tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80307386337832487692024-02-01T23:17:41.329-05:00Okie Dokie DuckieOkieDokieDuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203597884258728823noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030738633783248769.post-68334908145109560132011-06-22T18:00:00.002-04:002011-06-22T18:03:34.201-04:00Border Collie ad :(<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">The YouTube video of my favorite ad is gone, and I have not found it elsewhere. I did find a page with some pix from the ad: <a href="http://tanner-blaze.co.cc/pictures/displayimage.php?album=19&pos=9">http://tanner-blaze.co.cc/pictures/displayimage.php?album=19&pos=9</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;">Best I can do for now!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"></span>OkieDokieDuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203597884258728823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030738633783248769.post-61274809369950217772009-04-01T11:23:00.007-04:002009-04-02T11:46:53.193-04:00What does that look mean? LOL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrK5rJkKQWuqAhbdkp2B4Y17j2MNGzrdFui2npYH7Ldk4RHLPUqA4I38kzG60irAOwJxzo0aPqXqK9Y58JUkzDQ82BG8VZ1vJ0_FnTOYPYB8lIY7cKFfbfTAWd0xc_MCW0DQu2ZDpocY/s1600-h/help.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320120734484845426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrK5rJkKQWuqAhbdkp2B4Y17j2MNGzrdFui2npYH7Ldk4RHLPUqA4I38kzG60irAOwJxzo0aPqXqK9Y58JUkzDQ82BG8VZ1vJ0_FnTOYPYB8lIY7cKFfbfTAWd0xc_MCW0DQu2ZDpocY/s400/help.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;">What do you suppose doggie is thinking? </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;">"I dropped my knitting. Can you go get it for me?" </span></div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#33ccff;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Or "Are we going to be home in time to see Gilles dance?"</span><br /></span><br /></span><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>OkieDokieDuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203597884258728823noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030738633783248769.post-40577234100392789942007-03-22T17:12:00.000-04:002007-03-22T17:18:41.019-04:00the other side of the Honeycomb slip stitch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp6WZB7CwNhWroZ38oIohBV5_LCjfXoojbk18BdQFxm5ob-wj2xQBWThcO2q2bJhRud6z8O2xzQgIhU0v0bzd3Qs3qk5AE2I7AWBLiApT9SHY9VMJd-wZc8YOwaMeqEnC8-hCWlv1blg/s1600-h/sideb.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#33ccff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044859994642137042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="206" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp6WZB7CwNhWroZ38oIohBV5_LCjfXoojbk18BdQFxm5ob-wj2xQBWThcO2q2bJhRud6z8O2xzQgIhU0v0bzd3Qs3qk5AE2I7AWBLiApT9SHY9VMJd-wZc8YOwaMeqEnC8-hCWlv1blg/s320/sideb.jpg" width="294" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#33ccff;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#33ccff;">Here's the "other" right side of the cloth - I couldn't get both pictures to play nice in a single post.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#33ccff;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#33ccff;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#33ccff;">I also see that my font color keeps changing . . . did I mention I'm new at this? LOL </span></div>OkieDokieDuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203597884258728823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030738633783248769.post-60872860880527836392007-03-15T17:36:00.000-04:002007-03-22T17:54:15.422-04:00Honeycomb Slip Stitch Cloth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8g2VQ0chVfJqVswTMxHwKP2zalrYV4bgD-gFBHLfrCre1K3nfbfB8heiM2CTZafHRV1O_LyllLLfh7elwQbdDbTaKNoUkt5oWAAefzIlEKn8GpFF9ZJ2q5-nZxlE2H0V4d-2fQTdqFI/s1600-h/sideb.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZi0TTMWoI8Ao_zc7q83yTvyAQP7133hLaTzlPQ-7RquJyVhrWJ2Ynws8G9o0SER1NCbDESSgwA9BVmTdSebAFd-HF5lVIe28mbZ6g7J76dQB83D6KIFMnmmcmzK7yWYyUXoKsxuL224/s1600-h/sidea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044858920900313010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" height="222" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZi0TTMWoI8Ao_zc7q83yTvyAQP7133hLaTzlPQ-7RquJyVhrWJ2Ynws8G9o0SER1NCbDESSgwA9BVmTdSebAFd-HF5lVIe28mbZ6g7J76dQB83D6KIFMnmmcmzK7yWYyUXoKsxuL224/s320/sidea.jpg" width="291" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This was my first attempt to make my own pattern (after I felt I had mastered Grandma's Favorite). </span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The pattern stitch came from page 27 of the Dell Purse Book Pattern Stitches published in 1972. The cover price was all of $.25! Both the right and the wrong side of this pattern create interesting looks and it works up nice in variegated yarn. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The pattern is worked on an odd number of stitches and 4 rows. The borders are 4 stitches on each side and 6 rows top and bottom. The borders are all knit in this pattern. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cast on 43 stitches. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rows 1-6: knit across.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Row 7: knit across.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Row 8: knit 4, *k1, slip1 repeat from * across to last 5 stitches, knit 5.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Row 9: knit across.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Row 10: knit 4, *slip 1, k 1 repeat from * across to last 3 stitches, knit 3. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Repeat rows 7-10 until cloth is almost square, about 60 rows. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Knit 6 rows, casting off on a wrong side row. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I used size 7 or 8 needles with a finished size of 8x8" in the cloth pictured. </span></div>OkieDokieDuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203597884258728823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030738633783248769.post-70768604463462611942007-03-15T17:30:00.000-04:002007-03-22T17:42:38.174-04:00Hello!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRv5kIwsfNMvAYV76_iiDyeWNW4Ifa7-jYwQRXd26cdx-GNrz-HT7YXJOF2iNmUlMPRDjFOok6S6pPT3siYiNcorhejO1SDxFYx6h6EuXox8LE5A5ydGCzHgrFCTvS_GnmJ2sLxRgE33k/s1600-h/duckieknit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042266825411954754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRv5kIwsfNMvAYV76_iiDyeWNW4Ifa7-jYwQRXd26cdx-GNrz-HT7YXJOF2iNmUlMPRDjFOok6S6pPT3siYiNcorhejO1SDxFYx6h6EuXox8LE5A5ydGCzHgrFCTvS_GnmJ2sLxRgE33k/s320/duckieknit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:#33ccff;">I thought I'd give this blog thing a try . . . wade on in and see how well I could swim in this pond. ;-) I don't have a lot to quack about yet, so I started with my favorite links. I have a lot of 'em, so it was hard to narrow it down! </span></div>OkieDokieDuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05203597884258728823noreply@blogger.com1