tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:58:49 +0000ACLTip: SewingBakingKnitting: Miscmachine knittingHow To: computerRunningBoob ScarfCardinalHow To: BuildfreeJust BloggingFriendsCrochet: MiscorderHow To: KnitcalculateHashingWindowsHome ProjectsHow to: MiscEtsyFlowersExperimentVideosKnitting Techniquesalphabeticalsave asUltimate Sweater MachineTree of LifeSewn Itemstwining treessharedborder calculatorKnitting PatternHow To: SewInjurycablesWorkMisc CreationsKnit ItemsProduct ReviewRecipesCanningSwimmingDetroitExcelHere you'll fine some of my creative project, experiments, ideas, and investigations. As well as some insight into items I list for sale in my Etsy shop.http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)Blogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-8633481205392204601Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:03:00 +00002011-09-27T08:03:00.549-04:00Knitting: Miscborder calculatorThis isn't exciting reading, but since I'd already started out a previous post about my beautiful finished Traveling Double Diamonds Tree of Life Baby Throw with all this mumble jumble I figured I'd at least go ahead and post it. Finally available is my latest version of the smaller version of the beautiful Tree of Life Afghan by Nicky Epstein. I can say that I absolutely LOVE it! At 24"w x 29"http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/09/crib-blanket-sizes-something-to-think.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-4222800395997563133Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:41:00 +00002011-09-26T16:41:00.245-04:00ExcelcalculateKnitting: Miscborder calculatorI created this quick knitting calculator to help you calculate your border width; it's a great tool for knitting borders that are even on all 4 sides. You could even use it to get the total dimensions for anything square like say a dishcloth. If you want it to be 9" across, just plop your stitch/row gauge in the red boxes at the top then 9 in the yellow box labeled "Enter desired border http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/09/border-calculator.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-4404590590211152820Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:35:00 +00002011-09-25T15:47:29.299-04:00How To: KnitTree of LifefreecablessharedKnitting Patterntwining trees DetroitKnitter's Traveling Double Diamonds Tree of Life Baby Throw Now available is my latest version of the beautiful miniature Tree of Life Afghan by Nicky Epstein. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! My Traveling Double Diamonds Tree of Life Baby Throw pattern is uploaded if anyone else wants to knit it this way. I still need to knit it again to check for errors, but I’m sharing it now anyway - if youhttp://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/09/traveling-double-diamonda-tree-of-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0Detroit, MI 48215, USA42.3690341 -82.9555328999999842.3444396 -82.98366889999998 42.3936286 -82.92739689999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-4252353724009881132Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:04:00 +00002011-09-09T22:05:02.203-04:00CardinalThis guy has been coming around for quite some time now. We see him more often than his female companion, though she has been around more lately; I'll have to try to get a video of her too :) I've blogged about the Cardinal in the past too and have a pretty good still picture of him perched on top of the log cabin bird house which is still unoccupied, btw. http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/09/cardinal-gets-his-morning-peanut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0901-999 Ashland St, Detroit, MI 48215, USA42.37436621035443 -82.940168380737342.37143371035443 -82.9451038807373 42.37729871035443 -82.9352328807373tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-6394872594033683161Wed, 18 May 2011 20:00:00 +00002011-05-18T18:14:22.490-04:00EtsyBoob ScarfThe making of a boob scarf, a photo by DetroitKnitter 1 on Flickr. This coming weekend is the Race for the Cure in Detroit. There is a HUGE turn out for this 5K walk/run with a sea of 30,000 some people wearing pink! What a site! One of my breast cancer donations I made with a portion of proceeds from my handmade "boob scarf" went to Amy's Army! GO AMY! All over the country people are prepping http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/05/let-races-and-walks-begin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-1839059307449728310Wed, 18 May 2011 12:34:00 +00002011-05-18T18:10:00.405-04:00How To: computer Another fix for your computer. Yes, my fixes come by experience. I'm not a computer tech. I'm a user and abuser. At anyone time I can and do have a multitude of windows running at the same time and a multitude of tabs on a multitude of browser windows. A friend once was laughing at someone he knew who was an excessive computer multi-tasker. I laughed and counted my open sessions of Word, Excel,http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-your-computer-is-running-like-old.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-3809164250552322968Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:55:00 +00002011-04-21T03:55:26.190-04:00alphabeticalWindowsordersave asI don't know how I get myself in these situations, but somehow I must have clicked something that caused all of my folders to be sorted in random order. It appeared random to me although there was probably some criterion that was being used to sort. PROBLEM: Your program's "save as" or "open" dialog box is not in alphabetical order CAUSE: The sort order in Windows Explorer was changed from thehttp://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/04/save-as-folders-are-not-in-order-fix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-6009664988809188006Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:57:00 +00002011-04-21T02:57:49.198-04:00Ultimate Sweater Machinemachine knittingI'm anxiously awaiting the delivery of the Ultimate Sweater Machine Deluxe. While I do realize this is no substitution for creating each stitch individually, there are times that knitting row after row of stockinette quickly comes in handy. I do plan on posting information about setting it up and using it. The USM (Ultimate Sweater Machine) gets mixed reviews as does most items if you read the http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-bought-new-toy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-1506397261299542363Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:20:00 +00002011-04-05T07:20:20.484-04:00Just BloggingAs you may or may not know, I have a YouTube channel that is made up mostly of knitting videos. Now and again I get a "friend request" which usually leads to a deletion; not because I'm a snob, but because I don't need to be friends with the entire world and most of all because the invitee's channel has nothing to do with what I do or am interested in. This request was different though and I didhttp://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/04/turning-basement-into-wine-cellar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-8011776832982189963Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:53:00 +00002011-02-20T18:53:22.585-05:00ExcelHow to: MiscI'm still working on my first end of year data for my little online shop and have recently become quite dumbfounded by Excel. It seems that no matter what I would do I could not copy data in any form (single row, whole worksheet, etc) without the date being off by 4 years and one day. Yeah, that's a bit of a problem. I actually did look into this odd occurrence before, but could not find any http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/02/excel-copied-cells-with-dates-are-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-4865049892435169866Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:18:00 +00002011-02-16T07:19:24.021-05:00Knitting PatternI know it's been like forever since I posted. I'm still trying to get accustomed to returning to work after the very long ACL injury recovery. Anyway, I just contributed a pattern to Ravelry (my first one!). It's the intarsia heart dishcloth that I blogged about before. So if you are still feeling like your in the Valentine's day mood this is a quick easy intarsia project! Links below... http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2011/02/intarsia-heart-dishcloth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-409650057635476964Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:32:00 +00002011-01-14T05:07:20.884-05:00Knit ItemsKnitting Pattern  Finally, I have a final version of my version of the Baby Tree of  Life Throw. My written version has been done for a while, but I had to quadruple check it! Oh and I knit another blanket then quadruple checked it again. Then I tweaked it a bit more; I think it is easy to read now. Then again after knitting 4 of these I know the pattern well. The basic changes I made are: a seed stitch border,http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/11/detroitknitters-version-baby-tree-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-6768760337550453844Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:27:00 +00002011-09-09T22:09:36.829-04:00Cardinal   This guy comes around most every day for a peanut. He waits in his usual spot atop the log cabin bird house. It's stiff competition between him and the squirrel. (9/9/11) I now have a video of the Cardinal coming to get his peanut! I haven't posted in a while any "good" stuff. I'm trying to catch up things before I finally return to work after a terribly long duration of dealing with a http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/11/cardinal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)1999 Ashland St, Detroit, MI 48215, USA42.3745613 -82.940228142.373094800000004 -82.9426956 42.3760278 -82.9377606tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-467889063595273952Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:43:00 +00002010-10-31T17:17:09.138-04:00How to: Misc The "Wicked Witch of the Eastside" with her little crow, "Toto", brought havoc and debauchery to the otherwise quiet city of Birmingham this Halloween. (DetroitKnitter - 2010) Being a "creative" person, I sometimes get  a little carried away with dressing up for Halloween. This outfit developed from the prop idea I've had for a while to make the crow in the cage that you see. Actually my http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/10/happy-halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-8186462800289179520Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:25:00 +00002010-11-02T20:22:08.858-04:00Knit ItemsEtsySewn Items I got a batch of Neck Knockers scarves completed. $2 of the sale of each is donated to breast cancer research through one of our yearly events "Race for the Cure" which commences about the first week of June. Contact me at detroitknitter.hotmail.com if you are interested in this scarf.http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/10/breast-cancer-awareness-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-7990809080602845551Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:22:00 +00002010-10-09T17:36:05.555-04:00Tip: SewingProduct Review My rotary cutting mat with a lot of fleece stuck in the cuts Recently, I've started using more fleece which really gets pushed down in the cuts of my self-healing rotary cutting mat. I really hate stopping the momentum of cutting to clean the mat/sharpen my blade so the mat got pretty bad looking. I decided to take it to the laundry room tub thinking that wetting the material would "loosen" it.http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-clean-self-healing-rotary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-3423344222290008455Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:40:00 +00002010-10-07T10:05:31.945-04:00Knitting Pattern It's "un-bear-able" how cute these are! I have a youtube video showing how I do inside out double knitting and used the foot of a bear I had just started as an example. Recently a youtube viewer inquired about the pattern which of course I have partially in my head and partially on paper. So I gathered everything I have and tried to compile it into a somewhat brief description of how the http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/10/circular-knit-bear-pattern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-7810767488965798110Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:37:00 +00002010-09-19T16:37:49.325-04:00Just in case anyone is sitting on the edge of their chair wondering, I just finished what I think is my final draft of my version of Lion Brand's Baby Tree of Life Throw. Um, of course now I need to have one knitted up to make sure it's correct. My version has a seed stitch border and I've shortened the length of the flower leaves. Any volunteers? Anybody? Anybody? Hmm, I do have some pink http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/09/baby-tree-of-life-pattern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-2734540066486535294Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:53:00 +00002010-09-12T10:56:18.768-04:00Tip: SewingEtsy A while back I posted an extensive report on making your own clothing labels. Well, recently I've discovered yet another more simple approach to labels that I'd like to talk about. If you are looking for a tag that is not firmly placed on the fabric then this item is not for you. If you are looking for something easy to work with, is customizable and looks nice then the following information is http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/09/iron-on-labels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-7513929729945647198Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:27:00 +00002010-09-12T10:57:47.167-04:00EtsyRecipesMisc CreationsI gotta tell you, this was by far the simplest yet most satisfying thing I've made in a long time! So I blogged recently about the microwave bags I'm making that can be used for cooking foods like potatoes, squash and corn in the microwave. Well, one of the things I list that can be cooked in the bag is an apple. I have never cooked an apple in the microwave nor had I tasted one that was, but a http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/09/microwaved-apples.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-3669896028054694249Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:23:00 +00002011-03-29T13:10:08.621-04:00Knit ItemsKnitting Pattern My final version of this pattern is available! Here's the newest blog about it. Awesome finished blanket! A challenge at first. A FREE download at Lion Brand.  Also a project of several on Ravelry. TIPS: 1) It's helpful to color code the written directions/chart to match colored in st explanations to help the low of reading the pattern while knitting. 2) It helps to use a color key to match up http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/09/baby-tree-of-life-blanket.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-8607094100352688196Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:08:00 +00002010-09-03T22:18:35.633-04:00EtsyRecipesProduct ReviewI recently discovered the simplicity and satisfaction of cooking baking potatoes, sweet potatoes and acorn squash in the microwave. Yep, the microwave! The best part is they come out pretty darn close to oven baked spuds and squash! When I say "pretty darn close", I mean it! The skin is a little different, but they are light and fluffy inside and not at all gummy like when you just toss a potato http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/08/microwave-bags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-43152062753798162Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:54:00 +00002010-08-18T05:29:53.546-04:00CanningGREEN BEAN "RECIPE": So I was wondering the other day what other people use stewed tomatoes for and came across a site where someone says they use stewed tomatoes with green beans. I thought this sounded tasty and I did have some stewed toms left over that wasn't enough to fill a jar for canning. I had DH buy some green beans from the fruit market so I could make it with the stewed toms. It http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/08/stewed-tomatoes-easy-recipe-and-why-do.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-3595050749484921998Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:35:00 +00002010-08-16T11:25:00.212-04:00Canning I've been making stewed tomatoes for a few years now and each time I try something just a little bit different. This year I've added just a bit of habanera peppers. We My husband uses the stewed tomatoes to cook spaghetti sauce with 1/2 of a quart of stewed tomatoes, 28 oz can of store bought tomato sauce (to thicken it a bit) and a pound of ground beef. He also makes goulash which is pretty http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/08/stewed-tomato-canning-recipe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marni)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8155839665874712577.post-8605325629731813795Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:59:00 +00002010-08-11T13:06:43.851-04:00CanningYesterday was peach salsa and stewed tomato canning day. I used 25 jalapenos and 8 habaneros. I had two cutting sessions; once for the stewed toms and once for the salsa. I started noticing throughout the day that my fingers were starting to sting a bit. I knew it was from the hot peppers but I continued on my diligent canning path without taking it too seriously. I have cut that many jalapenos http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/08/cutting-jalapenos-and-habaneros-burning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (DetroitKnitter)0