Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

mioliere

Hi Pam - good to hear from you. I agree - this thread is really good for the soul, isn't it?

I hope you can get your meds sorted so they are just right for you.

Sorry to hear that Pam'sPal's life is not going so well. Please give here a big (((hug))).

I can well understand you wanting to avoid taking your Mum shopping - it's stressful enough on your own these days.

I still haven't done a pair of fingerless gloves but I have just sorted out the wool for some, and will start them this afternoon. Looking forward to seeing photos of yours.

KathyXX

roamin_in_the_gloamin

bloomin hard to take the photo- didn't do patterns or fancy but did use the knitting machine, so they were done in no time at all. Just had a hail storm...so I am by the fire and not budging PAM scratched a few on your behalf, some for me too!

shezmit

Parcel shout

Purpleteddy bear and heldun

both of your parcels came this morning thankyou ever so much you are both stars x x x

OrkneyStar

My first ruffle scarf:

DS:

Hope everyone is doing ok, off to do some of those fingerless gloves now while DS snoozes in amongst his cars!
Also my 100g ball of white DK that I got fro £1.56 from Ebay (free pp) arrived so will be stashed for more charity knitting in the new year (vent hats!).
x

salome

Awww bless him. Isn't he sweet :-)

mrs-moneypenny

aww blesss, what a sweetie.
well done on the ruffle scarf it looks fantastic:T

jean those ribbed wrist warmers look great:T

OrkneyStar

I meant to say earlier, Jean, those wrist warmers are great. I want a knitting machine lol!
DS is now awake so not so sweet and cute anymore lol! Doing the gloves in a deep red now and enjoying knitting again after crocheting!
x

Seakay

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

morning all...a lovely snuggly day for me today and am not leaving the house!!
Disaster! Finished the needle roll, felted it and...yup you guessed it - it didint felt..am going to email rowan as its a costly error (15 of wool) which while can be unpicked s gutting as it took me ages...I now have a very long piece of green nothingness, no extra dosh and not enough time...
Have moved on to a pair of waffle gloves that look lovely so far. House bits to do today - hoover, juggle furniture, put washing away etc...but some knitting in between!
Hugs all that need them!
Re updates I think suspending to Jan a great idea..mostly cos I've done no charity knitting and feel very guilty!! Well done those that manage it - I'm just not quick enough yet!

Sorry to hear felting not going well - found this list of tips which might help:
http://knitting.about.com/od/felting/qt/felting_tips.htm
I'd never come across machine felting before; hand felting involves bashing wet fabric a lot, so I think that the agitation is more important than the heat. If you put your knitting in a pillow case to protect it and then loads of heavy things in the washing machine (jeans, washing balls (as seen in Lakeland) trainers etc then that might help?

mioliere

Orkney - what a lovely picture of your LO. He looks angelic! The scarf is great. too.

KathyXX

ladykath

Hi all, the party last night was really good. We all took some party food and our own drinks of choice. I ate far too much, but Hey, its nearly Christmas.
I have been into town with an elderly friend this morning who is moving house soon. The house sale etc has been very stressful for her and she has enough probs already so I do feel really sorry for her. Though I will miss her lots, she will be near to her family so it is for the better.
Hope to get some knitting done later as partner is out for evening.
I am doing some sleep socks at the moment in a lovely warm pink. They are on circs using the magic loop system which I learned from an online tutorial. I will put the pattern on here if anyone is interested.
Another use for fingerless mitts is whilst reading and on the computer (my mouse hand always gets cold).
Mioliere, I had a quick look at Yahoo group and will join that too.
I do use the local Freecycle and find that brilliant.
Hope you are all keeping well and warm.
Hugs K x