Knit Your Square to Give Your Share - PART 4

Mrs_Twins

Thanks Chalky for the pm. I'm glad you got it okay.
Thanks everyone for your kindness again with the Blankets.
Much appreciated.
Suex

dpixie

Hi everyone, i am back and things are seeming to work at the moment. have just had a wobble with the computer and was a bit worried.

came back from our trip (i made loads of friends by just taking out my crochet which raised loads of interest from people all ages, the kids were very interested in the colours - bright, lime green and in-your-face orange, quite a combination, i can assure you) only to find that every weed in the universe had taken up residence in our potager. it is depressing! i have agreed to challenge myself to fill one bucket of weeds a day until i empty the potager of weeds, however, in between that, we have preparing for the coming veggies, planting the veggies that are ready and doing all the other stuff. it is however, incredible how much one can produce from a reasonably small plot of land - the average size of allotment. last year we grew potatoes (we are on our last few now), green beans (i still have about 30 bags of 2-person portions), tomatoes (i still have about 10 litres of soup, 3 litres of juice and 20 litres of red sauce for pasta), aubergines (i still have about a litre of ratatouille), cabbages - nothing left, broccoli (still have about 3 portions left), cauliflower (still have about 3 portions left, perpetual lettuce, its still growing from last year (it did disappear in the snow, but has come back), rocket, lovage (which is like celery and i use the young leaves in salad and the older ones in soups/stews instead of celery), carrots - not many grew and those were eaten straight away. it is surprising how much you can save if you grow what you eat and eat what you grow, its been an absolute eye-opener for me.

other than that, the jumpers are going well, but i have a huge favour to ask someone - if anyone has a 2 year old relative, would they please do me the HUGE favour of measuring the distance from the underarm to the wrist. i am trying to make the jumpers slightly bigger, but am not sure how long to make the sleeves. i have looked it up on line, but am not sure that the measurements are correct, my OH told me that i was NOT to crochet for orangutans, only for little african orphans.

other than that, the french lessons seems to be paying off - we have had 2 "social engagements" this weekend, in face one just after the other, and in both cases we were told that our improvement in our language usage was remarkable, and considering that one of the compliments was from a neighbour, that is high praise indeed. also, i have finished my first book in french, the boy with the striped pajamas, wow, what a book, i think that it was well written, even if i had to use the dictionary on every third page, i really loved it and, had i not been told to expect something to happen, i would have been even mored shocked when it did.

anyway, i am sure that you are all too busy to read more drivel, so have a lovely day everyone, i wish you all loads of health, wealth and happiness!

dpixie

Pippa.S

Evening all

Just a quick post tonight...

O drat!!! I missed you jean I hope you have a wonderful time on on tour and if you are anywhere near Birmingham after the 20thMay it would be lovely to meet up
psso - have a wonderful time at the knitting show and of course you must treat yourself to some woolly stuff...well you can't go to a knitting show and not come back with at least a few balls
dpixie - wow you sure do lead a busy life very productive though, glad you have settled and are doing well in France
kathy - I hope you get some positive viewings soon
chalky - had a look on ravelry at the latest Geezer blankets, the ladies over there have given them some lovely names

Did few more inches on the prem baby blanket last night for the L/H challenges.

Well I better go and get finished off we are on our way at 7:00 in the morning got to pick my pal Jo up then off to Southampton, board the ship and sail away down to the Canarias, I am really looking forward to it just hope the Bay of Biscay behaves itself !!!
Will take some wool in the car with me and do another hat for the sailors on the way down South...

Lov'n'hugs for all
Anne
x

In_Search_Of_Me

in haste but wanted to report that, at last, Ive done a charity item!

1ktg square!!

creeps back out!

PurpleTeddyBear

Just bobbing on as I fly quickly through...big huggles and hellos to all...

Nipped onto SIBOL to have a nosey and lo and behold, my squares are there on Poppy Posy and the Neopolital one,......and my attempt at a heart made it into the centre!!!! I feel like a proud mummy

Little things, but makes me happy!

Dawn xxx

sock-knitter

safe journeys to those travelling, my mind gone awol again
been back at docs, and been prescribed yet another different anti depressant, and refered me back to community mental health team, stressed lol
and worried, saw danny earlier, made him tea etc, then he had a text from a friend who had been in a fight and needed danny's help. daniel went, to see his friend and i thought no more of it.
tried to ring daniel goodnight, and his phone was answered by somebody pretending to be him, i'm not stupid, and know my sons voice. rang flats where daniel lives, and staff havent seen him tonight. nothing more i can do, except pray that he is ok, even tho deep down i have an awful feeling, that somebody has attacked him again, and taken his phone. hopefully he has just lost the phone, and he'll be in touch soon
kids eh??

shaz xxx

mrs-moneypenny

oh Shaz, what a worry for you. I hope you have heard from or about him by now but if you havnet please report what has happened to the police at the very least someone who shouldnt have has his phone.
have you managed to get hold of the friend who texted him to find out what happened last night?
Hugs and good thoughts for you

dpixie

shaz, i agree with mrs m-p. you might also rest easier if you have done something to find out about the phone at least. try to keep your chin up, even though it sounds pretty tough at the moment.

dpixie

psso

Socky, I totally agree with the others. Contact the friend if you can and see what he knows and if you are still worried ring the police / D`s support wokers and see if they can help at all. ((HUGS)) for you.

Dpixie - our little J here is 2 (and 1 month does that matter ?) and his arm measures 11" from underarm to wrist. He`s quite dainty for his age so might not be `average` size. Not sure how that compares with the chart you saw. Did I read somewhere that African kiddies need longer sleeves/bodies for jumpers.......or did I dream it :rotfl:.

Hope all are well as can be and the travellers are having safe journeys with good weather.

Will call back later if circumstances allow

mrs-moneypenny

psso wrote: »

Dpixie - our little J here is 2 (and 1 month does that matter ?) and his arm measures 11" from underarm to wrist. He`s quite dainty for his age so might not be `average` size. Not sure how that compares with the chart you saw. Did I read somewhere that African kiddies need longer sleeves/bodies for jumpers.......or did I dream it

Lou posted that on loving hands when we were knitting school jumpers. she said the contact out their had said the children tended to be longer limbed and taller so Lou asked us to add an extra 2 inches to the sleeve and body length