Survey for swap

What is your Ravelry name? Naturalknitchic
What is your general location? Ft. Wayne, IN
Would you like a geographically close spoilee? US
What are your favorite colors & color combinations? orange/brown, grey/black, blue/green
What are your favorite crafting magazines, books, etc? I’ve seen a couple of Vogue Knitting magazines that I like, but not too choosy.
Do you have any collections? Shot Glasses, can’t really think of anything else.
What is your craft? knit
What are your favorite knitting accessories? point protectors, stitch holders, cable needles, darning needles
What are your favorite flavors? peach, pineapple, cherry
What are your favorite scents? fresh cotton, jasmine, lemon
What are your favorite types of yarns? anything soft
Allergies to yarn? none that I have come in contact with
What are your favorite drinks? Mountain Dew, Moscato (wine), hot chocolate
Things that you would like to receive and you can’t find in your region? Surprise me please!
Anything you would like your partner to know? I am easy to please!
ETA: I love Harmony Circular Needles (although I only have 1 (10.5, 16 inch))

My First Bootie

My First Bootie
Originally uploaded by Dani_C

My first Baby Bootie, I love it. I can't wait to make some for my cousin who is having a baby in October. She finds out next month what she is having. I hope she's ready for all the cute little knitting things I have planned for her. It took me couple of tries to get the concept down, and I didn't follow the pattern exactly, but I love the result. I think this was my 3rd attempt, the 1st successful one, but it was worth the mistakes. Now I can make cute little knitted gifts for baby showers.

No O.lympics for me...

. I read this post on a blog that I frequent (1969), and I thought it was worth
re-posting. I normally don't get into the o.lympics anyway, but after reading
this, I won't even pause to watch!

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Not since the Olympics were held in Nazi Germany has the need for a total boycott of the 2008 Olympics been so powerful.

The Chinese have subjugated and tortured the Tibetan people, tried to crush their religion, raped and murdered their nuns and tortured and killed their children. At the same time they have been brutal in their repression of human rights of the Chinese people themselves.

How can you help in the boycott. Two ways:

1) Active

2) Passive

Active would entail writing letters to the media, your political elected officials and to the Olympic athletes, coaches and higher ups. Active would also entail something as simple as putting a sign in your window , car or porch saying “FREE TIBET”. It would also mean wearing a tee shirt with a powerful message. It would also entail rallies, protests and a boycott of any products advertised during the Olympics and letters to the sponsors letting them know Human Rights are more important than gold medals.

Active would also only be limited by your imagination.

Passive would entail passing this e-mail to a hundred friends and asking them to pass it on as well. It would also include not watching anything on television and speaking out to your friends and family. Television and sports have far too much importance in our current lives and boycotting these Olympics would free up valuable time we could spend as quality time with friends, families and loved ones.

Lastly in my eyes the treatment, subjugation and colonization of the Tibetan people is a living mirror of the horrors visited onto Native Americans by the Europeans and the brutality of Apartheid in South Africa or the destruction in Palestine as well as racist Jim Crow laws and segregation right here in America.

Remember the saying “No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”

Peace.

- Ernie Paniccioli, author, lecturer, photographer, human being

Too Much for Me...

Knitting Woes...

So, I am tired of making hats. I have made like 8 hats since November, and in my quest to venture out, I tried to make baby booties. So, I attempted a free pattern I found online, couldn't figure out all of the details, then I tried a pattern in this like pamphlet that was a gift, finished it, it looks like a bootie, but still has some errors in it. So, I guess I'm going to try again, I've read through another pattern, seems simple enough, but I'm certain that once I actually get to working on it, I'll run into a problem. Wish me luck...

Stitch Markers...

Stitch Markers...
Originally uploaded by Dani_C

I love them. My swap partner on Ravelry sent them to me, and I like them so much that I'm thinking about buying a charm bracelet just for them. But I don't really wear bracelets, so maybe I won't. But either way, they are super cute!

Bush...

Bush...
Originally uploaded by Dani_C

In the had that made her, loved the way it turned out.