately stroking her own cheek, then his
again. Finally she spoke up, "Grandpa, did God make you?"
"Yes, sweetheart," he answered. "God made me a long time
ago."
"Oh," she paused. "Grandpa, did God make me too?"
"Yes, indeed, honey," he said. "God made you just a little
while ago."
Feeling their respective faces again, she observed, "God's
getting better at it, isn't he?"
My grandparents, who are real do-it-your-selfers,
were sprucing up their basement. They picked out bright purple carpeting and then spread it over
our lawn in order to measure and cut it. The
neighbors watched curiously.
After a while, the teenage daughter of one neighbor spoke up. "Our family has taken a vote," she said.
"I've been elected to tell you that if we have any
voice in this, we would prefer you leave your lawn the color it is."
I was the new teacher for the toddler-age Sunday
school class, which included my 14-month-old daughter. During a lesson on creation, I'd ask questions like, "Who made the trees?" or "Who made the sun?" and the children would respond, "God did."
I was pleased the children learned quickly that God
made everything. Teaching lessons at home was more of a challenge. I
had tried hard to teach my daughter to pick up her
toys, and she wasn't learning very quickly. One day
I walked into the living room to find toys scattered
everywhere. In exasperation I asked, "Who made this
mess?" My daughter looked at me with a proud smile and said, "God did!"
A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait.
Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in.
The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a
$100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point." The next class the professor handed the graded tests back out. This student got back his test, his test grade, and $64 change.
Tim and Carol (our son and daughter in law) had been
discussing the high cost of going to the Our Videos with the boys.
Tim told B that when Papa was a little boy he could
take a quarter to the Our Videos, watch the movie, buy a drink and candy. Instead of being dazzled by the
now inflated cost of movie going, B wanted to know was that because they didn't have dollars when Papa
was his age.
One day I decided to take my three children to a skating party in a nearby town, but after several wrong turns and stops to ask directions, I pulled over
to the side of the road and suggested we all ask
God to help us find the rink.
When we finally arrived, we were nearly an hour
late. The following week, as we got into the car
to go skating again, my five-year-old son exclaimed, "Mom, let's pray now and save time!"
During children's church, Katelyn learned about
Jesus and that he lives in heaven. After church,
Katelyn asked her mother Dawn if they could go
visit Jesus.
Dawn told her that no one knows how to get to
heaven until God calls you home.
