Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

mioliere

I just typed a long post and it suddenly disappeared so I’m writing this in Word and saving as I go. That makes me so mad.

Anyway, I hope you are all well. I don’t think I came on here at all yesterday. I was helping DH in the morning and we had friends round in the afternoon, so the day just ran out on me.

Jean – hope your bruises are healed now?

DPixie – I’m glad you had a good time and that the sun shone. It must be lovely having skiing right on your doorstep!

ISOM – Aristotle is lovely!

Shaz – I do hope that help that you are entitled to materialises soon. It’s awful to think that the local authority will deny people the help they are entitled to.

Well, DH is taking up floorboards and replacing them with new, with my help now and again which is a bit annoying because I’ve been baking all morning and he keeps interrupting. We have to get the room finished because his brother and family will be here on Tuesday for five days and they’ll need a room to sleep in!

I’ve almost finished another Mrs Twins square but didn’t get far last night because I kept dozing off.

The sun is shining right now but it was a dull morning to start off with.

Well, I’m off for a cuppa.

KathyXX

Pink_Giraffe

Hi all

I am just learning to crochet (haven't done it since I was little) and was wondering if I could join you and give my "share"... My crocheting is really quite slow at the moment, I'm doing a scarf which is currently about 5 inches long, but I'm loving it, and I figure even doing slow projects for charitable purposes is better than doing none!

mioliere

Hi Pink Giraffe - of course you can join us! You will receive a warm welcome from everyone here! Scarves are ideal for charity items and, like squares, are an ideal way to practice and build up your crocheting confidence. If you go back to page 95 on this thread, and look for post 1885, it will tell you exactly what we are about, and you will find lots of links to things including addresses for sending your finished items. We all post our totals in red (makes it easier to spot when we do our weekly update!). You can find the latest update by clicking into my name at the side of this post and going to my 'homepage'. One of our girls, Roamin in the Gloamin, has devised a brilliant spreadsheet which lists all the items we make and who has made them, and she or I add the week's totals up and add them to the spreadsheet.

If you have any questions, please ask - we are all more than happy to help!

KathyXX

In_Search_Of_Me

Welcome pink giraffe!! Im a bit slow on the charity knitting/crochet but hey every little counts and better slow than not at all eh!

here is pattern for aristotle - I felted mine and love the effect! Look forward to seeing how peoples turn out if you make them!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aristotle-the-octopus

Great re the woman helping you socky. Its a sad fact that resources are scarce and it is often those that shout the loudest unfortunately...its not that staff dont care - just more need than money ... keep us posted!

psso well done for resisting!

just back from massage and going to have a wee snoozle! Lovely massage etc but lying flat for so long wasnt great for the back. still bliss though!

sock-knitter

welcome pink giraffe, my crochet granny squares are coming on very slowly, i'm new to crochet too, love to knit tho.
isom, glad you enjoyed the massage, i have one booked for monday
dpixie, glad you enjpyed the skiing, its not something i've ever done, i'd fall over straight away lol
eaine, well done on shoppiung in your stash
kathy, what have you been baking, and are we all invited to come and sample some?
hugs all
shaz xxx

mioliere

Hi Shaz

I've been baking bread, Victoria sponges (2), flap jack, and sultana cake. We have guests next week! You are all invited but I can't promise there'll be anything left!

KathyXX

KrazyKay

Hi everyone,
I have been away for a few days staying with my sister but have just caught up with reading.Thanks for the info about the Lidls baby wool- have stocked up a bit!
Here is my first contibution to update:
1 preemie cardi
4 preemie hats
3 preemie sleeping bags
1 pair preemie booties
Will be posting them off this week hopefully but DH may be going in for spinal op so will have to see how the week goes.

K x

shezmit

Morning everyone

how is everyone? so i haven't been around much but been really busy with PREEMIESUK. the blog is up to date and now we are on facebook aswell.

We are really low on items now as we got 19 boxes out in january which cleared us out, This month we had 5 boxes out which is means all the items that are coming in they are going straight into boxes to fill up, If anyone can help us please give me a shout x We are in need of everything x Thankyou

sock-knitter

hi shelly, i have a big bag full of knitting for you, but never have a free day to wait in for a courier to pick it up.
think i'll split it into smaller parcels and take one each week to the post office, at least that way they will get to you, instead of sat here waiting
shaz xxx

mioliere

Hi everyone, and a warm welcome to Krazy Kay! Good to have you with us and I see you've already been very busy! Sorry to hear about your DH's health problem and I hope everything works out well for him. I will add your name and totals to our spreadsheet tomorrow when I do the weekly update. You'll find the spreadsheet by clicking into my name at the side of this post and going to my 'homepage'.

I hope you enjoy it here! If you haven't read our info, you'll find it on page 95 of this thread, post 1885. If you have any questions, just ask away and someone will always be along to help!

KathyXX

Totals this week: Mrs Twins Squares: 3