The Bluestocking Pub - Withered Old Haggis edition.

[Boiledbeetle]

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https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5387894-the-bluestocking-does-a-late-night-flit-again

Figured it was my turn for once!

Plus this way I beat the rush to the bar.

Now I must return to the previous thread to relocate my Tunnock's secret stash.

Serve yourselves until the bar gerbils arrive.

Bugger dance all night sugar boost

Well I'm going to grab myself a cheese and pineapple stick and wave it around (in between eating the impaled cheese and fruit, naturally) as I boogie away down the path into the night. Thanks to Maud for letting me gatecrash her party and to everyone for the dancing and the fun. My good humour is restored...

Well i feel a bit better i hope lemon my wife <shoves her out of the picture> (where has she gone) does not mind.

@Bannedontherun I popped out to get us some dark chocolate and got distracted on the way back!

Oh thats okay then, kiss , kiss

Dance time, not sure who the third hedgehog is! Afraid it's not my strong point

I am trying to move my arms about but just looking like I'm pointing at someone !

I think the chocolate fountain has gone down well. Not sure how long the sugar rush will take to wear off.

Just the one, Mrs Wembley Boily?

Such illustrious company!

curtseys

Have found an armchair to snooze outside in the quiet.

Aaaaah, lovely sleep. What did I miss?

oh

Age is making me narcoleptic. Now I'm one of those old ladies who conks out in the middle of a show. And I don't just mean soothing classical concerts. I napped out in "Works and Days" in the Festival. I saw them plough up the stage, and the live chicken, and the coloured planks, but I missed the steam engine and the lights. Loud low frequency sound does it.

Kindly bring me a double espresso and a gallon of Red Bull, good gerbils!

And I don't just mean soothing classical concerts.

You need to listen to Terterian's 3rd symphony, also his 7th, no conking out possible there.

I'll have to wait for a live performance to try the experiment, it doesn't work the same way at home. But I found and enjoyed the first five minutes of the 3rd (not got time to listen to the whole thing yet) and that's exactly the kind of sound that triggers it.

Wait until the duduks come screeching in. I'd love to hear either one in concert, get the full effect of all those percussions.

I have around 60 or so knotted squares, so I decided to make them into Little Hugs - 9 squares for premature babies. I'm going slowly though.

This is the first proper one. I wonder if it needs a border. I decided not to block it, and used safety pins to line up the squares. It definitely needs a press to straighten the curled edges.

I'll make a few more over the next few weeks.

The larger blankets are 60 x 48 inches, single bed sized, which is 10 x 8 squares. I might just make little ones.

Lucky you! I can't sleep unless I have cool air, a cosy blanket and at least three gerbils for company. I also enjoy classical music concerts (rather than listening to recordings). I could perhaps start a side hustle using my spikes to subtly wake people up...

Oo er my wife is posh innit.

Eeek first spousal argument. I've probably been neglectful reading my books all the time!

Eeek my wife is an "oo er" Hertford farmer! She's brought her tracker to the Bluestocking!

Myrtle, those squares are amazing. You were having us on with that 'I can't knit' stuff a few weeks ago, obviously.

Weren't you?

I think the recommendation is not to press them which destroys all the textural detail but to roll them tightly in a towel. Someone better qualified than me will know.

😂

That's a great tip, thank you.

I genuinely hadn't knitted in at least 30 years, but I have been knitting every day for about two months, so I think it's practice.

I have got a lot better, and quicker. I actually knitted a square with deliberate eyelets in it yesterday.

I saw a model of Swashy's galleon today!