<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34920577</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:29:19.982-07:00</updated><category term='KAL'/><category term='ISE4'/><title type='text'>Iris in Iowa</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Iris in Iowa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14314226536592462841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/1600/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34920577.post-9132442365709819523</id><published>2007-02-25T09:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-25T09:46:51.254-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lessons in Blogger</title><content type='html'>So, now I know I need to use explorer not firefox to successfully post to and read posts on blogger.    :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34920577-9132442365709819523?l=irisiniowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/feeds/9132442365709819523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34920577&amp;postID=9132442365709819523' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/9132442365709819523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/9132442365709819523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/2007/02/lessons-in-blogger.html' title='Lessons in Blogger'/><author><name>Iris in Iowa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14314226536592462841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/1600/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34920577.post-6879551162079057229</id><published>2007-02-22T10:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-25T09:44:53.914-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KAL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ISE4'/><title type='text'>International Scarf Exchange 4</title><content type='html'>I'm stepping out on faith in posting my questionnaire, trusting that my request to join will be accepted -- the cutoff is 200 participants, so you best hurry! Check it out at: &lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://scarfexchangerules.blogspot.com/2007/02/questionnaire.html"&gt;The ISE4 Questionnaire:&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;Please fill this out and email it back to ISEhostesses at gmail dot com as soon as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;1. Your full name.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Iris Armstrong&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;2. The name you use when blogging.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Iris in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Iowa&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;3. The best email address for us to use when contacting you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;irisla@mchsi.com&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;4. Your Blog URL.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;a href="http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;though I’ve not done much with it yet.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Guess I can start by posting this questionnaire, can’t I?&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;5. Country&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;United States&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;6. Your mailing address (This will only be disclosed to your pal.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;West Des Moines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;, &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;IA&lt;/st1:state&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;7. Colours you like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Reds, purples, blues – cool colors&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;8. Colours you hate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Orange&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;, most greens&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;9. Fibres you like.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Anything natural and soft&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;10. Fibres you hate/allergies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Anything hard, scratchy or that sheds.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;11. Preferred scarf length.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Whatever the pattern dictates.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;12. Solid or variegated?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Yes.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Either.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;13. Cables or lace?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Yes.&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Either.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;14. Are you interested in a crochet or woven scarf?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;However your creative juices move you – I’ll be thrilled with whatever you dream up!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;15. Would you prefer a pal with a blog?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Berlin Sans FB';"&gt;Either with or without.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34920577-6879551162079057229?l=irisiniowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/feeds/6879551162079057229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34920577&amp;postID=6879551162079057229' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/6879551162079057229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/6879551162079057229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/2007/02/international-scarf-exchange-4.html' title='International Scarf Exchange 4'/><author><name>Iris in Iowa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14314226536592462841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/1600/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34920577.post-115905048622108074</id><published>2006-09-23T15:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-23T15:28:06.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Picture for profile</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/1600/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/400/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't know what I'm doing, but here goes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34920577-115905048622108074?l=irisiniowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/feeds/115905048622108074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34920577&amp;postID=115905048622108074' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/115905048622108074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/115905048622108074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/2006/09/picture-for-profile.html' title='Picture for profile'/><author><name>Iris in Iowa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14314226536592462841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/1600/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34920577.post-115905002279178461</id><published>2006-09-23T15:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-23T15:20:22.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jumping into the Deep End!</title><content type='html'>Everyone seems to be doing it.  :-)  But, I'm not much for writing.  I thought I'd start my own blog so I can partake in some of the knitting secret pal exchanges that require a blog.  Maybe I'll also post some of my FO's, if nothing else but as a reminder to myself that I have actually been productive.  I tend to be an "out-of-sight-out-of-mind" knitter once I've give my FO's away.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34920577-115905002279178461?l=irisiniowa.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/feeds/115905002279178461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34920577&amp;postID=115905002279178461' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/115905002279178461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34920577/posts/default/115905002279178461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irisiniowa.blogspot.com/2006/09/jumping-into-deep-end.html' title='Jumping into the Deep End!'/><author><name>Iris in Iowa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14314226536592462841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3325/2742/1600/lilac%20iris.jpg.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
