Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

linedancerann

Kathy - have sent you a PM re: totals.

Hope everyone is OK.

Ann xx

mrs-moneypenny

wishing you a wonderful birthday salome
ISOM i hope you are feeling beter very soon, youve said the cat blankets are double thick do you meam knitting 2 strands of DK together like in the 12 ply hats?
did a couple of rows on a baby cardi this morning but last night was doing some cross stitch ive decided to try and be more organinsed for next christmas and that was supposed to be dad and step mums anni present over a year ago. started a new bok as well so pulled a few pages of that in in the early hours. there really arent enough hours i my days:rotfl:
it was sleeting heavily here this morning when youngest DS left for school older DS got a lift with a frineds parents (obviously not more of the same hardy stuff;))
DD is trying to sort making a cake for her dads birthday, my DH is the big 50 on monday:eek: so must remember to buy eggs.

hope all are well and have a good weekend

Pippa.S

Morning :hello:
It snowed overnight here not too bad 2-3" the roads are clearing quite quickly though so thats good
I don't need to go out for anything so I am staying put, I'll get a few little jobs done then I will just have to sit and knit...ooo It's a hard life :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

MrsTwins - I posted your parcel yesterday. Loved the link the knitted house is wonderful, just shows the power of wool
Salome -Sorry I did'nt realise it was your birthday yesterday so a Belated Happy Birthday to you. Your Mum being involved in the knitting of the house how good is that:T it must be lovely to be part of a group like that
dpixie - have a safe journey and enjoy your time back in blighty
mrs-m - I always double up on the DK as I had'nt any chunky wool when I did the first animal blankets, and ISOM said they were fine so I have carried on doing them like that, its a good way of using up odd balls as well.
Shelley - glad it arrived. I have a few more little hats to send and more ties, hope the others are the right length I did them 10" if they need to be longer just let me know
ISOM - hope you feel better today. Thanks for the link, that giant cardigan looks great, must have taken a lot of working out
kathy - have you started your Jan Eaton square yet? sent mine yesterday, number 35 for this one. I just love the JE squares, havent started any from the JE knitted squares book yet though always seem to go for the crochet ones.
Wonder how Chalky is getting on
May - hope you are feeling a little better now

Big (((hug))) for all and keep warm
off for a :coffee:now
Anne
x

mrs-moneypenny

thanks Anne, ive still got half a big ball of flourecent green left that i'd been 'knocking back' with black for fishermens hats i think ill use the rest of that up with something else for a cat blanket

In_Search_Of_Me

in haste...feeling human again thankfully! Still bleugh but better than I was!
Re the cat blanket the thicker the better i think! I do double kint, two strands and that works well..Isoke approves anyway!! Anything will help though!
Good luck with the Jan eaton squares - I have it but am yet to dip in!

sock-knitter

isom, glad ur feeling better today, how many stitches do u cast on for the cat blankets?, my brain a bit foggy this am, and not good at working it out, i could do those while watching tv on a night

really bad snow here today, had to drive daniel to school, which is in the middle off nowhere, skidded a few times, but luckily didnt hit anything other than a kerb.
while i was out i called at the supermarket on the way home, to stock up the fridge and freezers, so if the snows gets as bad as last time, we'll survive

desperatly wanting to go to my craft group this afternoon, missed going over the school xmas hols, so i think i may get a taxi, not very mse, but better than me having to drive

hugs all
shaz xxx

mioliere

HI everyone

Didn't get on here yesterday but am trying to catch up today.

ISOM - so glad you are feeling better; that was a nasty bout of illness, wasn't it?

Salome - so sorry I missed your birthday yesterday. Hope you had a lovely day!:bdaycake:

Linedancerann - thanks for your pm's!

Pippa - It's a pain in the you-know-what that you're still getting snow. Here, at last, it has become quite a bit milder, but damp and windy. It's still cold at night, though. I think we are in for another cold spell soon. I think we'll all be really glad when the winter is but a distant memory, won't we? I'm doing square no 33 (Pretty in Pink, I think it's called) and, although Mrs Twins said colour doesn't matter, I have lots of pinks so will do that colour, anyway!

Well, it's time for lunch now - where does the time go? I've got some sweet potato and red pepper soup on the hob (it's lovely, especially with a bit of chilli in it) and ideal for a cold day.

Hope you are all having a good day.

KathyXX

Seakay

Afternoon all!

the cat blankets are 20" square, and are knitted or crocheted in chunky (or 2 strands of dk together) which generally knits at about 4 or 5 stitches to the inch
So you could cast on 15 stitches and do a tension square to see waht you knit to the inch and then work it out from there,
or you could cast on 100 stitches to be on the safe side and see how big the square turns out so you'd know for next time.
I've been doing them in crochet trebles, like a giant granny square, so I don't actually cast on the full amount at the start.

shezmit

PIPPA S

the ties are perfect hun x

In_Search_Of_Me

thanks seakay - esp as coudlt have answered the question as Ive always crochetted mine! Another quiet day here but am determined to venture out tomorrow as been home for a week! Getting there but temp still fluctuating so will have to see how I go...ugggg very frustrating!
Hope people are ok? Seems quiet on here at the mo...Jan always a tough month I think-people always feel belugh after the rush and extra stress from Christmas! Anyone else doing a new healthy living regime? Im doing ww which so far is going well but i have 5st + to loose so need all the support I can get!