How to move pix and still have them clickable

My sister was asking me how to make pictures clickable in Blogger after you've moved them.

At first I used to hand-enter some of the html code to make them clickable, but I've since discovered that it's much easier to cut and paste.

So here's how:

1. In "compose" mode, add your picture or pictures. Don't worry about where they are, just get them into your post.



2. Now that you've got your pictures, go over to "edit Html" in the upper corner of the window where you're entering your post text. Click on that, and your picture(s) will each be there, but unrecognizable in all the gibberish. The thing to look for is <> at the beginning and < /a> at the end of each picture. Note: there are no spaces between the letters--I had to do that to get it to show up. Highlight all that stuff and then use control+x to cut the text.





3. Move the cursor to where you want your picture to be. [You're still in the "edit Html" mode, not "compose" mode.] Control+v will paste the text, then you can go back to "compose" mode and see your pictures, moved to where you want them.

HTH! (Hope that helps!)

Spinning, Again

Last night I set the twist on my most-current spinning effort and I'm thrilled with my progress!

Here's a pic with the second skein, made of a mix of spindle- and wheel-spun singles (top hank) and the wool I spun yesterday (bottom hank). Quite an improvement, if I do say so! I was trying not to over-spin the singles at first, but then I realized that they did need to be overspun a bit so that they'd ply nicely. (Thanks for confirming that, Karen!) You can see my "trivet" underneath the hanks.

I'm thinking about saving the hanks I've done and making a yoked-neck sweater, using the handspun yarn at the yoke. Once I get better at spinning (and get a lot more fiber!) I'll attempt to make enough for the body of the sweater. I'll dye the yarn, I just haven't figured out what color(s) yet.

Spinning Away Merrily

I've been having a really good time with my new spinning wheel. I spun up the remainder of the wool my sister gave me, then took the singles that I made on the drop spindle my sister loaned me (thanks Karen!!) and plied them together on my wheel. That first bit of spinning was quite lumpy, but I managed to knit it up into something I'm going to use as a trivet. It's very tight and thick, which I did on purpose. I'm quite happy with it!

I used US 9 needles, and the yarn goes from super-bulky-ish to sport-ish in places. It would be much more obvious if I'd used bigger needles, but I wanted a really firm, thick fabric.

Here are some shots of what the yarn looked like after I plied it. Don't laugh too hard!!



My mom sent me some wool from a friend of hers, which I showed pics of in an earlier post. Last week I spun up the Cotswold 4oz ball and today I did the Romney 4 oz ball. I like the Romney better than the Cotswold because it's easier for me to spin right now. The Cotswold had little lumpy things (yeah, real technical term there--maybe some more experienced person could help?) and has a neat halo, but I had an easier time getting more even singles from the Romney. I also put more spin in the Romney and it plied a lot better.

I realized, as I was finishing up my second bobbin of plied yarn, that I needed a niddy noddy. I knew I'd seen instructions for a PVC pipe one on the 'net, so after a brief search I found this. After a quick trip to the hardware store, I had a new niddy noddy! It's already gotten quite a bit of use. I did end up making the upright column about 15" long though, since the 18" length made a hank that was 82" and I wanted a 72" hank instead--that way each wrap is two yards, which makes it much easier on me when I'm trying to figure out yardage.

Today I was trying to ply my freshly-spun Romney singles and decided to come up with a different lazy Kate than the one that came with my wheel. My son isn't very happy with me because "HEY, Mommy, you ruined my box!!" Keep in mind that he has about 6 boxes, and I really didn't think he's miss one. Turns out I was wrong about him missing the box, but it's the perfect size for my bobbins. I don't use straights very often any more anyway.

Now I just need to knit up something from my freshly-spun (and set) yarn if I could just figure out what! I'm tempted to dye it so that it stripes a bit, but I'm having trouble deciding on a color. I really wish I'd dyed the roving before I spun it but it's in sliver form so that would have been difficult. It was nice because I didn't have to pre-draft, but next time I'm going to dye before I spin.

The Kindness of Strangers

On Monday I posted about how I'd lost my newly-made charm bracelet.

Today I stopped by the post office and asked if anyone had turned in a charm bracelet. The very nice man who was helping me checked in a couple of spots and found it!!! I'm so happy!

Here's a picture again since I'm talking about it:


I'm so thrilled that I got it back! I'm going to replace the magnetic clasp with a toggle clasp AND put a safety chain on it just to be paranoid.

Angel Pearls finished

I blocked my Angel Pearls scarf night before last, and today we had a little photo session.

Warning: gratuitous lace photos follow.




I was able to get nine repeats of the second chart, so it's a little shorter than called for in the pattern. I could have gone down a needle size and probably gotten ten repeats, but that's all right. The original pattern actually called for 11 repeats but the yarn I used didn't have as much yardage.

Details

• Pattern: Sivia Harding's Angel Pearls scarf
• Yarn: Kidsilk Night, color Ballerina
• Needles: bamboo (no-name brand) in US 2/3.0mm
• Beads: Miyuki 8/0 Transparent Pale Pink AB
• Started: Jan 17, 2007
• Finished: Jan 31, 2007

This was a fun knit--just enough going on to keep my attention, but not so overwhelming that I couldn't knit with other things going on.

When I was shopping for beads I couldn't find any in 6/0s, the size called for in the pattern, so I got 8s. Next time I'll wait and find 6s--the 8s got lost in the yarn. An LBS (local bead shop, The Beadles) has just moved into a much larger space and she got lots more seed beads in 6s and 8s, so I'm going to be very happy.