Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

Kinsey

Sorry to hear latest news about BIL mioliere, I keep thinking of you all, and can only imagine how awful you must all be feeling, and so helpless. If positive thoughts can help you have lots. ((hugs))

Chalky have a safe journey home. You must be so relieved to know DD won't be without her friend.

chalky_75

Good Morning to one and all -- Our last day here and the beautiful sun is shining so I shall be like a Solar Panel today storing it away.
Similarly I shall try and send some to you all and as I do add the gentlest of thoughts. I know we are all so touched by the sadness here at the moment.
Love to you all x
Finished the pair of wristwarmers last night I am going to try and add a thumb hole as I sew them up in rib.
Off to have my eyebrows tamed --- quicj flick of the wrist and they should be back in shape-- A complete once over would be a good idea!

f1widow

Morning all

kathy - thinking of you and your family at this worrying time - I cant think what you must be going through but please know we are always here xxxx

dpixie - although do eat meat I can see your point about the animals - if you feel that way it does not matter how well they are looked after - you just dont want to eat them xxxx

roamin - hope you feel better today - how is edna ???? xxxx

chalky - thank you for your message - have a safe journey home - was looking in the mirror the other day and thought uggghhhh gonna have to sort those two bushes out - then the boys said well they are getting a bit out of hand !!!! - why did hubby not mention it - ive been oblivious lately to my feminine side ............ so must pull my socks up in that department xxxx

isom - thinking of you at this sad time for your friend - you sound a bit perkier which is good - enjoy your party - no misbehaving - but if you do we want to hear all about it xxxxx

psso - sounds like you are as busy as ever - i bet j will be spoilt - does he understand it all ? xxxx

Has anyone heard from may / daughter lately???? - was wondering how she is - if you are lurking loving thoughts as always xxx- also hoping that lou at loving hands is improving - sounds like she has been through the mill - if you are lurking here lou - love to you xxxxx

DS went back to school for a day and a half and has since collapsed again - ive given up thinking of sending him now - they only have a day and half left and its his party which he is not interested in (must be ill he loves a dance!) I just need to build him back up really xxx

Its cold here but im sure not as cold as you ladies up north - we have rain which apparently is going to turn to snow and ice etc xxx

No charity bits - naughty me - Ive just started an endless cowl - dont know who for really -but my friend sent me some chunky she is not going to use - so would have been rude not to do something with it the minute it came to my door:rotfl:

I need another cuppa - loving thoughts to all
Jaqui xxxx - take care all in the bad weather xxxx

mioliere

Hi all.

Thank you so much for your lovely kind thoughts; they really do mean such a lot at this sad time for my family. We have no further news about BIL; I think they are just waiting until he visits the hospital tomorrow. The appointment was supposedly to have the second stent fitted but, although they say it would be too risky to do it now, they've told BIL and my sister to keep the appointment so, perhaps, they have thought of something else to do. BIL has been told that he is a bit of an 'enigma', so it seems the doctors are not a hundred percent sure what they are dealing with. Hopefully, something a lot less frightening than the big 'C'.

F1widow - hugs to your DS. I bet he'll be glad when the end of term actually arrives. Both my DILs are teachers and, like the grandchildren, I know they are all looking forward to the end of term! I haven't done anything specifically for charity lately, either; I seem to have less and less time these days, and this worry about BIL is keeping me preoccupied, but I am just making more and more wristwarmers when I get the chance to sit down in the evenings. I love the pattern (one that Pam found), so I think I'll just carry on making them and send them to LH when I have enough for a decent sized parcel.

Chalky - I wish you and DH a very safe journey back to the UK. I really do recommend that you make your thermals readily available, though; you will definitely need them. You might even regret getting your eyebrows done!

ISOM - sending lots of hugs to your friends. Their loss is devastating, and the funeral must have been a harrowing experience.

Well, I only sat down to check my emails and drink my coffee. I have home-made potimarron (a kind of pumpkin with a slightly nutty taste) soup on the hob, home-made bread in the oven, and loads of veg to prep for our sausage casserole tonight. As DH is still grouting in the kitchen, we are dancing around each at the moment!

I hope you all have a good day and that you keep warm and safe.

KathyXX

chalky_75

Writwarmers using Pams pattern and casting on 10-12 stitches around thumb hole and ribbing knit2 purl2 for 10 rows cast off and join seam and sew in ends

Even warmer

The picture of the ones off remind me of the song " I'm a little teapot!"

roamin_in_the_gloamin

Well, Edna was forced out of the bucket today to do some much needed baking.....company arriving tomorrow for afternoon tea - needs must eh! I have been carrying a cold for the last few days and I ain't really the happiest of bunnies but will improve as the week goes on.
Lovely to see you all posting and chivvying me about the bucket living - will try very, very hard to stay out for a wee while .....
love and cuddles to everybody.....chalky - the mitts remind me of Ron Moody - got to pick a pocket or two???
xx

f1widow

Evening all

chalky - love the wristwarmers and can I just say we have the same etermity rings! xxx

roamin - good to see you up and about - am hoping the "overseas" flu is not as bad as the one that seems to be getting every one here - my mum and dad both have it and sound awful - wish I was alot nearer and could help them (have to say neither sisters or bil's have offered to do any shopping etc for them - am not pleased about this!) r- hope you feel better soon xxxx

Still no charity work tut tut am trying a keyhole scarf - coming up quite quickly in eyelash

loving thoughts to all xxxx

mioliere

Hi everyone. I'm up early this morning; I woke up and tried to get back to sleep, but the teapot was calling my name so I had to get up!

Jean - I hope you are feeling a lot better. At least having a cold now means that you should be properly recovered by Christmas.

Chalky - the wristwarmers are great. I think you said they were for your DS (?), so did you cast on a few more stitches to make them man-sized? Seeing them knitted in a 'man' colour has made me realise that I can make them for men as well as women, and I have loads of suitable wool. Your eternity ring looks like mine, too!

F1 - hope your mum and dad are getting over the 'flu. It seems to be doing the rounds in the UK, doesn't it? My DS1 has a horrible cold which he says has made him feel tired and unsociable (not like him at all), so I'm wondering if it's the flu rather than just a cold.

Well, I've no more news about BIL but I'm hoping to hear from my sister today about how the hospital visit went yesterday. It's nerve-wracking enough from this end, but heaven only know how bad it is for them both.

Yesterday I seemed to be so busy it just flashed by in a blur; by the time I sat down in the evening, I could hardly keep my eyes open; I picked up my crochet and promptly dozed off with it still in my hands and not one stitch done! I'm really hoping that things will change in the new year, and that I'll have some more spare time and energy but, somehow, I doubt it.

Jean and DPixe - as fellow ex-pats here, I don't know if either of you are always having to chase things up here? We always seem to be. The C U (building permission) on our building plots expired in July so, just before it did, I took the documentation to the Mairie and asked for it to be renewed. The other day, I was doing some filing and realised that we had still not heard anything back from him, so I called in and the secretary I handed the documentation to had not done anything with it all, and she had to hunt all over her office for it! I just hope the renewal can still go ahead without having to start the process all over again. Another thing I had to chase up was our cheque for the house insurance. I paid it ages ago and was waiting for it to be debited from the bank account. Eventually, I had to call into the office and it turned out that they had mislaid the cheque. I said I would leave it a week for them to look for it then, if they couldn't find it, I would stop the cheque (I have no idea how difficult that might be here, and didn't want to have to do it!) and make out another one. Anyway, they phoned to say they had found it and paid it in, but it left me wondering what would have happened in the meantime if the house had caught fire or something. Even though, essentially, the premium hadn't been paid (because they had lost the cheque!), I hadn't even been sent a reminder! They are so inefficient here, it's a wonder anything gets achieved, and it's so frustrating because it feels like you are doing someone's job for them to save them the bother of doing it themselves! The worst thing is that you can't file anything away because it seems like you are always waiting for something. Anyway, rant over!

I hope the weather in the UK is not as bad as predicted, and that none of you are having to contend with heavy snow. Here, it seemed a bit milder yesterday, and the sun came out, but it got very cold at night again. I think we'll all be glad to see the end of winter but doesn't it seem a long way off?

Take care, everyone, and stay warm and safe.

Bon voyage, Chalky and DH - safe trip back home.

KathyXX

chalky_75

Snow at Exeter has closed the airport at the moment! Brrrrrrrr!!

mioliere

Oh, Chalky - good luck with the trip. I do hope you don't get any hold ups, and that you have warm clothes ready for when you land. Take care and please let us know when you are safely back at home.

KathyXX