Hi!
I saw a while back that there was some discussion between people from Washington. Are you ladies still out there and want to talk?
Anne
Hi’ya Anne! :waving:
I am the Artlady…and I live in the Puget Sound area…in Kent, Wa.
Anyhoo…hello! hello! 
- What is your favorite yarn?
- What is your favorite thing to knit?
- Who is your favorite designer?
- Which knitting magazine is your favorite?
- Are you a Raveler yet?
If not, are you on the waiting list?
If not, what are you waiting for? :teehee: - How many years have you been knitting?
- Do you crochet as well?
- Do you live in the Puget Sound area? East of the mts? The Coast? Southern?
- What are your prime knitting hours?
- What is your favorite knitting 'how to/help" book?
Here are my own answers to my questions (I guess if I expect you to share…I should share first!) 
[COLOR=Blue]1) Malabrigo (undyed & natural cream)
2) Cardigans[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]3) Elsebeth Lavold
4) Vogue
5) YES!
6) 37
7) yes, but don’t crochet anymore (except to ‘trim’ knitted things)
8) Puget Sound area (Kent)
9) 9 pm til 3 am
10) Finishing Techniques by Nancy Wiseman
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Hi Anne:woot:
I am Rae I think we talked a little in Knitting Help chat last night
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What is your favorite yarn?-Don’t have a favorite yet but I do love Malabrigo(finally got my hands on some for the 1st time ever)
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What is your favorite thing to knit? At the moment its dishclothes
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Who is your favorite designer? Don’t Have one yet
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Which knitting magazine is your favorite? I like Knit N Style
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Are you a Raveler yet?-Yes & I love it I am Raeknitsnwa if you are on there add me
If not, are you on the waiting list?
If not, what are you waiting for? -
How many years have you been knitting? A little over a yr I have much to learn lol
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Do you crochet as well? No but I thought about learning
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Do you live in the Puget Sound area? East of the mts? The Coast? Southern? I am in Auburn, Wa
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What are your prime knitting hours? it varies usually during the day
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What is your favorite knitting 'how to/help" book? Don’t have one but I am taking suggestions lol
Nice to meet you both! I live in University Place which is essentially West Tacoma.
In response to your questions:
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Don’t have a favorite yarn yet. I’ve only been buying what I think is pretty and easy to use so far.
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My favorite thing to knit so far is scarves, though I’m now knitting my first baby blanket.
3.4. Don’t have a favorite designer or magazine so far.
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Not a raveler
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I’ve only been knitting for 5 months.
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I can crochet single and double chains. That’s all.
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Live near Tacoma
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Knitting hours vary. Usually lunchtime while watching tv (I work from home) or evenings
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Favorite knitting book so far is Knitting Pretty.
That’s it for now. Thanks for asking!
Oh Anne …
You have to join Ravelry lol oh that place is additcting but its a wonderful place with a ton of great people when you have time stop by & sign up you will get an invite in about a few weeks maybe faster
Hi. Nice to meet you ladies, can I pop in?
I don’t have a favorite yarn, I am such a cheapo I am afraid of falling in love with the good stuff. I do think Paton’s Pooch yarn makes a cute and easy scarf that’s the only yarn I can even think of off the top of my head.
My favorite thing to knit, gosh. I have knit a lot of scarves lately but I hope to become good at knitting stuffed animals, I just think they are so cute. I did knit a felted hat once that I was just so proud of I couldn’t believe I had done it myself, I should make that one again I guess. LOL
I don’t have a favorite designer
My favortie mags are the old copies of Family Circle knitting I have, I don’t even know if they sill have that mag.
I am not on Rav yet, I looked at it and to tell the truth it was totally overwhelming and intimidating to me, I just felt like it was for “real knitters”. I know that’s not the way to think so I amy get brave.
I took a knitting class 13yrs ago but I have a hard time saying I have been knitting that long, I am a major on again/ off again knitter. I haven’t made very many projects total. I have been 5+yrs without or more and am just starting back up last fall or so.
I would like to learn to crochet
I live in Gig Harbor, WA
Prime knitting hours really vary. If I am in a mode I can try to fit it in constantly. I am a SAHM (well I do work at Swedish/Ballard every other weekend) so I can try to fit it in around kid stuff a bit but usually it is after the kids are in bed so 8-11 or so.
I don’t have a favorite book yet either. I have to admit I wing it alot and I think that is why I don’t feel like a very accomplished knitter because I rarely know the proper way to do something, I just kinda do whatever works.
Thanks for “listening”. See ya around the boards, Chris
Hi ladies! i am not as active on KH as Artlady! But here I am 
- What is your favorite yarn?
[B][COLOR=Purple]Soft wools! Malabrigo being the #1[/COLOR][/B] - What is your favorite thing to knit?
[COLOR=Purple][B]Sweaters and tops for my Peanut! Small and quick (for now)![/B][/COLOR] - Who is your favorite designer?
[COLOR=Purple][B]I don’t have one :teehee:[/B][/COLOR] - Which knitting magazine is your favorite?
[COLOR=Purple][B]Interweave Knits and knit.1[/B][/COLOR] - Are you a Raveler yet?
[COLOR=Purple][B]Yes, I am jeanius80 there too![/B][/COLOR] - How many years have you been knitting?
[COLOR=Purple][B]one and a half :yay:[/B][/COLOR] - Do you crochet as well?
[COLOR=Purple][B]only barely! I need to practice more
[/B][/COLOR] - Do you live in … ?
[COLOR=Purple][B]Spanaway[/B][/COLOR] - What are your prime knitting hours?
[COLOR=Purple][B]I am a stay at home mom, but mostly at night. I am usually spinning during her nap time though :)[/B][/COLOR] - What is your favorite knitting 'how to/help" book?
[COLOR=Purple][B]This site!
My handy little "Knitter’s Companion and my “Stitchionary”
[/B][/COLOR]What a fun set of q’s Artladay!
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Welcome all! 
I love reading your answers!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Chris: If you join Ravelry, you can use it just for the patterns if you want to! It has a great pattern search, and often shows photos of other’s versions of a particular pattern, using different yarns, with modifications, etc.
If you join, just wade in a little at a time. You may not feel up to filling a notebook with your own projects and stash, but you can snoop through others notebooks (they are public, its ok!) and get ideas for yourself!
That’s what I love to do! Snoop! 
Hello Everyone!
I’m in Washington! (Covington to be exact) I JUST joined! I’m a new knitter and have only been able to take one class so far. Due to a surgery, I wasn’t even able to complete it. I’m struggling a bit on the project, but now that I’m on medical leave from work, I’m going to finish it. If my daughter’s head suddenly becomes lopsided, I’m sure she will one day appreciate the hat!
Other than that, I have really only made some scarves. My ultimate goal is to be able to make socks for everyone in my family and a sweater for my fiance. I know that is a long way off, but I’m determined.
Since I’m pretty much homebound at the moment, I’m really happy to have found this site!
Hi’ya Neighbor! :waving:
I live in Kent, not far from you! When summer simmers down…maybe we can meet at the Open Knitters Night at Renaissance Yarn shop in downtown Kent, located on E. Meeker St.
Every Friday evening (except the 3rd Friday is devoted to Charity Knitting Group) all knitters are welcome to come down at 5 pm and sit ‘n’ knit with whomever shows up! Renaissance has a nice living room/sitting area for us!
Let me know! I’d love to meet a new knitting buddy!
Hi Knittybug! I hope you don’t go too crazy being homebound and all. Its turning out to be a great summer here (finally) and there is so much fun stuff to do! Thank goodness you’ve taken up knitting. I think its such a fun hobby and this forum is a good place to have questions answered and to find fellow knitting friends. I hope you enjoy it and I would love to hit that knitting shop in Kent as I haven’t been there before!
I am always around to talk I have yahoo messenger & msn lol…
Hello Washington Knitters!
I am spearheading the [B][COLOR=Green]West Coast Oddball Baby Blanket project[/COLOR][/B] over in the Charity forum.
Please take a stroll over there and see if it’s anything you would be interested in joining.
Don’t worry if you’re not into big commitments. This is the project for you!
The way it works is that each knitter knits 4" of a baby blanket, usually 90-100 stitches, using worsted or dk (depending on the blanket) weight, acrylic yarn. You can choose the pattern of your choice, keeping within the three stitch garter edging. Then, when you’re done, you send the blanket to the next knitter, leaving the stitches on the needles. Everything travels together.
Each blanket takes about six knitters. You get two weeks to complete your portion. I’ve found it takes me only one evening…sometimes two.
If you’d like to join us, you can either send me a PM, or you can post a note in [COLOR=SeaGreen]THIS[/COLOR] thread. I’ll watch for it, send you a request for more information, and then we’re set to go.
Come join a worthwhile endeavor. You’ll be blessed beyond your wildest imagination.
I look forward to hearing from you!
This sounds like fun and I’d like to participate. Can you tell me what the dimensions of the blanket are?
Hello Everyone:
I am in Washington state, Longview area. I am new at posting here. So I’m not sure that I am doing this right.
I have to date finished 3 (2 in Sassy Stripes w/free patt(1 pr. in Gentlemen Fancy Socks from Nancy Bush Book) pairs of socks for DH and 5 (Moc Croc Patt) other pair’s for family members. I knitted a hat for a friend in the round with DPN’s and 2 Christmas Stocking for G.D.'s last Christmas, also 2 needle slipper’s from a patt found on the web for son and family. I just yesterday finished the last pr. of Moc Croc Sock’s for my Aunt.
I have tried to make sweater’s and dog sweater’s, but had gotten frustrated. So needless to say I gave that up.
I love making socks, even though I am slow at knitting them. It takes me about 1 week 2 days to make one sock, if I knit every evening. I just love making things in the round as it is fascinating to watch something form.
I have crocheted for years and had made some shawls for friends and family. The last one was filet with dolphin’s in the middle of the triangle for d-i-l.
I had learned to knit when a teen, but loved crocheting best until I learned to make socks, now I have 2 love’s.
Well now that I have been long winded in this message, I will close with a howdy and glad to be here.
GramiH
Welcome to KH, Grami!
I’m a Grammy, too! I live in the Kent, Washington area…about 2.5 hours north of your town. I have been to Longview many times however. We have friends who live in Kelso, Longview, and Toutle. I also have customers who live in Longview.
Anyways, I think you are a great knitter! We can’t all do everything, and if you have mastered socks…more power to ya! I knit lots of sweaters and such, however, I have yet to knit even one sock. I find them intimidating! I don’t know why. I really should get on the ball and give it a try! Socks were my 2008 GOAL. That, and entrelac. Tried entrelac last year, and my swatch turned out all catty-wampus!
Again, WELCOME! Keep in touch here, and in the forums. If you need any help in posting links or photos, let us know! We are all happy to help newbies!!
Hello ArtLady:
It’s great being a Grammi, anyway that’s normally how I spell it with 2 M’s.
I hope that you enjoy our area when you visit. I don’t get uptown much any more since everything was moved to the mall’s.
Thank you for the hearty “great knitter” reference I liked that. I think that anyone that can knit sweater’s are fabulous…I have a s-i-l that knit’s sweater’s…in fact she finished my last one that I gave up on half way through. I say cudo’s to the lady as it was beautiful.
Ummmmm, well don’t laugh as I am right this moment, but I am self taught in making socks and was half way thru my first pair when I discouvered that I make them inside out. It work’s. There are a lot of good tutorials on the net and great books. Now if I can just figure out how to make them two at a time would be wonderful. Again thank you for the compliment.
The hardest part is keeping the yarn on the 1st needle until a person is ready to move the required amounts to the other 2 needles. That’s where point protectors come in handy.
I’ve never tried entrlac…what is it and what does it do for a person?
Try socks much easier on a person.
I do have one question. How does a person get the lil smilies on a page?
Anyway thank you again for the very warm welcome.
GramiH
Hi Grarmi!
When you are typing a message…there is a smiley face icon up there inbetween the A and the paperclip. Just click the down-arrow by the smiley face, and different smileys will appear. Click the one you like and it will insert itself in the place your cursor was last blinking. You know, the blinking line that designates where your next letter will type into.
Then also, see the little smiley star over to the right of the GOOGLE G in a box? If you click the little smiley star, I think that will help you select your favorite 24 smileys…the ones you think you’d be most likely to use. After you’ve appointed favorite smilies, (up to 24 I think, but you don’t have to pick that many)…I think they will appear to the right of your writing box. Mine are.
I have 24 sitting there. If you change your mind about a favorite smiley, you can edit your favorites by clicking the smiley star again. If you put your cursor over him, a pop out box will say EDIT FAVORITE SMILIES.
I also knit in the round inside out. I didn’t realize it until I was hosting a knitalong here at KH. A simple garment called the Tempting II Summer Top. Anyhoo, I had taken some photos of how to add the ‘in the round’ sleeves to the ‘in the round’ bodice…and some of the knitters were going HUH? :??
It was brought to my attention that the rest of the world knits with the RIGHT SIDE on the outside of the tube (garment)…but I knit with the RIGHT SIDE on the inside. Then I just turn it inside out when I’m done! I still prefer my way. I like the needles to be furthest away from me, and I like viewing the RIGHT SIDE on the inside. I dunno why! :shrug: I thought of this story when you mentioned your socks! Hey, whatever works! :teehee:
Here is a link for that knitalong for the summertop. You might find the Tempting II or the Tempting I summertops to be very easy and fun to knit! I made both. Tempting II for me, and Tempting I for my daughter.
Both tops are FREE PATTERNS at www.knitty.com
I have included a link for the pattern in the thread.
(BTW: if you are perplexed with all of our shorthand talk (such as “BTW”, or our knitter-talk, such as “thread”…don’t be shy to ask me what a term, or abbreviation, means. There is a shorthand dictionary that Amy has provided too, here at KH. When I first joined KH, I was completely baffled by all the abbreviations and knitter-talk. So please ask about anything you are :?? about!)
On the GENERAL KNITTING front page, the abbreviations are a STICKY a the top of all the general threads in GENERAL KNITTING. It is called COMMON ABBREVIATIONS on this Forum!
Hello ArtLady:
>>When you are typing a message…there is a smiley face icon up there inbetween the A and the paperclip. Just click the down-arrow by the smiley face, and different smileys will appear. Click the one you like and it will insert itself in the place your cursor was last blinking. You know, the blinking line that designates where your next letter will type into.>>
:woohoo: Looky, I found them how cool is that. Thank you so much. I had to quote the msg before I could see them. Well uh dih on me.:roflhard:
>>Then also, see the little smiley star over to the right of the GOOGLE G in a box? If you click the little smiley star, I think that will help you select your favorite 24 smileys…the ones you think you’d be most likely to use. After you’ve appointed favorite smilies, (up to 24 I think, but you don’t have to pick that many)…I think they will appear to the right of your writing box. Mine are.>>
Yes, I see him/her and I had picked my smilies when I was somhow editing my preferences. Just didn’t know how and where to find them to use them. I love the kisses one being thrown.
>>I have 24 sitting there. If you change your mind about a favorite smiley, you can edit your favorites by clicking the smiley star again. If you put your cursor over him, a pop out box will say EDIT FAVORITE SMILIES.>>
Right now I count ten that I had chosen. Wow, it sure does have a pop out box.
>>I also knit in the round inside out. I didn’t realize it until I was hosting a knitalong here at KH. A simple garment called the Tempting II Summer Top. Anyhoo, I had taken some photos of how to add the ‘in the round’ sleeves to the ‘in the round’ bodice…and some of the knitters were going HUH? :??>>
Well, I probably would have caught on.
>>It was brought to my attention that the rest of the world knits with the RIGHT SIDE on the outside of the tube (garment)…but I knit with the RIGHT SIDE on the inside. Then I just turn it inside out when I’m done! I still prefer my way. I like the needles to be furthest away from me, and I like viewing the RIGHT SIDE on the inside. I dunno why! :shrug: I thought of this story when you mentioned your socks! Hey, whatever works! :teehee:>>
Yes, that is exactly what I do with the socks that I make, I turn them when I get to the toe, after putting the stitches on the lil plastic saftey pins. Then I have to transfer them back to graft the toe. Works for me. I too like to see the work as it progresses. When you work with the needles close to your face do you catch yourself getting them closer to your nose too?
>>Here is a link for that knitalong for the summertop. You might find the Tempting II or the Tempting I summertops to be very easy and fun to knit! I made both. Tempting II for me, and Tempting I for my daughter.>>
I will take a look and get the pattens. Maybe I will try and see what happen’s.
>>(BTW: if you are perplexed with all of our shorthand talk (such as “BTW”, or our knitter-talk, such as “thread”…don’t be shy to ask me what a term, or abbreviation, means. There is a shorthand dictionary that Amy has provided too, here at KH. When I first joined KH, I was completely baffled by all the abbreviations and knitter-talk. So please ask about anything you are :?? about!)>>
Some of the short hand I have figured out, but some still throw’s me a curve ball now and then. I will keep that in mind when I don’t understand something. My son text me once to my email and it took me three days to figure our what he said.:roflhard:
>>On the GENERAL KNITTING front page, the abbreviations are a STICKY a the top of all the general threads in GENERAL KNITTING. It is called COMMON ABBREVIATIONS on this Forum!>>
I will take a look see and I will rmember where it is next time it is needed.
Again Thanks so very much for you help. Tis greatly appreciated.
GramiH
Thanks for your reply Grami! I’m happy I could help you! Stay in touch!
PS: I don’t know how close my work gets to my nose, however, sometimes I have to take off my glasses to focus on something really really close! I’ll have to think about that one!