Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

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chalky_75 wrote: »

Lovely idea Shelley but no card for me either as I would rather you put the pennies to your postage fund.

Same here Shelley! Thanks for the thought!

luv
Pam:smileyhea

shazrobo

no card for me too shelly, save the money towards postage funds.
didnt get to post office this morning, so i'll send my parcel to you first thing on monday.

update
1 xmas stocking (been too busy making xmas pressies, and finishing off other stuff)

mum's update
3 preemie blankets (aaron squares knitted then sewn up)
18 buntings
4 hats

In_Search_Of_Me

yay good news, lodger was lovely and given me deposit and will move in in Jan!! great as means mum can use it over Christmas! Also pleased to report that first heart felted but will run it through again to see what it looks like!!

k2tog

Pam :A thank you for the fudging advice - you are a star and I can now stop looking sideways in a grumpy fashion at the unfinished sailors hat!
Thanks also for ripple edging advice. Popped on to attic24 earlier and then got sidetracked to the "inspired" section on flickr which has some lovely things on.
There seems to be lots of poorly-sick people about at the moment. Hope you are all (and your loved ones) feeling better soon and that nobody is having too much trouble with the rain - it doesn't seem to stop at the moment.
Not sure what to settle with this evening (for a mammoth bout of watching programmes I shouldn't admit to!) as I have a few things I should be getting on with. I have 2 teddies for Shez all sewn up with scarves but they need faces. I'm trying to talk myself into doing them but worried I will ruin them! Will be brave and try tonight I think. Also did a ruffle scarf from the pattern Mioliere posted and it's a great effect but a little short - pattern said it should be about 41" but mine is somehow quite a bit less! Will definitely be doing another though as I love the finished article, and will make a good pressie.
Re the Xmas card Shelley, same as the others for me. Why not do a festive-glittery-maytaurus-style post on here and save your money for the postage fund? Speaking of the glitter-guru, I am so pleased to hear she is back at home and hopefully will soon be back among us.
Hugs to everyone who needs one.

Tight_as_3

Shelly please don't send a card put the money towards the postage fund and instead of us sending you a card why not just pop a £1 coin in the post to you and you put that in the fund as well we could be your secret santa.
Back to my knitted stocking 15 done:eek: only 5 more to do :j

take care lucie

shezmit

Thanks everyone for their kind words about the christmas cards i will put some money into the funds instead.


Right who is interested in knitting couple of these for me:p
http://www.santaspostbag.co.uk/frosty-the-snowman-tea-cosy.shtml
http://www.santaspostbag.co.uk/Santa-claus-teacosyknitting-pattern.shtml
http://www.santaspostbag.co.uk/christmas-robin-novelty-tea-cosy-homemade-decoration.shtml

f1widow

Evening ladies - sorry I have not been around for a couple of days - I have to say after my first rush of euphoria I have for the last few days been feeling a little under par but slowly feeling better - spent most of yesterday in tears - Mum says its to be expected what with anesthetic etc I thought I was going to be able to get my new teeth in a couple of weeks now it seems they may be longer and I just cant bear the thought of going anywhere without them (its bad enough going out at the best of times)- DH was hoping I would be up to going to xmas party for the first time in ages but alas I dont think so

Anyway chocclare hope you are feeling better - a pirate is better than being called Gummy Bear ........ which is what my kind nephew has called me - hope you are resting xxx hugs from me xxx

Great news that May is home (Im sorry that I missed the card ISOM) - please pass on my love if anyone messages her and I hope she is taking it easy.

shaz - sorry to hear you are under par - big hugs - winter hey not only is it cold & wet etc but a lot of people dont know just how it can affect people - take good care thinking of you xxxxx roll on spring !!!!!

shezmit - same for me whilst it was very kind of you to think of us please use the money towards your cold cot/postage - big hugs - PS I am just finishing off some cards & they will be on their way to you for your fair & some knitted bits as well - I am hoping that I am right in saying the fair is the first week of Dec which date ??????? again - sorrrrrryyyy !! xxx

And last but not least thank you all once again for thinking of me & your good wishes - right brought a tear to my eye ...... bless you all xxxx

At least I have been knitting a bit this week though which I am quite pleased about
And what do you reckon to this my dear MIL flew in on the broomstick last weekend (forgot to put the garlic round the door so she came in.....) (seriously she is lovely & I love her dearly) BUT she saw my stash & said oh Im not buying you any wool you have plenty - :eek::eek::eek: well I never I thought surely a girl can never have enough - what do you ladies think - the balls shout at me when I get a chance to see any & I have to give them a home

Oh & last but not least when I was in hospital I was amazed at how many charity shops they have throughout the hospital & noted they sell knitted items (shezmit - is Northampton General on your list for the baby unit oh also Hinchinbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon as I got wind they might want items a while back)

Right I really have whittered enough sorry- time to get the straw out I want a cuppa :p

Hugs & love to everyone - Jaqui xxxx

k2tog

Oh no F1 - tea through a straw! :eek: Dunk your biscuits really well and then they should be OK. Sorry to hear you're feeling bleurgh. Fingers crossed they sort out your new teeth soon.

shezmit

F1Widow

Hinchingbrooke doesn't no longer need any items, i have n't got Northampton on my list.

I am hoping to get rid of this flu i got at the moment its doing my head in, it just seems everyone is coming down with something on here at the moment it must be this flipping weather,

mioliere

Hi everyone. Didn't get much chance on here yesterday - DH's cold hasn't stopped him working on the house, so I spent yesterday afternoon clearing up all the dust - wearing a mask because it makes me cough!

Jacqui - I hope the effects of the anaesthetic have worn off now. I was a dental nurse in a former life so I know the procedure for dentures. The gums take a while to settle down because the bone that the teeth are set in (the alveolar bone, to be technical!) is not like any other bone in the body. It's only there for teeth and, once the teeth are gone, it gets absorbed by the body which takes time, and means that the gums are constantly shrinking back. If they gave you dentures immediately, they would soon become too loose and would need to be replaced. It's horrible that you have to wait but you will get a much better 'fit' in the long run, and they will be easier to 'break in'. Good luck with it all - you'll soon be smiling again!

Shelley - please don't worry about sending Christmas cards. The postage fund is much more important and I'm sure we'll all be saying 'Happy Christmas' on here!

ISOM - I had to provide Louis with toys and he now has his own toy box! It contains balls of rolled up foil (he could play for England now!), a teddy he half-inched from me and 'kills' every day, a hair scrunchie, and a couple of big plastic bottle tops. I've also tied some empty cotton reels so they hang from door handles, and they keep him occupied for ages. I think he would still prefer to be let loose in my wool stash, though!

Well, I managed to do a bit more on a crochet scarf last night - it's a ruffle scarf which I am sort of re-inventing. If I'm happy with it I'll post a photo on Wooligans! I really am trying to make as many Christmas pressies as I can this year. One reason is that there is less choice of things to buy than in the UK plus I'm hoping to keep the cost of postage down (it's horrendously expensive here!) and a knitted scarf shouldn't weigh too much. I'm so glad I already have my stock of Christmas cards - I was looking at them in the shops yesterday and a really basic card that would cost about 99p in the UK had a €3.60 price ticket; as the euro is worth around a pound at the moment, that is way too expensive, especially when you have to add the .73 cents cost of postage!

Well, I hope none of you are suffering in the floods. The situation in Cumbria is really dreadful; I feel so sorry for those whose homes and businesses have been damaged, and it's so sad that that poor policeman lost his life.

Anyway, I'm off for a cuppa so will catch up with you all later.

KathyXX