"Hello from South Africa! Someone told me that you have some nostalgic photos and that you would share them on line. Please may I ask this favour? I have been reminiscing with my sister about my Mom's teaching us to knit way back in our…"
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Elrine Greig replied to Helen M. Flagg's discussion Join Helen for a KASCuddle Knit-A-Long"I'll try!"
Elrine Greig replied to Helen M. Flagg's discussion Join Helen for a KASCuddle Knit-A-Long"Oh, this talk about winding skeins of yarn reminds me of my late Mom! Here in S. Africa, we always used to buy our yarn in skeins [not any more...] and I held the skein while Mom wound and wound and wound... A few tears shed, but it was such a…"
Elrine Greig replied to Helen M. Flagg's discussion Join Helen for a KASCuddle Knit-A-Long"What helps a stack, too, is to let the needle lie for a few seconds in hot water before you hang it up..."
Elrine Greig replied to Helen M. Flagg's discussion Join Helen for a KASCuddle Knit-A-Long"Chunky will be good - I have a load of extra yarn from a jacket I knitted recently. I am just finishing off some school jerseys for our church-related orphanage and will then begin Kas-cuddling. Thanks for your help and for the great inspiration all…"
Elrine Greig replied to Robert Hoddy's discussion Pattern for KasCuddle on straight needles"Thanks - I'll try that."
Elrine Greig replied to Helen M. Flagg's discussion Join Helen for a KASCuddle Knit-A-Long"Here in South AFrica we buy our yarn in 50g balls - how much would I need for a Kascuddle?"
Elrine Greig replied to Robert Hoddy's discussion Pattern for KasCuddle on straight needles"Is it at all possible to work the pattern form the bottom? Or must the rib be done first?"
Elrine Greig replied to Sandy McDonald's discussion We desperately need just squares . . ."Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa - I have been following some of your correspondence with awe - you are an amazing bunch indeed! Now you have ne confused: what is a go-over? Please tell!
Elrine"
Elrine Greig replied to Sandy McDonald's discussion We desperately need just squares . . ."Thanks for the info. Will be starting around mid-July.
Elrine"
Elrine Greig replied to Sandy McDonald's discussion We desperately need just squares . . ."KasCuddles?? What have I missed? Sounds delightful!
Heartfelt condolences - empty rooms and missing faces in the group are so hard!
Elrine"
Elrine Greig replied to Sandy McDonald's discussion We desperately need just squares . . ."Currently, I am knitting for an orphanage at Goedgedacht, near Ceres, but will get started on squares when that project is completed. Please let me know how to send squares to you!
Kind regards -
Elrine Greig, Pinelands, Cape Town."
Kalai McDonald left a comment for Elrine Greig"Hello Elrine and welcome to our KAS community.
Thank you for joining us and for your contributions to the orphaned and vulnerable children.
To benefit from your membership, you should visit our guidelines:…"
Elrine Greig replied to Anne Powell's discussion Knitters - save sewing in ends!"Do this during the knitting of garments - why didn't I think of doing it at the beginning of the square?? :D
Elrine from Cape Town, South Africa"
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- At 12:48am on September 17, 2010,
Christine Johnson said… - Hi Elrine
I saw your comment to Jana and I'm sorry but I seem to have confused you. If you copy and paste the address on the original thread you will come to a picture that Jana posted some time ago, of two little girls winding wool.
I'm sorry for any confusion.
- At 3:41am on September 15, 2010,
Robert Hoddy said…
- Hi Elrine,
I'm not a very communicative friend at the moment because I can only get online in the library, but I'm glad to see that people are finding my KasCuddle pattern helpful. I still haven't finished mine as other projects keep overtaking it - I think they call this condition "starty-itis"!
Rob :-)
- At 4:56pm on June 1, 2010, Kalai McDonald said…
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