Dennis, the pattern I have is quite lengthy and done so you can adjust to 
several styles,sizes ect. I thought I'd mail you some copies if you 
like..It's really too lenthy to type the whole thing out. I  would if I 
could..maybe if I knew what size you were interested in I could send you that 
one / Let me know.
The slippers you mentioned sound wonderful. do you have children/grands and 
such that will enjoy all these snuggly items ? I keep myself busy making such 
things for all of mine. I have 8 children.11 grends and 1 great..Just making 
mittens for the younger ones used to keep me plenty busy because they always 
managed to lose one..till someone set me straight on making them attached to 
each other via an " idiot string" just a crochetted single crochet and then 
they can put them through the sleeves. and they can't lose one without the 
other..it sure cut down on the numbers of pairs I made per year. now the 
older ones. * and up refuse to use the ones with the string so we're back to 
making a pair and a spare..10 and up refuse to use mittens and want gloves 
anyway and I don't like making them. too hard on the hands..mine that is.
     You gave me some ideas for using up the shredded paper. I have a son and 
his family in Japan and I'm always sending boxes his way and I've been using 
popped corn for buffer and filler, but the paper is free and plentiful and no 
trouble to make..but the Japanese birds will sure be disappointed, they can't 
eat the paper...
      `ow's the weather out your way ? we had a little more snow today but 
that's expected up here, up until April anyway.sometimes we get lucky and it 
warms before then, but we can expect anything until then.
   I'd go back an correct my spelling but can't after I finish a row. or at 
least I don't know how. I sounded a bit cockney on line 23...
   take care and it's nice writing and exchanging ideas with you. an Hello to 
your wife also..would love to hear from her sometime..
                                                 Bettie
" You can't control the length of your life but you can control the width and 
depth"  
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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