Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

maytaurus

[FONT=&quot]May you go forth under the strength of heaven, under the light of sun, under the radiance of moon; [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] May you go forth with the splendor of fire, with the speed of lightning, with the swiftness of wind; [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] May you go forth supported by the depth of sea, by the stability of earth, by the firmness of rock; [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] May you be surrounded and encircled, with the protection of the nine elements. [/FONT]

Gun cuireadh do chupa thairis le slainte agus sonas

Much love, Gill x

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maytaurus

to everyone for all their concern, good wishes, kindness, love and support as well as brightening my day, finding great patterns & causes to support etc :A :j :A :j :A

shezmit

I’ll do some ties hun
What colours do you want

dally1

WELCOM[FONT=&quot]E hope you enjoy it here :j

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shezmit

Maytaurus

all pastel colours as i knitting vents at the moment and they all come in handy especially when people send them without ties so i have to add them to them.

thankyou so much

shelley

In_Search_Of_Me

welcome dally-dont worry about slow - lots of us are beginners! My thinking is that if youre slow more thought/time goes into it!! That said wish I could knit faster!
Popped in to ask if anyone has any handy hints on sewing squares up into small cat blankets...any do's and donts. Can learn by trial and error but so much nicer to learn from others to avoid too much error!!

maytaurus

Have a looksy here peeps ( all clickable links)

http://crochet.about.com/od/tipstroubleshooting/tp/Crochet_Tips.htm

Basic Techniques Photos for Learning Crocheting

How To Single Crochet Step-By-Step

Basic Stitches Used In Crocheting

free crochet videos

http://crochet.about.com/od/learncrochet/u/learncrochet.htm

Left-Handed Crochet - Crochet Instructions and Resources for Left ...

http://crochet.about.com/

maytaurus

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

welcome dally-dont worry about slow - lots of us are beginners! My thinking is that if youre slow more thought/time goes into it!! That said wish I could knit faster!
Popped in to ask if anyone has any handy hints on sewing squares up into small cat blankets...any do's and donts. Can learn by trial and error but so much nicer to learn from others to avoid too much error!!

You might find these useful ISOM :wave:

http://laughingpurplegoldfish.blogspot.com/2009/03/b-word.html

http://itissunnyatebertshome.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-use-mattress-stitch-to-sew.html

http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring04/mattress.html

http://www.snugglesproject.org/docs/SP_projectsheet.pdf

Crochet for Pets
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/pet_items.php

*Thoughts for kitty owners*
http://home.hiwaay.net/~keiper/indoors.htm

and have a look here for a good laugh :rotfl::rotfl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg&feature=player_embedded

chumbasmum

This is the first time that i have posted here - please take pity on me.

I would love to take part in some knitting/crotchet ideas but have only limited skills. I can cast on and off, knit & purl, increase and decrease but that is definately all.
I love the idea of producing something for charity - could anyone suggest a starting point of easy (but rewarding) and needed projects. A link to a pattern would be great also.
What do you do with your finished items?

Sorry if this has been posted by others - it is such a long thread to read through.

Any help very gratefully recieved.

prfungi

chumbasmum wrote: »

This is the first time that i have posted here - please take pity on me.

I would love to take part in some knitting/crotchet ideas but have only limited skills. I can cast on and off, knit & purl, increase and decrease but that is definately all.
I love the idea of producing something for charity - could anyone suggest a starting point of easy (but rewarding) and needed projects. A link to a pattern would be great also.
What do you do with your finished items?

Sorry if this has been posted by others - it is such a long thread to read through.

Any help very gratefully recieved.

Hi chumbasmum - Welcome to this amazing thread - perhaps you would like to join in with our new challenge - back to the roots of the thread, we are knitting squares - this time 8" ones. Chalky75 suggested this & has offered to sew them into blankets or "lapghans", for those of us who dislike sewing up. The only decision made so far is that they're made from DK yarn, you can knit or crochet them, be as plain or fancy as you like - its a good opportunity to try out some different stitches.

I have put together a page with 3 basic squares this can be found here : http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYHcRHOJWSyEZGZwbWZkNHRfNGhtNjlqbmRu&hl=en_GB

For some different stitches take a look here: http://www.knittingonthenet.com/stitches.htm

Give a shout if you need any help -we can usually answer most questions between us.

luv
Pam :smileyhea

SunnyGirl

Happy New Year everyone.

I have been MIA for the last few days as my MIL is very poorly & expected to die in the next few days. We have all been spending most of our time up at the care home with her. I have kept knitting though as it keeps me busy and I am liking the thought that as one life is ending another one will be beginning to wear the little things that I'm knitting IYSWIM?

I have finished my first preemie cardie tonight and am very pleased with it :T I shall wash it and put it away until there's a few things to post off at once. I've cast on a ventilator bonnet but not started the actual knitting yet. My Mum is coming up tomorrow for the day so I will give her some wool, needles & a written pattern so that she can get knitting too. She's very keen to get involved.

Have a good evening all & I'll be back tomorrow hopefully.

f1widow

Hi there - I hope you have all had a pleasant day

Welcome dally & chumbasmum - hope you enjoy it here - I do immensly - dont worry about being slow - its been said its not how much but the fact it all counts - we are really friendly and supportive bunch so dont worry jump in and join us - look forward to seeing more of you xxx - the squares for chalky75 have got us excited already as prfungi has said.
(you could also try for starters some buntings for shezmit of preemiesUK
[EMAIL="www.touchinglittlelives.org/knitbunting.html"]www.touchinglittlelives.org/knitbunting.html[/EMAIL] - they dont need to be lined and I started on these after squares)
If you are stuck on anything just shout and someone will answer

Also have a look on page 1 of this thread it gives a link to information our wonderful Maytaurus has put together.

Well not only is it 1st January but i have just completed my first ventilator flap hat ta da fan fare ......... I looked at the pattern ages ago and thought oh no I will never manage that but this afternoon after having massive tidy up thought oh heck just get on with it .... just finished and Im well chuffed (few mistakes but I dont think they are visible:rotfl:)
shezmit - do these have ribbons on them?

So new year - new patternfor me conquered - and I have a resolution but will talk about that another time
DH sounds stressed (huffing and puffing about something...) so will go - take care all and i will catch up soon
Happy New Knitting Year Jaqui xxxx

ps have just seem your post sunnygirl - I am so sorry to hear about your MIL - thinking of you and you know where we are xx