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Comments (2)You do have to be very careful of pest (especially) and some disease control recommendations in old texts. Some are fine or almost innocuous (a number of the disease control sprays and dusts and organic pesticides of old are still organic gardener favorites) but the inorganic pesticides are terrible. Lead, arsenic, mercury. Fortunately it would not be easy now even to lay your hands on those old chemicals. Although I still (somewhere) have a bag of lead arsenate I found in the utility room of a house my parent's bought many years ago. I can store it safely enough but I don't quite know how to get red of it (I read of special hazardous waste disposal "days" every few years but each time too late.) One of America's top fruit horticulturists of the 1930s recommended using mercury (!) solution (corrosive sublimate, then available as capsules in any drug store) to kill troublesome earthworms in your yard (!!). Simply stunning when viewed from the perspective of today. Who would want to kill their earthworms anyway and who would use mercury in their yard?...See MoreWaterfall and pond web site and book
Comments (3)1sst, thank you very much for the info. My current pond that I have in my yard was with the help of many people on this forum. It's been 5 years now since my first pond and I'm now looking at adding more (a stream from one pond to another). I know from the work on my first pond that it takes a lot longer than 48 Hrs, It took me 2 days just to dig a 5' x 9' hole 30" deep. No matter how old you get, you just look for easier ways even though you know it's too good to be true. Thanks again eh...See MoreCan I use 'kitchen cotton' yarn for socks?
Comments (20)Francy & Robin, please make sure you either knit LOOSELY or maybe use bigger needles to knit with the Cascade Fixation yarn. If you knit tightly with it, the socks will be too tight to wear. Ask me how I know!!!!! Had I made the socks looser, I think I would have liked them, as I did wear them a couple of times. But they were almost too tight, so I quit wearing them as my feet swell. I, personally, don't care to work with that yarn again. It might not be so bad now, as I have learned to knit a bit looser that I did when I made that pair using the Cascade Fixation. You have to remember the elastic in the yarn won't stretch anymore than it already has if you knit tightly. If the yarn is relaxed in the stitches, then the elastic will still stretch. Am I making sense? It's 10:30pm and I'm tired! Tami...See MorePictures of some of the socks I've made this month
Comments (11)mirren & Clare, yes, the yarn did all the work! I'm to lazy to do my own striping and have to finish in all those ends. Donna, we spent a lot of time on vacation this summer. While my husband drives, I knit. I had to pull out at least 2/3 of the skein on the pair I am currently working on for my sister-in-law for Christmas to get them to match. On the pair above for my daughter, I pulled out about ½ the skein. Your yarn is not lost, just wind it in a ball and work with it later in the socks. That is one reason I work on both socks at one time. That way I am sure I have them both started at the same place. Socks are great take along projects, since they fit easily into a mid size purse (even my small one with seperate compartments!) My favorite pattern is Ann Norling's Basic Adult Socks. I have almost memorized it, I've made so many socks this summer!I am almost ready to start the heels on my sister-in-laws socks. Deb, The first pair are named "MINE"! Out of all the socks I've made, this is only the fourth pair I get to keep. And that's only because I made the tops 8 sts bigger around for my fat leg, so they are to big for my daughter to claim! The second pair I guess are "Smiles" cause the ladies I knit with said they would make you smile every time you looked at them during a dreary winter! Ann's pattern is pretty simple, and gives you a choice in 3 different yarn weights. Working with double pointed needles takes a little bit of practice, but is worth the work to learn. Start by casting on 30 sts on ONE dbl pt. then even distribute them on the other two needles, keeping the fourth as a working needle. Join the beginning and end and just keep working round and round until you get comfortable with working with the dbl pts. Use scrap yarn and strait knit until you do. Then play to your hearts content with the socks! I use one long circular now to make my socks with. I have heard of doing them on two, but haven't gotten the book and tried it. I just do one sock on each long circ. Obviously, I have several sets. Mostly because I have so many projects going at one time! Tami...See More- 11 years ago
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