Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
sorry im not about as much as i should be.
welcome to the newbies
thank you for the update on may

i dont think ill be able to comit to doing a stall at the choir christmas farye so DS has taken all the lovely items that people on here very kindly did and sent to me along with the stuff id knited and sewn to church and one of the ladies who had only a few items for her stall is going to sell them. I hope you dont mind me not doing the stall myself. i just seem to have no time and Mil has put her back out so needs extra TLC. friday went as well has it could have done at least the rain stayed away till after the burial and the cemetry is nice fil is near a bench so mil can sit near him as long as she wants.
havent done any charity work to update but ive brought some red t shirts and am sorting out outgrown but still VGC uniform of the boys for LH. ive finished the 32 mini stockings for 'my' class, i just have 7 to sew up and then the hanging loops to kint and sew on.

hugs to all and hope to are well

mioliere

Hi everyone, it's me again.

I've just been looking at the photos in my camera to put on my blog and found this one. Then I remembered that I hadn't told you all about where the goodies came from. You'll remember that I was feeling a bit down lately, mainly due to missing the family, and living on a building site for so long. I opened the mail box one morning, and just look what Chalky had sent me - four balls of the most beautiful wool, some lovely buttons, and some fantastic trims which I can use on gifts, cards and so on! Thank you so much, Chalky - it was so kind and thoughtful, it made me cry (in a good way, of course!)

Seakay

Welcome Hunnybeeanz! Glad you are enjoying the IS hats - campaign has been going a few years now so pretty confident it'll be with us next year.

If you put your weeks charity knitting in a post in red on a Sunday then your efforts will be added to the spreadsheet on Moliere's blog
eg
thing I knitted and how many

mrs-moneypenny

what a lovely kind thing to do, that is just so typical of chalky:T

i hope you are not feeling so down now kathy.

got to go and tidy something the pots still arent washed and i have a pile of stuff to charity bag for tomorrow

Kinsey

mioliere what a lovely surprise and so kind of Chalky.

chalky_75

Hello to one and all . Mar ket day today so I bought apron number 2!


Doh thinks the straps might be too short so I am going to pop in some elastic in each pocket!


Baby Luvvies!

PSSO -- So sorry life is challenging -- you could do with some downhill freewheeling!
Pippa-- Your things for the Grannys sound wonderul!
Dpixie-- We missed you-- its lovely to have you back but sorry to hear about your Aunt1
Jean -- Love your sewing-- hope you are managing to finish that shopping
Hunnybeanz-- Lovely to hear about your family -- your little boy sounds delightful
ISOM -- Hope you have a relaxing weekend and that work,if hectic is going well.
Kathy -- Good luck for the Grand Opening tomorrow -- sounds as if it is going to be really good fun.
Kinsey--- I bet little William will be amazed by all the lights and glitter of Christmas
Mrs M -- Take it gently -- So glad the church i going to benefit.

Lots of gentle thoughts to Shelley and May if you are lurking and of course for anyone else with their hands overflowing!

Had a bit of a sad message from DD in Oz -- her friend has decided to fly home for Christmas ( funded by Mum Dad and Grandma!!!!) So of course DD is facing her first Christmas away from the family and friends. I am sure there will be others in the same boat but she sounded really sad yesterday !!

Well have got some friends coming for a meal this evening so must get on !
Happy weekends one and all and lots of love

In_Search_Of_Me

aww chalky poor dd...nice of friends parents but leaves dd a bit bereft doesent it eh!
Busyish day here moving another young lady into a lovely flat that we didnt have to clean as they left it spotless and the builders even mopped the floor..I was so touched as they really pulled out all the stops for her and it meant alot. So been a hard but worthwhile week this end with people seen and paperwork almost ignored until next week!
Ive a nice weekend planned with very little in it (again!). Seeing a friend for lunch tom and then thats it! Going to finish my crochet roll and have a bash on violin! Been ignoring it too long!
Hope you are all well...hugs those that need them!

sock-knitter

evening all, big hugs to everyone, cant even remember what i've read as my head all over place
sons been playing up, firstly josh on wednesday, and then daniel stealing, punching holes in doors, smashing furniture up etc, of course i had no choice but to inform the police.
managed to knit a teddy yesterday, and finish of a blanket, both for charity
shaz xxx

hunnybeanz

Oh Dear, Sock-knitter! My heart goes out to you. Kids are certainly a trial when they put their minds to it! Hopefully all worth it in the long run though.
My eldest is only just 5, so I can't grumble much about him, but we fostered my sister between 13 & 16 years old, and it was Hell on Earth hah hah! Absolutely nightmarish. She was off the rails entirely, taking advantage of the internet, skipping school, stealing etc.

(((( hugs ))))

mioliere

Hi everyone.

Chalky - poor DD2. In a way I can understand the friend wanting to be back home with family for Christmas (believe me, it's what I want, as you know!) but I thought they'd be in this adventure together. After all, it's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to celebrate Christmas Aussie-style. I really feel for your DD; it must have come as a shock to her. Has she people she can stay with? Great photos, by the way!

Shaz - difficult as it must be, you did the right thing callling the police. I do hope things improve for you soon; you certainly deserve it. Sending (((hugs))) to you - hope today is a good one.

Well, we are off to the farm again straight after breakfast. We left last night after about ten hours working flat out, and it looked fantastic; not quite finished but almost there. It was all hands on deck with five women and four men all doing their bit. We kept joking about it being like 60 Minute Makeover - Not! How they do what they do on that programme in 60 minutes is too much to believe, I'm afraid! Anyway, we've transformed a leaking freezing cold depressing looking barn into a wonderful cafe with a comfy little seating area at one end in front of a glowing wood-burner. All the tables and chairs are set up now and waiting for customers. I lost count of how many cups, saucers, teapots and so on I washed up yesterday. Most of the Christmas decorations are up and the owners were doing the tree later on in the evening. They are whacked out - it didn't help that the night before, one of their sows decided to give birth to eight little black piglets, and the were up until three in the morning! They now have three litters - twenty four gorgeous little piggies in all! So cute and one would easily fit in a handbag - I'm so tempted! The pet pig, Sausage, wanted to join in with all the work going on in the barn and had a real sulk when she was kept out! I couldn't believe it - she behaved like a very spoilt toddler! She upset a huge bin of water I was using for washing things out - I had to keep shoving her out of the way, not easy because she's massive! Anyway, she will be kept well out of the way today.

The whole event kicks off at 10am and goes on until 5pm. There will be several stalls going up so people will be arriving early to set them up, and we will get there as early as we can. I am looking forward to it all but not as much as I'm looking forward to chilling out tomorrow! Anyway, I will report back on how it all goes.

Well, I've waffled on enough, I think.

I hope you all have a great day.

KathyXX