tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post7526873335694618668..comments2024-03-14T05:55:13.709-05:00Comments on Farmgirl Fare: Holiday Giveaway:Win a Copy of Knit Two by Kate Jacobs!Farmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-23554811424201046512008-12-31T21:43:00.000-06:002008-12-31T21:43:00.000-06:00when i was pregnant with my first daughter i took ...when i was pregnant with my first daughter i took a knitting class hoping to make her a beautiful blanket to be brought home in--i have to admit i never finished it I was in a class with advanced knitters and felt intimadated---maybe i can finish it for her child :) she's only 6 so i have a little time....<BR/><BR/>besides cooking reading is one of my other favorite things---I'd love to read this new book I've read the first one and thought it was great! check out blossom street series they are similar and good too!cupcake queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843577837913603079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-82157453107761358202008-12-31T20:51:00.000-06:002008-12-31T20:51:00.000-06:00This sounds like a great new book to read. It wou...This sounds like a great new book to read. It would be wonderful to win it. Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1573458757608387702008-12-31T14:25:00.000-06:002008-12-31T14:25:00.000-06:00I've been reading your blog for a looooong time an...I've been reading your blog for a looooong time and felt compelled to de-lurk because of it being New Year's Day Eve and all (my resolution being "Do something today that you'd rather do tomorrow."). I'm getting sort of a head start on that. Trying to end my procrastinating ways, you know. I've been meaning to leave a comment here for ages and ages because I enjoy your blog so much. I just love the photos of the sheep and Carrie(!) and the dogs and everybody else with your funny, almost hidden comments (that type size is tiny!).<BR/><BR/>As for knitting, I've been knitting for decades. Since I'm such a procrastinator, I just started to knit some Christmas socks for my parrots to put up on the mantle next year. Ha ha ha. They're pretty tiny. Not sure what sort of presents I can jam in them but they do have four little toes to fill up.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes for a happy new year with NO ICE storms (I live in Missouri too).<BR/><BR/>MariaMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769488099776508540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-70738283663232763052008-12-31T14:20:00.000-06:002008-12-31T14:20:00.000-06:00What an awesome giveaway! I just started knitting...What an awesome giveaway! I just started knitting and I gotta say that I'm really struggling. My first scarf is too short and I can't find the yarn to finish it and my second one is curling on the sides. My boyfriend actually said "is that a sleeve you are making?" <BR/><BR/>Someday I hope to make one full successful scarf, then move on to blankets etc.! Maybe the book would help me?Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119471756261855850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-57702557445883921642008-12-31T13:33:00.000-06:002008-12-31T13:33:00.000-06:00I'm just learning to knit! Some lovely lady friend...I'm just learning to knit! Some lovely lady friends of mine get together every week or so to knit, and they invited me along one week and taught me how to get started. I've been working on an earthy green scarf for about two months now, and it's almost done! It's a gift for my fiance, and I can't wait to see it on him. <BR/><BR/>I love your site, by the way. Someday I hope to live on a farm and obsess about tasty food. Right now I've just got the "obsess about tasty food" part down. Still need a farm. :)Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214523048706860871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-3065567061127778342008-12-31T12:56:00.000-06:002008-12-31T12:56:00.000-06:00I just started to knit (a year ago...and my scarf ...I just started to knit (a year ago...and my scarf is nearly done in time for winter.hah)<BR/>I would love this book, I am part of a knitting group and it's addictive in a calm way.<BR/>btw- thank you so much for the heirloom seed suggestion, I used their seeds this summer in my garden - fantastic stuff!Tara Schnaiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290528458767294900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-67547482122263372012008-12-31T12:11:00.000-06:002008-12-31T12:11:00.000-06:00Knitting is a sanity exercise for me. Just got Fri...Knitting is a sanity exercise for me. Just got Friday Night Knitting Club for Xmas, and would love the new book! Pls count me in!Melanie J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03701919968159394274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-71253560347369131412008-12-31T11:46:00.000-06:002008-12-31T11:46:00.000-06:00I knitted for many years and then gave it up for c...I knitted for many years and then gave it up for cross stitch. When I came back to knitting, there were scads of new, beautiful yarns! What a delight!Joan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521818699748930158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-76564227196764918212008-12-30T21:18:00.000-06:002008-12-30T21:18:00.000-06:00Oh joy! I just came home from my knitting group an...Oh joy! I just came home from my knitting group and decided to catch up on my blog reading and looky what you're giving away! I too enjoyed the first book and can't wait for the movie to come out - anything knitting related is OK by me. I picked up knitting a few years ago having taught myself out of a book (lefty with no one to teach me) and now there's a group of us who meet weekly and even go on mini-knitting adventures a few times a year. Yes, there IS a whole convention dedicated to all things yarn! Thanks for once again giving away some great stuff!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977743084029687433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-71184025728313812622008-12-30T20:15:00.000-06:002008-12-30T20:15:00.000-06:00Hello -I'm an avid knitter, and I loved Friday Nig...Hello -<BR/><BR/>I'm an avid knitter, and I loved Friday Night Knitting Club. I can't wait for the movie to come out - that is, I hope it is. I thought Julia Roberts optioned the book for a movie - I sure hope so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-48768679291781983432008-12-30T14:14:00.000-06:002008-12-30T14:14:00.000-06:00All autumn, I was working on secret knitting proje...All autumn, I was working on secret knitting projects: my son knew I was knitting a sweater for my husband, and my husband knew I was kniting a sweater for my son, but I managed to keep them both in the dark by switching projects depending on who was around (plus a few mad dashes in to my craft room to hide the evidence when someone came home unexpectedly!)<BR/><BR/>I had never knit a sweater for my husband before, so I wasn't sure how well he would like it. In the five days since Christmas? He has worn it three days, and has already laid it in my lap in terror, to let me know one of the cats got at it and pulled a few stitches. I fixed them, and the relief on his face was genuine and a huge boost for me. YAY knitting!Irmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187488217492892133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-75806558552850987722008-12-30T12:13:00.000-06:002008-12-30T12:13:00.000-06:00I think I originally found your blog from a cookin...I think I originally found your blog from a cooking knitter. Don't know who, but back then I was just finding the plethora of knitting blogs. <BR/>Wishing you the Happiest of 2009!!planetKnithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596742126571919685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-90445030508317521142008-12-30T12:10:00.000-06:002008-12-30T12:10:00.000-06:00My Life In YarnI learned how to knit on a road tri...My Life In Yarn<BR/><BR/>I learned how to knit on a road trip with my girlfriends when I was sixteen years old. Twelve hours trapped in a van will make any teenager desperate for a distraction. I, who previously rolled my eyes at the domestic arts, was hooked!<BR/><BR/>My first real creation was a red and white Valentine's Day scarf for my boyfriend, Bob, the local restaurant bus boy, with his name knitted on one end. He said he loved it, which gave me the courage to forge ahead. In college I made scarves for several of my professors, complete with musical notes, drama masks, or anything particular to their expertise. I even sent one off to a fellow I met in Turkey (don't ask). I'm especially proud of the one I made for a voice/diction teacher that included his favorite singing vowels—ah, eh, ee, oh, and oo. He proudly displayed it on the wall of his studio till the day he died, pointing it out to all his students. I still own one of my knitted masterpieces...it's a blue-and-gray Christmas scarf I made for the man who eventually became my husband.<BR/><BR/>But the knitting I became best known for in college was my multi-colored, striped leg warmers. Yes, you heard right and yes, it was the eighties! I performed in a traveling song and dance troop and took orders from all my favorite performing pals. I remember touring across Australia and whipping out a pair for myself (in Australian flag colors) since I hadn't realized how cold it would be in the month of June “down under.” My fingers literally itched as I passed rolling green fields full of sheep in New Zealand, gazing in awe at all that potential yarn.<BR/> <BR/>When my creativity peaked for knitting I suddenly discovered the crochet hook! While traveling with my performing group on a Southern States tour, I collected yarn from all the host families who housed me and made a no-rhyme-or-reason, multi-colored blanket that my fellow travelers jokingly began referring to as a “bus cover” as it increased in size daily. It has survived the years and graced the beds, at one time or another, of all four of our children as well as my own.<BR/><BR/>Since those days I've discovered quilting, but that's a whole post all by itself! Thinking back on my, perhaps, tacky knitting past, I've decided to resurrect my needles and learn to make fingerless gloves. Since the economy has motivated me to keep the thermostat low enough to wear my winter coat in the house, I think that would be a grand idea. No fancy designs or multi-colored stripes though, the eighties are officially over! ;-)<BR/><BR/>- Johanne Frechette PerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-63614338524486472322008-12-30T11:20:00.000-06:002008-12-30T11:20:00.000-06:00These are books on my reading "to do" list! I've ...These are books on my reading "to do" list! I've been looking forward to reading them for a while. I'm not even sure why I knit, it's just what I do and hard to imagine not doing it. Call me crazy, but there is something I like about the repetitiveness. It also helps keep me awake while watching movies. Inevitably, I end up doing a lot of knitting late nite!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-3746140484325189522008-12-30T11:15:00.000-06:002008-12-30T11:15:00.000-06:00I have found a lot of my motivation for knitting i...I have found a lot of my motivation for knitting is that sticks and string are easier to work with than a sewing machine, and they're very portable. Knitting is a great way to fill in time stuck waiting in that interminable post office line, or to make evening TV time a little more productive. I've also found knitting is like engineering, except if I mis-knit something I can almost always tear it back and start over, while fabricating bridges or wheels and cogs that don't work is a bit more costly.<BR/><BR/>I knit socks and sweaters, and the occasional hat. It's hard to muster the enthusiasm for scarves, as I am a Californian and just can't get much good out of them. I like my handknits to be worn as much as possible.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102524397278597786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-55250963119656163382008-12-30T11:12:00.000-06:002008-12-30T11:12:00.000-06:00Hi,I am just beginning to knit! This is one of my ...Hi,<BR/>I am just beginning to knit! This is one of my New Years Resolutions to learn. I am a cross sticher and scrap booker. In 2008 I was introduced to the blogging world. And yours in one of my bookmarked favorites. My dream is to one day have a farm. Thanks for the opportunity to win the book.<BR/>Julie<BR/>Juliafaithx2@aol.com<BR/>Marlton Jul-blogger.comJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15468489763541628582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-2593112723027129092008-12-30T10:07:00.000-06:002008-12-30T10:07:00.000-06:00I adore knitting, though I am by no means a master...I adore knitting, though I am by no means a master. It's soothing and meditative. I like to make scarves to experiment with yarns and stitches, and I love making mittens and hats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-32877982013460168012008-12-30T10:04:00.000-06:002008-12-30T10:04:00.000-06:00I can't knit, but am a fan of all fiber arts. I am...I can't knit, but am a fan of all fiber arts. I am a voracious reader, though. Would love to win a free book.Cindie Ulreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04538312637815926959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-84257805443287007662008-12-30T10:01:00.000-06:002008-12-30T10:01:00.000-06:00I learned to knit as an adult and it has now been ...I learned to knit as an adult and it has now been about 12 years and I'm going strong. I love to knit because I find it hard to do just one thing at a time, so knitting allows me to do something productive with my hands while reading, watching movies, sitting through academic talks or flying. I adore cables! As others have said, knitting is a great way to relax!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-8087695852714367772008-12-30T08:26:00.000-06:002008-12-30T08:26:00.000-06:00My 17 year old daughter and I were just taught to ...My 17 year old daughter and I were just taught to knit. We are working on our first scarves and found we are becoming a little competitive. She has more rows done (hey, but I've been busy with the holidays and all!). Every Tuesday evening, a gal from our church hosts this Knitting club. We're going for the first time; we're hooked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-1223507245109695322008-12-30T07:50:00.000-06:002008-12-30T07:50:00.000-06:00I've wanted to read those books for a while. My fr...I've wanted to read those books for a while. My friends and I have a weekly Knit Night, where we get together to knit, eat treats, and drink wine and tea. It's a lovely time to catch up and craft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-416338498324543742008-12-30T06:48:00.000-06:002008-12-30T06:48:00.000-06:00I am a somewhat self taught knitter. My grandmoth...I am a somewhat self taught knitter. My grandmother tried to teach me MANY MANY years ago, but my tension was not good at all!!!<BR/>Now many years later, I have picked up the sticks to start knitting again. It keeps my hands busy so I cant munch away the night..Hope you are feeling much better..<BR/>Happy New years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-10202525552425176222008-12-29T23:26:00.000-06:002008-12-29T23:26:00.000-06:00I am a passionate knitter - I just found your blog...I am a passionate knitter - I just found your blog on a circuitous route that started on links on Down-to-Earth, Rhonda Jean's blog.<BR/><BR/>I am excited to go through your bread baking recipes as I am also a passionate baker. Thanks for the great blog!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912196826791676075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-80407611961423333522008-12-29T22:36:00.000-06:002008-12-29T22:36:00.000-06:00i just started knitting. back in 1986, when i was ...i just started knitting. back in 1986, when i was 16 years old, my brother and i went to visit family in ireland for a month. my irish grandmother taught me the two stitches - knit and purl - but i never learned anything beyond that and i spent a couple of weeks knitting those stitches into nothing useful in really heavy, painful-to-my-fingers wool.<BR/><BR/>now, in 2008, i said, hmmmph! i'm going to learn how to follow a pattern. i want to make myself some socks! i'm on my third project (my third scarf) and after this one, i'm going to try socks even though i'm not quite sure i'm ready.<BR/><BR/>anyway! would love to read that book! thanks for a lovely giveaway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12997259.post-5153965124342034722008-12-29T21:19:00.000-06:002008-12-29T21:19:00.000-06:00Hm. I'm comment number 147...what can I say that h...Hm. I'm comment number 147...what can I say that hasn't been said? <BR/><BR/>Knitting is a means of keeping sane. Plain and simple. You start a project, you work on it to the best of your ability, you complete it (okay, there's all that blocking mess...but let's not go there) and you have something to SHOW for it. Something you can point to and say, "I made that." Better yet, something you can give away that the recipient will actually COO over! "You MADE this and you're giving it to ME? Ooooo!!" <BR/><BR/>I ask you - what could be better?wineandroastshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706227811429388824noreply@blogger.com