Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

Pippa.S

Evening all
Woke up to a lovely sunny morning, but it changed as the day went on and now the rain is hammering down.

Hoping to get into town tomorrow, should have been today but OH is working tomorrow so I will go then, but not if the weather is as bad as it is now.

I have the same trouble as some of you with sizing, and find a lot of times I have to go up a size for a comfortable fit, I am just 5'1" tall so length is sometimes a pain, shoes are ok as I am size 5 so I am lucky there.

kathy - wow your OH certainly knows how to treat a girl....taps and a loo seat.....what next I ask myself, :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:( you really made me laugh with that) but all I can say is 'bin there done that' in fact we spent an hour in B&Q looking at door handles, and paint this afternoon
pol - too right ripples are adictive, I am on my 4th
chalky - hope OH's back is better after the "magic" touch of Hector. Yes thanks I am pleased with getting it all done now but still have assorted body bits to sort out, am thinking I will leave them for another time.
shaz - what a great name for a shop,

I have had some grey wool given me, not enough for a jumper but maybe enough for a childs slipover so will make a start on that tonight, make a change from dolls etc.;)


Off to ring DS2 and DIL as DGS is poorly, he has a really bad cough and keeps being sick, poor little mite.

Have good evenings all
Anne
x

mioliere

Chalky - hope Hector works his magic on DH's back. Hope we hear from you during the week but will understand if it's not possible. Have a good week!

Pippa - yes, taps and a loo seat really show that DH is trying to impress me with his sense of romance! Hope your door handles and paint have made your day, too! Hope DGS is better soon, bless him. Give him a (((hugs))) from me when you see him.

Keiss - good to hear from you. I love that pattern. I always do sleeves at the same time - seems to make things a lot easier!

Off for a shower and a sit down.

Have a great evening everyone.

KathyXX

shazrobo

pippa, hope dgs is better soon
elaine, hope your feeling better too
kathy, i have a friend, whose bf bought her a loo seat for xmas, she dumped him shortly afterwards, least you got new taps too lol :rotfl::rotfl:
keiss, thats a lovely jumper pattern for your dh.
no knitting tonight, going to have a shower, and some cider, bit upset, as scaped the side of my lovely car, its only 2 years old, and i got so upset, my mum was more bothered that i was ok:o
hugs all
shaz xxx

In_Search_Of_Me

oh dear shaz..not a good day then
Babette coming on well and almost finished the squares but discovered a few needing redoing (couldnt find them!!) so on the home stretch now then tw rounds to finish, wash, block etc voila! Will also try and do a riple blanket for ferg or kester (feel they should have one each) but couldnt get the hang last time - quite fancy hexagonal though

Kinsey

Pippa hope DGS is better after a good nights sleep.

Shaz hope you're ok, I'd be like your mum, more worried about you.

Chalky have a lovely week with your friends but I do hoe you can pop in here now and again..

Kathy meant to say before, our last loo seat I had to buy it and fit it. Do you think the romance is gone?

k2tog

Ah, Kinsey. I would definitely say the honeymoon is over :rotfl:.
Have just been on a trawl for patterns but have no idea what I'm looking for so thought I'd pop in and say hello to you all.
Hugs for those not feeling so great.
Yay for those with good news.
Will try for a proper catch up (and a long overdue update - I'm going to look like a knitting whizz but it's weeks and weeks worth!) over the weekend because I'm off to bed shortly.
Hope you all wake to blue skies and cheeriness :A

shazrobo

morning all, looks like i'm first up, nice sunny blue sky here.
not much planned for today, have to ring round and get few quotes for car repaired. then my craft group this afternoon, where i shall sit with my knitting, and probably chat more than knit, but thats half the fun
hugs to all that need or want on
shaz xxx

dpixie

morning all. hope that you are all well and looking forward to a lovely day.

isom - thank you very much for the babette pattern - it is lovely, i cannot wait to start it. would you mind letting me know how many colours you used, 16 seems a lot to me. i am trying to decide what colours to use, but i am not going to get my knickers in a twist about it just yet.

i am off to visit a friend who i am reminding how to crochet, we have a chat and a cup of tea (and some cake) and it is really lovely. we have known each other for 10 years, and she is really such a wonderful person. i am really looking forward to seeing her.

other than that, my little nephew is beautiful, and apparently loves sleeping, he is such a cutie - its a pity he is in cape town, do you think anyone would notice if i kidnapped him. by the way, thank you all for the congratulations on his birth, i almost feel like i did it myself.

anyway, have a lovely day everyone, and i will be MIA for the next week as i will be in the lovely france for all of that time.

speak to you all on my return


dpixie

In_Search_Of_Me

Morning all! Not quite managed sunny here! Have to laugh as I have a stain on my fingers that looks like niccotine...eventually sussed that its the bamboo hook!!
Dp I did use all different cols but tended to stick to various hues of greens, yelow, blue and purple to be boyish. Here are a load of examples that may inspire you!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/purlbeebabette/pool/
and here are the cols used in the original
http://www.interweavestore.com/Crochet/Patterns/Babette-Blanket.html?
I would do it qite systematically and with my next one will sew as I go along as its been a mare to piece it all togeather at the end...
Todays tasks are babette and lodger and I are off on a small jaunt! Enjoy craft club shaz! hugs those that need them...

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
it started off lovely here but is now rainy and miserable

shaz i hope you are alright, do you think maybe the tears were everything coming out as you have been through such a lot lately that it may have been the release your emotions needed:grouphug: (sorry about the dodgy simely)

everyone sounds as if they are working really hard on their crafts and other things so well done all:T

dont forget all that postage goes up at the beginning of april so either get some stamps in before then or if you have packages to to via royal snail (i got 2 parcelled up yesterday for LH and must get them in the post on monday)

K2tog i do that when looking through patterns but i usually end up finding so many things i want to do i dont know which to start first:rotfl:

i hope all the mias are well

my update for the week is
9 angel pockets (for LH)
1 sunshine square (for mrstwins)

kids break up for easter hols today so not sure how much time ill get to come in over the next couple of weeks so that may be my last update for a fortnight but i will try and pp in to say hello