Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

In_Search_Of_Me

Woken this am to crashing migraine which is no doubt bodies detox from food! Will no doubt be dreaming of bacon sandwiches next.
I have tried over the last few days to stay out of the discussion over patterns on the boards as feel these things should ideally be discussed privately. However, the patterns removed and Shezmit has clearly said that she is leaving so can we just wish her well with her endevours and move on? One thing that I have always loved about our community is the love and support given to all on here and would be really sad if that was compromised. I dont know how others feel but personally would like to get back to the business of doing what we do best - talking of wooly things and the day to day happenings in our lives and supporting each other along the way.
Disaster with the boy blanket I was doing - kept ruffling so have frogged it and will find another but do some emergency squares meanwhile...
Quiet day for me..unsure if I will make work tomorrow but we shall see. Hope so as hate taking sick leave.
Hugs for those that need them...
Shelly good luck with the future.

roamin_in_the_gloamin

Moiliere ...have been into the spready and added entry for Memory Squares. (Mrs Moneypenny did a couple) also its just about all I have done this week......Shattered from the drive to and from the airport yesterday with the rain bucketing down, (obviously it was a step too far - but no other option) so I will be having a "restful" day - regardless of what the visitors might be thinking of doing!

More water - ISOM, to take away the headache Bacon sanies are not all they are cracked up to be....

weekly update

2 memory squares
1 emergency square

mrs-moneypenny

you didnt have to create extra work on my account , im happy for them just to go as squares we have so many different sorts now;)

isom hope your headache clears soon

not a great weekend here our cat Roger died very suddenly yesterday he was an old boy but i wouldnt have said he was ill luckily if that the right phrase i was with him and held him and stroked him as he went. weve had him ages

Kinsey

Good morning everyone,
First Chalky your booties have been ready for a week but I haven't been able to get to a post office, when our P.O. lady retired they decided we didn't need one in this village, not that they asked anyone who lives here. Should be able to post them tomorrow.

mioliere the wedding sounds wonderful but exhausting, very interesting to hear what other people do to celebrate.

ISOM oh dear I do hope the headache goes soon, you do seem to suffer from migraines quite often. How's your Mum and the beautiful Isoke?

Big welcome to all newbies, happy knitting!

roamin' sounds like you're doing quite a lot, please be careful we need you well and happy:)

Love to everyone as always. xxx

In_Search_Of_Me

Yes do get migraines alot - have been prone to them since puberty and its heredetary - a present from my dad! This one definately the first flush of Cambridge Diet though and interestingly when i did lighter life I hardly had any so do wonder if carbs affect them...Looking forward to seeing the famous booties Kinsey!
Mrs M SOOOOO sorry to hear about Roger...no matter how old they are theyre still part of the family and its gutting when they go...lovely that you were with him and it was a peaceful transition. He will no doubt be chasing butterflies in heaven with his new heavenly body! No creaks there!
Roaming sorry you feel shattered but really pleased that you will chill today...huggle from me.

Kinsey

MrsM sorry I didn't see your edit. I'm so sorry to hear about Roger, they always leave such a big empty space don't they. Nice you were with him though. I seem to have aquired another stray, eats loads and spends the night on the settee.

oldtractor

I'm newto this. how big is the square,what type of wool and where do I send it once made please?

mrs-moneypenny

hi oldtractor
welcome to our band of knitter we do lots of different squares for various charities some will be along with the right thread ad details soon at the mo im working on 6 inch squares (4mm needles 30 stitches X about 60 rows) they offthe top of my hed can be used for a variety of the charities we kmit for. sorry not more coherent than that got taken out for a drink at luch for my birthday

found the post yoyu need and put it in the next posting

mrs-moneypenny

hi again oldtractor found the post youll need to help you with what we are all about

We started off a few years ago just making squares, and we found an organisation that would sew the squares together into blankets, then distribute them for us. We then found Loving Hands http://www.lovinghands.org.uk/which is a fantastic charity that collects all kinds of knitted, crocheted and sewn items, and sends them around the world to various charities. It's run by a hard-working tireless lady called Lou. She collects for overseas charities, premature babies here and abroad, charities for the elderly, for animals, and so on.

We have a Yahoo group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooligan/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1 on which we post photos of all the things we make (for charity and personal projects, too).

Here is a link to a post by one of us - Maytaurus who, sadly, has been unwell lately - in which she has listed loads of links to charities, free patterns and tutorials, and all sorts of other things which have really helped to keep us very busy on here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=25685267&postcount=143

Some of us have more time than others, due to various work and family commitments, but there is no pressure to make a certain number of things - just one little hat for a premature baby will make a difference to a life, so every single item counts.

this is from a post kathy did a while ago but i got the quote bit wrong

sock-knitter

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

hi again oldtractor found the post youll need to help you with what we are all about

We started off a few years ago just making squares, and we found an organisation that would sew the squares together into blankets, then distribute them for us. We then found Loving Hands http://www.lovinghands.org.uk/which is a fantastic charity that collects all kinds of knitted, crocheted and sewn items, and sends them around the world to various charities. It's run by a hard-working tireless lady called Lou. She collects for overseas charities, premature babies here and abroad, charities for the elderly, for animals, and so on.

We have a Yahoo group http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Wooligan/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1 on which we post photos of all the things we make (for charity and personal projects, too).

Here is a link to a post by one of us - Maytaurus who, sadly, has been unwell lately - in which she has listed loads of links to charities, free patterns and tutorials, and all sorts of other things which have really helped to keep us very busy on here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=25685267&postcount=143

Some of us have more time than others, due to various work and family commitments, but there is no pressure to make a certain number of things - just one little hat for a premature baby will make a difference to a life, so every single item counts.

this is from a post kathy did a while ago but i got the quote bit wrong

afternoon everyone, isom, hope the migraine goes away soon, and i'll offer to eat that bacon sandwhich for you, the lengths i'll go to for friends:o
mrs moneypenny, sorry to hear about roger, at least you were with him at the end, (((big hugs)))
roamin, make sure you do rest, we want you well
oldtractor welcome to our thread
well my news for today is, i received a phone call from housing association, asking if josh would be free tommorrow, should a flat become available, apparently someone is moving out tommorrow, but til they do, they cant formally offer it to him.
looks like it could be another week of running round, packing, buying things etc for josh. it will be very quiet round here then both gone within a week of each other,
hugs all
shaz xxx