Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

mioliere

Good morning, everyone.

Mrs Moneypenny - hope you manage to take it a bit easier today.

Jean - have a lovely day today. The craft shop in Vannes sounds wonderful; I hope you come back with lots of lovely goodies to tell us about!

Shaz - hope things are going well for you.

Well, last night I put aside the baby set I'm crocheting for the new arrival, and did a square for Mrs Twins' Royal Wedding challenge. I think she needs to have them in by 18th March (I shall double-check the date) and I need to allow for it to get across the channel! I hope to get another one done this evening - the maximum is two per person.

MY BIL from the south of France called last night and he and his family (wife and 12year-old son) are coming to stay on 1st March for a few days, so I need to get organised for that. Hopefully, most of the work here will be finished by then - she says, with all fingers and toes crossed! I shall visit the farm and get stocked up with goodies, and I know BIL will want to fill his cool box to take produce home. The last time he stayed, he bought about €100 of sausages, bacon, sausage rolls, and so on, so I'd better warn them!

Anyway, I have some ironing to do today so that's something to look forward to, isn't it?

Maytaurus and Mrs MW - thinking of you both.

Have a good day, everyone.

KathyXX

salome

Hi

Life has been busy busy. One day, I shall meet myself going one way, while I'm on the way back from another lol.
Been helping a family friend with her knitting. She's just learning. Going to get together every other week to knit together, and then I can give her a helping hand if she needs one :-) Another lady at church has asked me to teach her to crochet, so going to arrange a date for that :-) Reminds me of when I was at school, and all the girls would bring their crochet hooks and wool to school with them, and in the break time, I would sit and start them off, and they would go away and crochet a big square blanket lol. Even the 'toughies' of the school would turn up, hook and wool in hand lol. Those were the days before home PCs etc, when children communicated with each other in person lol.
We have sunshine at the moment, which is nice after a rainy wet day yesterday :-)
Have a blessed and prosperous day. Hugs to all in need ((((hugs)))) Love you all.

x

dpixie

morning kathy

oohhh how exciting, getting the iron out. at the moment our iron is on strike, it refuses to move from its place (where ever that is) and told me that it has "downed tools" - what can i do but listen? even the ironing board has dust on it from underuse! after ironing OH's work shirts for 14 years, i think i deserve a break, what do you think.

thanks to jean, i sat down and did my sums this morning, it works out cheapest if i get my wool from kemps, which is a shame, as i would like to give some of the others a chance too, but when i am having to pay to get it here too, i have to factor in all sorts of costs.

jean/kathy, have you heard of anyone who gets tescos deliveries down here. a friend told me that her SIL's friend lives here and gets tescos deliveries somewhere near toulouse and i was wondering if it could be true.

oh well, off to study for a while and then some after lunch hooking for half an hour. i definitely want to ensure that i make my target of 52 little cardigans for the south african charity. hopefully there will be about 100 little ones in same style jumpers!!!

have a fab day everyone, hugs to those who need them


dpixie

mioliere

DPixie - I can't remember if you said you had already joined the AngloInfo website. They have a really good forum on there. I have asked lots of questions on there and I always get a good response. Try asking on there about deliveries to your area. If you haven't already joined, just google AngloInfo, then choose your department, and sign up! It's really easy and one of the best things I've done since we moved here. Lots of areas do have UK foods delivered, so I'm sure Toulouse will, too.

Salome - I remember taking wool, hooks and needles to school, too. Well done on helping others to learn!

Well, DH has been vacuuming up all the dust from the old plaster that he's been chipping off upstairs, and he's just dropped the hoover down the stairs and the dust has gone everywhere! I won't tell you what I've just called him, but it's not the name his parents chose! Must go!

KathyXX

sock-knitter

evening all, hope everyone is as well as can be. had a busy few days filling in forms and talking to a lady who is helping me fight social services for some help, we have a meeting arranged for the 3rd of march with the social worker, and this lady who is quickly becoming a good friend, will be there to support me, and make sure that things get done.
she has also helped me fill in an application form for a charity called, the family fund, who give grants for those on low incomes and benefits, to go on a short break, or pay for items needed to help make the disabled childrens life better.
on the knitting front, i have finished a cross over preemie cardigan, and started on a second.
i am also knitting myself a top, in king cole misty, the top has two cables, and i'm proud to say i've completed the front, with the cables, my first cabled project:T
i think my iron, is off sick, , as its been resting in the same place for ages:cool:
hugs to all the poorlies, and mia's, and to anyone else needing one
shaz xxx

In_Search_Of_Me

just popping in as busy eve with friends for supper to hand blanket over as the baby is due in a few weeks! They loved it and were so touched, which we knew they would be! Then off to home group which was lots of lovely talk of heaven and what is to come - a welcome and happy break from the world!
Mrs M thinking of you-please do try and rest some so your body can fight the nasty cells!
May thought of you today and hoping you are mending...
love stroking wool...not the same online but its often cheaper!
In the middle of doing an octopus for friends baby as know noone else will have done one and will felt it too!
Right am off to bed...sorry in haste but need zizz!! hugs to all!

Mrs_Twins

Hi Everyone!
Just popping in ....would you like to see SIBOL No. 54?
It's 'The Young At Heart' Blanket.
We wanted to do a blanket for children, but as the UK has these strict regulations we were unable to
offer to a childrens charity. So we decided to carry on making the 'childhood memory' squares and then
give it out to the Elderly.
I do hope you will pop across.
www.sunshineinternationalblanketsoflove.blogspot.com
Have a lovely afternoon.
Hugs Suex

Oh before I forget.
I am having a giveaway on my SIBOL web site.
On the 28th February I celebrate my first Anniversary.
The Giveaway is open to anyone who has sent me Squares in the past,
so you must be one of our 'SIBOLETTES' to qualify.

All details will be announced hopefully tomorrow or Saturday.
The winners (2) will be announced on 28th February.

So to anyone that has sent me Squares, 'thank you' and please have a go.
The lucky winners will be selected by the random generator 'thingy'.

mioliere

Hi everyone

Shaz - at last it sounds as if you have the right person fighting your corner with you. You deserve all the help that's out there and I really hope you succeed. I'm so glad you have someone on your side.

ISOM - I'm glad your lovingly-made gift was so well received. It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it? I've just remembered that I still have a cat blanket to send to you so I will get that in the post to you.

Mrs Twins - another absolutely stunning blanket! The squares are gorgeous and you finish the blankets off beautifully. I have almost finished a second square for the Royal Wedding challenge. I know it's a maximum of two, so I shall get them in the post either tomorrow or Saturday - whenever I can be excused my labouring duties here!

It's been a busy day here today - I've had to track down a translator so I've been on the phone and the computer sorting that out, as well as helping DH with the work on the house. I plan to sit down early this evening and get on with some crochet; that's after I've phoned my Mum who should have been joined by a six-month old cat that she has offered a home to. She loves cats and hasn't had one for a while, so it will be lovely for her.

Jean - I'm dying to find out what you bought on your shopping trip yesterday! I hope it was a successful dose of retail therapy!

Hugs to everyone.

KathyXX

roamin_in_the_gloamin

Well yesterday was a WASH OUT in more ways than one....It was pouring all day, so no matter where we were going we were going to get soaked and we did!
Had a lovely lunch, tho' and great company so that was the upside. Well the Greatest Craft Shop in Vannes is now the WORSTE CRAFT SHOP IN VANNES...All I managed to get from my big long list (nearly a whole page of the shorthand notebook), a size 7mm crochet hook (I really wanted a 15mm but that was the biggest they had) and a dozen assorted lovely buttons.........talk about disappointed, I was gutted. Oh I did fondle all their wool, the soft squishy stuff and the nobbly lumpy stuff but didn't buy any, I was just too upset not to get all the other bits and bobs. It wasn't as tho' I was searching for the earth, moon and stars, some big hooks and eyes (no only little), some normal medium weight interfacing (they only had the lightweight iron on ) some fringe...well it looked like it had been in the shop since the last war, so I left it there and it just went on and on. I know of one other craftie/material shop - again an hour away (opposite direction this time), so I shall gird my loins and go see what they have. Failure there means hitting the internet and waiting a week plus - for security reasons France is x raying all parcels coming in and its taking them ages to deliver anything out here to the sticks! GRRRR. My godson now has two gerbils, his mum won't go near them so I sat and cuddled them for comfort, I didn't manage the hairdressers - well what was the point. After I had emptied my HAGGIS BANK of all its pennies. Consoled myself in the health food shop and bought a couple of expensive essential oils then came back up home in the dark and rain thoroughly miserable. Today I have spent all day in the sweatshop, cutting out to cheer me up again - that worked really well. Trying other shops tomorrow. will keep you informed tho'. Off to do another couple of rows on the preemie cross over (TAKE FOREVER) wee cardie! Cuddles, Love and positive vibes to you all.
Jean
x

Kinsey

Shaz I'm so pleased that things are a little more positive, let's hope something useful comes of it.

Mrs Twins that blanket is gorgeous.

roamin' oh what a shame, I'd have been in right old huff. Hope the other one has what you want.