Still Blue, Still Stocking: The Bluestocking remains open in 2021

Excellent Turned - there's a spare stool but I'm keeping the chairs for my (slightly scary) mates...

You're very welcome in my swearing and grumping corner Older, and I've freshened the giant jug of Pimms so more than plenty to go round...Chin-chin once again!

Come on in NotAt. Welcome back.

I’m not in the knitting club but talk of Scottish knitting - I do love a Fair Isle jumper.

Hooch! That brings back memories. Hazy ones with a few gaps in, mind.

I'm having a silent disco where I'm listening to

Glad to see knitting is in full swing I'll have a large Pinot Grigio and a packet of ready-salted, please.

Errol I'd like to have met your regimental sergeant-major. I've known a couple of men who knitted, including my late brother-in-law who grew up in a fishing community on the east coast of Scotland, where the men traditionally knitted their own guernseys when the weather was too bad for fishing.

*are all the corners used up with people sitting quietly and being no trouble to anyone?•

I probably wouldn't be here if I was able to sit quietly being no trouble to anyone

I must say, I'm enjoying the virtual booze very much, since I'm on a pre-holiday health kick and am off the stuff in rl. Almost caved this evening, only to find there's no white wine and no tonic in the house , so have stuck to my regime in spite of myself. Ah well - much easier to knit sober. I've also got a cryptic crossword if anyone's still sober enough to pull up a chair and assist me with it. Mine's a virtual rosé. Actually that sounds like a crossword clue.

Oooo, you've just reminded me of Hooch. I loved that stuff.... I'm going to have to bring the cat. She's being very clingy. Hopefully she'll make friends with camel and/or goats.

I’d forgotten about Barcadi Breezers! I liked the green one.

I’ve got some cheap rosé wine on the go now. Clearly gone up on the world since the 90s Cheers all

No sitting quietly in a corner after a few Breezers! I could murder an orange one right now

Finishing off some wine and feeling a bit Withnail in my search for someone else to make me dinner while I ransack the house for fine wines!

Oh joy! Can I have some of that Pimms please - provided you buggers haven't drained the bowl. Is there a ranting and swearing corner or are all the corners used up with people sitting quietly and being no trouble to anyone?

And cheers to absent friends - including Badger (unless she's lurking in the shrubbery?)

The bar I worked in during the early 00's had every flavour of Bacardi Breeze you can imagine. I never did try all the flavours. I do remember the watermelon one being a weird purple colour.

I've made myself want a Midori and lemonade now.

Can't knit but think I could use a nit comb if needed. Are u all scratching your heads now 😂😂😂

Am now deeply nostalgic for Smirnoff Ice
Off to rummage in the fridge for booze

Moscow mules and vodka red bull were my nineties favs and gave me heart palpitations which would kill me now!

Oooh, I'll have a Moscow Mule if we've moved onto the 90s. And then a Mochito.

If we're looking for some 80's drinks accessories, I've got some paper umbrellas, plastic flamingo sticks and pineapple chunks.

I'm personally going to go all 00's with a Smirnoff Ice with a neon straw.

Another newbie here. I’d like a lager shandy and a pack of prawn cocktail crisps please. I’ll be sat in the corner with my freshly downloaded Robert Galbraith novel.
I have successfully turned five heels in my knitting life. I lost my nerve on the sixth but I’ll crack it eventually.

Thanks GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman, I will look that one up as well. Currently I too am knitting squares for a blanket gives me a chance to practice some different stitches and very relaxing.

I am sure that knitting doesn’t cramp the style of the cool vipers.

Lovely weather for G&T in the garden, I am off to the bar.

Dogs are welcome at the bluestocking as I recall.

The Camel will have made its own arrangements, Grumpy, never fear.
The knitting of robust socks is an entirely viperish activity. Granny Weatherwax was all for 'em, and I think she would fit right in.

There's a camel? And goats and a cannon, right? Is my dog welcome? I think he'd get on well with the goats and camel. Time for a G&T now - the sun is definitely over the yard-arm.

Really worrying I've accidentally turned the cool, viper-filled Bluestocking into a W.I. meeting by mentioning knitting . Disclaimer: Ummm... not that there's anything wrong with the W.I.