Title: Giff's Sweet and Sour Sauce from Mary Ross Description: This is nice with pork chops, and my friend Dolo uses it with chicken, also. Very nice and quick and easy to make. Ingredients: 2 c brown sugar 4 T flour 1 T ketchup 2 T soya sauce 1/4 c vinegar 1/4 c water Directions: Heat ingredients over low heat so mixture doesn't burn. Bake 8 pork chops @ 325 F for 45 mins. Pour sauce over cooked meat and serve with rice, grilled tomatoes, or your preference

Double Woven Stitch Cloth one of my favourites... can't you tell!!

Cast on 38 stitches using 4mm needles Rows 1-4: Knit across Row 5: k3, p32, k3 Row 6: k6, *sl 2 wyif, k2; rep from * to last 4 sts; k4 Row 7: k3, p32, k3 Row 8: k4, *sl 2 wyif, k2; rep from * to last 6 sts; sl 2 wyif, k4 Row 9: k3, p32, k3 Row 10-57: repeat rows 6-9 twelve (12) more times Row 58-60: knit across Bind off, and admire your beautiful creation! :o) Note: "sl 2 wyif" is worked like this: bring your yarn to the front, as if you were going to purl. Now slip the next 2 sts. from thee left needle to the right needle without working them, and bring your yarn to the back for the proper position for knitting the next 2 sts. This is what forms the horizontal bars all over the cloth, and what breaks up the colour blocks (known as pooling) you often get when knitting with variegated yarn.

friends of mine have done a ni ce job on their back garden

this is a stitch I liked , but mine isn't as neat as the one I downloaded...but the dishes don't care, do they Tile Stitch You need a stitch number multiple of 7 + 7 + 2 edge stitches. Repeat the pattern between the * as many times as you like. Instructions Row 1 & 3: edge st, p1, * k5, p2; repeat from * to last 7 sts, k5, p1, edge st Row 2 & 4: edge st, purl across to last st, edge st Row 5, 7, 9, 11: edge st, k1, * p5, k2; repeat from * to last 7 sts, p5, k1, edge st Row 6, 8, 10, 12: edge st, purl across to last st, edge st Repeat rows 1 through 12. cast on 34 sts rows 1& 3 k4, k5, p2, k5, p2, k5, p2, k5, k4 rows 2 & 4 k4, p 26, k4 rows 5, 7, 9, 11 k across row rows 6, 8, 10,12 k4, k5, p2, k5, p2, k5, p2, k5, k4

Godmother's Edging Cast on 20 stitches knit one row now pattern as follows, to desired length {width} Row 1: sl. 1, k3, (yo, k2tog to last 2 sts) yo, k2 Row 2: knit Row 3: sl. 1, k6, (yo, k2tog to last 2 sts) yo, k2 Row 4: knit Row 5: sl. 1, k9, (yo, k2tog to last 2 sts) yo, k2 Row 6: knit Row 7: sl. 1, k12, (yo, k2tog to last 2 sts) yo, k2 Row 8: knit Row 9: sl. 1, k23 Row 10: cast off 4, knit 19 after reaching length desired...cast off

Basketweave scarf I designed...please feel free to share Gloria Jean Gifford

Giff’s Wristwarmers 1 pair 4mm (or larger if you want) Cast on 32 stitches ... you can make them longer or shorter by casting on 26 or 36 or whatever number. Row1: k to last 4 stitches, YO, k2tog,YO,k2 ** Rows 2 -9 Repeat row 1 [ stitch count will increase by 1 stitch per row ] Row 10: cast off 5 stitches, k to last 4 stitches, YO, k2tog, YO, k2 Row 11: repeat row 10 ** this establishes the pattern - repeat rows 2 - 11 Repeat from** to ** until you have 5 points on each side of the garter stitch strip or number necessary to fit around wrist ending with row 10 Cast off/ bind off instead of doing row 11.

Birch Tree Dishcloth designed by Gloria Jean Gifford Cast on 39 stitches with 4mm needles Row 1 (WS): *K1, P1 repeat from * to end, finishing with a knit stitch. (seed stitch) Row 2: Repeat row 1. Row 3: Repeat row 1. The above three rows are the border edge of the work. The following four rows make up the lace pattern which is repeated throughout the work. Row 4: *K1, P1, K1, *P1, K1, K2tog, yf, K1, yf, K2tog tbl, K1, P1 x 3, until last 3 sts, K1, P1, K1. Row 5: *K1, P1, K1, K1, P7, K1, x 3, until last 3 sts, K1, P1, K1. Row 6: *K1, P1, K1, P1, K2tog, yf, K3, yf, K2tog tbl, P1 x 3 until last 3 sts, K1, P1, K1. Row 7: *K1, P1, K1, K1, P7, K1, x 3, until last 3 sts, K1, P1, K1 Continue this for about 11 patterns To finish: Knit two rows seed stitch , then bind off.

love this pattern...will reconfigure to knit a scarf

MY new furry child

I am blessed with a new calico...Sassy...she'll be 4 on 1 Oct 2015...she's sweet, playful, and soooo curious...Love her already...she came to me on Thu 21st May 2015