Knitting Dragonflies

This is for everyone who loves a knitter but doesn't know what to get them.... I am planning on posting 3 lists: beginning, intermediate and advanced knitters. This is just what I use and love throughout knitter's life, may it help you or someone you know!! Beginning knitter (someone who mostly knits, hat, scarves, afghan's, wraps, basic shell, felted purses, are a few of the items I started with. All links are just examples to help you, not to plug a certain store or person, with no financial gain to myself. I picked the ones I would probably purchase if I was shopping the web, which I love to do. Good Luck. 1. A knitting needle case, your beginning knitter is probably trying all kinds of needles, so a case for them would get her organized. These are beautiful and she makes bags also http://www.crippenworks.com/cpwframeindex.html 2. A good knitting book. One to keep in your knitting bag to refer to. I especially like The Knitting Answer Book by Margaret Radcliffe. It is s

I got this sent to me and thought it was nice. Something cool that Xerox is doingIf you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a second.Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them...

I bet you know what I mean. I was very happy with myself, setting in a bookstore, early in the morning , with a cup of coffee and my new knitting mag. I bought this specific one because I had been flipping through and there was a lovely picture of a beautiful women in a field with a dreamy sweater on. Everything was perfect, her hair, the field, flowers and of course especially the sweater. Over the next several weeks I picked up the mag and kept looking at the sweater. Well this lead to me buying everything I needed to make it online (this was Fall of 2000, yes I am ashamed to tell you this). Over the years of knitting, I have pulled this sweater out and worked on it, first the pattern was confusing, then I decided it needed ribbed cuffs, because wind would blow up my sleeves, and if I was going to have ribbed cuffs I needed a higher collar. Yes, since you are probably a knitter you can see where this is going, I ran out of yarn, bought more, not the right color, got a contrasting col