Knit Your Square To Give Your Share - Part 3

f1widow

Morning - very cold - grey day here - could do with a bit of sun really ...

shezmit - so very very sorry to hear your sad news - sending you loving thoughts and hugs - and please dont forget we are here for a shoulder or a moan about anything big or small xxxxx

orkney star & seakay - lovely to see you and hear your news - come back soon xxx


I think we have a few MIA's - hopefully you are ok - we are thinking of you
- big group hug xxxx

well had better go - I will update next week I think (slap wrist) - half term day 1 and Im already woolly headed tee hee - DH worked most of weekend and today so just plodding with DS really - I think we have a film to watch in a little while (although he is trying to win a prize on some competition line - thankfully its freephone .................)
Love to all J xxxxx

chalky_75

Hello to everyone--- Will willingly puff some warmth to you all . We have had to beat a retreat from the beach as it was soo hot (sorry !!) Also a very warm wind got stronger and stronger so after a swim we headed home.
Another evening of the Spanish Cookery School tonight . The turn of DOH and me tonight so its Prawns PilPil with Chorizo and Barbecued Pork.Lemon and New Potato kebabs-- All to be done much later methinks when it cools down a lot!!

Yoga this morning so lots of positivity and relaxation. I tried to think of everyone here with troubles and Shelley you were in my mind.

Still Chalky Squaring in a mix of blues -- very apt at the moment.
DON --- We get home on July 1st after travelling through France so could you hold onto the parcel til then please> I shall so look forward to receiving them

My DDIL texted me yesterday to say she is loving the 200 Squares book we bought her for her anniversary present and is trying loads of different squares. I will have a look at it when we go and visit next.

Kathy -- Lovely that you were not away from us for long!!

Jean Lovely to see you on Facebook

Right a bit of quiet ends to deal with and then Delia Smith eat your heart ouT!!
Lots of love to one and all x

mioliere

Well, I was online again by late morning then back off it by 4 o'clock this afternoon! I think I have a very sensitive Livebox that reacted badly to DH's constant messing around with the electrics and phone cables. Luckily we managed to get it sorted before I threw the thing out of the window (which, by the way, is one of Jean's suggestions!)

Jean - it's great to see you on Facebook, especially the photo!

Chalky - thanks for the FB suggestion and, also, for the offer of some decent weather! Which book did you get for your MIL? The one by Jan Eaton? If so, it's the one I've got and I love it. YOu'll have to get yourself a copy one you've seen it! Enjoy tonight's feast! In honour of Jean, we are having stovies tonight - one of our favourites!

Jaqui - hope DS did well in the competition?

KathyXX

shezmit

Thanks everyone for your support it means alot to us all, As you know my mom haven't got long but we are going to make the most of the time we have, She is having a massive party at the end of june so she can say her goodbyes and have a fair few drinks while she is well enough to do it, We are going to sue the hospital because the way they have treated my mom, They said if they done the op within the 1st and 3rd cancellation she wouldn't be going through this now, And don't forget there was 9 cancellations,

well PreemiesUK is still will be carrying on.

Please have a look at the blog to see what is happening on the Preemies side

PREEMIESUK CHALLENGE for 2010

parcels are now being sent to the hospitals via Couriers as its cheaper than royal mail and i can get more out to the hospitals this way

This will run all through the year

numbers in red is what we have recieved
Part 1
1000 vent bonnets with flaps 281
1000 knitted blankets 132
1000 cardies 536
1000 gowns 106
1000 buntings 155
1000 angel pockets 76
1000 burial wraps 49
100 knitted boobs 29

Part 2
2000 teddies as 2 each is needed for memory boxes and i want this one to be a massive hit for 2010 146 teddies

So you can see the totals are looking brill,


THANKYOU SO MUCH, YOU ARE ALL TRUE STARS X X X

DON79

Hi, will hang onto the parcel til July 1st for you Chalky, not a problem at all

Will get to work on some more Buntings and Angel Pockets I think.

Best wishes and hugs to all needing them.

Donna

Kinsey

Shez good on your mum for having a party, tell her to have a few glasses for us. I wanted to ask if things would have been different if they hadn't cancelled the appointments but I didn't like to. It's tragic. ((hugs))

chalky_75

Lots of gentle thoughts to everybody with troubles big or small xxx
The last full day with our visitors today so Spanish Cooking School declared a success -- apart from me shooting juicy red chorizo all over the curtains!!! So glad it was me but would have been better if it had been DOH!!!

So chill out today as it is still so hot with a very hot wind!! I am not complaining but its nice to be under an umbralla near water and its getting too hot to be " Hooking!" ---

It was DDIL who I gave the Jan Easton book to and she is loving it. A trip to Amazon methinks

PSSO Auntie Chalky thinks Jayden must be growing so much -- Could we see a picture do you think?

Ok must go as everyone is stirring out of their showers -- Breakfast to pop out !!

salome

Hi.

Shez, so sorry to hear your news :-( Hugs and prayers from me xxxxxx
Lovely grey morning here, supposed to clear up by dinner time :-)
Half term :-) :-) I look forward to the school holidays as much as the children lol.
Still finishing off the bolero lol. Nearly done now. Just doing the borders, then that should be it. Have my head doing overtime of the things I want to knit, and I'm thinking that I could do with more pairs of hands to do all the things I want to do lol. My knitting daughter is turniong out baby jumpers for the new mums at church like anything lol. She's putting me to shame with the amount she's getting done lol.
Have a blessed and prosperous day. Hugs to all in need ((((hugs)))) love you all.

x

mioliere

Hi everyone

Woke up late this morning so am feeling a bit rushed and that feeling will probably stay with me all day.

Shez - like Kinsey, I had hoped that all the cancellations weren't responsible for the terrible situation your poor Mum finds herself in, and am even more saddened to hear that they were. You must be going through such a rollercoaster of emotions - my heart goes out to you all. The party is a wonderful idea, sad though the reason for it is.

Maytaurus - hope you are having a good day today?

Today, we have our neighbouring farmer cutting the grass (weeds, really!) on our building plots for us. He cut the grass in his own fields yesterday - he has a tractor with proper circular thingies on it that cut through like a knife through butter but, unfortunately, our grass was a lot longer than his! Last year he did it all on one of the hottest days we had; today it's cool and a lot easier for him. It will take him about three hours - he always insists he doesn't want anything for doing it, so we have to sneak some cash through his letterbox! There's no way we expect him to do it for nothing. It would take us about three weeks with our lawnmower!

We have to go out and buy more materials today (how interesting is that?!), then I hope to sort out what I've been crocheting. I need to parcel up some stuff for Lou, and some squares for Mrs Twins. I've done quite a bit more on the throw for my chair; I shall buy some paint for the chair itself today and get that bit done, too.

I don't know if any of you get the weekly email from Crochet Spot but this week's included a great pattern for a cushion, made from squares that are stuffed individually. Here's the link http://www.crochetspot.com/crochet-pattern-chair-cushion/ I fancy making some for my kitchen chairs - I would never have thought of making a cushion like that. It would take a bit of work but would be well worth it, I think.

Anyway, I'd better go and see if the farmer wants a drink.

Hope you all have a good day.

KathyXX

mrs-moneypenny

really sorryto hear your very sad news shelly
sk hope you have a lovely and much deserved break
os lovely to see you, please dont be a stranger on here
kathy hope you internet stays fixed

sending hugs for all

got a lovely big bag of green and red wool at the car boot yesterday for £1 in it was 2x100grm balls of braemer chunky wool in a lovely soft dark red/slighty mauve marl, 5x 100gms balls of a soft leaf green DK, a pair of 41/2mm needles, a pair of cable pins, a tape measure and one of those long double ended nedle thing wit the flexible bit in the middle for knitting in the round etc - the name escapes me for the mo. i've aready started a square for the poppy wreath with the green.

have a good day all