All Blog Posts Tagged 'friends' (18)

High Fiber—Adventures in Weaving and Other Fiber Fun

In spite of a busy week, there was some progress on several projects. The appliqué part of the Delectable Pathways quilt is coming along.

I worked on it some during the Common Threads meeting, which took place at…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on May 20, 2013 at 8:30am — 19 Comments

High Fiber—Flipping Out!

I finished my first woven scarf:

If you look up close you can see very uneven selvedges and tension on the right end (where I started), but what you can see on the left side (where I finished) is my improvement as I went along. This scarf will be a great reminder of how far I've come! The second…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on March 11, 2013 at 8:30am — 30 Comments

High Fiber—Sleying the Mighty Reed And Other Adventures

Wednesday, Deanna, my weaving teacher, came to my house to help me set up my loom and give me a lesson.

Here she is showing me how she picks up four separate threads in order as they come out of the heddles and keeps them straight as she threads them through the dents in the reed, (sleying the…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on February 25, 2013 at 8:30am — 9 Comments

High Fiber—Back on My Rocker and Weaving Looming Large!

We picked up my new loom on Wednesday and set it up in the living room until spring.

Joanie's son, Mike, helped take it partially apart, so he came along to help put it back together.…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on February 18, 2013 at 8:30am — 62 Comments

High Fiber—Seams About Right!

The quilting bug has hit me again:

I just finished this quilt top which will be a topper for our little table in the living room. The quilt contains several fabrics I received for Christmas along with some I bought when I visited DS1 and DDIL1 in Kokomo last year.

The sewing "fit" followed a…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on February 4, 2013 at 8:30am — 36 Comments

High Fiber—Films and Friends

Ellen has been working on a Christmas quilt.

She's using a kit she picked up after Christmas last year when we went shopping at one of the Salt Lake City quilt shops. It's Bloom Creek's "Holidays at…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on January 28, 2013 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

High Fiber—Wool, Work and Wonders.

It was a busy week! Sunny and I went to visit clients in the nursing home as usual on Tuesday.

Then we had Common Threads on Thursday. My friend Ellen is working on this French Braid design for a quilt top (above). Kay finished a baby blanket for her cleaning lady, who is expecting (below).…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on September 10, 2012 at 8:30am — 30 Comments

High Fiber—Autumn in the Air

We haven't had any snow yet, but fall is definitely in the air. I'm hoping to get my Dogwood Blossoms sweater done in time to wear this winter.

Winter comes early in Northern Utah, especially above 7,000'! We often have a light snowfall in September, so it won't be long now.

After last week's…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on September 3, 2012 at 8:30am — 27 Comments

High Fiber—Odds and Ends

We're still at home, since BS hasn't put in his appearance this early, but we'll be taking off soon, regardless.

One of my projects this week was to finish the baby hat DGD1 started when she was here. I used it to teach her how to knit in the round, and then I continued it, but it has been…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on June 4, 2012 at 8:30am — 15 Comments

High Fiber—Traveling Stitches

Yes, we're traveling again. We had a nice visit with DS1 and DDIL1 before heading back to Utah.

DDIL1 and I visited the Little Scrap Quilt Shop, in Kokomo, Indiana. We found a nice selection of fabrics and notions, and learned that they will arrange classes of your choice if you line up two or more friends to take the class with you.

They have a nice space for the…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on April 23, 2012 at 8:30am — 18 Comments

High Fiber--Well, Maybe Not Spring. Or Maybe Spring. Maybe?

It has been switching back and forth between snow and rain every day for a week. At least I have my knitting to keep me warm!

Before my DSIL passed away in October, she gave me her one and only UFO: an Aran Cardigan she had started for her DH, using wool from Kilronan on the island of Inish Mor,…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on May 23, 2011 at 8:30am — 31 Comments

High Fiber--Life Gets In the Way!

Real life got in the way of knitting and quilting this week, as sometimes happens.

Sunny and I needed to be recertified for Delta Society/Therapy Animals of Utah. We had to run through a series of tasks to see how we respond to things that might happen in a setting where we provide therapy. Actually, Sunny provides the therapy; I'm just the weight at the end of the leash. Well, I also keep the list of the rooms in the nursing home we need…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on February 14, 2011 at 7:00am — 38 Comments

High Fiber--Family and Friends...and Birthday!

What a Christmas it has been! How wonderful to have family around you with it's accompanying chaos!

Daphne's BSJ is perfect; just big enough to be able to last for a while, but still small enough to wear now! The quilt was a big hit, too! They loved the colors and the label with the photo of their little…

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Added by Peggy Stuart on December 27, 2010 at 7:00am — 22 Comments

fiber "family"...

Today I am hoping that the "winter weather" that has been called for will hold off so I can visit with my "Fiber Friends"! I am in a little group of ladies that gather approximately once a month to visit and knit and spin, and our favorite part is Show and Tell! I am so thankful for these ladies, they are kind of like the "aunts" that I do not have by blood. We always have such a pleasant time, everyone is so encouraging. I suppose that we are like "lights" in each others lives, it is such a…

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Added by Lydia Ruth Hickman on December 15, 2010 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

We finally did our Dye Along with the sock blanks! Yay!

So I finally dyed my lace weight from KP yesterday using red and yellow onions! Here are the results.…

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Added by Ramona on October 31, 2010 at 3:56pm — No Comments

High Fiber--Celebrations

Remember this fiber I spun awhile back?

I gave it to Joanie for her birthday on October 8th.

Included in the package were these cute little stitch markers I picked up at… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on October 17, 2010 at 5:00pm — 39 Comments

High Fiber: Fun with Fiber, Friends and Fur!

Of course, I have been spinning away! It's a wonder I'm not dizzier than I am!

Another dark chocolate Corriedale is finished, along with more of the dyed Corriedale in aqua on my KP Turkish drop spindle, and the Ashford merino and silk on my Golding.

Rocky and Sunny met the new neighbor, a golden retriever puppy temporarily named "Puppy."

Progress is happening on DH's… Continue

Added by Peggy Stuart on August 28, 2010 at 6:57pm — 76 Comments

KP Friends Meet - only one picture (oops)

Until today, I have never personally met any of the people I have talked with on the Knitting Community. We all consider ourselves good friends, but only via the internet highway. I learned a few weeks ago that one of my KP friends, Carol Meissner, was coming to Ohio to visit with her sister this week for the big Pumpkin Festival in Centerville, OH - about 3 hours from my house. She invited me to meet her at a half way point for breakfast, and arranged a private shopping experience at a new… Continue

Added by Susan the Blue Lake Knitter on October 22, 2009 at 1:00pm — 14 Comments