Standing Guard

Standing Guard by Valerie Hansen

love this book, I know that any time I get a book by Valerie Hansen, it will have loads of action and suspense! Great read!

August 2007 Stitch of the Month Knit

August 2007 Stitch of the Month Knit

A Wrapped Stitch, Work with a multiple of 4 stitches. plus 2

  Size 8 needles,

 for sample cast on 26.

Row 1 and all odd-numbered rows: Knit.

Row 2: K 1. * yarn over (yo), p 2. pass yo over 2 p sts just worked and drop. p 2 *; repeat from * to *. ending k in last st.

Row 4: K 1. * P 2. yo. P 2. pass yo over 2 p sts just worked and drop *; repeat from * to *. ending k in last st.

Repeat Rows 2 through 5 for pattern.

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Ann's Barrette

Ann's Barrette @2004 By BarbaraAnn Couturier

Materials:

Approximately 1 ounce of 4 ply worsted weight yarn
56 pony beads
3 inch 3 piece barrette taken apart
Yarn needle
G crochet hook
(Chain 3 counts as 1 dc)

Thread the 56 pony beads onto the yarn with a yarn needle. Push them down the yarn as you work until they are needed. Attach yarn to barrette with a sl st, then work 8 sc across the barrette. Barrette will not be full at this point.

Rnd 1: Turn, ch 3 and 4 dc in front loop first st, 3 dc in front loop of next 6 sts, 5 dc in front loop of next st. Working in unused loops, 5 dc in next st, 3 dc in next 6 sts, 5 dc in last st. Join with sl st to join. (56 dc)

You can now put the barrette back together.

Rnd 2: Ch 3 and 1 dc in first st, 2 dc in each stitch to end. Join with sl st. (112 dc)

Rnd 3: Ch 3, sl pony bead up to hook and ch 3, sc in next st, ch 6, sc in next st. Continue this all around barrette.

Join with sl st in first sc. Hold the barrette upside down grasping the metal part and shake to fluff. If you want a fuller barrette you can start with 12 sts on the barrette. Remember, you will need more pony beads, 80.

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The Black Box

I was sitting on the love seat when he came in. He loaded the big black gun from the bottom, and pulled the top of it back, putting a shell in the chamber, then laid the gun on the trunk. I stood up to leave, he picked it up and pointed at me. I sat down. He laid the gun back down on the trunk. I stood up to leave, he picked it up and pointed at me. I sat down. He laid the gun back down on the trunk. Every time I stood up, he picked that gun up and pointed at me and every time I sat down he put the gun back down on that old trunk. It felt like it when on for hours. Finally I walked off, afraid that he would shoot me in the back and blame one of the kids. I went into the bedroom and cried. I still have that old trunk, him I kicked out not to long after that.

Second chance in Dry Creek by Janet Tronstad

If things can go wrong, then they sure did for Gracie, the heroine of the story. After returning home to begin her life again, things start to happen, but her sons and some one that knows she is a great, beautiful person comes to her rescue and now she has a second change at happiness and love. I loved the book, it’s a clean well written and beautiful love story, Great read. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13706860-second-chance-in-dry-creek

At My House

New things on the list this month, we've added tatting, x-stitch and sewing to the exchanges. So much more to do. Below is the current knitting pattern for the list, so if you haven't joined, you are missing lots of fun.

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September 2010 Stitch of the Month Knit

September 2010 Stitch of the Month Knit

Cast on a multiple of 4 + 2 stitches For sample, on size 8 needles cast on 18 stitches. 1st and 3rd rows: Purl 2nd row: K1, *(K1, P1, K1) into the next st, P3 tog, repeat from * to last st, k1 4th row: K1, *P3 tog, (K1, P1, K1) into the next st, repeat from * to last stitch, k1 Repeat rows 1 - 4 for pattern until square or desired length. You can crochet an edging around it for a coaster or make several of the square, and sew together for a hot mat then crochet a nice edging around it. You could even try a baby blanket by casting on more stitches, say 122 stitches (30 x 4 = 120 + 2) and knitting until square, bind off, and crochet an edging around it.