Memorygirls - Make Do and Mend

Memory_Girl

ClootiesMum wrote: »

So it's competitive - if you fail someone else gets mentored ????

mmmmmm

** goes off to work out how to trip up Memory Girl in a Scooby Doo type fashion **

Only kidding

Do you know what country he's on the road in? The time difference (if you know where he is) might enable you to have few [STRIKE]hours[/STRIKE] minutes relaxation......

Just a thought....

I thin it was the energy and collective spirit of the thread group that hooked him in .................. so if i bottle it .............. someone else gets to pick up the baton and push on.

not that i'm going to (in a purely non-slefish way you understand:cool:)

positive thinking mg - positive thinking only:D

mg

penny39

I too have been lurking for a while and trying to catch up with all that is going on- MG you are truly an inspiration. I try to live my life in the moment, to let everything flow and just enjoy the simple things.. I have been on my own with my daughter since I was pregnant(she is 8) and trying to be two parents hasn't always been easy- sometimes I just feel it would be nice to have someone to bounce ideas off( although my parents are fantastic). And yet I am more content with my life than I have ever been- today we went for a bike ride and collected conkers,leaves to spray for Christmas(eek!) and blackberries for jam making. Finally got my act together and posted loads of stuff for sale on ebay-need the money to pay the gas bill due this month-and bagged marked down turkey mince on the way home from our bike ride and made a ton of chilli to freeze.
What I find hardest is holding on to the " vision" or keeping the faith. I know what is important to me and it isn't great wealth or status, just for my girl and my family to be healthy and happy and safe. I still go all gooey when the Boden catalogue plops on the doormat-from the days when I had more cash to splash- but know that the cardigan I WANT won't make the slightest bit of difference to my life and the urge goes away. A friend of mine once said that it is much easier to hold on to our beliefs when we are surrounded by like minded people;well, I know that my beliefs sometimes slip because I seem to be surrounded by people who are a little materialistic.
Sorry for wittering on but what I am really trying to say-in a really awful roundabout way!-is THANKYOU MG and all you others because I feel that I have found some like minded people and holding on to what I know is right will be an awful lot easier from now on. So thankyou again, a million times over xx:)

Memory_Girl

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

PS firewalker- so glad you don't like Gabriel Byrne- more for me And MG as well of course

me first missus :D

wishfull thinking :rotfl:

mg

ClootiesMum

penny39 - stay here and you will be surrounded by people who know what the important things in life are

sadly for me - on a Sunday - that's wine

Memory_Girl

ClootiesMum wrote: »

Is it possible "HE" is awaiting a certain number of followers before the next challenge is sent?

From previous IM - this could be 30 **please insert appropriate smiley - confused but with the a-ha moment**

You've got a point - i'd better pop over and have a look at how many have signed on for the adventure.

mg

angelaf_3

No because it was a lesson in a workshop but basically (don't think I'm breaking copyright because the teacher told us she found it somewhere on the internet that was open to everyone but I can't remember what) you do the following:
cast on an even number of stitches using the cable method, we did 10 for the bead but the skies the limit.
Then you k 1 sl 1 all along the row,
repeat this row until you have the required length. We did 12 rows for the size bead we were doing.

Then the really fun bit instead of casting off you leave a long end and thread a wool needle with it.
You then slip the first stitch on to the needle and hold it to the back of the work.
Then slip the next stitch on to another pin and hold to the front of the work.
You repeat this all along your knitted piece and if you have k1 sl1 correctly you will find you have a 'bag.'
You then thread the remaining stitches off the pin onto the wool needle and pull the thread through and after stuffing you pull up thread tight and secure.

The tutor left a length of wool about 30cms and stuffed the bead with that but the wool we used was expensive so I only used enough to thread through and secure. I stuffed the ball with other scraps I had.

If my instructions are not very clear let me know and I'll send you the ones we had.

boredofbeingathome

Memory_Girl wrote: »

me first missus :D

wishfull thinking :rotfl:

mg

Oh, i was thinking that you should let the elder one go first- tis only polite you know:D:rotfl::rotfl:

I have sharp elbows;)

angelaf_3

Well done on the blog I meant to say as well.

no_pennies

hi mg and stollowers (is that the word lol) Im de lurking like lots of others at the moment ,what does that tell you mg all us lurkers coming out to tell you how you reading this has made a difference to our lives. I started reading a few weeks ago and as my dd would say im well impressed !! . I am not usually a believer in things like the secret ect (bit hippyish for me ) but ive read all the stories on here and started to change my way of thinking since then ive been calmer and more positive , and wierdly things have started to happen saw a copy of the secret (complicated part version so i never bought it ) in a charity shop i dont usually go in ,talked to a lady iv'e known for a while and told her i was trying to change my life in small ways by positive thought , she then tells me oh do you mean the secret turns out she knows all about it and is also trained in life coaching and holistic stuff - the world is such a small place ,and the final straw was i saw a cushion omg £20 guess what it said on it MAKE DO AND MEND so here i am ready to play and ready to change .the universe has sent me to mg and friends xxx im going to enjoy the ride ps mg you actually dont realise the affect you have on others bless you i wish i could have been there to give you hug sometimes when you needed one oh and i will pm you about the student book (for daughter who is a bit wild !! oh well a bit of spirit is nice lol )

penny39

Hi, am frantically trying to find the blog- where is it? what do I do? help! Help! :j