Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

nursemaggie

So sorry to hear about your cat Mioliere knowing you did the right thing does not make it any less sad Hugs until you feel better.

I have not done much for the Hospice shop just a scarf, hat and mittens. I intend to knit lots of mittens once I have finished making Christmas presents. I don't know how to do colours.

I have one more repeat of the pattern and I have finished a scarf for my older DS. I measured our sofas yesterday and they are two meters long so
very useful for measuring men's scarfs. No measuring tape to wind back up.

I must have been busy the 4mm needles I had to buy when I started knitting, lost one, (it must be somewhere in this room, was useful) not only have shinny silver tips but the paint is coming off on the first inch or so of the needles. They are not very good quality as we have only just moved here and I only had the market to buy them from. Still do really as not sure Google is giving right address for the hobby place and it is awkward to get to. Don't have a car. It could have moved as others have so it's on one of six retail parks. Not a good idea trying to find out by bus.

psso

UPDATE

3 baby blankets
2 cowls/neckwarmers

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
i hope everyone is well, woken up to a wet miserable looking day here.
i know ive been a misery over the last few weeks with mils diagnosis being so bad and mum letting me know my uncle is dying - it just seemed like one thing after another but i can finally share some really happy news with you, DD2 has told us me and DH are going to be grandparents. so i have someone else to knit for now
hope everyone is as well as can be, hugs to all who need them


UPDATE
1 littleyellowduck

i have knitted some prem hats but wont count them till ive sewn the seams up.

ginnyknit

Tough days Mrs Mp glad you have some good news to help you through. hugs x

Kathy so sorry about pusscat but at least she is at peace now.

Im having trouble making those twiddly things, the curly strings of crochet. Mine dont come out nice and curly and have tried about ten times. Im using 3.5 hook and dk 40 chain and dc twice in each chain :mad: have tried sc too. Im making a jellyfish btw

psso

Ginnyknit- would Chalky's twirly whirlies work ?http://chalkygilbert.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/do-you-fancy-twirl.html

Mrs mp- that is good news for a change.

Wet,wild windy day here. Stuff flying all over the place in the garden. I will NOT be going out to rescue/shift it as I would be drowned by the time I got it done. Rain is practically horizontal the way the wind is blowing. Had to go to the bank earlier and got soaked. Dogs are not impressed either, they just looked at me as if to say, Do we really have to go out in THAT?

Looks like it's a day for knitting. Shame.

roamin_in_the_gloamin

ginnyknit - SPIRALS.... chain 20 (DK 3.5mm hook) UK TERMS............

2tr into the 4th ch, * 3tr in next ch, rep * to the end cut and finish off the spiral. I also find I need to twist it all 'properly' when I am finished.

MRS MONEYPENNY - WHAT FANTASTIC NEWS - get the pins clicking away in anticipation

anyone need any apples? Bit of wind overnight and there are tons down, so have been and salvaged what I could. Needless to say it will be apple cake, apple compote and apple anything else I can think off.c I also got drenched but I love a walk in the rain - Boab dug was not impressed tho'.
Off for a fly cuppa - back in a bit.
x

psso

Yep roamin, lob some apples this way. Long time since I made Apple jeely.

Still blowin a hooley here and pi$$isstently raining.

mrs-moneypenny

youve got about the same weather as me then psso.
i wouldnt mind a cuppa if there still a brew in the pot roamin

going to have a sewing up session for the hats i did over the weekend tonight, ive just had the sewing machine out and made some cushion covers, debating whether to knit covers for the other 2 as i cant find any suitable fabric in the stash

nursemaggie

Congratulations Mrs mp all those lovely little things to knit. I may of a dgs of only 15 months but like Chalky mine is in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) and he does not need many warm clothes. Now they have moved north they do have a little winter but it is more like the last month rather than the weather today.

Thought I would have a break from knitting scarves and done a couple more pairs of mittens last night and tonight. Will take them to the Hospice shop when I have a few more. Hundreds of mums and littlies go past every day to and from school. I hope they sell well.

ginnyknit

Thank you all for the twirly advice, didnt know you had to twirl them -Duh! - now the jelly fish has his first few tentacles :rotfl:Will post a pic when its done.