Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

Pippa.S

Evening all,
Very quiet on here lately

Been to see MIL she seems even more confused than usual today. The DR is sending her down for a scan in the next couple of days to see how much fluid is on the lung.So its wait and see again.

KATHY - yes I am shouting ....what are you doing on steps on a table.....oooooooo I cant look, get down and stay down sends me funny just thinking about it _pale_
chalky - the latest lappys look lovely well done :T Buster well what a handsome fellow By now you are probably on your way back to Spain, I hope your journey goes/went well :cool:
ISOM - now thats what you call a friend, doing the night feeds
mrsm - :rotfl: they must all be the same.
:wave:to all MIA's and lurkers hope you are all well


Must go we are starving, OH said beans on toast for him would be nice, and I will have the crumpets out of the fridge that are starting to go a bit hard with some Lime marmalade on, so no prob there easy peasy

Then I can go get settled on the sofa with some knitting as he is off to play snooker tonight for the first time in ages.

Have good evening all
Anne
x

sock-knitter

morning all, looks like i'm first up
could have stayed in bed longer as ds2 isnt in school today, but need to get a new tyre for car.
was driving along yesterday, and a car kept beeping its horn behind me, then he started flashing his lights, so i pulled over, feel quite anxious, wondering what i'd done wrong lol
anyway he pointed out my rear tyre was almost flat. put some air in it last night, and its almost down again,
after that got a sen meeting in school, then rest of day mine, do do some easy knitting, have a jumper that needs finishing, but it can wait, havent got concentration needed at mo
isom, wish i had a friend like you to help with the twins night feeds
kathy, hope you find time to sit down and enjoy your new books
i've rattled on enough lol
hugs all
shaz xxx

salome

Hi
Will catch up with posts later. Love the crafty works on this page :-)
Took 21yr old son to Dartford yesterday. He's going to Turkey with some friends, so we dropped him off at their house, then went to spend a few hours with the mum of the friends :-) The said son txt me at 4.15am this morning to let me know he was at the airport ready to fly off :-) Bless him. At least he was thinking of me I suppose lol.
Still knitting the lacy bolero, though it's nearly finished. Now have another mum to be in the church :-) She's only newly pregnant, so a nice few monthst to go yet :-)
Ok. Have to dig some stuff out of the freezer !!
Have a blessed and prosperous day. Hugs to all in need ((((hugs)))) Love you all.

x

Pippa.S

mornin all
Just a quickie had a call from Jan her OH is home came out yesterday pm and she tucked him up in bed, then she promptly fell asleep on the sofa, absolutely worn out as you can imagine.
It's only a week since his op, the nurse is coming in on Saturday to take the staples out of his head....oooo just the thought sends me wobbly

Finished the front of the childs chunky sweater off last night and started the sleeve so will get that finished by the weekend hopefully.

Must go hairdresser due any minute
TTFN
Anne
x

f1widow

Hello ladies - feel guilty have not caught up with you especially as some of you ladies are a worry to us - hopefully chalky has had a safe journey back to spain - Im sure dpixie is on her way soon (I may have that wrong???) - kathy is table dancing (hmmmm - tee hee)
Anway - sock-knitter hopefully you feel a bit brighter today - really horrible isnt it - I really sympathise with you - big hugs xxxx

Mrs M - hopefully your wounded solider is fighting fit again xxx

Ive finished the knitted bag off - oh they are just so sweet and easy to do - tonight Im hoping to settle down early - I want to try knitting 3 or 4 double pins for a hat - you may here some rude words (even in Spain) :mad::eek::D will let you know how I get on.

Im trying (unsuccessfully...) to do a couple of jobs per day - I know it sounds lame but when Im "in one of my do's" I get nothing done - have made a couple of birthday cards its my Dad & little sister (not so little 30 on Saturday) both on the same day - was meant to change bed and iron (my ironing is threatening to report me for being an unfit housewife :rotfl:) so must try harder tomorrow

Anyway love and hugs to all and special thoughts to all those that need - Jaqui xxx

psso

Hi everyone, hope you are all well.

Lots of lovely pics again I see. Pretty lappys, lovely buttons and beautiful Buster as well !!
I was very tempted to buy loads of buttons at the knitting show last week but didn`t give in - well only pale pink ones for a couple of matinee jackets I have in the house. There were some lovely shapes and colours on one stall, but my goodness they were expensive. Jean (roamin) reckoned you would only need to be putting one on a cardi at that price :rotfl:must be the miserly Scot in us I reckon. The other stall had hundreds of different buttons in all colours, some pretty ones with pictures and flowery shaped ones etc. They reminded me of my dear old mum knitting fairly plain jumpers for my youngest two and putting on 3-4 buttons down the fronts to adorn them. We had ducks, kitties,smiley faces flowers and so on. Could have spent a fortune, if I had one.

Well we had beautiful sunshine here this morning but I think Chalky must have taken it back to Spain with her. Gone all cloudy and cool now. Hope it hasn`t gone for good.

ISOM - re. night feeds. Only had to do a couple of `dark o`clock` feeds for DD. Done a few 5 am ones as well but they don`t seem so bad if the sun is shining in at the window. Don`t know about weezl`s little one but our one is a hungry little monster. 6 oz bottles every 3 hours !!! Health visitor would rather have him taking smaller amounts more often :eek: DD reckons it`s just as well she`s got him on a bottle as he would be permanently attached otherwise.;) Gradually getting him changed over to hungry baby fomula so hopefully that will help.

Kathy - What the heck are you doing, are you mad ??? on a ladder on a table - no more of that palaver - you`ll give us heart failure. Wouldn`t catch me at that, standing on a chair to reach the top of the wardrobe gives me the jitters !!!

mrs moneypenny - hope your young lad is improving.
pippa.s - good news about your friend`s OH. Hope MiL is a bit better as well.
Sock knitter - hope you and the boys are OK too and the dark cloud doesn`t linger.
f1widow - have you unpacked all your boxes yet ??

Hugs to those I`ve missed - prfungi, LCW,and any other mia`s ((hugs)) to you as well and hope to see you back soon.

Off to investigate the freezer for some inspiration for tea. Have to be something which can be reheated as/when required as everyone will be eating at different times.

Bye for now.

Elaine.x

chalky_75

Hello to one and all
Arrived safely and all well in the house and the sun is shining so that is particularly lovely as we have visitors for the first 2 weeks back here and entertaining is so much easier when the sun shines. Really close/family i.e sister in law( the one who transported all the orphanage knitting!!! ) and her partner.
So today I came up with the idea of "Spanish Cookery School" Each couple have to choose a two course meal to cook --- one we have never done before ,then shop,prepare and cook it for the other couple. It has been fun so far because we have been scouring the Cookery Books and it will save the arguments at the till -- Which I hate!! They both love cooking as do we so its going to be a bit of fun I hope. To get prepared we are all going out tonight to the local Steak House!
!Market day tomorrow for all the fresh veggies then we are off!
Quiet hooking going on in the background-- a tonal lappy to save all the joining when people are here.
Lots of love to all and hope all is well if not specail gentle thoughts x

mioliere

Hi everyone. I hope you've all had a good day.

For all those worried about my table-dancing, it's all over now! The last bit of the ceiling was just too high so DH asked our lovely neighbour, Mickael, to help and they had it done in no time! That's definitely the last ceiling we will ever vault!

I've been gardening for most of the day and DH is now mowing the lawn with our newly-repaired lawnmower. I managed to fit in a bit of crochet and made two Mrs Twins' squares from patterns in my new book. I shall go through my stash for some more colours and make some Chalky squares, too. I have also made another hat so I'd better go and edit my sig.

I've just realised that I have completely forgotten about the update this week, so I will get that done tomorrow, before it's time for the next one!

I hope all the poorlies are getting better.

Must dash - the tagliatelle is boiling too fast!

KathyXX

In_Search_Of_Me

Evening all...been awol! Went to a far away wool shop and had a wander then popped to sit by the sea for a bit on the way home. Poor mum wasnt feeling at all well so a quick outing and tbh I have been tired last couple of weeks-think the stress of last few weeks caught up a bit!
Dont know if peope remember me mentioning that a friend from knitting group is oing to knit me this;
http://victorianlacealong.blogspot.com/2006/11/hexagon-spiders-web-shawl.html
well the silk arrived and half the ball is wound and delivered (its 1300+yrd of silk!) so thats exciting! The wool I got is a variated purple/turq/yellow wool (sounds gross but looks lush!)and Im aking ME a kntting bag a la attick 24! Done a fair bit (despite 3 hook!) and will post update but right now am tired and can hardly keep my eyes open!
Chalky hope youre there safe and sound
psso hugs for you...no sleep not good; thankfully I love the night feeds (whn I dont do them often and can recover!) as it feels a special bonding time for me; just me and a wee dut who guzzles, burps and is generally beautifil. Also dont have to be as concious of Ferg attention as hes asleep so was able to get a good look at him..plus he smiled at me so that was me gone!! I love the early 4.40 feed...world is beginning to stir and its a peaceful time!
sock knitter, F1 etc big hugs and for those that eed them; please dont battle on if youre feeling depressed; I did for ages and it was just plain silly...wish I had gone to docs before and he was lovely-compassionate, understanding and coped remarkably well with the gibbering wreck that was me
ok off to bed I go...tomorrow is coi carp transportation!!

mioliere

Hello everyone.

Chalky - so glad you arrived back safely and that the ash didn't cause any problems. Love the idea of the cookery school; sounds like great fun! I found this pattern and thought of you! http://www.plymouthyarn.com/index.php?nav=cPatterns.freePatterns&pattern_id=000031

ISOM - that shawl looks beautiful. I don't know if I'd ever have the patience to make anything like that!

Pippa - glad that Jan's OH is back home. Hope he is doing well.

I've just found this and thought it was a bit of fun http://www.stitchldn.com/stitchyourself.html I think I will have a go at the crochet one.

I'm loving my new books - there are so many temptations that it's difficult to choose but I can feel lots of squares with flowers coming on! I'm thinking of making a wall hanging in crochet for my Mum's 80th this year and there's plenty of inspiration in the flower pattern book, but I will need to plan it properly and take time to make it. I also want to make something for Summer's first birthday in August so I need to get my thinking cap on.

Last night I made another preemie hat because I couldn't decide which square to make from the 200 Crochet Blocks book! I have this thought it my head that I should start from square one and work my way through them all, so perhaps that's what I should do.

Anyway, off for a cuppa.

Hope you all have a good day.

KathyXX