[Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave

Wed Feb 6 14:59:30 UTC 2013

Linda;
Can you send this in a txt version.  I can not read this with Jaws.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 12:32 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave

I love the basket weave scarf and have knitted many of them - but when I found this double basketweave, I was hooked. It is so gorgeous. I will attach the website for it.
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave

>I did a Google search and found the following.
>
> Double Basket Weave Pattern at URL:
> http://newstitchaday.com/how-to-knit-the-double-basket-weave-stitch/
> and URL:
> http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/double-basket.htm
> And for your knitting enjoyment, there is also the "Basket Weave" pattern.
> One pattern can be found at URL:
> http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-knit-basketweave-stitch.html
>
> Happy knitting.
> Annette
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Deidre Muccio
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 11:16 AM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave
>
> Linda
> Who can I order the pattern from or where can I go to look at it? I'm
> curious about it. What weight yarn do you like to use for these scarves?
> I've been seeing a lot of stretchy gauzy frilly scarves and shawls in 
> shops
> lately. Some are made of viscose and one was a cotton rayon mix, very 
> nice.
> In my hands, they would be snagged in no time at all.
> Today I looked at a hand twined woven rug made with strips of an old
> Chaneile bedspread and some other fiber. It was tight and about to be cut
> off the frame. Then I looked at something on a loom that was made with a
> soft Chaneile thread or yarn and wow what a lot of work but very very 
> soft.
> If I were a hermit, making these things round the clock would be a great
> occupation for me! My neighbor is 76, and once the weather warms up, all
> that time will go into gardening, not weaving and knitting.
> About a year ago when I first saw some of this neighbor's rugs, I
> was astounded by the quality of the work, I asked her if they were just
> piling up, and indeed they are. She doesn't sell much and doesn't use a
> computer to display or advertise them. A friend did put up a facebook page
> for her with some pictures but she never does anything with it. I gently
> suggested she put me in her will, and she said "ok." I wonder if she
> remembers. Think I should remind her? Actually for all I know, she will 
> long
> out live me! As it stands now, she is very excited I am carrying through
> with all this. I go up in the mornings and have her inspect my work.
> I hand it to you all who are enthralled with these kinds of
> endeavors.
> In case anyone is interested, Web's has a great radio show that airs
> on WHMP FM at 7 AM Sunday mornings. They have guest persons they 
> interview,
> usually people who write pattern books or distribute yarns. The owners, a
> husband wife team, do the show. You can listen to podcasts of the show if
> you go to their web site and look for them. Long before I even thought 
> about
> knitting, I loved listening to the show.
>
> Deidre
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 6:38 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double basket weave
>
> It is an 18 row pattern - very beautiful and very textured.
> I started making scarves with it around October as part of a Knit-a-Long
> with a group of FB knitters and I just cannot STOP making them.  The 
> pattern
> edge is dynamic and it undulates...oh, I love it!
> Lynda
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