ISO: Interweave Fall '04, and more...
I'm looking for a copy to buy, borrow or trade of Interweave Fall '04. I'm interested in the Flower Basket Shawl.
It's no longer offered on the Interweave website as a download. Fibre Trends doesn't sell their patterns directly and none of the local shops that distribute their patterns carry the FBS. Of course, if I could find a distributer I could deal with online, they don't offer downloadable patterns (I HATE when patterns aren't downloadable!!!).
So, maybe one of your crafty-knitty women would like to make a deal?
In other news, there is a great article in the Toronto Star today by a cool writer. Helen Spitzer writes Me and My Girl and the Gilmore Girls, an essay about the shows effect on a young, single mother and her daughter.
I found the article so refreshing. It's hard to find voices like mine out there in the mainstream media (and boyo, the Star is major mainstream in Canada). Normally the voices of mothers are very PC, very blandified and skewed heavily to what is often called the "soccer mom": a frosted, SUV driving, mani-pedi getting ultra mom with a McMansion in the burbs. Spitzer is not that, thank goodness!
So, check it out!
And in still other news, we bought Kieran a package of Tinkertoys yesterday during a 2 location Value Village blitz. Sean thought they might be too abstract and advanced for Kieran, but I knew that my budding little engineer would love them. And, a Colossal size tube of Tinkertoys, totatally intact?! For $3.99?! I was not passing them by!
As we browsed the store, a young Mennonite boy was riding around on a wonderful Radio Flyer bike w/ trainers. It looked to be about 12", which is what we are looking to get Kieran as his trike is just too small for him.
When we were getting ready to leave, Sean said, "we should ask if that family is going to buy the bike, because at $10, it's a steal and Kieran would love it." He set off one way and I turned around to see the mother with one of her impossibly pretty blonde daughters walking towards me.
"Is it your son riding the Radio Flyer bike?" I asked.
She smiled, "Yes! He loves it."
"Are you going to get it?"
She nodded, "Yes, we are. And for $10!"
I totally understood. "I thought I'd ask in case you weren't going to buy it, because I would if you weren't."
She gave me a knowing smile. "I see you found the Tinkertoys. If you aren't going to get those, I'll definitely take them."
I laughed and said, "Oh, I can't pass up these!"
We chatted for a few moments and I left with a good feeling. And a tiny bit of sadness. I mean, a Radio Flyer bike for $10?!
Kieran opened up the Tinkertoys this morning and has been playing with them, fascinated, all day. "Hey Mom! Check out my new satellite! I made it in my toy lab!"
He can't draw worth a darn and he can't recite the alphabet yet, but he loves to build spaceships!
It's no longer offered on the Interweave website as a download. Fibre Trends doesn't sell their patterns directly and none of the local shops that distribute their patterns carry the FBS. Of course, if I could find a distributer I could deal with online, they don't offer downloadable patterns (I HATE when patterns aren't downloadable!!!).
So, maybe one of your crafty-knitty women would like to make a deal?
In other news, there is a great article in the Toronto Star today by a cool writer. Helen Spitzer writes Me and My Girl and the Gilmore Girls, an essay about the shows effect on a young, single mother and her daughter.
I found the article so refreshing. It's hard to find voices like mine out there in the mainstream media (and boyo, the Star is major mainstream in Canada). Normally the voices of mothers are very PC, very blandified and skewed heavily to what is often called the "soccer mom": a frosted, SUV driving, mani-pedi getting ultra mom with a McMansion in the burbs. Spitzer is not that, thank goodness!
So, check it out!
And in still other news, we bought Kieran a package of Tinkertoys yesterday during a 2 location Value Village blitz. Sean thought they might be too abstract and advanced for Kieran, but I knew that my budding little engineer would love them. And, a Colossal size tube of Tinkertoys, totatally intact?! For $3.99?! I was not passing them by!
As we browsed the store, a young Mennonite boy was riding around on a wonderful Radio Flyer bike w/ trainers. It looked to be about 12", which is what we are looking to get Kieran as his trike is just too small for him.
When we were getting ready to leave, Sean said, "we should ask if that family is going to buy the bike, because at $10, it's a steal and Kieran would love it." He set off one way and I turned around to see the mother with one of her impossibly pretty blonde daughters walking towards me.
"Is it your son riding the Radio Flyer bike?" I asked.
She smiled, "Yes! He loves it."
"Are you going to get it?"
She nodded, "Yes, we are. And for $10!"
I totally understood. "I thought I'd ask in case you weren't going to buy it, because I would if you weren't."
She gave me a knowing smile. "I see you found the Tinkertoys. If you aren't going to get those, I'll definitely take them."
I laughed and said, "Oh, I can't pass up these!"
We chatted for a few moments and I left with a good feeling. And a tiny bit of sadness. I mean, a Radio Flyer bike for $10?!
Kieran opened up the Tinkertoys this morning and has been playing with them, fascinated, all day. "Hey Mom! Check out my new satellite! I made it in my toy lab!"
He can't draw worth a darn and he can't recite the alphabet yet, but he loves to build spaceships!
posted by mamaloo at 12:09 PM
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I "MIGHT" (HUGE might) have that at home somewhere...back when I bought magazines with stuff I couldn't possible knit..
I'll look. No promised though..
OK, my pulse just started racing.
if he loves tinker toys, he'd love duplos or megablocks (duplos are big legos). the best part about duplos is that t hey work wiht the legos, too. megablocks are a takeoff on legos/duplos, but cheaper. your local mart of wal may carry them (they do here in the states)
and i made the flower basket shawl. it's a definite do.
I just checked dude-I have Winter 2003 and Spring 2004. If I chance upon it, I'll let you know, but I doubt it. :(
Sorry !
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