Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

f1widow

Hello ladies - thanks so much for asking after me - yes Ive been quiet unusual for me tee hee ... - have been packing and sorting and dealing with new budget sheets etc and just have felt blurghhhhhh so have been lurking although you know my la la brain - Ive forgotton half of what ive read so I will try and catch up

psso - jayden is just gorgeous - I do like a baby with a bit of flesh on them (hope I dont offend you or DD) - reminds me of my DS - its those cheeks you just cant help nuzzling and kissing them --- oooo makes me quite broody - you must be a very proud Nanny - the cardigan is beautiful - lovely to see a baby in knitted soooo cuddly mmmmm xxxx

prfungi - so lovely to hear from you sorry that things have been so hard for you - but hopefully it sounds like you are breaking through - we have missed you - big hugs xxx

Books - I like to read and have stacks of books as yet unread - I mainly read true life - stories of peoples lives in the country that kind of thing - autobiographies - my little sis and I always buy each other a book a xmas (its become standard) and there is nothing like a brand new book - I do tend to buy my books at car boots and charity shop (latest one was Disused Railways of Northamptonshire which FIL is reading at moment)

kathy - Im hoping you are getting through the worst - all I can see is you following the dust and muck round xxx

Baby Hats for Spain - Ive done a couple this last week - one looks huge!!! - I took ISOM's advice and joined Ravelry to look for patterns - spent a long time looking on there I can tell you - I must learn knitting in the round though - last time I tried circulars went across the room .....

Pink Wool - sorry Ive forgotton who wanted pink wool - can someone tell me ??

ISOM - didnt realise lodger was going so soon - will you be hunting for another xx - hope you are ok xxx

DH is home for a couple of days so we have been filling some boxes - watching the F1 practice - we are in China this weekend - I have to say that whilst DS has been home the last few weeks Ive done little housework though just sorting - cant cope with not doing the housework - knitting has been slow too - will be glad to move really
Anyway - hugs and much love to you all - especially those suffering at the moment xxx

Seakay

Afternoon all!

Slightly shattered again having travelled back to my sister's yesterday. Decided to drive to nearest service station to pick up some milk and managed to take the wrong turning off the roundabout on the way back - this resulted in my first time driving in the dark for aprox 15 years(bearing in mind I only started driving again at all a couple of months ago!) so a somewhat wearing day all round.

Still, it's nice an sunny this afternoon and I've got some washing on the line and I'm continuing with a Chalky square while I catch up with all your news as the borrowed computer I am on works at a speed reminiscent of dial up on a bad day!

How's the violin going, ISOM? Have you got the bow sorted now?

Lovely to hear from you pfungi, and hope that the dark clouds are starting to receed a little for you

Big hugs to us all as we stuggle to cope with what life throws at us - there's an American thing that goes around t'Internet saying that when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. I have to admit that whenever I see it I want to throw a lemon - possibly wrapped in a pulled up sock - at the screen! My positive action is to come on here and share the real caring, empathy and good nature that I know will be here.

toottifrootti

Hello everyone

Can I join you in a little way - I am always full of ideas but never seem to get them finishes so I am hoping being on here will help - I am usually only on the fly-lady threa - Hi SGT!!! - but have a stack of wool that needs to be dealt with and I am loathe to give it away just yet.

Do you do your own things or are you just doing charity things - I would have read through the thread but 4200+ posts will take me too long!!!!

I have seen 'Chalky's squares' on several signatures and always wondered what they were!

hope you dont mind me jumping in.

toots

shazrobo

hi tootifrooti, and welcome to the thread, a lot of us here knit things for ourselves and family as well as for charity, there are no hard and fast rules.
shaz x

In_Search_Of_Me

hi tooty! welcome! Lots of ideas dotted through the thread and I think on post one. Some people here donate locally but others do for loving hands which is a charity you can post to and they want all sorts and run regular challenges! linky here
http://www.lovinghands.org.uk/
chalky is a poster here who will be making up blankets for us to be distrubuted to charity although no definate wheres yet. She divides time between spain and uk so will let us know when shes here so we can send the squares to her for sewing up!
Hope that helps?
Well first on that makes a change! going to meet a friend this morning and do a bit of shopping. Will get a dvd tonight and relax! Didnt sleep v well last night unfort...Violin is sorted seakay...I just hadnt put enough rosin on and now I have it works perfectly (much to the annoyance of everyone else although Isoke is partial to a bow chase or two!!)...have a good day all!

shazrobo

morning all, isom, i didnt sleep well last night either, was in floods of tears, remembering good times with my ex, stupid of me really considerign how bad he treat me especially towards the end. have a lovely day shopping with your friend
hugs
shaz xxx

mioliere

Hi everyone and a warm welcome to Tootifrooti - great to have you with us. Forgive me if I don't brief you with all the relevant info at the moment. Chaos has reigned supreme in my neck of the woods making online activity a bit hit and miss this last few weeks. I will do my best to come back on here later and 'fill you in' so to speak, although I see that In Search of Me has given you some info to be going on with!

I hope to start getting back to normal soon - today I've spent trying to book DS2's ferry over here for next week, but I'm getting absolutely nowhere - all the ferries are taking extra bookings due to the air chaos. BIL has now left and we have a major re-organisation to do here with just a week to get straight if DS2 and his family do actually make it here!

Will get back to you later - I now have to go out and get some food!

Shaz - sending great big (((hugs))) to you.

Maytaurus - hope you are OK?

KathyXX

f1widow

UPDATE

2x Spanish Hats

(Oh dear ......)

Signature is now correct (sorry I realised I had not updated it last week) - (spreadsheet is missing 1x Baby Hat should be 13 not 12 - sorry thanks xxxx)

psso

Oooh it`s quiet here today, just like my house.

DS is working and DD and littlie are away to be introduced to his other Grandma -daddies Mum, so I`m home alone.

Now,what will I do ??????

I`ll come back later and tell you what I decided.

Elaine.x

Pippa.S

:hello::hello::hello:Yoo Hoo I'm back did you miss me???????

Had a lovely time down in Devon, hard work but enjoyable. Caravan is shining like a new pin, will need a quick wash and polish next time, but we will be there for longer, so it won't be so much of a rush. At least we got the Winter grot off it this time.;)

Welcome to toottifrootti nice to see you :wave:
Elaine awww your DGS is sooo cute would luv to give him a cuddle x
Pam - nice to see you back:T
kathy - I see you've had an interesting time while I was away, no stopping your OH is there :rotfl:at least you're nearly there now:T
May - :wave:
chalky - are you going to name them all this year?????????????;)
PTB - thanks for the PM, glad to be of help, and you are very welcome:)
Shaz - (((hugs))) it will take time but you will get there x
:wave: Hester nice to see you, thanks for the offer of wool there's always someone who can use it, we get lots of donations and are very grateful for them any amount can be used, even tiny bits for the IS Hats

I've read through (worn out now sooo many pages) and I know I've forgotten loads so here's a group hug for everyone:grouphug:

I managed to get a couple of things done in the last few days, will post update next.I used some of the fawn chunky Lou sent me for the sailors hats, used it double on the second one and it came out quite big, used single the first one came out a bit small....hope some of them have little heads;):rotfl:

TTFN
Anne
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