tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78019102024-03-12T20:49:23.464-07:00Knitting KnonsenseMusings and meanderings of a gal who already has too much stuff on her plate - but will move the lima beans over to make room for a blog! Posts won't be on a regular basis at first - but hopefully one day I'll catch up to myself!~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-26033476463975244682018-01-08T09:48:00.000-08:002018-01-08T09:58:19.495-08:00Bee Stitch Cloth<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(third cloth from the left, or second from the right, depending on whether you're left-handed or not haha!)</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other cloths shown from left are the "Infamous DW Cloth", "Kitchen Cotton Cloth", and on the end, one of the many round cloths floating around years ago, somehow mistakenly perceived as being "Almost Lost" I believe! 😉😉</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<h4>
</h4>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3hLkkIqaTE/WlOtZ6ORnQI/AAAAAAAAARQ/39ihQoQmQx4oRTuGWhXUO9crfSJHQCT_QCLcBGAs/s1600/000_0693_edited.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3hLkkIqaTE/WlOtZ6ORnQI/AAAAAAAAARQ/39ihQoQmQx4oRTuGWhXUO9crfSJHQCT_QCLcBGAs/s320/000_0693_edited.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tDkUqEG23tk/WlOtqDQOVKI/AAAAAAAAARY/4HowWiTntH8MqfTOMLdVvCcLOw8gVGUYgCLcBGAs/s1600/000_0694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tDkUqEG23tk/WlOtqDQOVKI/AAAAAAAAARY/4HowWiTntH8MqfTOMLdVvCcLOw8gVGUYgCLcBGAs/s320/000_0694.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wZT8leJ3xJ0/WlOtqDlvG_I/AAAAAAAAARc/17nsIadQTN8MImDKYWWgXZLZuUXQseD0gCLcBGAs/s1600/000_0695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1600" height="148" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wZT8leJ3xJ0/WlOtqDlvG_I/AAAAAAAAARc/17nsIadQTN8MImDKYWWgXZLZuUXQseD0gCLcBGAs/s320/000_0695.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1vOAKrFgdac/WlOtqEeUTUI/AAAAAAAAARU/0yWZ_dxUwUIj2tc-4uwF7e8taG_Nio6-ACLcBGAs/s1600/000_0696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1600" height="135" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1vOAKrFgdac/WlOtqEeUTUI/AAAAAAAAARU/0yWZ_dxUwUIj2tc-4uwF7e8taG_Nio6-ACLcBGAs/s320/000_0696.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<h3>
<br />based on a stitch pattern from "365 Knitting Stitches a Year perpetual calendar"</h3>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Materials: 100% cotton yarn and size 7 knitting needles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Cast on 33 stitches. (or any odd number of stitches)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> 1: Knit</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> 2: k1, *k1 in st below, k1; repeat from * across</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> 3: Knit </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4: k2, k1 in st below, *k1, k1 in st below; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2 Repeat these 4 rows.</span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-70878121497534655072017-10-23T17:35:00.000-07:002017-10-23T17:35:18.299-07:00Lacy Round Cloth<span style="font-size: 24pt;">Lacy Round Cloth</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%;">© 2005 by
Rhonda K White<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VBv2gvedDQk/We6KFvwemAI/AAAAAAAAARA/t6dXbQh3NrQeuTlemQS__QUShAPAm7mPwCLcBGAs/s1600/roundcloth_solid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="302" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VBv2gvedDQk/We6KFvwemAI/AAAAAAAAARA/t6dXbQh3NrQeuTlemQS__QUShAPAm7mPwCLcBGAs/s200/roundcloth_solid.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /><!--[endif]--></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cHkGypU6f7U/We6KFkYqmPI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/rYuZK5BUbXgcoeMggW8MRYJq_quiJxybwCLcBGAs/s1600/roundcloth_var.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="400" height="83" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cHkGypU6f7U/We6KFkYqmPI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/rYuZK5BUbXgcoeMggW8MRYJq_quiJxybwCLcBGAs/s200/roundcloth_var.jpg" width="200" /></a><b><u><span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials</span></u></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">: cotton yarn and size 7 needles will yield
a cloth that is approximately 10 inches across from tip to tip<br />
<br /><br />
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Cast on 18 stitches<br />
Row 1 and all remaining ODD numbered rows: knit across </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
Row 2: k2, (yo, k2tog) twice, yo, k11; turn (1 st left on needle) </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
Row 4: k2, (yo, k2tog) twice, yo, k11; turn (2 sts left on needle)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
Row 6: k2, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo, k9; turn (3 sts left on needle) </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Row 8: k2, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo, k9; turn (4 sts left on needle) </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
Row 10: Bind off 4 stitches, k 12; turn (5 sts left on needle)<br />
Row 12: k2, (yo, k2tog) twice, yo, k6 ; turn (6 sts left on
needle)<br />
Row 14: k2, (yo, k2tog) twice, yo, k6; turn (7 sts left on needle)<br />
Row 16: k2, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo, k4; turn (8 sts left on
needle)<br />
Row 18: k2, (yo, k2tog) 3 times, yo, k4; turn (9 sts left on
needle)<br />
Row 20: Bind off 4 stitches, K to end.<br />
Repeat rows 1-20 ~ 8 more times for a total of </span><span style="background: white; color: #990099; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">NINE</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> repeats.</span><span style="background: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> Knit one more row before binding off</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> - draw up center and sew seams
together. This looks good in variegated yarns too :o)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-54097905482203949452017-10-16T10:57:00.000-07:002017-10-16T10:59:46.977-07:00Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because I no longer have my website, and there has been lots of interest shown lately in my old patterns, I will start posting them here - on my old BLOG! </span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am going to start with the letters of the alphabet because they have been requested quite a bit recently!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can't guarantee that I'll get all of this done in a week or two, or even a month, because my files from my website (knittingknonsense dot com) are literally on 3.5 floppies! Stop laughing!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I DO have a dodad that will transfer the files to my computer, but I will still need to do some cleaning up on the files before posting, and I need to figure out this new Blogger thing - I am NO techie that's for sure!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bear with me, and I should start posting some files as soon as TOMORROW!!</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thank you for your patience and continued interest in my patterns!</span></div>
~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-7811977071055149182007-11-25T20:52:00.000-08:002007-11-25T21:26:54.316-08:00The Lawson StoreLawson - Japan's answer to 7-11 or Circle k.....here are some of the goodies we got there this past weekend!<br /><br />Apple Taffy stuff - this stuff is so good - because it tastes like REAL apples, not fake Jolly Rancher apple taste - like biting into a juicy <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pUIP0wqfI/AAAAAAAAABE/TpNuGwm8Vcs/s1600-h/Apple+Taffy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137010825632983538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pUIP0wqfI/AAAAAAAAABE/TpNuGwm8Vcs/s200/Apple+Taffy.jpg" border="0" /></a>apple....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">mmmmmmmmm</span>! Don't get me wrong - I love green Jolly Ranchers as much as the next gal, but sometimes you gotta taste a REAL flavor. Same for grape flavors here - grapes taste like grapes - the old fashioned kind with seeds in the middle - a pain in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tookus</span> to eat maybe, but oh so delicious PURPLE seeds-in Concord grapes! (I'm drooling here.....pass the Japanese candies - quick!)<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pUuf0wqgI/AAAAAAAAABM/G2VxJSge89Y/s1600-h/Milky+Chocolate+Balls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137011482762979842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pUuf0wqgI/AAAAAAAAABM/G2VxJSge89Y/s200/Milky+Chocolate+Balls.jpg" border="0" /></a>Milky Chocolate Balls - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">haha</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hehe</span> yeah yeah oh grow up!!! - I love the graphics on their candies - almost like 1950s America, not that I was around then, but I've seen pictures! - and these candies are so good - I thought they would be crunchy, like malted milk balls - but the inside is a chewy milk flavored candy. Yes, milk flavored candy - there is actually a LOT of that over here! Milk hard candy, milk flavored cookies, milk taffy....yum yum - you save a whole lot of calories eating cookies if they already taste like milk! And everyone thought the Japanese people stay so thin because of their healthy fish, vegetable and rice diets - bah! I've stumbled upon the real secret - milk flavoring!<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ok</span> - got a cold? Tired of those menthol cough drops? Try THESE on for size! Top (red wrapper) is called "Hyper Mint"<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pU-v0wqhI/AAAAAAAAABU/6_ZT_WUq458/s1600-h/Assorted+Halls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137011761935854098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pU-v0wqhI/AAAAAAAAABU/6_ZT_WUq458/s200/Assorted+Halls.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>The purple one is "Grape" - not sure if they taste like Concord grapes - I'm TRYING to get a sore throat so I can check them out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">LOL</span></div><div>and the one on the bottom is a local citrus fruit called "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Shikwasa</span>", like a sour orange. Bring on the colds - we've got good medicine!</div><div><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pTov0wqeI/AAAAAAAAAA8/YHymvucD9FA/s1600-h/Chocolate+Covered+Papaya.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137010284467104226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pTov0wqeI/AAAAAAAAAA8/YHymvucD9FA/s200/Chocolate+Covered+Papaya.jpg" border="0" /></a> Chocolate covered papaya - yes, the land of healthy living is just as guilty as we are of gilding the proverbial lily - sure, papaya is good all by itself, even good FOR you! - but hey! let's add some chocolate - there is a method to their madness - if you cover something in chocolate, you'll eat more of it - therefore you get more health benefits.....that's what I keep telling myself anyway!</div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pVfP0wqiI/AAAAAAAAABc/17bGQbkCpwQ/s1600-h/Flower+Gum.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137012320281602594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pVfP0wqiI/AAAAAAAAABc/17bGQbkCpwQ/s200/Flower+Gum.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Hmmmmm</span>.....I like the concept - and I enjoyed the first 5 minutes of chewing this gum - but then it hit me - chewing Jasmine or Rose gum is NOT yummy, it's like chewing one of those hanging car air fresheners. It was a neat thing to see (and try) and apparently if you chew it longer than I did, it will even whiten your teeth! Next!!!<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pWHf0wqjI/AAAAAAAAABk/oO39Gld3hEA/s1600-h/Grapefruit+Gummies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137013011771337266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pWHf0wqjI/AAAAAAAAABk/oO39Gld3hEA/s200/Grapefruit+Gummies.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Wow! Yummy! VERY yummy grapefruit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">gummies</span>! I just wonder if I eat enough of them if they will have the same effect as grapefruit in real life and make me a size 3?!? I do know there are LOTS of grapefruit flavored things here - and not too many hefty locals, so it really may BE the one diet that really works! I'm gonna get back to you after about 10 more bags of these things and let you know if you can eat grapefruit candy for the same results...I certainly hope so but am not holding my breath!</div><div><br />More milk flavored goodies - for those of you who don't know, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pocky</span> are cookie<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pWvv0wqkI/AAAAAAAAABs/LzOloMtc0HY/s1600-h/Milk+Pocky.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137013703261071938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pWvv0wqkI/AAAAAAAAABs/LzOloMtc0HY/s200/Milk+Pocky.jpg" border="0" /></a> sticks, dipped in chocolate. There are all sorts of flavors, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, pineapple, strawberry and more! There are even <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">pocky</span> that are made especially for MEN! One thing about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">pocky</span> is this - they are ALL tasty! Oh my goodness, I just remembered a couple other flavors.....green tea, strawberry cheesecake, and Tahitian vanilla! Be right back -gotta run to Lawson! (just kidding - I can finish this post before I leave!)<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pXfv0wqlI/AAAAAAAAAB0/ZTZ_0cNUQ5s/s1600-h/Vanilla+Mushrooms.jpg"></a></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ok</span> - here we go - MORE cookies with chocolate - how CAN a girl go wrong over here? These mushrooms also come in several different flavors...a lot of the flavors seem to be determined by the seasons, i.e. cherry in the spring, peach <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pX3v0wqmI/AAAAAAAAAB8/X-aO4sh1bDM/s1600-h/Vanilla+Mushrooms.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137014940211653218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/R0pX3v0wqmI/AAAAAAAAAB8/X-aO4sh1bDM/s200/Vanilla+Mushrooms.jpg" border="0" /></a>flavors lots of things in the fall, and it just makes me think that they actually use REAL FRUIT to flavor their candy - get the heck outta here! I didn't know ANYONE still did that! Maybe that's why the grape candy tastes like grapes, and the apple candy makes you wanna grab a bushel and run off to the orchard to pick some apples! YUM!!</div><div> </div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ok</span> folks - that's all for now - how do you like that - a knitting blog with no knitting content! I warned ya! :O)</div><div> </div><div>Hugs to all and see ya at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Ravelry</span>!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-2172690869624869542007-10-30T02:21:00.000-07:002007-10-30T02:23:47.401-07:00I'm in the IN crowd!!!<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">at Ravelry! I am so excited - what an awesome group.....I've been a member for a whole 2 days now - and can't seem to tear myself away from the computer! At least, maybe I'll BLOG more often so everyone can see what's going on in my life! :) Oh yeah - my Ravelry username is knittingknonsens - I couldn't fit the final "e" in there.....:)</span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1171236948868781202007-02-11T15:34:00.000-08:002007-02-11T17:55:03.369-08:00Topsy Turvy Hearts Dishcloth<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/Rc_JVAElHTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/cxCXe1_S8Ek/s1600-h/Topsy+Turvy+Hearts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030460671429778738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_LintR90w9hc/Rc_JVAElHTI/AAAAAAAAAAU/cxCXe1_S8Ek/s320/Topsy+Turvy+Hearts.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong></strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Topsy Turvy Hearts dishcloth</strong><br />©2007 by Rhonda K. White<br /><strong>materials:</strong><br />size 7 straight needles<br />worsted weight cotton yarn<br /><br />~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~ ~@~<br /><br />cast on 37 stitches<br /><br />rows 1-6: (k1,p1) across to last stitch, k1<br />row 7: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p27, k1, (p1 k1) twice<br />row 8: (k1,p1)twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />rows 9-10: repeat rows 7 & 8<br />row 11: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p5, k1, p5, k2, p1, k2, p5, k1, p5, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 12: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 13: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p4, k3, p3, k7, p3, k3, p4, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 14: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1, k1) twice<br />row 15: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p3, k5, p2, k7, p2, k5, p3, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 16: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 17: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p2, k7, p2, k5, p2, k7, p2, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 18: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1, k1) twice<br />row 19: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p2, k7, p3, k3, p3, k7, p2, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 20: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1, k1) twice<br />row 21: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p3, k2, p1, k2, p5, k1, p5, k2, p1, k2, p3, k1, (p1,k1)<br />twice<br />row 22: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1, k1) twice<br />row 23: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p27, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 24: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 25: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p3, k2, p1, k2, p5, k1, p5, k2, p1, k2, p3, k1, (p1,k1)<br />twice<br />row 26: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 27: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p2, k7, p3, k3, p3, k7, p2, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 28: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 29: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p2, k7, p2, k5, p2, k7, p2, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 30: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 31: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p3, k5, p2, k7, p2, k5, p3, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 32: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 33: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p4, k3, p3, k7, p3, k3, p4, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 34: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 35; (k1,p1) twice, k1, p5, k1, p5, k2, p1, k2, p5, k1, p5, k1, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 36: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 37-50: repeat rows 9-24<br />row 51: (k1,p1) twice, k1, p27, (k1,p1) twice<br />row 52: (k1,p1) twice, k29, (p1,k1) twice<br />row 53-58: (k1,p1) across to last stitch, k1<br />bind off and weave in ends!</span></div>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1158476631388758452006-09-16T23:56:00.001-07:002006-09-17T00:23:27.153-07:00The 100 Yen Store<span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#6600cc;">I've discovered the 100 yen store<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/100YEN.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/100YEN.jpg" border="0" /></a> - there is one about 1 mile away from me! - and they just have the COOLEST stuff there! For those of you who aren't hip to the yen rate - it is currently about 120 yen to the dollar - so everything is about oh um I dunno - but it's less than a dollar, that's for sure LOL!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">First, we have <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>bento supplies</em></strong></span> - <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/bento_supplies.1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/bento_supplies.1.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><span style="color:#6600cc;">which is just a cute name for styrofoam containers for carrying your lunch - but they're adorable! <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/bento_supplies.0.jpg"></a>Check out the little fish shaped containers (at the bottom left of the picture) with the red lids - those are to put soy sauce in - tres clever! :o)</span><br /><br /></span></span><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/bento_supplies.jpg"></a></p><p align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/bento_supplies.jpg"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#6600cc;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/cardboard_baking_pans.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/cardboard_baking_pans.0.jpg" border="0" /></a>aren't these <strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">cardboard baking pans</span></em></strong> adorable? I haven't tried them out yet - but will be sure to post my reactions once I do! I know that some of the muffins we've bought from local bakeries are baked in these - and I just love the idea of disposable baking pans that are functional yet pretty!</span></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#6600cc;">How about these AWESOME <strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">erasers</span></em></strong>?!? I've never seen such cute erasers in <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/erasers.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/erasers.jpg" border="0" /></a>my life - and a lot of them are actually scented - like pineapple, or apple, banana, or strawberry! There are clay erasers, critter erasers, Hello Kitty erasers, fruit and sushi and vegetable erasers, and even decadent little dessert erasers! Some of the erasers are even little "puzzles" that you can take apart and (hopefully) put back together - I love Japanese office/school supplies!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/tawashi.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/tawashi.jpg" border="0" /></a>Real live <strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">tawashi</span></em></strong> - Japanese scrubbing brushes - I've even found some of the crochet pattern books for tawashi, but I'll talk about that at a later time! These brushes are very cute, but I haven't opened any of them up and used them yet - mainly because they're so cute I don't want to ruin them - but it really is the Japanese way to use these brushes to clean - WITHOUT cleansers or soaps - because the chemicals are not good for the land!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;">yes - I found <strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">yarn and needles</span></em></strong> at the 100 yen store - the yarn only comes in <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/yarn_needles.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/yarn_needles.jpg" border="0" /></a>white, black, and beige, and the needles only come in size 6 - but they are bamboo needles and are actually quite nice - way better than I would have expected for 100 yen!</span> <span style="color:#6600cc;">The yarn is antibacterial yarn - which is what the tawashi pattern books call for - so I shall have to get some deciphering done and make up some tawashi! </span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p align="left"></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/cherry_garland.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/cherry_garland.jpg" border="0" /></a>I'm really not sure what my plan is for this <strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">plastic cherry garland</span></em></strong> - but it's just kitschy enough to be something I would use in my kitchen somehow, so we shall see! </span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span></p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span> </p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;"></span> </p><p><span style="color:#6600cc;">I really didn't need this little wire "<strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">bascket</span></em></strong>" but found the spelling so charming that I just HAD to buy it!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/mini_bascket.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/mini_bascket.0.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1157677127987794832006-09-07T17:58:00.000-07:002006-09-07T17:59:18.146-07:00Where the heck have I been?<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/000_0088.jpg"></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">Busy busy busy - but we are finally settling into our new home in Okinawa Japan! It's VERY hot here, and humid, and it rains just about every single day - but I love it! There are so many new sights and smells and sounds - it's just awesome!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">We've seen gigantic flies - well, ONE gigantic fly, and it was dead, but after I tell you how big it was - you'll understand when I say - I'm kinda HAPPY it was dead when I found it!!! It measured approximately 4 inches from wingtip to wingtip, and was approximately 4 inches long - a FLY!!!!! It was crazy to see all of it's bazillion eyes - so big!!! EEEEWWWWW!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">There are also LOTS of snails here, most of them seem to be your regular cute little snails - but THESE ones are gigantic - and they make a horrible scary sucking squiching noise when you touch th<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/000_0096.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/000_0096.jpg" border="0" /></a>em - shudder - but I still like 'em of course LOL! Ginger (the dog) thinks they're TOYS, until she gets close and they retreat, VERY noisily, into their shells - then she turns tail and runs haha!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;">Lizards are also running rampant around here - at night you can hear them making their little "chucka chucka chucka" noises - if you don't know what I'm talking about - they puff out their necks and make a kinda squawky noise - hmmmm - maybe I should make a sound bite and insert it in here LOL! Geckos are good luck though - so we all LIKE them - oh yeah - except for Tim who came walking, VERY rapidly, outta the shower the first night we were here. HUGE EYES. Trying to sound calm. "There's a gigantic lizard in the shower". I laughed, and he said, "is he gonna BITE me?" - of course, I had to laugh again LMAO! Mr. big bad Marine, veteran of wars and racetracks - scared of a little lizard! OK, in all fairness, it wasn't THA<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#6600cc;"></span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1148612798294814122006-05-25T20:03:00.000-07:002006-05-25T20:06:38.306-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/my_book.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/my_book.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;">Yayyyyy! I've been published!!! Here is a picture of my new leaflet published by Leisure Arts:0)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> I'm not sure how long it will take before it is in stores - but you can order it directly from Leisure Arts if you're so inclined! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#000099;"> I'm so excited - my feet haven't touched the ground since I first saw it online at <a href="http://www.leisurearts.com">www.leisurearts.com</a> on Tuesday this week!</span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1138205096980362672006-01-25T08:04:00.000-08:002006-01-25T08:04:30.816-08:00Bathtime Blossoms<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/bathtime_blossoms.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/bathtime_blossoms.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Pristina;">Ooooooh! I’m in love with these Evelyn Clark “Bathtime Blossoms” patterns. I’m not sure that I would want anyone to wash their hiney with them, as they are a little more work and a LOT more concentration than lots of OTHER patterns that could be used for such purposes, but who am I to judge if someone wants to pamper their hiney!?! I used Paton’s Bumblebee Baby Sport yarn and size 3 needles, and they are just SO pretty! There is a third one in the set, and also 3 soap sacks, but I haven’t gotten around to those just yet!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Pristina;">My new trick for knitting cloths with baby sport cotton on size 3 needles is to pull out the ole double points, put some point protectors on the ends (ummmmm, only put a point protector on ONE end of each needle :oP)…and knit away to your hearts’ content with nice short needles…a LOT less strain!!!! Now, of course this won’t work if you have a LOT of stitches – but these cloths are worked in short rows and have only 25-30 stitches or so at any one given time on the needles :o)</span></span></strong>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1137889400645648542006-01-21T16:23:00.000-08:002006-01-21T16:33:38.416-08:00Landscape bathroom<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/okinawa_bathroom_cloths.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/okinawa_bathroom_cloths.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><br /><span style="font-family:Blueprint;">There are a lot of things about moving that really SUCK! But, we’re military – so we are “used” to it- and as a matter of fact almost embrace this way of life. Like…now, we’ll be leaving sunny southern California – for a nice little island in Japan called Okinawa. It's beautiful there, and LOTS of cool things to do - and they even have really cool yarn stores!!! And besides - I bet Clover knitting supplies are cheaper over there - without all those cute little taxes they put on all imported goods!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Blueprint;">But, I digress! Besides doing the normal “decluttering” that every military spouse must do before that BIG MOVE – I’ve been <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/washcloths_oki.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/washcloths_oki.jpg" border="0" /></a>thinking a LOT about what colors I want in which rooms! (A lot of thinking that has only turned into ONE good solid decision, but I have plenty of time - we'll be leaving sometime in the summer!)I’ve decided that OUR bathroom MUST be the colors of Sugar N Cream “Landscape” yarn. Not sure why exactly – I just know I have fallen in love with these colors! So, over the past few days, I’ve knitted a BUNCH of cloths for our new bathroom :o) TEN to be exact – well, I KNITTED 11, but the one in ecru doesn’t match, so I didn’t count it, poor thing! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Blueprint;">Do any of you ever see colors in a ball of yarn, and absolutely fall in love with them, even if they weren’t colors you ever even thought TWICE about before?!? Something about the light green, white, and tan just seems so CALMING to me – and nope, I never even KNEW I liked those colors together ha! So anyway – here are the cloths…..some of them are from copyrighted books so I can’t share the patterns, but I’ll be more than happy to tell you WHERE they came from! :o) PLUS, some of them are from online sources..so those I CAN pass the URL along to you in case you don't already have it!</span></strong></span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1137436275604058932006-01-16T10:31:00.000-08:002006-01-16T10:39:20.743-08:00DomiNO it isn't as hard as it looks!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/domino_cloth2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/domino_cloth2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:AIDancingEgypt;font-size:130%;">I was having serious troubles with this cloth – I know how to pick up stitches, but I couldn't figure out WHICH sides I was supposed to pick the stitches UP from, and therefore my diagonal lines were forming an "X:" where the designer had them all going in the correct direction! It turned out that I was just over-analyzing the situation, and with the helpful hints and “you can do it”s from my online friends – I finally got it done! I’ll post the specifics later on, but for now – you can see what mine looks like and here's the URL for you so you can make your own! I think this will be a really cool way to use up those bits and pieces of cotton yarn that I've always made scrunchies or "ugly" cloths from!!</span><br /><a href="http://www.keyway.net/crafts/shesser.html">http://www.keyway.net/crafts/shesser.html</a>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1136995266350907802006-01-11T08:01:00.000-08:002006-01-23T13:09:37.706-08:00You want HOW much for that?!?!?!?!?<strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">Hmmmmm…..Happy New Year everyone! I have so much to say – and NO clue where to start. SO – I’ll start in “order” – with little snippets of things that have happened in my life recently – thank heavens they’re mostly FUNNY or SILLY – nothing painful or expensive! (yet – having said that out loud, I’m sure SOME new bill or illness will strike me!)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">I went to Wal*Mart in the middle of December, mainly to purchase some fabrics to make some Christmas-y stuff. I still have the fabric…the Christmas-y stuff never happened – maybe THIS Christmas! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">Well! I had such a pleasant experience back in the fabric department – the gal and I joked, laughed, talked about kids, hubbies, knitting…and had a GOOD ole time! I was happy to see that FINALLY our local Wal*Mart had hired someone in the fabric department who knew what she was both DOING and TALKING ABOUT! WOOHOO!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">After standing in the checkout line for 15 minutes, while watching CSMs chat merrily about their antics with their men the night before (don’t be shocked – normal fare here at my Wal*Mart!), and listening to the cashiers on duty whining about not having had their breaks yet …I get to the register. Plop down all my Christmas-y fabrics (and the HUGE wad of pink and olive green sweatpants material that I just HAD to buy because it was only $1.00 a yard!)…..and man my stations. That means I run to the other end of the register so I can read the display as things are scanned – I can’t TELL you how many times I’ve saved a few cents by doing this! (“Nuuuuu-uuuuuuuuunh!!! It’s priced $8.94 NOT $8.97!!!” HA! Gotcha! Sticking it to the man!!!)</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;"><strong>But, this time I saw a price go by, that didn’t look quite right to me – it looked like five hundred something – but I just knew that wasn’t right! Neither hubby <em>NOR</em> the checkbook would allow THAT sort of purchase – and besides – I don’t think there is anything in </strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/fabric_ticket.jpg"><strong><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/fabric_ticket.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong>Wal*Mart that I would WANT to buy 500 bucks’ worth!</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;"><strong>But – the cashier rang it all up, turned to me and chirped – yes, CHIRPED!: “$648.66 please!”……the cents’ part may not be totally correct – my ears stopped at the “648” part! I look at her incredulously (translation: like she was an IDIOT!) and said "648.66". Statement. <span style="color:#993399;">NOT</span> question.</strong> <strong><span style="color:#009900;">Total</span> disbelief. She looked at her display again and said – “mmmmmmmhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm!?!” I said – “there is NO way – this is Wal*Mart, and I have two bags of fabric – there is NO way!” She just looked at me. “Do you want me to call a CSM over?” she asked finally when she sensed she was losing the stare down.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">WELL DUH and KISS MY GRITS – hell YEAH I wanna CSM – I want ole Sam himself to come over here and tell me how to fit 650 bucks worth of crap into 2 Wal*Mart bags!!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">So, the CSM came over, and I explained to her, that one of the fabric tickets rang up at 500 and something – and now I had TWO of them looking at me with blank stares…O M G…..I swear my IQ drops 53 points every time I walk into that door! (I must add a disclaimer: I like Wal*Mart, and I know that people make mistakes. I am not in any way picking on Wal*Mart (the corporation) nor it’s employees (most of them are pretty decent folks, and most of them can understand what I am saying to them!) But this gal didn’t understand what I was saying, she called over a CSM who then started speaking in rapid Spanish – and I’m not fluent in Spanish, but the gist of the conversation was this: “She bought a lot of stuff and she likes cream corn in her handsome beer”.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">OK – I didn’t have a clue what they were saying – but I know that a THIRD person came over, and HE, yes HE – fixed it for me – they voided the whole transaction, and then rang solely from the fabric tickets they had in the drawer. Which made me a lot RICHER in fabric that day – for only about $20…..because they missed SOME stuff! (I may not be a genius – but $648.66 minus $510.24 still equals $138 and some change – and this isn’t with the erroneous ticket corrected) When I told them they were WAY undercharging me, they just smiled and said “It’s ok, Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!” . I think they were getting a little tired of me by that time LMAO! I wasn’t mean by ANY means, but it sure irks me when there is a problem, I can see the problem, THEY can see the problem, and instead of correcting the problem – they have to call 6 OTHER people to TELL them about the problem – stop TELLING people about the danged problem – FIX IT!!! :oP</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;">But I survived, my checkbook survived, and I’m sure the employees involved in the little fiasco all got promotions and a raise and maybe even a Mexican cruise!!! (that’s how we do things in southern Cali)</span></strong>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1135358727746105122005-12-23T09:19:00.000-08:002005-12-23T09:27:48.830-08:00The Elijah Blanket<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/elijah_closeup.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/elijah_closeup.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#000099;">I recently finished a baby blanket for a friend's grandson. It turned out very well if I do say so myself! It measures about 28" by 38" so it's kinda small - but it only has a cast on of 120 stitches, and I just used my 14" needles instead of circs....it was originally supposed to be WAY smaller, but I got a little carried away. Grandma wanted him to have something little to carry around and chew on....but I told her I'll have to make him one of my <a href="http://www.knittingknonsense.com/babyfeet.html">baby feet cloths </a>for THAT purpose - I wouldn't want him chewing on his blankie that took 18 hours to knit LOL!!! Besides, cotton would be a little easier on his gums than acrylic, dontcha think?</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Anyway - here are the pics - I am SO glad it's finished - I get so bored knitting with the same color for too long LOL!! That's why you'll see a little pattern <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/elijah_blanket.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/elijah_blanket.jpg" border="0" /></a>change above Elijah's name - I was planning to do "stripes" all the way got got VERY bored and so threw in a little variation, and it turns out I like the variation better than my original plan - I love it when things work out like that, don't you?</span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1134493900550066022005-12-13T09:11:00.000-08:002005-12-13T09:15:35.946-08:00Mr. Brown meets the love of his life<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">Have you seen the “get your free skein of Disco yarn” posts floating around? I got mine….and I actually like the Disco yarn. Not too darned sure about the color – but hey! Free is free, right?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">A word of advice…when you throw eyelashy yarns into your closet with the other “I’ll sort them out later and figure out a project too!” yarns…..make sure there are no hidden little creatures in there.</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">Like lint rollers.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">You know, the ones that have layers and layers of tape wrapped around, and you roll them across whatever til it’s covered with dog hair and potato chip crumbs, then you peel off that layer of tape, and have a fresh new one right there – and you can do the NEXT square inch on your couch!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">Well!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">I like these things – they’re cheap, they actually work (kinda like the ole “wrap the tape around your hand inside out” method that most of our mothers and grandmothers probably used. (Mine did (do/does) anyway!)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">But I bought one a few weeks ago, and promptly misplaced it.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">Little did I know that I threw it in the closet – right into my “I’ll sort them out later and figure out a project too” yarns……..*gasp* without it’s protective cover (aka wax paper)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">When Mr. Brown went into the closet, apparently he found my little friend “LaRue Lint Remover”….and boy oh boy, did they ever hit it off!!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">I took a picture, but only one, it was getting a little risqu</span>é <span style="font-family:Architect;">in there!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;"></span></strong></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/disco_dud.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/disco_dud.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;">Wonder what kind of kids they’ll have?!?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;"></span></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Architect;font-size:180%;"></span></strong>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1134142126563243042005-12-09T07:28:00.000-08:002005-12-09T07:28:46.576-08:00Elf name.....<div><br/><style type="text/css"><!--TD.elfcontent { padding-left:5px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-right:5px; padding-top:2px; font-size: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; }--></style><table width="300" height="120" bgcolor="#000000" cellpadding="1" border="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><table background="http://extimg.jokesunlimited.com/whitedot.gif" width="100%" height="100%"><tr><td colspan=3><table><tr><td align=center class=elfcontent><img src=http://extimg.jokesunlimited.com/elfnames/smallelf.jpg></td><td align=center class=elfcontent valign=center><b>Christmas Elf Name</b><br/><br/>My Christmas Elf Name is</td><td align=center class=elfcontent><img src=http://extimg.jokesunlimited.com/elfnames/smallelf.jpg></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 align=center><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td valign=top align=right class=elfcontent><img src="http://extimg.jokesunlimited.com/elfnames/firstnames/4.jpg"></td><td valign=top align=left class=elfcontent><img src="http://extimg.jokesunlimited.com/elfnames/secondnames/3.jpg"></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 align=center class=elfcontent><a href="http://www.jokesunlimited.com/christmas_elf_name.php"><b>Get your Christmas Elf Name at JokesUnlimited.com</b></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1133840057622848802005-12-05T19:25:00.000-08:002005-12-06T20:14:59.756-08:00Patterns without pictures......<span style="color:#993399;">I really really have a hard time with patterns that are posted without pictures...I know sometimes people who design these cloths don't have the equipment (like a scanner or camera) to post a picture, but I REALLY have to be bored out of my mind before I attempt one of these pictureless pretties. I mean - how can I tell if I even want to spend a good 2 hours of my time knitting one of these up?!? I might HATE it or WORSE - I might love it and wish I had had that pattern last MONTH for momma's birthday or something!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#993399;">Having said this - I have decided that I am going to knit ONE of these orphaned patterns a week...then post the picture and the link here! So! I present to you: my orphan pattern of the week:</span> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/zigcloth2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/200/zigcloth2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/bc/2e3058c9/bc/Patterns+without+Pictures/Patterns+without+Pictures+001.jpg?bfPyQlDBBYHA1m4F"></a><br /><span style="color:#993399;">And here is the URL!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#993399;"><a href="http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/zigcloth.txt">http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/zigcloth.txt</a></span><br /><p><span style="color:#993399;">I really like this pattern - it is WAY too big for my liking, but I would make it again - also with a bigger border :o)</span></p><p><span style="color:#993399;">But all in all - a NICE pattern, and like it says - "you'll have the pattern memorized very quickly!</span></p><p><span style="color:#993399;"></span></p><br /><span style="color:#993399;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#993399;"></span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1133208513646067442005-11-28T12:08:00.000-08:002017-10-16T11:01:57.379-07:00Knitting Knonsense Knoel cloths<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/christmas_spirit.jpg"><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "georgia";"><strong><em><img alt="" border="0" src="https://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/christmas_spirit.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" /></em></strong></span></a><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "georgia";"><strong><em><br /></em></strong></span><span style="color: #006600; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 100%;"><strong><em>Ooh ooh ooh!!! I’m in the mood for Christmas!!! I received my “Creative Knitting” magazine on Friday – and have done nothing but knit THESE ------<br />ever since!!!<br />I was HATING the red-green-black-white yarn till I made some of these – it’s not so bad now…it’s growing on me I think! That and the fact that it takes about 45 minutes to whip one of these up – that’s practically NO TIME – especially in the knitting world!<br />I love the Silky Tie Wrap too – definitely going to make this one – probably even more than once – we shall see!<br />So…..hmmmmmm……that’s it for now! I’m planning to post a couple new patterns to my website – VERY SOON – so stay posted there!</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: "webdings";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "lucida handwriting"; font-size: 180%;"></span>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1133196685634166182005-11-28T08:51:00.000-08:002005-11-28T08:51:25.633-08:00weight loss tips for the holidays - or - go ahead and leave the stuffing in and store that carcass on the counter!<strong><span style="font-family:augie;font-size:130%;">Oh heaven help me – I’ve just downloaded Blogger for Word, and am already liking it – I can use different fonts – WOOHOO! Look out world – here I come!</span></strong><br/><strong><span style="font-family:augie;font-size:130%;"> Quote of the day:</span></strong><br/><strong><span style="font-family:augie;font-size:130%;">Thursday evening on a local (Los Angeles) channel, they had a bit about storing your leftovers properly – so you don’t get sick. After the usual “don’t store the whole carcass in the refrigerator” and “remove all the stuffing before storing” tips…they cut back to the studio – where the newscaster, hmmm maybe I should learn his name if I’m going to talk about him – but anyway! He said, “then again, there’s nothing like a little food poisoning to help get rid of some of those excess pounds” – O M G !!! TOO funny! Gross and funny – my two favorite things!</span></strong>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1133150496690307992005-11-27T19:55:00.000-08:002005-12-07T08:59:40.623-08:00What the limbo is this!!!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/what_the_h_e_doublehockeysticks.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/what_the_h_e_doublehockeysticks.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;">ok, first let me say this: "limbo" is another word for "he-double L"...it's true, I just looked it up in my Roget's thesaurus!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">anyway! This is what I found in my refrigerator the day before Thanksgiving. I was cleaning out the frig to make room for the inevitable leftovers, when I came across my nice white Corning Ware dish, that had canned pineapple in it. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">hmmmmm the last time I opened a can of pineapple was in September - has it really been in there all this time? at any rate - look what happens to pineapple that sits in the refrigerator for upwards of 2 months (no, I am not nasty, and nope, my refrigerator is not filthy...this was just a dish that escaped my attention - that's all! for real! WHAT! like you never found anything icky in your refrigerator!!! :oP</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">SO! I went looking on the dubya-dubya-dubya...and couldn't find this particular strain of mold anywhere! thank heavens anyway - it's pretty gross! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">any mold experts out there?!? "orange" you glad I showed you this picture - I bet you're feeling pretty darned smug about the current state of your own refrigerator LOL!!!</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;"></span></strong>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801910.post-1133148059318831592005-11-27T19:09:00.000-08:002005-11-27T20:02:23.733-08:00Who needs shoes when you've got yarn?<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/whats_inside.jpg"><strong><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/whats_inside.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">Knitters (and other yarn collectors!) often see things in a different light than the rest of the world. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">Which is why my husband thought he was putting together a shoe storage cabinet for his lovely wife (ok, not so lovely, but still his wife!). Said husband apparently hasn't noticed that his wife has only 3 pairs of shoes...tennis shoes for work, PINK tennis shoes for when the white ones are in the washing machine, and one pair of black pumps, circa 1989, because they still fit and they go with most of the dresses in that far right corner of the closet! The part of the closet where most people put their clothes, is filled with yarn and knitting books. I'm serious...I'm not kidding! I want all my knitting supplies right NEXT to me should some tragedy happen to our house in the middle of the night! He'll grab the kids and dog, I'll grab as much yarn as I can and a couple sets of needles. But I digress!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">Here is my new shoe storage cabinet: <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/1600/yarn_cabinet.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/616/499/320/yarn_cabinet.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen?!? I had so much fun emptying those 3 baskets full of cotton yarn, and deciding if Gettysburg should go with "blues" or "grays" and other such life altering decisions! Of course, the hubby is now complaining that it was VERY hard to put together, and he didn't know he was doing that for "just yarn" - bah humbug! JUST yarn? </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">I would be the happiest woman in the world if he got me "just yarn" for every holiday and special day throughout the year..."just yarn"?!?!?!? </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#993399;">And if he got me "just yarn", I wouldn't have to fret that my navy blue dress looks absolutely horrible with these black pumps, albeit VINTAGE black pumps~~:o)cuz yarn goes with EVERYTHING!!!</span></strong>~ Rhonda ~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11484038514178109443noreply@blogger.com1