Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

Kinsey

mrs-moneypenny, I like Philippa Gregory as well, and I think I've read most of her books, learning enough of the tudor period to answer questions in the process! I recomend C J Sansom for more about tudor times.
dpixie I haven't heard of the books you mention, but will look out for them from now on.

shazrobo

afternoon everybody
pam, lovely to see you posting, sorry that you've been through such a difficult time, hope you feel better soon. if you fancy a coffee and a chat, text me,(((big hugs)))
kathy,(((big hugs))) for you too, sounds like your suffering a bit through all the renovations, keep thinking positive, and what a lovely house you'll have when its all finished.

hugs shaz xxx

salome

Hi
Please tell me where the time has gone these last few weeks, because it's passed me by so quick, I 've not seen it !!!!!!!!! lol.
Welcome to new babies, new knitters, and lovely to see prfungi back again :-) Hugs special for you.
Lol about teaching politians to knit. You can just imagine the MPs all sat in parilment clicking away hee hee.
I've had a bit spurt with my needles :-) Nearly finished a baby cardi , finished some premmie booties, and I've finished the baby blanket. The intended baby who's it's to be, is late in arriving. She was due on the 9th, but is still, as far as I know, still sitting comfortably in her mums tum :-)
Talking about babies, isn't Jayden a lovely baby? AWWWW. So SWEET. Loved the little jacket. Who knitted that one :-)
Two of my girls do a council run childrens scheme, where they do a bit of work in the community, like gardening, clearing up etc and as a reward get a treat. So, they've gone to Thorpe park today, and by coincidence, one of my other girls was going with some of her friends as well, so they will be there at the same time lol. Other daughter and son at work today, so it was just me and my 17yr old, which was lovely, as I don't always get a lot of time with her. Even more delightful is she's my knitting daughter, and is really into clicking, so we had a lovely morning in our local wool shop, before having a cup of tea and tea cake in a local cafe :-) Lovely day :-) (spent money on a couple of knitting books though. Still need to encourage my daughter to keep the needles going don't I ??? lol)
Anyway. Have a good evening everyone. Hugs for those in need ((((hugs)))) Love you all.

x

chalky_75

Well politics,politics ,politics and DMIL hrrphming!! And with 3 new pairs of Bragas too!!! Substitute Knickers for Bragas. Doh was so complimentary calling the ones she was looking at "Apple Catchers!!!" He soon disappeared when she started holding them up though !!

Well how lovely to see you back Pam --- I hope you will feel strong enough to keep posting as we all missed you so much but of course totally understand if you still just need time just for yourself xx

May --- Miss you tooo. Love to all the other MIA and all with their hands overflowing. Elaine I am sure your hands are full but how we would love to share a little acuddling with Jayden

Kathy -- I so hope the light is coming on at the end of that French tunnel of yours!!

Well time for bed . Sleep well everybody xx

mioliere

Hi everyone and thank you so so much for all the (((hugs))), dodgy or not! Your empathy for my plight is much appreciated, I can assure you!

I'm up early because I woke up at about 3 am and all I could think about was a cuppa in what's left of my kitchen. Seriously, it's starting to look a bit more normal now, although, having gone without a working sink in the kitchen for a couple of days, we had the water cut off yesterday due to water works going on outside, then, as soon as I started to get used to the sink and its functioning taps, we sprung a leak from the water tank upstairs, so we had to turn the supply off (yet again!) and go hunting in the shops for a special brass thingy which, as with everything else, wouldn't fit without a lot of grunting and cursing from DH, and then a lot of the same from me because I had to keep turning the water on and off while he tested it. BIL and nephew had gone shopping for the radiators that should have been installed the other day, so it was down to me to be labourer again. Still, I do believe I have now had running water in the kitchen for a few hours now. No doubt, it will go off again when the men install the three new radiators later this morning, but that should be the end of it. My next grumble is that, because they keep moving the ceiling lights in the kitchen, I can't see what I'm doing when I'm cooking because I'm standing in my own shadow, so that's something else that needs to be sorted.

BIL and nephew go back home tomorrow. I'm sure they can't wait! It's been chaotic but having BIL here has meant that a lot of progress has been made in a short time, and I'm so grateful to him because it would have been a lot slower for DH with only me to help him! Our neighbour's daughter, who is the same age as my nephew, called on him yesterday evening with one of her friends, and invited him to play hide-and-seek around the hamlet! He was very shy and reluctant at first, but we talked him into it. Luckily, his French is so good, they were soon jabbering away and we didn't see him again for hours. I think they are planning to get together again today. He's been so good while all the work has been going on around him but it's good for him to have someone of his own age to spend time with.

Salome - your DDs sound like lovely girls. You've done a wonderful job bringing them up to be so kind and thoughtful.

ISOM - good luck with the violin. I want to learn to play the ukelele (don't ask me why!) so will be interested to hear how you get on.

Pam - (((hugs))) to you.

Elaine - hope Jayden James is doing well.

Chalky - apple-catchers! I've never heard that expression before!

Mrs Moneypenny - talking about books, I'm reading Amy Tan at the moment. I love reading about Chinese history as does my DIL1; she recommended her and gave me a stack of her books to bring back with me the last time we were in the UK. So far, I've read The Opposite of Fate (about the author's own life), and now I'm reading her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, and really enjoying it. It's a bit difficult finding the time at the moment, but I try and read at least a chapter a day. I'm also proof-reading a friend's book at the moment. He has not long finished writing it and asked if I would check it over for him - it's all about meditation which is all new to me, but I'm enjoying it. He has already secured a deal to sell it through Amazon and Waterstone's, so I hope I am helping him! He sends me three chapters at a time by email.

Well, not much crochet is being done at the moment, for obvious reasons, but things should start settling down again soon. I'm trying to finish off the little sporty booties I'm making for DGD2 to wear for the World Cup (she's way too young to understand, of course, but I know that her Mum and Dad will appreciate them!), and then I will do some more squares for Chalky and Mrs Twins. While things are upside down here, I think squares are easier to make than anything that requires shaping. My nephew has shown interest in what I'm doing but has rejected all offers of being taught! He loved looking at my wool stash, though!

I've taken lots of photos of all the work going on here (including one that my BIL insisted I take of him and DH posing in the kitchen, once he realised that I would be posting them on my blog!) so I will post them over the weekend, once I've uploaded them all.

Well, I think I shall fill the kettle again with water from my brand new tap!

Hope you all have a good day. I have no idea when I'll get back online today - I just know I'll have to move the PC again before the day is out!

KathyXX

chalky_75

Kathy

That is a real coincidence My Yoga teacher just lent me a book and its By Amy Tan --- The Hundred Secret Senses -- What a coincidence. I had never heard of her before

Quick info on " Apple Catchers" My DOH says that BIG knickers/bragas are called that because the little girls used to fill their knickers with apples when they were scrumping hence they became BIG hence apple catchers!!!!! Just goes to show what type of girl he was with before he met me !!!!

Will pop back later--- Market day again-- Where did that week go !!! Doing the last lappy before we come home plus hedgies

Love to all

salome

Hi
Well the girls survived Thorpe Park and it's rides lol.
I can't decide what to do today ??? Think I might sit and knit lol. I ought to have a walk of some sort today. I haven't been very good with my calories lately, and don't like paying the gym for excerise I can do quite well for free if I put my mind to it, which I don't very often lol. It's a lovely day though, so there's no excuse :-)
Have a blessed and prosperous day. Hugs to all in need ((((hugs)))) Love you all.

x

mrs-moneypenny

salome glad it was thorpe park and not alton towers as my dd said she read alton keeps having power cuts and in the last couple f days people have been stuck on nemesis and oblivion:eek:.

ive heard of the joy luck club kathy ill try and look out for those youve mentioned. my DD has read all the twilight books so ill borrow them off her sometime ill also look out for CJ Sansom so thanks for those recommendations dpixie and kinsey.

no reading or knitting last night as we went out to see the rat pack show it was brilliant we took the inlaws as a belated mothers day pressie.

hope all are well and have a good weekend.

looked lovey here first thing but a grey cloud is now lurking overhead

dpixie

morning all - OH at home again due to back being very painful - routine gone again. i am dying/itching to get my hands on my crochet, but dont want him to think that i sit at home doing nothing all day.

anyway, weather is poor, but not too bad for a walk, so i think i will take a walk down to Mr W's and see about a bottle of wine to go with our dinner. (sometimes i feel that i need a reason to get out and walk - does that make me lazy?) salome, we have gym membership for a lovely (cheap) gym about 10 minutes walk down the road, however, when the weather is reasonable, i find loads of reasons not to be inside - do you think its just excuses? chalky - is there a diagnosis for this?

anyway, kathy, good luck, i really feel for you, but i am sure that it will all be sorted soon and it will be so lovely that you forget the hardship very quickly.

chalky - forgive me, but what size squares do you want? i will be happy to send some to you.

also, is there someone who wants a number of very odd squares - i have a friend who wants to knit squares for a number of causes, but she sticks to 40 stitches and 4mm needles, no matter what the yarn is like, so there are some odd ones. if anyone wants them let me know - i have a small stash of them here and another in france.

have a lovely day all


dpixie

In_Search_Of_Me

afternoon me lovelies! Well bright and sunny here but am having a home day as am out and about tomorrow. Bread is rising and about to change sheets (I know how to live me!) and will wash my hair (cut yesterday)...lodger will be staying an extra week which has thankfully paid the overspend! Done a couple of hex's this morning but remain amazed at how exceptonlally good I now am at vanishing a whole day!
F1 how you doing? Gone quiet so hope youre ok...no doubt getting ready for the big move!
not sure about the fairground rides - getting stuck would be awful wouldnt it!
Miol hope the kitchen is coming togeather. Isnt it great how kids just play - despite language barriers they muddle through with no feelings of idiocy like us adults!