I am not exactly new, but haven’t been in for at least 5 years

[Teri]

Hi Larissa (Kl1000)
Hope you have been well...Nice to hear from you. Is it cold where you are? Pretty cold here....lots of snow here.

[kl1000]

Hello! It was cold but now it is not. Do you know Tsiskaridze? I watch his interviews.

[Jean Marie]

I'm doing well, thank you.

[spoula]

Hello everyone,
I have not been on this forum for awhile but hopefully not forgotten. I have been trying to keep busy and learning new knit stitches and some cables. I have been playing with different stitches while trying to make that darn Ken doll some clothes for my little one. I don't know what I am doing as I have tried many different yarns, different hook sizes and still the sweaters look too big. I thought it would be easier to make a knit sweater and I found some interesting stitches and made a little swatch and it was so cute. But I don't know how to decrease the rows and keep the stitch designs.
If there are any knitters out there I could use some help in how to do that.

The other day I was sitting at my kitchen table and saw a shadow out the window. It was a large animal but I could not see it clearly as there are hedges outside and the animal was behind the hedges. I called to my husband to see what kind of animal is outside. It turned out to be a big deer and he was beautiful. I could not tell it was a deer because he had his head down and I only saw his back. It was a wonder as I live in a neighborhood with lots of houses and kids so to see a sight like that was a happy one. The only thing that I did not like so much is that he just ate some of the flowers we just planted. He also likes to shred my azaleas. Oh well he has to eat too.

I hope all of you are safe and happy.
Spoula

[Teri]

Spoula
Deer are beautiful creatures! I love seeing them. I live in a rural area where they are abundant....and also hunted which I am NOT a fan of. They love to eat the plants you don't want them to eat...the most! But so peaceful to watch them. I fear most of all, them getting hit by cars. It is very scary driving at night, as there are no street lights here, so on a moonless or cloudy night it is hard to see them while driving. They love where the farmers have hay fields and they bound across the road hay field to hay field. Enjoy your new friend, maybe leave him some vegetable scraps or cracked corn, it may keep him away from your flowers....or not LOL

[spoula]

Hi Terri,
We have many critters in this neighborhood it is protected for wildlife. There are geese, squirrels, , possums, snakes and all kinds of beautiful birds. The other day there was a huge turtle in the yard digging with its back feet to make a nest for her eggs (she messed up my flower beds but she has to do what she has to do). Some critters I don't mind as long as they leave me alone I will leave them alone. The squirrels are the most trouble. They chew the wood on my house they make a mess with chewing the tree branches killing them and dropping them in the yard for us to clean up. They steal the bird food so I am not a fan of them. I do agree with you that deer are beautiful and they do get killed when cars cannot see them in the dark. They freeze in the car headlights and it is hard for the driver to not hit them. With more and more building and branching out to rural areas there is no place for these animals to go it is a shame.

[Teri]

HI Spoula

We don't have many squirrels here. At least where I live. I used to see a red one. They are much smaller than the gray ones but I don't see him any more. He used to knock all the pine cones off the trees, I suppose he used the inside seeds for food, and the pine cones would be all over the place. In Jersey where I grew up, there were tons of squirrels on our farm. But not here. I am surprised. But the deer are so beautiful to see. Especially when they have a fawn with them.

[Jean Marie]

Hello everyone,
I have not been on this forum for awhile but hopefully not forgotten. I have been trying to keep busy and learning new knit stitches and some cables. I have been playing with different stitches while trying to make that darn Ken doll some clothes for my little one. I don't know what I am doing as I have tried many different yarns, different hook sizes and still the sweaters look too big. I thought it would be easier to make a knit sweater and I found some interesting stitches and made a little swatch and it was so cute. But I don't know how to decrease the rows and keep the stitch designs.
If there are any knitters out there I could use some help in how to do that.

The other day I was sitting at my kitchen table and saw a shadow out the window. It was a large animal but I could not see it clearly as there are hedges outside and the animal was behind the hedges. I called to my husband to see what kind of animal is outside. It turned out to be a big deer and he was beautiful. I could not tell it was a deer because he had his head down and I only saw his back. It was a wonder as I live in a neighborhood with lots of houses and kids so to see a sight like that was a happy one. The only thing that I did not like so much is that he just ate some of the flowers we just planted. He also likes to shred my azaleas. Oh well he has to eat too.

I hope all of you are safe and happy.
Spoula

Hi Spoula,
You can always ask on here:Knitting Digest

[spoula]

Hi Jean Marie,
Thanks for the link.
I know there are some folks on this forum that also knit and they have helped me before. I figured it out and posted the picture today of the knit sweater I made.
I am thinking about doing an eyelet knit sweater so maybe I will need some help with that one. Someday I am going to learn how to knit. (ha ha).
Spoula

[Teri]

Good Morning Larisa
I have not yet watched Tsiskaridze's channel but will look into it. He looks very interesting. Thank you