tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15450655367478674642024-03-19T03:46:54.536-05:00mrs. h. at largea church-lady blogMrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.comBlogger571125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-24722415416387715132023-07-24T18:31:00.001-05:002023-07-24T18:31:41.472-05:00Dragonfly wrap<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">I found a chart when I was looking for a dragonfly created like the firefly of the Sprout’s blanket.</span></span><a href="https://ellej.org/en/d-fly/">d-fly</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">I worked it up noting that the dragonfly was head down which meant that the narrowest part was at the top. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vSvzVBsV0NqkLQECwh142yhlvRpWkZU190Cj_zogOjw3H-l2Ih_0lm0bsVYsczlL0MFXicThybzXnZo--rELdA9Hs3IO3jR528sfDhJeMK9JK8oB8eeBvMXyFdaWH4VLXQxKMk2wHbLYGmLh13ThfA3JUSqx6Jbz4yy67mPXwMwQ7NTDTKPvzYUMepyJ/s4032/IMG_2682.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vSvzVBsV0NqkLQECwh142yhlvRpWkZU190Cj_zogOjw3H-l2Ih_0lm0bsVYsczlL0MFXicThybzXnZo--rELdA9Hs3IO3jR528sfDhJeMK9JK8oB8eeBvMXyFdaWH4VLXQxKMk2wHbLYGmLh13ThfA3JUSqx6Jbz4yy67mPXwMwQ7NTDTKPvzYUMepyJ/s320/IMG_2682.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>Then I had an idea. But to make it work, I needed to start at the tail and build it from the narrowest point up to the widest. <p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><img height="200" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/wpZUFXnNCe5XJJswOqTwez4qWs_gcd0wYxc1r-65GoCKGcKDUQJKI3cwfKl1H1Zfxj0DoiNBhM42XJZn4-CoSKir7mxw3KLgryD7uPrqwre_JCpPxAhNffzUkF4_FFJ7vQSv4OHWBq0Z1afd_wIdK8g=w177-h200" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="177" /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">After a bit of doodling on graph paper, I figured out how to work it in reverse. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-881f6ed2-7fff-4ddc-2204-75237390878f"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpU0amJxQALXnQcJ3Ld-mv12HSRtIv_2Qk5r5k2QhGQgzrLFa0h0VeW8MIFVrQaUGoJMzDnLJvLezwP_Zd59yXaQothX4UMg3nJAmZPn8LX3Wq93DZZS92_K4T_vaMLchdba42Y2Qdx9yYiLakCkGi8AwDVLhE-vHMbE_neejevI7sGzQ9kuwBIFoPPK8/s4032/IMG_2684.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpU0amJxQALXnQcJ3Ld-mv12HSRtIv_2Qk5r5k2QhGQgzrLFa0h0VeW8MIFVrQaUGoJMzDnLJvLezwP_Zd59yXaQothX4UMg3nJAmZPn8LX3Wq93DZZS92_K4T_vaMLchdba42Y2Qdx9yYiLakCkGi8AwDVLhE-vHMbE_neejevI7sGzQ9kuwBIFoPPK8/s320/IMG_2684.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then I could work it outward as a wedge.</span><p></p></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span id="docs-internal-guid-84588ddb-7fff-3e68-672c-d02784a1ebcf"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I went along, I started to think about what sort of background, fill in stitches I should use. Some X-stitches, maybe some shells. Perhaps some rows of bobbles or popcorns. I made a sort of rough draft and was pleased with the effect, but I wanted a different shape. Traditional shawls with a right angle at the tip and straight across the top tend to fall off my shoulders. I wanted something that would hold on a bit better.</span></span><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTypaaR2RUz2cTIqJyXe5M1NUcT83q6BXz3vOmdabCUf-OCXlh_XLQnld_w3PvLgeB_ysAZy9yizHxVNWZ6MsFRqj6Ht61aj8Xy1_44OjN1Gf-vDCAN4qynEnwcYIym5FICx_yA9R-c-Q3YQio4IRiw0-Sl0STPgYdh7e_De3Pj2GO1oxp97Uk7-vxBoP/s4032/IMG_2726.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTypaaR2RUz2cTIqJyXe5M1NUcT83q6BXz3vOmdabCUf-OCXlh_XLQnld_w3PvLgeB_ysAZy9yizHxVNWZ6MsFRqj6Ht61aj8Xy1_44OjN1Gf-vDCAN4qynEnwcYIym5FICx_yA9R-c-Q3YQio4IRiw0-Sl0STPgYdh7e_De3Pj2GO1oxp97Uk7-vxBoP/s320/IMG_2726.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41gBvn4fHnKK0ooQWKjkZ3o6tTG3r0pYd9lhkER_kIlwj8UJ8_axO82HcpUgJjMTgMnDS5afGJuzr0V4NErOk34KrMt7rOLN0EQSSwlGrROvA9ruF0uKVWeSbPf5HD945JfCgl_aprHGtALT1c7SznpO39ByXjtxKBrrMmLBhz9vtSE-LtEdiIEmiKvYW/s4032/IMG_2745.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41gBvn4fHnKK0ooQWKjkZ3o6tTG3r0pYd9lhkER_kIlwj8UJ8_axO82HcpUgJjMTgMnDS5afGJuzr0V4NErOk34KrMt7rOLN0EQSSwlGrROvA9ruF0uKVWeSbPf5HD945JfCgl_aprHGtALT1c7SznpO39ByXjtxKBrrMmLBhz9vtSE-LtEdiIEmiKvYW/s320/IMG_2745.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Pattern is in U.S. terms.<p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I/9-5.5mm (if the edge seems a little too tight, go up a hook size</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 skein Red Heart Super Saver solid (worsted) color: Medium thyme </span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Magic ring</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = double crochet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ch</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = chain</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">= dc, ch1, dc in same st or space</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc2tog</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = double crochet 2 together: work a dc to the point there are 2 loops on hook, work another dc in the next stitch, and pull thru all 3 loops to combine them into 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sc</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = single crochet</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Puff st</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = *y/o, insert hook and pull up a loop, y/o and pull thru 1* repeat 2 more times,y/o and pull thu all 7 loops, ch1 to close. Take care not to work these too tightly or you’ll have a problem pulling the hook thru all the loops. Note: this ch1 at the end is part of the puff. If instructions include a ch1, that means to add a chain after the one that closes the puff. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc incr </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">= 2 dc in same stitch</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Picot border</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> = sc, (ch3, slip st into the top of the sc just completed to anchor the picot, sc 3) repeat across, adjusting for the center, then repeat again to the other edge, ending with 1 sc</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Corsiva, cursive; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I use a standing dc rather than ch3 to make the first dc of each row. Because this first stitch is sometimes hard to locate on the way back, I always put a marker in it while it’s still on the hook. That way, I always know where that last stitch is to work into it. If you prefer, use a ch3 for that first stitch. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Corsiva, cursive; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Corsiva, cursive; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I put the beginning, center, and ending stitches in bold print, just to make them easier to see in each row's instructions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Corsiva, cursive; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R1: Into Magic ring: dc, ch2, 2dc, ch1, 2dc, ch2, dc. Close ring. turn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R2: Dc, ch2, 3dc in ch sp, dc2, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc2, 3dc in ch sp, ch2, dc in last. turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R3: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc2, ch1, sk1, dc3. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc3, ch1, sk1, dc2, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R4: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc5 [don't miss the stitch that will go in the ch of the V-st], ch1, sk1, dc4, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc4, ch1, sk1, dc5, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R5: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc8, ch1, sk1, dc5, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc5, ch1, sk1, dc8, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">t. turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R6: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc11, ch1, sk1, dc6, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc6, ch1, sk1, dc11, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R7: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc9, dc2tog, ch8 loosely, sk7, dc2tog, dc2, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc2, dc2tog, ch8 loosely, sk7, dc2tog, dc9, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Turn</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0pt;"><img height="278.3574407618012" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/IqtyeqbUJL5guos7dNPCumXGBGQy29mi4JBGKThhmT9wJl-Ng-thxmAnaQJ78QmyPcaNgOJ5kwkfBWVePuMEQKDYGb2j3UzHRGIt4SKiumwktgvPDUjXIXuawhAtt0GLZJEVWFlJXPQN9WlTGZgYwYQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -29.889167px;" width="372" /></p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R8: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc11, dc2tog, ch5 loosely, sc in the ch1 from 2 rows below (which will capture the center of ch8 from previous row to form the separate wings </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Corsiva, cursive; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See picture</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), ch5 loosely, sk the other half of the ch8, dc2tog, dc2, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc2, dc2tog, ch5 loosely, sc in the ch1 from 2 rows below, ch5 loosely, sk the other half of the ch8, dc2tog, dc11, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Turn [1 ch2 sp, 17 dc, 2 dc2tog, 1 sc that gathers several rows, 1 ch sp in the V-st per side + center ch2 sp]</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R9: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc15, dc5 in 5ch sp, ch1, dc5 in next 5ch sp, dc4, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc4, dc5 in 5ch sp, ch1, dc5 in next 5ch sp, dc15, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Turn [1 ch2 sp, 33 dc, 1 ch1 sp per side + center ch2 sp]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R10: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, ch1, sk1, dc in ch1 sp, (ch1, sk1, dc) 8X (this should put you at the edge of the stitches worked into the ch5 sp), dc12, (ch1, sk1, dc) 2X, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, (ch1, sk1, dc) 2X, dc12, (ch1, sk1, dc) 8X, ch1, sk1, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Turn [1 ch2 sp, 27dc, 12 ch1 sp (which includes the 1 from the V-st) per side + center ch2]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R11: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 10X; (ch1, sk1, puff st in next st) 6X; (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 2X, ch1, sk1, dc in last st of this side, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 2X, (ch1, sk1, puff st in next st) 6X; (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 10X; ch1, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R12: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc in each dc and ch sp of the V-st ,dc in ch sp before first puff (fpdc around puff st, just 1 dc in the ch sp after puffs) 18X; dc in next 2 st before center; </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc in next 2 st, dc in ch sp, (fpdc around puff st, just 1 dc in the ch sp after puffs) 18X; dc in each dc and ch sp of the V-st, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turn [1 ch2 sp, 46 dc, 1 ch1 sp per side + center ch2]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R13: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc 18, ch2, sk1, dc11, ch1, sk1, dc13, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc13, ch1, sk1, dc11, ch2, sk1, dc18, dc in ch sp, dc, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Turn [2 ch2 sp, 48 dc, 2 ch1 sp per side + center ch2]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Following is the chart for the 2 dragonfly portion of the first side of the shawl. Reverse it for the 2nd side. My charting skills are not great.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: medium; display: inline-block; height: 433px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="433" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/BVDt-x5lXGbb2XRGdtSN6JtRtqwr_j3f2PcYuyToJ4Nx8YHNOlDnNfB5FMrALRN3koaEQ57fQFAGuZwwmIwTBUoew6Q-lMDQnCsrxcIT7QuxiBE4hxb_xP_5ctZOqQmpHqFXCDb094RCZJ0Rg74g5Iw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R14: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc 16, ch10 loosely, sk 12 {which is 5 dc+ ch2+ 5 more dc}, dc6, ch1, sk1, dc14, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc14, ch1, sk1, dc6, ch10 loosely, sk 12 {which is 5 dc+ ch2+ 5 more dc}, dc18 {don't forget the ch1 of the V-st}, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turn [1 ch2 sp, 42dc, ch10 sp, ch1 sp per side + center ch2]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R15: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc 18, dc incr, ch4 loosely, sc in ch2 sp from R13 (which will capture the center of ch10 from previous row to form the separate wings), ch 4 loosely, sk remaining ch sp, dc incr in next dc, dc5, ch1, sk1, dc15, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc15, ch1, sk1, dc5, dc incr, ch4 loosely, sc in ch2 sp from R13, sk remaining ch sp, dc incr in next dc, dc20 {don't forget the ch1 of the V-st}, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turn [1 ch2 sp, 48 dc, 2 ch1 sp, 2 ch4 sp, 1 sc over 2 rows per side + center ch2]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R16: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc23, dc4 in long ch sp, ch1, sk1, 4dc in long ch sp, dc7, ch1, sk1, dc to center sp, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc 16 to ch sp, ch1, sk1, dc7, dc4 in long ch sp, ch1, dc4 in long ch sp, dc 25 {don't forget the ch1 of the V-st}, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turn </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R17: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc30, ch1, sk1, dc6, dc2tog, ch8, sk7, dc2tog, dc 12 to center, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc12, dc2tog, ch8, sk7, dc2tog, dc6, ch1, sk1, dc 32 to ch2 sp, {don't forget the ch1 of the V-st}, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turn </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R18: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc33, ch1, sk1, dc5, dc2tog, ch5, sc in ch sp from R16 (which will capture the center of ch8 sp from previous row), ch5, sk remaining ch sp, dc2tog the next 2 st, dc 12 to the center sp, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc 12, dc2tog, ch5, sc in ch sp from R16 (which will capture the center of ch8 sp from previous row), ch5, sk remaining ch sp, dc2tog the next 2 st, dc5, ch1, sk1, dc35 to ch2 sp, {don't forget the ch1 of the V-st}, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Turn </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R19: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, dc in ch sp, dc36, ch1, sk1, dc6, dc5 in long ch sp, ch1, dc5 in next long ch sp, dc14 to center, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc14, dc5 in long ch sp, ch1, dc5 in next long ch sp, dc6, ch1, sk1, dc38 to ch2 sp, {don't forget the ch1 of the V-st}, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Turn </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R20: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, ch1, sk1, dc in ch1 sp, (ch1, sk1, dc) 19X (this should put you 1 st before the ch1 sp of the tail), dc20, (ch1, sk1, dc) 7X, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc, (ch1, sk1, dc) 7X, dc20, (ch1, sk1, dc) 19X (last dc will be in the ch sp of the V-st),ch1, sk1, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> R21: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 21X; (ch1, sk1, puff st in next st) 10X; (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 7X; ch1, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, puff st in next, (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 7X; (ch1, sk1, puff st in next st) until you come to the ch1 section; (ch1, puff st in next ch sp) 21x, ch1, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R22: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc in each dc and ch sp of the V-st ,dc in ch sp before first puff (fpdc around puff st, just 1 dc in the ch sp after puffs) repeat to the center, 2 dc’s in last dc before ch2 sp, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, 2 dc’s in dc after center, (fpdc around puff st, just 1 dc in the ch sp after puffs), then dc in each st and ch sp until the ch2 at the end, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R23: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dc, ch2, V-st in ch 2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc in each st until the center, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(dc, ch2, dc) in ch2 sp</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, dc in each st until the ch2 sp at the end, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">V-st in ch2 sp, ch2, dc in last.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">turn</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R24: work a row of sc with a picot every 3 stitches, finish off. Make sure the picot in the center is centered in the center, If you have to add a sc or take one away, that’s fine. Just do the same adjustment on the other side of the center.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I added a couple of 1” buttons to one of the arms: one at the end and the other between 8 & 9 rows back. The edge chain spaces are the buttonholes.</span></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-76046273826126806742023-07-23T19:25:00.000-05:002023-07-23T19:25:47.350-05:00Stocking for the Sprout<p> I've wanted to try something in the Gansey style since I first learned about it. I gave it a try with a sample, which I thought could be a drink cozy, but it got rather out of hand and would be better suited to a bottle because it's MUCH too tall for a can. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkRMm4uW24sqN825ozGvAC6bixQpFt91EcOXnKSeZ6NGd2MM2P2wmVcDxZXFEblWfSzahochhtQJ8D-L0YVuwPqdU-KshKBW6LqpRHY4_F_Lzthd8wJSXL2VLqcJtI1sXKnlQ5hLXkjHuIAM5Rp5NrEpAYOBWK4u_JR-b3MGgUykgDV-K3BIbruu452HS/s3799/IMG_2866.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="3799" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkRMm4uW24sqN825ozGvAC6bixQpFt91EcOXnKSeZ6NGd2MM2P2wmVcDxZXFEblWfSzahochhtQJ8D-L0YVuwPqdU-KshKBW6LqpRHY4_F_Lzthd8wJSXL2VLqcJtI1sXKnlQ5hLXkjHuIAM5Rp5NrEpAYOBWK4u_JR-b3MGgUykgDV-K3BIbruu452HS/s320/IMG_2866.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It was a good sample and I learned a few things. But it's been sitting on my kitchen table or lurking in the bottom of my purse taunting me for too long. It was time to do some serious planning.</p><p>I have knit or crocheted Christmas stockings for everyone in the family. I've completed 13 so far. This Christmas, we'll need 1 more. Actually, we need 2 more than last year, but one of those is already done. I think Em's baby will be the perfect recipient of this new style for several reasons: 1) We don't know the gender, so I won't be tempted to go with a girly or boyish theme: and 2) All 3 of their stockings are knitted rather than crocheted, so it'll fit with the family theme. In fact, the stocking Em requested several years ago when I started this, is a Gansey-ish design. It has her dog's silhouette<span> done in purl stitches on a </span>stockinette background. Perfect! </p><p>Now to plan the design. I have noticed that this style shows up best with lighter colored yarn. It seems like wool rather than something fuzzier shows up better, too. I decided on Fisherman's Wool by Lionbrand. I found images of charts for classic Gansey motifs and put them together in Stitchfiddle. (what a great tool!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURzjvOZEyBqHBW6zSIwfH2rOZu3eBeMKoi2AYwRvHBLJLarLi-J2fNuAJXi3K_nh2pNZ4m0Ie4gJN82rlh--xzPq4NGpEMZNY5PfoZKSMO812zjCCmve2iIUAFJoBK8mbkHBBwg946qClvVTdA8y-rRDspspF4QXDlJbdhFlIAhevA8PAW9ivviB8oJ9v/s1128/Gansey%20Stocking%20-%20Stitch%20Fiddle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURzjvOZEyBqHBW6zSIwfH2rOZu3eBeMKoi2AYwRvHBLJLarLi-J2fNuAJXi3K_nh2pNZ4m0Ie4gJN82rlh--xzPq4NGpEMZNY5PfoZKSMO812zjCCmve2iIUAFJoBK8mbkHBBwg946qClvVTdA8y-rRDspspF4QXDlJbdhFlIAhevA8PAW9ivviB8oJ9v/s16000/Gansey%20Stocking%20-%20Stitch%20Fiddle.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-40145716388973907672023-07-22T12:40:00.001-05:002023-07-22T12:40:53.954-05:00Some Mississippi Squares<p> I've been working on so many different projects lately, that I haven't been able to concentrate on any specific one. I got the blanket and elephant done for El's little one just in time to learn about Em having her #2 due at the end of November. That blanket is now finished as well, but I'm undecided as to what sort of stuffie I'll make for the Sprout. I have decided what sort of Christmas stocking I'll make, though, and that was inspired by the Mississippi Squares.</p><p>Here are a few of the squares I've finished so far:<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBupREohcX3cuyR7i7S5ZUjs9D5Was4mIV7Phjn72lP7WlF_iB2Bc58QTTjZVPuxCszzIK-zPEk3dyIYLOQGiy0e1oLwNh8YB38eOoaSpvVuyGEXLZ-kekV3kYv51bUr5Go9rjTNFyyTnXLZ0ffk0fbBCmk_55PDaYFl9SAx0PXtTejSTS6SPfRGKK75i/s2997/IMG_2739.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2997" data-original-width="2925" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBupREohcX3cuyR7i7S5ZUjs9D5Was4mIV7Phjn72lP7WlF_iB2Bc58QTTjZVPuxCszzIK-zPEk3dyIYLOQGiy0e1oLwNh8YB38eOoaSpvVuyGEXLZ-kekV3kYv51bUr5Go9rjTNFyyTnXLZ0ffk0fbBCmk_55PDaYFl9SAx0PXtTejSTS6SPfRGKK75i/w312-h320/IMG_2739.jpeg" width="312" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Live Oak</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAlPh5pNQeMlUAbGPZFhyE_ZVU3PeilMlwb3a5aVRZ9KpQkKI2lgMtWKPf_dJqVUEWFnO8VE9xioNmf3fn6YxiGHX5lQH4MxLzBscH9cEJ10pyXWN8LYQo0JH75iF6VqD3sXYuOTuuK8dr3lHlcd5R2zYcuq-LagLiZiohF5IkFuTWpP7S98e44a--X3Q/s2575/IMG_2738.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2575" data-original-width="2516" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAlPh5pNQeMlUAbGPZFhyE_ZVU3PeilMlwb3a5aVRZ9KpQkKI2lgMtWKPf_dJqVUEWFnO8VE9xioNmf3fn6YxiGHX5lQH4MxLzBscH9cEJ10pyXWN8LYQo0JH75iF6VqD3sXYuOTuuK8dr3lHlcd5R2zYcuq-LagLiZiohF5IkFuTWpP7S98e44a--X3Q/s320/IMG_2738.jpeg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pine Tree</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_rAEffqtTzddyNYrMzF371fg79TRofOXRXHGO71VMe3H-Ec-UrtO8HPz5QLSeAqRzdCaZkmTvn1wnVgTm646KiSOmgWphTfX4CU3sDPYU7wakVuy28WcPZyRGEKgPRxl5XMdkpwi5E0Wh2PnXS0a_QbfBTfpkZVh4EjqoKNGJ8Btx0i2WtNF0nNOp2X1/s2676/IMG_2737.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="2481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_rAEffqtTzddyNYrMzF371fg79TRofOXRXHGO71VMe3H-Ec-UrtO8HPz5QLSeAqRzdCaZkmTvn1wnVgTm646KiSOmgWphTfX4CU3sDPYU7wakVuy28WcPZyRGEKgPRxl5XMdkpwi5E0Wh2PnXS0a_QbfBTfpkZVh4EjqoKNGJ8Btx0i2WtNF0nNOp2X1/s320/IMG_2737.jpeg" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mississippi Outline</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpfwVY1OxuSCZV6mVEMib0QDKTBqQhL80txUJBw9nBJ_G_pHgmHPrPpNopqcdhzDpHI1x7Iu5ifOTPMnMNFe2taF5syyZUMtWHl7PT6Wh41gHiCJNQtCLZXiJV8SDNyYOClSETgp33mFe0Jq3yj50gb8JdUAv6Ot5oxPZWGYDauv1IyUZpIb6Y4PcCh6j/s2894/IMG_2446.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="2721" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpfwVY1OxuSCZV6mVEMib0QDKTBqQhL80txUJBw9nBJ_G_pHgmHPrPpNopqcdhzDpHI1x7Iu5ifOTPMnMNFe2taF5syyZUMtWHl7PT6Wh41gHiCJNQtCLZXiJV8SDNyYOClSETgp33mFe0Jq3yj50gb8JdUAv6Ot5oxPZWGYDauv1IyUZpIb6Y4PcCh6j/s320/IMG_2446.jpeg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pelican gliding over waves</td></tr></tbody></table>I have several more graphed out. </p><p>I've learned some things about gansey stitch grouping in the process. A vertical straight line will disappear if it's just one stitch wide (think ribbing, because that's exactly what ribbing is designed to do.) I had originally planned to do the Mississippi Outline as just a line around the edge, but then decided to make it solid for better visibility. </p><p>Overall, I'm pleased with the progress so far. My main objective is to have enough finished by 2024 George County Fair time. This year's fair entry is the crochet Traveling Squares afghan. I finished it earlier this spring, thanks to yarn sourcing assistance from all 3 daughters. (I unknowingly picked a yarn that was discontinued so they all went shopping at their local stores to see what was still available.)</p><p>I'll post all my fair entries when it's close to October.<br /><br /></p>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-17196287470232750282023-04-11T12:48:00.001-05:002023-07-22T09:18:05.450-05:00Inspiration from an Albanach<p> Last week I discovered a YouTube channel called Albanach Knitter. Andrew is a gentleman who lives on the island of Arran in Scotland. Apart from the joy of listening to him talk, I have learned new knitting things. I had never heard of heapies or gansey, but now I'm inspired! </p><p>Andrew is writing patterns for gansey motifs for Arran. What if I tried to do the same thing for Mississippi! </p><p>Here's an example of what I'm talking about. This is a gansey sampler.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxclTzvHnwgvXHwgw_JkGn5i6VRWD5dg08KcSmNCLo8v5tTEoycxEQKiXKet4hs5CKmZz1N_OMnqd59MLKKM4BWqeQTMGcu-407ZDz7OEIReKpnMp70EpsoVhFWQRv_xmJ5BtdSPhl0LC0bFrITwXaR9Yiyu-2dpucOvONrlTWHiZVx8uqeQvF3sOykQ/s924/Gansey-Sampler.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="777" data-original-width="924" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxclTzvHnwgvXHwgw_JkGn5i6VRWD5dg08KcSmNCLo8v5tTEoycxEQKiXKet4hs5CKmZz1N_OMnqd59MLKKM4BWqeQTMGcu-407ZDz7OEIReKpnMp70EpsoVhFWQRv_xmJ5BtdSPhl0LC0bFrITwXaR9Yiyu-2dpucOvONrlTWHiZVx8uqeQvF3sOykQ/s320/Gansey-Sampler.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Gansey uses knits and purls to create a raised pattern. The dots (purl stitches) on this graph will create a 3-D image on the fabric as you knit. I've actually done something like this before, I just didn't know it had a name. I made Emma a pot holder (and later a Christmas stocking) that has an image of her dog Boo using this technique. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44doR_fR38n3AxuZBVYUByuxRFiIErcgOe9LRC9l-uaUsUrdSjNXtO3gqfHD0SwSPo7ZwqcsQ8aG4qZOPOqPoKJOCAf9y0Zv96b-gt_DS6ev6fPrOT3hwCAfQDUyIs4acN-dMn6gVQjqINeGmJGy8Kqj3gHIVO6qxn7yJpjiKtkZ-2u7iSZhD21nWmQ/s519/Boo%20pot%20holder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="519" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44doR_fR38n3AxuZBVYUByuxRFiIErcgOe9LRC9l-uaUsUrdSjNXtO3gqfHD0SwSPo7ZwqcsQ8aG4qZOPOqPoKJOCAf9y0Zv96b-gt_DS6ev6fPrOT3hwCAfQDUyIs4acN-dMn6gVQjqINeGmJGy8Kqj3gHIVO6qxn7yJpjiKtkZ-2u7iSZhD21nWmQ/w200-h168/Boo%20pot%20holder.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I found an easy way to <a href="https://youtu.be/ihTvbCyY2cU" target="_blank">create graph paper</a> that matches your specific gauge using a spreadsheet, so now I'm excited to start collecting ideas for images for Mississippi squares.</div><div><br /></div><div>So far my list looks like this:<br /><br /></div><div>Biloxi lighthouse<br />pine cone/tree<br />live oak<br />blues/Hwy 61<br />church<br />Jackson coliseum<br />hurricane symbol<br />catfish<br />peanuts<br />Kermit the frog<br />cows<br />ballet<br />an outline of MS<br />cotton<br />magnolia<br />Windsor ruins<br />sandhill crane<br />alligator<br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-46723031059619292052022-04-02T15:50:00.000-05:002022-04-02T15:50:17.040-05:00My 3-D Angel - 2 Ways!<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkiRPn8nBBokW1nhkTu_Vqf0yDJGnHV9nsSZzmoGt9OyEls8XqFOMNHxHEXPp_NBrxWtFL2ozFxgZkb3_bbhdVAvTgnjlGpFR6WZc1enHDfsMOdScmUIaTuzlIwuBbKTElF5FNSmOL1wmVERYC67YeetsNVMFOLg5XqKsX4s2cGivZN-HO4mo7R8giyA/s3264/1D3B1659-44E6-4DF4-B2F8-1240EA619F7E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkiRPn8nBBokW1nhkTu_Vqf0yDJGnHV9nsSZzmoGt9OyEls8XqFOMNHxHEXPp_NBrxWtFL2ozFxgZkb3_bbhdVAvTgnjlGpFR6WZc1enHDfsMOdScmUIaTuzlIwuBbKTElF5FNSmOL1wmVERYC67YeetsNVMFOLg5XqKsX4s2cGivZN-HO4mo7R8giyA/w150-h200/1D3B1659-44E6-4DF4-B2F8-1240EA619F7E.jpeg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ort jar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><p>When I started on my quest to create the 3-D angel, I was exclusively a needle tatter. After much trial and error and a jar full of unsatisfactory attempts, I managed to create an angel that made me smile. I was asked to share the pattern, but before releasing a potentially flawed pattern to the public, I wanted to make sure what I had written was actually what I had tatted. <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfLOwRp8_0xbXE1K-PazpSG5cKZbnPwxD4h_2o7Z27SKApFZDtBPiGAtLkBdEYWKQy2_v_D39pORyrWZCJNXI6uaB3n7DFaGLWn0ASRJj_umYEj3mYJYGOy9BUUYkymDaLsahPmMWcKAVsL94YaT3JgKhh9cCxAaVTpGwa60dUZhO1r4hXNtc9Ml1SA/s2110/6CCCDBC0-3DA6-437B-A0C7-A380CFB9197F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1703" data-original-width="2110" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfLOwRp8_0xbXE1K-PazpSG5cKZbnPwxD4h_2o7Z27SKApFZDtBPiGAtLkBdEYWKQy2_v_D39pORyrWZCJNXI6uaB3n7DFaGLWn0ASRJj_umYEj3mYJYGOy9BUUYkymDaLsahPmMWcKAVsL94YaT3JgKhh9cCxAaVTpGwa60dUZhO1r4hXNtc9Ml1SA/w200-h161/6CCCDBC0-3DA6-437B-A0C7-A380CFB9197F.jpeg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2 angels</td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the meanwhile, I came upon pictures of some beautiful shuttles. Well, that was that. I needed to learn how to use shuttles, just so I could have some beautiful shuttles! And also an opportunity to test the written pattern for the angel, but using a shuttle rather than a needle.</p><p>I couldn’t find a way to fit both methods into 1 pattern without being terribly confusing, so I copied, pasted and edited to get the shuttle part. I’ve got them in a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15w3woO3oQHvzkg5bYtcHTUMRVmTcTy6YNXK7SAUXy-w/edit" target="_blank">document here </a>.</p><p>If you make either of these angels and run into problems with the pattern, please let me know so that I can make corrections.</p><p><br /></p>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-1931693800345640612022-02-25T14:23:00.004-06:002022-02-25T14:23:49.916-06:00Approaching the Angel<p> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I was first introduced to the concept of tatting, I came upon a picture of a 3-D angel that fascinated me. THAT’S what I wanted to learn how to do! But almost every pattern I could find was flat. How did one go about getting results in 3 dimensions that tapered at the top?</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiocPf_wV1OJe77bEHfFkRSRu_2v2CEmwCudD3SwalahbuPwcwaTyS9IXF3f4WMbbbeWcnUZuAe6TO4Uw370Bukk0lTgyyNg1WSmNRrvtj4WpCtCSFikwd7MV07rJoDj4jV9jjlH8D5C5gG9Gc7z-RHI3UoNEkKJFOekhlbAnBtqv7d4P7D3yqnlMUAdA=s1841" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="1525" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiocPf_wV1OJe77bEHfFkRSRu_2v2CEmwCudD3SwalahbuPwcwaTyS9IXF3f4WMbbbeWcnUZuAe6TO4Uw370Bukk0lTgyyNg1WSmNRrvtj4WpCtCSFikwd7MV07rJoDj4jV9jjlH8D5C5gG9Gc7z-RHI3UoNEkKJFOekhlbAnBtqv7d4P7D3yqnlMUAdA=s320" width="265" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesterday I was going through my beginner instruction book to see if I had missed any lessons to practice on. Nope, but I noticed that a small flat medallion at the end (which I had already done in white) had been done in the book in green and turned into a small Christmas wreath. There just happened to be a ball of green thread sitting at my elbow so I decided to do a bit of practice. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJfLKAGt5NQO-Avh2w0uTNxpWTJfMQsZG0HCIa9crVBu1BBEuZcLlNlc2W9KM9rBF37nD98hW-lMaShbrHKTethJbUVkXLZaxJtgBS-x1ROz9QGLOTEnWDOz5BGzlf2S_5f3uZaxz8Xje01T_vz3G0PexFeqKoGaFclFlxcu-c8MbJxhqE9LDiC5hvFQ=s1144" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1144" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJfLKAGt5NQO-Avh2w0uTNxpWTJfMQsZG0HCIa9crVBu1BBEuZcLlNlc2W9KM9rBF37nD98hW-lMaShbrHKTethJbUVkXLZaxJtgBS-x1ROz9QGLOTEnWDOz5BGzlf2S_5f3uZaxz8Xje01T_vz3G0PexFeqKoGaFclFlxcu-c8MbJxhqE9LDiC5hvFQ=s320" width="320" /> </a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m not sure what I did differently on the new green one than I did on the first white one, but something was definitely different! Even though the white one had a mistake on one of the joins, it laid flat like the picture. This new green one just simply would not! I looked at stitch counts and everything seemed to be correct. Was it the tension or just the different thread itself? Who knows…..but….there it was! That 3-D effect I had been looking for! Now to work with that. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I made a prototype last night. It is NOT pretty! (Hence no photo that I’m willing to share yet) But it is a beginning in my quest!</span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So stay tuned to this same Tat-Channel! (If you watched Batman in the 60’s you’ll see what I did </span><a href="https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/63329536.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">there</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiocPf_wV1OJe77bEHfFkRSRu_2v2CEmwCudD3SwalahbuPwcwaTyS9IXF3f4WMbbbeWcnUZuAe6TO4Uw370Bukk0lTgyyNg1WSmNRrvtj4WpCtCSFikwd7MV07rJoDj4jV9jjlH8D5C5gG9Gc7z-RHI3UoNEkKJFOekhlbAnBtqv7d4P7D3yqnlMUAdA=s1841" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJfLKAGt5NQO-Avh2w0uTNxpWTJfMQsZG0HCIa9crVBu1BBEuZcLlNlc2W9KM9rBF37nD98hW-lMaShbrHKTethJbUVkXLZaxJtgBS-x1ROz9QGLOTEnWDOz5BGzlf2S_5f3uZaxz8Xje01T_vz3G0PexFeqKoGaFclFlxcu-c8MbJxhqE9LDiC5hvFQ=s1144" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p></p>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-56222534841157778512022-02-20T13:35:00.000-06:002022-02-20T13:35:56.149-06:00Kay’s New Antique Bookmark<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZxdVv37j0PJ_6l6Br3YVC6O9ONkXkUmVoLv-VFn77PSiOTAhDEnUTK5naMNp226UnDYWcwa9BzRXms_HYl2j8OIMsyM6g0sBBhMakw9XvjHeZZmHRy-WYtjEawhye8QzmIam-IiGAHKZ3KiGVjBRPn29xeocW_-UQ9LaYtMSSwRybclj1JxPMlYVGUA=s2366" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2366" data-original-width="1757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZxdVv37j0PJ_6l6Br3YVC6O9ONkXkUmVoLv-VFn77PSiOTAhDEnUTK5naMNp226UnDYWcwa9BzRXms_HYl2j8OIMsyM6g0sBBhMakw9XvjHeZZmHRy-WYtjEawhye8QzmIam-IiGAHKZ3KiGVjBRPn29xeocW_-UQ9LaYtMSSwRybclj1JxPMlYVGUA=w238-h320" width="238" /></a></div><br /> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is a lady at our church who always does nice things for the church staff. Every Christmas, we all get a present from Kay. During the year, she invites us to lunch at her house. She leads a weekly women's bible study several times a year. Kay also writes a wonderful daily devotional that she posts on her Facebook page. I wanted to do something for her to say “Thanks for all you do.” So I made an “antique” bookmark for her today. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How is that possible? What defines an item as an antique? </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Construction process? Tatting is an old art form. It’s difficult to say when needle tatting began. This </span><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatting" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">article</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> mentions a reference to needle tatting in the mid 1800’s, but the practice itself could be much older than that. </span></p><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyYK2jpKBWUfCgfecH312JaDOnaTMBe2OqlH9Jsp7h3Opj16LEs1qXeC34A91amEZp_b6wRvXEFTRQcMSdvehObB8_OxMRlvYai7tFyAwKQYRVzOGs_2PClZDHi-eAsJsROPbztY1sXtwT6HKoZ7NfJHz8HlT3j-euWdNnn28Sqnr-JARDlNsRj9omwA=s4032" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyYK2jpKBWUfCgfecH312JaDOnaTMBe2OqlH9Jsp7h3Opj16LEs1qXeC34A91amEZp_b6wRvXEFTRQcMSdvehObB8_OxMRlvYai7tFyAwKQYRVzOGs_2PClZDHi-eAsJsROPbztY1sXtwT6HKoZ7NfJHz8HlT3j-euWdNnn28Sqnr-JARDlNsRj9omwA=w240-h320" width="240" /> </a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Material used? Based on the price printed on the label, the thread I used was manufactured sometime after 1935 when a ball of </span><a href="https://bitsofhistory.vintageknitcrochet.net/2018/02/knit-cro-sheen-mercerized-cotton.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knit Cro-Sheen</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> sold for 25¢, but before 1947, when that same ball sold for 30¢. My label has an original price of 29¢. I found 2 balls with that label at the Goodwill store in town recently. (The $1.99 label was put on by Goodwill) I had to buy them, just for the history of they represent. This thread was at least 75 years old! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have so many questions: Who bought them when they were new? Did they have a beautiful project in mind or we’re they just buying supplies in case a pattern struck their fancy later? What craft did this person have in mind for this thread: did they knit or crochet or tat or something else? 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A new friend (that’s you, Laura) had mentioned the art on a visit over Christmas. I’d heard the term “tatting” before but had no idea what it was. I’ve knitted and crocheted for years so I was excited to add a new craft to my arsenal. <p></p><p>Each craft has its own language, I’ve discovered. When learning a spoken language, you begin by repeating simple words and phrases. Then you string more words and phrases together. Finally you have a vocabulary and a structure to fit it into. You begin to speak original thoughts instead of just repeating what someone else said. Tatting is exactly like that!</p><p>I made some things by following simple patterns. Then I wanted to speak my own tatting thoughts. I came up with an idea for a dragonfly that I’m still working on. I thought I had it nailed down, but certain parts of the construction are holding me back. </p><p>So instead of continually creating the whole thing just to get to the part that wasn’t working, I decided to make an abbreviated shortcut version that skipped over the parts I knew already worked so I could concentrate on the problematic parts. </p><p>This week, I saw to a new technique: <a href="https://youtu.be/JypBgJoOyFQ" target="_blank">dimpled rings.</a> They look very much like hearts, and with it being the build up to Valentine’s, I was seeing them frequently on tatting sites. I put the dimpled heart in as a substitute wing and accidentally made a bumblebee! The pattern is written out below. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTkMGvIFB351_YStwrFwl9Ks-lkoTA8mqBr5pgdu0mfDo-_t0mcis5fuxlkYGvvEm6Hg-E-qix7_eHoSqt_-L48DiR_s-IMPC5QL9IIDDwxqQ3VmBSTU0FOMglm6EwmqCM1d6NvdlLiCjdGZMu0AKeImpDi7I-vxi-Yg8uGR3VSfGpcG9AQFbV-nIzNw=s2035" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="2035" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTkMGvIFB351_YStwrFwl9Ks-lkoTA8mqBr5pgdu0mfDo-_t0mcis5fuxlkYGvvEm6Hg-E-qix7_eHoSqt_-L48DiR_s-IMPC5QL9IIDDwxqQ3VmBSTU0FOMglm6EwmqCM1d6NvdlLiCjdGZMu0AKeImpDi7I-vxi-Yg8uGR3VSfGpcG9AQFbV-nIzNw=w250-h220" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Accidental Bumblebee<p></p><p>R. = ring</p><p>DR. = dimpled ring <a href="https://youtu.be/JypBgJoOyFQ" target="_blank">Video demo</a></p><p>DNRW = do not reverse work</p><p>lp = long picot (which will become antennas when cut)</p><p>The bee is 2 rings and 2 dimpled rings. The long picot on the head is snipped to form the antennas. </p><p>Body: R. 2-6-6-2 close, knot, Rw</p><p>Left wing: DR. 2+(first p on prev ring) 12-3 pull the needle through but not all the way, place a paper clip or stitch marker on the loop of the tail thread so that the loop doesn’t close all the way. Work another ds very closely to the stitches just pulled off, join to the picot just made; 12-2. Close DR through the marked loop, adjusting the stitches as you pull tight. Knot DNRW</p><p>Head: R. 2+(p on wing) 4 lp 4-2. Close, knot DNRW</p><p>Right wing: DR. 2+(last p on head) 12-3, pull through with marker on loop, 1+(p just made), 12+(p on body*) 2, close ring through marked loop. Knot. Bury ends. Snip long picot </p><p>*To reach that last picot join, you’ll need to pull the needle through to get it aimed in the right direction, pull the thread up with a crochet hook and loop it over the needle. Finish the last 2 ds. <a href="https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Needle%20Tatting%20Join%20when%20picot%20doesn.pdf?token=AWwWO8JJNjzAHmUki2ds6syazTy1axup1r_Stirgjk6vORh-88O9JGfwJcVOsEXJd64J_Zv6tK8-hQbl5h77W3_YFUuCXivySdj8IUlOGWFilDvldXAYyDqmSRH0AeUuvjxiMPakcCWTUTUdjHauM4UvrYcAUY08_qrjTXRAnM51YnOKEBGyzxc1O65vkni1kd7MVh_AkCfca-nWLJa5nwhAnBaHB5XuTedZD1VWRoJiAg" target="_blank">Pdf instructions </a></p><p><br /></p>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-75666098267916443782020-09-30T12:56:00.000-05:002020-09-30T12:56:11.832-05:00Em's Pocket Vest<p></p><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div> I have a friend who saw a shawl online asked me if I could make it. I checked it out and really liked it and decided I'd buy the pattern and make one for myself as a trial for making hers.<p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmnQiofNXwKJoBLntt0OV4PGJTiLQi2IXlzTzENFlZO3HW7orlUEe9TIpGtHBQHpVwy7B9d-436lEreWVwajBuPFqDEqGkBQ2vBkRnYshWJHKxtDDTl-anI6UTHxUaJTA2zvUg8azt3UZ/s4032/IMG_4816.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmnQiofNXwKJoBLntt0OV4PGJTiLQi2IXlzTzENFlZO3HW7orlUEe9TIpGtHBQHpVwy7B9d-436lEreWVwajBuPFqDEqGkBQ2vBkRnYshWJHKxtDDTl-anI6UTHxUaJTA2zvUg8azt3UZ/w240-h320/IMG_4816.jpeg" width="240" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_69FzHhZ5eGbuzSH6qY4G2iPNQhPIRvX-AAvwQjJ7hcWuBpbtK7VQ9eqEXISln9zyKbQjqZRJwBpojmjygKLzW0HGZE6N4F4sn-7r6d9EaUIxTXNYXosAGX1fnBJAfacM1AwzUgrhkRm/w241-h321/IMG_4817.jpeg" width="241" /></p><p><br />After I got mine finished, Em was visiting one weekend and decided to wear it to church on Sunday. (When the girls visit, <i>something </i>from my closet is always on one of them Sunday morning!) She really liked it and asked if I could make one for her with a few modifications. She liked the look and the fringe and the pockets, but wanted it to cover her back where a shawl just couldn't. After talking through a couple of ideas, we decided that 2 shawls would do the trick: one for over each shoulder, seamed together up the back, leaving the front open; and seamed up the sides, leaving openings at the top for armholes.</p><p>The shawl itself is the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/604808937/easy-womens-scarf-pattern-crochet-wrap?fbclid=IwAR1jS_2yZyG4wivzdq5km0cj1ExPG9GH3U3rV_DP-NtTrLRihv4u4ODy3yg">Perfect Pockets Shawl by Sonja Hood</a>. I purchased this pattern. It's not mine to share.</p><p>However, the construction of the vest is mine and I can share here without revealing the original shawl pattern. </p><p>I made the pockets from the original pattern first, using a US-6 crochet hook. The pockets are a good gauge to calculate how many stitches for the main body of the shawl. From that I decided to change hook sizes and stitch totals. (I did go ahead and use those first pockets on the vest, rather than frogging them and starting over.)</p><p>POCKETS:<br />For future projects my pockets will be 22 stitches wide with 9 rows of hdc, 3 rows of wrapped stitches, and 6 more rows of hdc.</p><p>The body of the vest can be constructed 2 different ways. 1) If you're not averse to seaming, you can make 2 identical scarves and seam them together about halfway up the back. 2) If you try to avoid seaming whenever possible, you can begin the 1st row of the 2nd shawl as simply the next row, but then about halfway along that 1st row, you'll need to make the remainder of that row as Foundation stitches. (it'll be a free-floating snake of a row until you add more rows)</p><p>STITCH AND ROW ADJUSTMENTS:<br />For Em's vest, I made the initial shawl a total of 124 stitches long. The original calls for more, but it wraps across the back of the shoulders. For this one, each half lays across just one shoulder so it doesn't need as much length. I needed each shawl to be roughly 12 inches wide so it has a finished diameter of 48 inches. This is to fit comfortably around your hips/bust without being too tight. Adjust as needed. Divide your total by 4 to get how wide your shawls need to be.</p><p>For a long length of stitches I prefer to use a <a href="https://www.mooglyblog.com/foundation-half-double-crochet/" target="_blank">foundation row</a> rather than chaining all those stitches. It's easier to count full stitches than to count chains and less likelihood of twisting things. </p><p>VEST:<br />Foundation hdc 124. After you work the border hdc rows, start working the wrapped stitches. Measure how wide that first hdc border is (all rows of it), double it and subtract from 12 (or your width from above.) That difference is how wide you'll need to make your rows of wrapped stitches. Your total number of wrapped stitches should be 1 less than half the total number of hdc (124/2 = 62 - 1 = 61 wrapped stitches)</p><p>My hdc border was roughly 2.5 inches wide. Two borders (one on each edge) add up to 5 inches. So I needed about 7 inches of wrapped stitch rows between them. For me that worked out to 8 rows of wrapped stitches.</p><p>SEAMED BACK:<br />Make 2 pieces. For the seaming, I used a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbHn53lJbkU" target="_blank">crocheted slip stitch seam</a>. You could also use a whip stitch. I actually preferred the look of the crocheted seam on the outside rather than the inside, but since the pieces don't really have a right or wrong side, you can decide after you join them which you prefer. For a total project length of 124 stitches, seam the back up 60 stitches from the bottom (back), leaving 64 open at the top (front.) </p><p>NO BACK SEAM:<br />If you are creating it as one piece, make the first shawl as directed with your stitch and row adjustments from above. Now,without finishing off, just continue the next row (which is equal to the first border row of the 2nd shawl) still attached to your last border row. On my 124 stitch version, hdc just like before, but only for 60 stitches. Stitches 61 through 124 will be done as foundation hdc. (Here's where you see that free-floating snake of a row.) At the end of this row, be sure to count and make sure that you still have 124 stitches: 64 free-floating and 60 attatched to the rest of the piece. <br /><i>Note: your neck comes straight up from your back. The opening over your shoulders adds a bit of length to the front. That's why it's not just the same front and back.</i></p><p>Keep following the pattern you worked on the beginning shawl and you'll see the other front side starting to take shape. </p><p>SEAMED SIDES:<br />When you're done, fold the piece in half with the open fronts on top and the back on the bottom. Seam up the sides about 38 stitches and leave the rest open for the arm holes. </p><p>If you really just HATE seaming, you could make a couple of ties to bring the front and back together and leave them basically open.</p><p><br /></p></div>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-3099941916483805002019-07-01T18:47:00.000-05:002019-07-01T18:47:39.621-05:00Sweater of SleevesAir conditioning requires that I have sleeves. Just sleeves. My arms get cold and I'm cold all over.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">KFSB increase=knit into the front of the stitch,don't slip it off yet. Instead of knitting into the back for the increased stitch, when you put the needle into the back of the stitch, just slip it off without knitting it. See video </span><a href="https://youtu.be/oCXRl3urNXU" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PFSB=purl in the front of the stitch, don't slip it off. Instead of purling into the back for the increased stitch, when you put the needle into the back of the stitch, just slip it off without purling it. (Sorry, I couldn't find a video link for the purl version)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note: Even though the sleeve and flat sections are laid out in repeats of 12 rows, they don't all have to start out with a row 1. Just make sure that wherever you choose to start to start working the flat section, you finish an odd numbered (right side) row. Then find the next numbered even row in the flat section. Start working that row number in the flat section of the pattern. Pay attention to whether or not you are on a right side (odd numbered) or wrong side (even numbered) row.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The flat section has a 3 stitch garter-stitch edge to keep that section from curling. Every row, right and wrong side of the flat section, will begin with K3. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cast on 40 st (multiples of 4). Place marker and join in the round. If you like to K2tog when joining in the round, be sure to add 1 more to your cast on. </span><a href="https://blog.tincanknits.com/2013/08/17/casting-on-to-circulars/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See here</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for how to. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Count the rows completed so that you can make the other cuff the same number. (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have 14 rows and 2.75 inches</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) Note: this is an excellent place to put in a lifeline! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now we’ll increase in the middle of each K2 and each P2 to make the sleeves a bit wider and to get to a multiple of 6 for the basketweave formula.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now you will switch to working flat for the next 25 inches. To keep the basketweave pattern going, you will have to adjust the above for working on right side rows and wrong side rows. Make sure that if you are switching from in-the-round to flat knitting somewhere other than Row 1 that you have finished an odd numbered (right side) row when you turn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Row 7: Knit</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Row 8: K3, Purl to last 3, K3. Turn. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Row 9: K3, K1, P2, * P2, K2, P2 * to last 6, P2, K1, K3. Turn. </span></div>
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Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-85871063748986500042019-06-25T14:58:00.000-05:002019-06-25T14:59:20.409-05:00Apolitical KnittingYesterday was an incredibly sad day for me.<br />
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I am a knitter. I have always believed that knitters are a widely diverse group united by perhaps just one single thing: their passion for knitting. If I see someone knitting or crocheting, I know that somewhere... deep down... we have a connection, a common language. And we probably have a few other things in common: Ravelry.com and knowledge of a LYS (Local Yarn Shop).<br />
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Yesterday, my LYS had a Facebook post that I didn't quite understand.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVh53naK-e680aYnn28T5pm2Gc2yN6gTsIC4j1BkrvTdTgMgnzzSyz6gP4im4UrY0bTMfKrvXi7Sf2CQY6YUhudpey2gBa24FxBJ9RvWCHo8ueUNXJcqa9kRQB-0HuoYNfyFO8XGeNbpjR/s1600/response.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="789" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVh53naK-e680aYnn28T5pm2Gc2yN6gTsIC4j1BkrvTdTgMgnzzSyz6gP4im4UrY0bTMfKrvXi7Sf2CQY6YUhudpey2gBa24FxBJ9RvWCHo8ueUNXJcqa9kRQB-0HuoYNfyFO8XGeNbpjR/s320/response.JPG" width="320" /></a>I must admit that I was stunned.<br />
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And then, it seemed to escalate.<br />
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Someone took the LYS to task for her statement.<br />
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At the end of his message to her, he said he'd be coming to her shop wearing a MAGA 2020 hat and dared her to refuse service to him.<br />
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All of this breaks my heart. Why are some things not allowed to be discussed? How will we ever have a chance to work out our differences if we are never allowed to speak of those differences? How is slamming the door in the face of someone wearing a MAGA hat any different than doing the same thing to a young black man in a hoodie or a drag queen?<br />
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Apparently, the knitting world is not the quiet, apolitical place that I have always seen it to be.<br />
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<br />Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-72412062166857952019-06-16T20:14:00.000-05:002019-06-16T20:18:55.319-05:00Family HeirloomLast month, we took a family road trip to celebrate El&J's first anniversary. Sr. Mrs. H came with us, but used the opportunity not only to see her granddaughter, but to visit her Aunt Julia. They are more like cousins as there're only 3 years difference in their ages, now both in their 80's. During their visit, Aunt Julia brought out several heirloom projects done by her older brother John many many years ago. Uncle John (called Prudy) had suffered an injury that prevented his working on the farm, so he learned to crochet.<br />
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This is just one square of a bedspread project that Aunt Julia had custody of. I don't know how many completed squares there are in the bag she has, but there was a large pile. Most were already connected, but I couldn't tell how big the whole thing was. I don't think it was finished.<br />
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I was fascinated! It was beautiful and worked in thread rather than a more substantial yarn, so the stitches were tiny. I asked if they had a copy of the pattern, but he had never written anything down! It was a challenge that my friends all know I couldn't resist. I pulled out my phone and took a picture of this square.<br />
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By the time we got home, I had a <a href="https://freevintagecrochet.com/free-bedspread-patterns/lorraine49/star-popcorn-bedspread-pattern" target="_blank">suspect pattern</a> located in an old magazine that I found online. It was close, but alas, it was worked in double crochet while Uncle Prudy's was obviously single crochet. I decided to give that one a go, just to see how it worked up and how I could adapt it to single crochet. After a bit of experimentation (that turned into gift dishcloths!) I had a pretty good grasp on what I needed to do.<br />
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I've written out the pattern in a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15EwgKTded86vpmjapoJVGjq3LCLLzOIF1ObsskD_URI" target="_blank">google doc </a>here.<br />
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I've not completed the first square yet, but I have worked to the first bobble on Row 25.<br />
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<br />Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-52919791782212862122019-03-06T06:38:00.000-06:002019-03-06T06:39:44.814-06:00Long time: No seeI was looking at the last post I made here and it was for a baby hat and sweater for T. That baby is 19 months old now! And so much has happened since that little sweater.<br />
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His 2 H-girl aunts gave him uncles. Yes, 2 weddings: the first in May and the last in August. Needless to say, last summer was a blur. Not only did 2 daughters get married, but 2 daughters moved about 800 miles away from me. IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS! And one of them took my baby T with her.<br />
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We did all get together for Christmas in South Carolina, including Sr. Mrs. H. That was fun.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWzIHpYgqk0YaSagaZ0mZLp4W3y_t0KTqZ3WqJ0BBczBYDUW7adwGXu7D84hf6tgJFChN6kxBqfD3OmAXyLU-YPmLAwJLzWms508jM4V9NAzYRk8DLOHwHgRFdy20GDi4297enmLEi29d/s1600/Starwars+crochet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="237" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWzIHpYgqk0YaSagaZ0mZLp4W3y_t0KTqZ3WqJ0BBczBYDUW7adwGXu7D84hf6tgJFChN6kxBqfD3OmAXyLU-YPmLAwJLzWms508jM4V9NAzYRk8DLOHwHgRFdy20GDi4297enmLEi29d/s200/Starwars+crochet.jpg" width="200" /></a>My friend and Co-Worker, ChurchSec, has provided my most recent projects. She was looking for baby shower gifts that were Star Wars themed and wanted to know if I could help. I smiled.<br />
A few years ago, my youngest daughter gave me this book:<br />
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I've made several of the projects and thought I'd modify one to make a lovey for the expected new Star Wars fan. <br />
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This is what I came up with: the Yoda lovey.<br />
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I've always loved graph paper! Now I have a real use for it. A word of warning if you are wanting to graph for knitting: If you want your actual knitting to be proportioned like your graph, don't use square graph paper. You can <a href="http://www.theknittingsite.com/knitting-graph-paper/" target="_blank">download knit appropriate graph paper </a>or make your own using Excel or google sheets. The columns need to be slightly wider than the rows are tall. If you just want to try it out with school graph paper, be aware that your knitting will be slightly wider than what the graph shows.Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-40644811847315420892017-07-09T16:49:00.000-05:002018-07-21T14:44:35.036-05:00Baby Sweater and HatIt's July.<br />
It's hot.<br />
But we've got a grandson on the way, and another baby shower, this time at our home church, where our eldest grew up.<br />
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I've been working on a matching sweater and hat. I found a likely candidate pattern <a href="http://luisafelice.blogspot.com/2011/04/hand-knitted-baby-cardigan-pattern.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but there were issues I didn't quite understand. I've rewritten it without the bound off tabs and illustrated how to align the pieces on one long circular needle.<br />
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Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-67041078112708562772017-04-26T12:30:00.001-05:002018-07-21T14:45:04.775-05:00Golden Ratio Lace Baby BlanketBack in January, Mr. H and I went down to his Mom's house to meet up with our eldest and and her husband for dinner. It was their first free weekend in a while. Our FSIL (FavoriteSonInLaw)'s sister's wedding was New Year's Eve and, December being what it is every year, they were ready for a no stress outing. And they had been keeping a secret!<br />
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Her sisters, as well as her newly-wed SIL, had been informed a few days earlier (which explained why my other 2 girls would not answer my calls for those few days and would only reply to texts: they were afraid they would spill the beans!)<br />
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I had already been toying with the idea of designing a lace pattern to make a scarf, but hadn't made much progress. Now I had a purpose!<br />
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The basic lace pattern came about over the next week. I think of it as 0, 1, 2 for one row, followed by 1, 2, 0. The 0 is a yarn over, 1 is knit 1, and 2 is knit 2 together. Then a blanket design began to materialize in my head. The <a href="https://designschool.canva.com/blog/what-is-the-golden-ratio/" target="_blank">Golden Ratio</a> has always intrigued me, so I started with that in mind.<br />
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I was so eager to get started that I didn't really plan well. I cast on my stitches and started a bottom border before the final design had come together. My finished blanket is a bit different than the written pattern that is attached below. The center border is wider than it should be and the top and bottom borders aren't wide enough.<br />
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I had just gotten to the top border of the lower left square when we discovered that the baby is a boy. I thought that deserved celebrating for Mr. H's sake! I had some blue left from a project a few years back that would co-ordinate nicely with the mostly white blanket.<br />
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In the process, I discovered that I am not adept at <a href="https://www.thespruce.com/learn-to-knit-intarsia-2116388" target="_blank">intarsia</a> knitting! My project was no longer portable and the 3 balls of twisting yarn gave me a headache! Luckily, the blue box is relatively small, and I was back to a single ball pretty quickly. The instructions don't include any color changes. I didn't feel confident enough to guide someone else through that.<br />
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Now that the blanket is finished, I thought I'd spend a little time writing it out.<br />
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If you'd like the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5oCxx8m5qSbLTRZWC0zWWczZzQ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PDF, click here.</a><br />
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If you find any errors, or need clarification, please let me know. I'll fix or explain anything I can.Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-34384788084238302412016-07-14T15:56:00.000-05:002016-07-14T15:56:28.174-05:00Empty NestThis morning as I was sitting out on the deck (in my recently re-located swinging hammock chair), I heard a commotion going on behind me. The usual early morning commotion is caused by hummingbirds and their refusal to share a feeder. (Are hummingbird-feeder manufacturers aware of this trait? And if so, why do they insist on putting 3 or 4 feeding flowers on a device that will in fact only be utilized by one hummer at at time?) This morning's commotion, however, was not hummingbirds but blue birds.<br />
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We have a nesting box in our yard that has been occupied every summer for 18 years. It came about as the result of a blue bird nest continually being constructed in our drier vent. At the time, we lived in a mobile home on the property. The vent for the drier ran under the house and ended at the exterior wall. I was afraid the heat would fry the baby birds that would eventually abide there, not to mention being a fire hazard. I removed several nest start-ups, but those birds were determined to build there. I finally settled on a substitution plan. El was a newborn and I noticed that formula cans were roughly the same diameter as the drier vent. I covered the vent with mesh and attached an empty formula can directly under the opening. The blue birds liked it just as well and proceeded to build anew. The girls were able to watch several broods of baby blue birds that summer. Early the next spring, we bought a blue bird nesting box and mounted it on a post in the yard. It's been inhabited every year since then. <br />
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Back to this morning: The commotion was lots of agitated twittering at the box. I spun my chair around to see what was happening. The dark blue dad was on a nearby antennae guy wire. The less-blue mom was on the front of the box. It looked like she was blocking the entrance. An even lesser-blue fledgling was on top of the box. And all of them were making blue bird noises, all at the same time. I imagine it was the blue bird equivalent to a T-ball game: lots of encouraging yells from the parents and lots of excitement and/or whining from the kid being forced out of his comfort zone.<br />
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The young one gradually got used to his wings and fluttered up to the top of the post and then over to the guy wire. Once he flew back to the opening in the box and looked in, but he didn't try to go back inside. (I did take a picture, but the distance was too great to be able to see much. I didn't want to get any closer and risk interrupting the process.)<br />
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By the time I had to leave, he had flown over to the big oak tree. He was sitting on the end of a branch with his mom nearby. <br />
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And the commotion had ceased.Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-52166776443150393882015-12-29T21:52:00.000-06:002015-12-29T21:52:41.268-06:00Funny DreamsHave you ever wondered what triggers dreams?<br />
I woke up from a dream this morning with a ridiculous phrase running through my head:<br />
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Our youngest daughter graduated high school in May of this year, but never had time in her schedule for a senior trip. We decided that Christmas vacation from college would be the perfect time to go. After much debate (and a final word from Mr. H), Washington D.C. was named as the destination.</div>
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I think this is one of the coolest monuments I've ever seen. We approached it from the street, which is the back side. You can't see the face of the center section until you walk between the 2 rear pieces and past the cut out piece. </div>
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This is where we got lunch that first day. The street was lined with food trucks serving just about every kind of food imaginable.</div>
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We had some time to spare before we had to be somewhere that evening. A Starbucks with some outside tables was the perfect spot to sit and watch. D.C. is just about as different from home as can be imagined! All those lights and all those people!</div>
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I have never seen this many tubas and euphoniums (or should that be euphonia?) all in one place. The stage as well as the box and 1st and 2nd tier levels on both sides were full of musicians of all ages and skill levels. They played carols arranged specifically for this instrumentation. It was great fun.</div>
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I figure now it's time to try my hand at a sweater.<br />
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I found a free <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/purple-sweater" target="_blank">Ravelry pattern</a> called Purple Sweater by Jennifer Stark. She calls for a bulkier yarn than I wanted to use, so I'm making some adjustments.<br />
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I'm using a worsted weight yarn so it will take more stitches per inch. I'm thinking if I knit a larger size with the smaller yarn, I'm going to be close. So I am knitting using the XL pattern numbers and I'll see how close it comes to the medium that I wear.<br />
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I started it while we were on our vacation. (Driving to Washington, D.C. gives the passengers PLENTY of time to keep their hands occupied!) I've completed about 40 rows so far.<br />
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I try to do at least 3 miles, 3 times a week. Those 3 miles consume about 45 minutes from the time I go out the door until the time I get back inside. The best time for me to fit those 45 minutes into my day is in the morning. And since I need to leave home at 7:30 to be at work by 8, this time of year those 45 minutes are when it's still dark outside. </div>
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This morning, in addition to the dark, there was incredibly thick fog. Not patches of fog, but a huge wet blanket that stretched for miles and miles.</div>
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About 3/4 of a mile from my house is a street light. Now, technically, it's not a "street" light. We call them booger lights. Booger lights are what rural folks have to light up their property since there are no street lights to light up county roads. I could see this light up ahead in the distance, but it didn't really light up anything other than the fog. After I passed that light, I was truly running in the dark.</div>
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I know that shortly after the 1.5 mile point of my usual run there is a white fence marking a pasture to my left. When I spotted that fence, I knew exactly where I was. Until then, I had been unsure for about half a mile. I ran with that fence in my peripheral vision until I came to the end of it. I thought about running a bit farther, but the idea of running in total darkness made me feel dizzy, so I turned around at the end of the fence. </div>
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That fence is a boundary in my life. Its main purpose is to keep the cows that live in the pasture from getting out. Perhaps it may be to keep four-wheelers from getting in. But for me, that fence tells me where I am. I had been unsure of my place until I saw the boundary. </div>
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On weekends I run in the daylight. I've noticed that my pace is usually quicker when there's light, but I'm not as relaxed as when I run in the dark. I think maybe it's because in the daylight, I can see how far I still have to go. When I'm running in the dark, I can just see the next few steps. Those are the only steps I have to worry about. When I can see a mile or so down the road, I can see how steep the hill is that I have to climb.</div>
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There are people that want God to show them the whole big picture of what lies ahead of them. They want to see far down the road. I'm thinking that God sometimes just reveals the next few steps because if we could see the whole journey, we might never take the first step. And the boundaries He sets for us might not be to keep us in or out, but just to let us know where we are.</div>
Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-77597061780153347502015-06-17T22:36:00.000-05:002015-06-17T22:36:16.396-05:00Baby Cowboy Hat This time the request was for baby stuff.<br />
I found pattern a <a href="http://www.bustingstitches.com/2012/10/cowboy-set.html" target="_blank">pattern for the chaps</a> and I thought I'd found one for the hat, as well.<br />
Boy, was I wrong!<br />
I've crocheted hats before. They are mostly a <a href="http://www.beginner-crochet-patterns.com/how-to-crochet-a-hat.html" target="_blank">formula</a>. <br />
You start with a flat circle then crochet evenly around the sides. If you want a brim, you do some increases. The pattern I found was increase row, then even row, increase row, then even row...<br />
I know sometimes it's hard to see where a pattern is going, but this one looked like a lumpy placemat or road kill!<br />
I frogged it.<br />
I decided to come up with my own pattern. <br />
After 4 tries, I think I've come up with a winner:<br />
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I've created a Google Drive document with the pattern you can print. Here's the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rhLYqau59hLb5Seoh7F8Y2ZpCHMcm3-AmkUHYCeHpdc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
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Here's the pattern:<br />
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Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-6209529384985951662015-02-17T21:35:00.000-06:002015-02-20T08:10:07.145-06:00The Abomination<div>
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Quite often, friends will send me a picture of something knitted or crocheted that they've found on Pinterest. Then they ask if I can make it for them. Usually I can round up a pattern that is pretty close and everyone's happy.<br />
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My friend wanted a set like this for her granddaughter, who will be born this spring. </div>
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Now, this presents me with a moral dilemma. I am and always will be a Mississippi State Bulldog fan. My favorite teams are MS State and whoever is playing Alabama! It's a good thing that little crocheted elephants are cute. However, when Mr. H saw what I was doing, he kept asking how long that abomination was going to be in his house. </div>
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And it took longer than I was expecting to get it done. It seems that every pattern I could find for diaper covers was for a larger baby than newborn. I have a <a href="http://www.leisurearts.com/crochet/baby/hats-diaper-covers-1.html" target="_blank">little book</a> I found in WalMart, but the result was much too big and not quite the shape I was after.</div>
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In the end, I wound up with 3 diaper covers. I had a hard time getting it small enough. Finally, on the 3rd try I succeeded in getting it small and with a nice shape.</div>
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I like the way this last one is a bit narrower in the front than in the back. And I like the 2 buttons rather than 1 in the center. This was an interpretation of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFFHYHNMr8" target="_blank">youtube video</a>. I took notes as I worked and have typed them out <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bx82uYkcfg9cnPLGYBxgERvtSCX_vWtT2-Vs7S28kUA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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After a bit of trial and error, I came up with a plan for the elephant, as well. Those instructions are <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mAwQUPt-wo1tlTBtIRZ8JTL0oPjuWfNq7rL8SCZMHOg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Finally, I found a <a href="http://www.hopefulhoney.com/2015/02/lemon-drop-baby-booties-crochet-pattern.html" target="_blank">pattern </a>for these cute little shoes. I changed it a bit to make them small enough. It only took 2 rounds instead of 3 to make the sole 9 cm long. That meant I had to adjust the numbers on the top to match. The elephant was much to big to add to this little shoe, so the bow was perfect</div>
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All in all, I like the set. And Mr. H will recover from having the abomination in his house.</div>
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<br />Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-14749280986444510852014-12-31T09:16:00.000-06:002014-12-31T09:16:38.166-06:00Unconditional LoveIt's very quiet at my house this minute. Mr. H has gone for a run, Em is still asleep after returning from a camp job for the past few days, and El is still in Montana. I was sitting in my favorite chair just now, knitting (something for me this time!), and thinking of all the things I have to be thankful for.<br />
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The list is quite long: I have 3 daughters that I love very much, who also don't mind being with me. They call when they need advice, when they are excited, and sometimes just whenever. I have a comfortable home, a job that I enjoy, and things I like to do. But at the top of my list of all these earthly things, there is my husband. He is always the first one I am thankful for.<br />
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He is patient and kind. In fact, he is all the things that <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=NCV&search=1%20Corinthians%2013" target="_blank">1 Corinthians 13</a> speaks of. He loves me unconditionally. And then I started thinking, <i>how do we really know if someone loves us unconditionally?</i> People can't read each other's minds, we can't see into someone else's heart. So how do we really know? <br />
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What we <i>can</i> see is the evidence. In the 35 years we have been together, there has never been a time when his actions or words didn't display his love. I can't see into his head or heart, but I can see the outward evidence. <br />
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When I made that connection, I had an epiphany: We can display unconditional love to anyone we choose. It doesn't matter how we <i>feel</i> about them. What matters is the evidence. What does that other person see in our actions and hear in our words to them and about them?<br />
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You may be thinking that it's hypocritical to make someone think we love them when we don't always feel that way. Why? What have we lost? Have we injured someone by showing them love?<br />
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It's not about what we can get out of a relationship.<br />
It's about the value we can add to a relationship.Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-22151514427644064502014-08-22T09:27:00.000-05:002014-08-22T09:27:30.522-05:00Family Remedies<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My eldest sent me a text this week about one of her cats and an injury it had sustained. "Gumbo has a boo boo" were her exact words. She instructed her husband to put Neosporin on it "because it will grow back lost body parts." He had never heard that particular inside family joke. His response was to Google if it's safe to put on cats. As a matter of fact, it is. My mother would be proud. She used it for everything. It does NOT, however, grow back lost body parts. Not for lack of trying on her part, though. She never recovered the last section of her index finger that was taken off by her Bassett hound, Wilber. (She probably blamed that on the fact the hospital ER did not use Neosporin in a timely fashion!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fact that my daughter remembered my mother's favorite first aid remedy took me on a stroll down memory lane. Both of my grandmothers had a favorite topical treatment. My father's mother preferred </span><a href="https://www.drtichenor.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dr. Tichenor's</a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">. </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(I love a company with a sense of humor. This website just made me smile.)</span></i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> She kept a bottle in her bathroom medicine cabinet. She used it as a mouthwash. As a child, I recall being lured in by the peppermint smell, then shocked by the experience of the actual taste! </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Shiver*</i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> But if my brother or I scraped a knee or got bitten by mosquitoes or ants, that bottle came out, accompanied by a large cotton ball to dab it on with.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I suppose if I had to name my go-to remedy for cuts and scrapes, it would be the generic bottle of hydrogen peroxide under my sink. Yes, I have a small tube of Neosporin in the Band-Aid box, but I'm much more likely to open the peroxide bottle and just pour it on my finger over the sink. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know: no imagination . . . no magic. I think my daughters enjoy the idea of the mythical properties my mother attributed to her favorite. </span>Mrs.Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466583622585717923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545065536747867464.post-24168096869651843252014-06-11T13:49:00.000-05:002014-06-11T13:49:15.797-05:00VBS: Day 3 Power TransferI've been looking forward to this day for quite some time! <br />
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Today is the day that we present the Good News that Jesus died for us. <br />
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For the wages of sin to be paid, there must be a death. Not just an appearance of death, but a real death. Jesus REALLY died. And then was raised from death with great power. We have access to that power: it is transferred to us. <br />
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Our science illustration for that transfer of power employs an instrument of death: the dreaded mousetrap!<br />
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There is tremendous power in that spring. What else can it be used for? Powering a car, of course. Transfer that power to the axle and watch it go.<br />
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We demonstrated 2 models in our Mad Science lab today. One used the same wheels and axles that our RA's have used on their CO2 racers. For the 2nd model I used old CDs for the wheels. Both models work really well. One is faster, the other goes farther.<br />
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