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AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: sgerrard on October 17, 2009, 07:52:23 pm
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Not a request, but a statement of fact. Sara knit me a hat!
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m447/sgerrard_01/newhat.jpg)
It actually is really nice to receive a new knit hat in the mail. I think I will stick with it. :)
Steve
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Wow Steve, You look great in your new hat!!! The blue really brings out your eyes!!! How very nice that you are on the receiving end for a change!!!!
Jackie
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Steve~
WOW!! What an awesome thing - I could try to knit you a hat but you wouldn't be able to war it! I actually thought of you the other day when I went to pick up the People book at the library. They are having "Learn to Knit" classes and you get needles, yarn & a canvas bag - it looked to be FREE!! It is on the same nights as Addi's basketball practice though so I don't think I will get to do it...also, it seemed that it was just once & I KNOW it would take longer than that to teach me to knit!!
K ;D
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Looking good Steve ! I, on the other hand, like Jim, do not look good in hats !
Always good thoughts, Nancy
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awesome...The colors really suit you Steve
Jo
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Love it! The hat and you look great together, Steve! Sara knitted it? Sara, awesome job and really, really nice thing to do for Steve.
Cindy (wish I had some sort of useful skill ??? )
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VERY COOL 8) 8)
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sara, nice job!!!!!!!!! Looks great! :)
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Steve, were you the least little bit trepidatious that you would open that box only to find a slice of potato peel pie?
Sara
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Sara, the thought did cross my mind.
Steve
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Steve ~
Nice hat! You deserve to be on the receiving end (of a knit hat) for a change. Kudos to Sarah for her initiative - and her knitting skills.
Jim
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Confession time. Technically I did knit Steve a hat, but I made it on a knitting loom. It is a much faster and easier method than using needles, even with the two-color pattern. I know this because I am able to knit with needles, in fact I have a wide assortment of needles and patterns, just not the time or patience to do it any more.
For Steve's hat, I used a Knifty Knitter Adult Hat Loom (http://www.provocraft.com/products/detail.php?cl=knifty%20knitter&scl=looms&cat=&item=21-0435) and a Fair Isle Hat pattern from Lion Yarns (http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60416.html?r=1) that I adapted by adding a brim and knitting more rows to accommodate an adult size. Instead of Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® yarn, I used a double strand of a basic acrylic yarn so the hat can be tossed in the washer and dryer.
I'm glad Steve was able to share the experience of getting his own hat in the mail, but now I am stepping back out of his venue. I can't wait to learn who gets the red hat!
Sara
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Sara_
OK - here is my question - WHY DID YOU NEED STEVE TO KNIT YOU A HAT if you could do it??????
K ;D
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Kay, I can paint my own toenails too, but I still enjoy a pedicure every now and then.
Besides, how else was I going to get Steve's address so I could send him his own hat?
Sara
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Steve --
Great hat and darned nice of Sara to knit you one. You do truly deserve it after all the hats you were kind enough to knit for others.
Enjoy it!
Wendy
Sara -- Nice hat!!
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I think ole "blue eyes" looks pretty darn cute ... in his new toque. ;) ;D
Way to go Sara! Awesome job!
DHM
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nice hat! how did you pick the colors?
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Sara_
OK - here is my question - WHY DID YOU NEED STEVE TO KNIT YOU A HAT if you could do it??????
K ;D
I wondered that myself. Good job, Sara.
The hat looks great on you, Steve and I'm very glad that Sara chose a nice blue to go with your eyes. I just don't think pink would have worked well on you ;)
I hope you don't expect all of us Steve-original recipients to knit you a hat though! I technically still owe you a drink for mine - since Catherine from Accuray paid for yours in Chicago. Catch ya in Cincinnati ;D
Jan
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nice hat! how did you pick the colors?
I asked Steve some time ago about his favorite color, to which he responded "blue," so I already had blue in mind when I came upon the Fair Isle pattern. Navy and taupe were the colors suggested by the yarn company, and I liked the two together. It reminds me of khaki pants with denim shirts, which is a combination I like.
Jan, I don't think Steve expects a hat from all of his recipients. Just think how long it would take him to wear them all even if he chose a different one each day! However, your comment put me in mind of a post I have been intending to make.
A Louisiana girl named Maggie Lee Henson died two weeks after being injured in a tragic bus accident as her youth group was traveling to a camp. Her parents are encouraging friends and family to perform an act of kindness on October 29, which would have been her 13th birthday. Their original goal was 1300 participants, but already more than 13,000 people have committed themselves to an act of kindness. There is a website at http://www.maggieleeforgood.org/ with more explanation. I do not know this family personally but learned about Maggie Lee through a Caring Bridge site for a little girl in my community who suffered a spinal cord injury last January 2. I admire the Hensons' way of celebrating their daughter's life.
Sara
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Sara~
This is a GREAT thing - there have been videos and spots on Clove about this. I was praying for this little girl as one of my friends on Facebook, who lives in our town, had gone to college with the parents and is good friends with them. They sound like a really neat family and I love what they are doing in her memory!!
K ;D
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Kay, I can paint my own toenails too, but I still enjoy a pedicure every now and then.
Besides, how else was I going to get Steve's address so I could send him his own hat?
Sara
LOL!!!!
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Steve.
You look marvelous..... ;)
Anne Marie
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Lookin' good, Steve!
Just about cold enough here the past few days to break out the hats!
Lori
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Any luck finding the coats, Lori??
K
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Steve,
Luke 6:38
If anyone deserves a knit hat it's you.
Well done Sara ;)
Don
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I sense a new Avatar in Steve's future............... ;D
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Very nice Sara and to a well deserving recipient! You're lookin' good Steve. And you've got competition now!!! ;)
Cheri
I agree that Steve does look quite nice, but let me stress that he does not have competition. Not only am I certain that everyone would prefer a Steve original, but my only intent was to share a little joy with Steve, not to compete with his acts of kindness.
I do need to thank Steve for inspiration for Christmas gifts for all of my college-age nieces and nephews -- loom-knit hats from Auntie Sara in their school colors! My nephew plays soccer for New York University -- the NYU Violets. I ask you, what kind of team name is that? I suppose it could be worse, though, like Pansies. Or Kewpies, like a high school in Columbia, MO. I kid you not.
Sara
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and I thought that PRINCESS BARBIES was instilling fear in the hearts of the opponents in 5-6 year old girls soccer...
K ;D
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That's funny, Kay. My daughter played on a soccer team that had Barbie pink jerseys. They never could decide whether they were "Pink Panthers" or "Pink Lightning."
Sara
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heads up
http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=11412.0
dhm