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A Blanket for MrsKwazii (continued)

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KnottyLocks · 08/03/2012 17:17

Previous thread is here

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MiaAlexandrasmummy · 18/03/2012 07:18

Thank you Knotty. It is the caring support of people like you who make hard days like this bearable.

To Mrs Kwazii and Wubbly's family, and to everyone else here who has lost a mother or a child, I send you wishes of peace. I hope you can remember the absolute highs of your love, alongside the inevitable depths of loss. They know how much we love them.

MadameMessy · 18/03/2012 08:21

thinking of anyone today who offer or has received a woolly hug. my lot ran in to me before six, and I was fairly annoyed, but recovered when I thought of Mrs k and wubbly.
am having dinner with my mum, but have to organise to see mil. bil was killed 5 years ago at 18 and she feels it very badly today I know.
2 more squares done last night, pink diagonal and pink rib. the texture is lovely at the back of the rib actually, nearly nicer than the front.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 18/03/2012 08:38

For those on here who have lost a child, or their own mum, sending love, strength and a big hug. I am thinking of you all X

PurplePidjin · 18/03/2012 08:41

Also: EdgarAleNPie, Rindercella, BlondesHaveMoreFun, Magic8BallHasTheAnswers, CheeseAndGherkins and all the Mummies who's angels aren't here to bring them lukewarm tea in bed.

GleamingHeels · 18/03/2012 14:20

Thinking of everyone who has lost a child or a Mother and also of those who find Mothers' Day sad for other reasons

RedRosie · 18/03/2012 15:21

Yes. Thinking of everyone who finds this day difficult and counting my blessings - something most people should do more. I said elsewhere that I've had a card (not a Mother's Day card - I'm not their mother - but a lovely card nevertheless) and some flowers from my quite grown-up DSCs.

This means a lot to me as I'm not able to have children of my own.

Dear proper knitters and Pitsey/Knotty,

Am trying to do another square. The moss stitch one took a long time.

What would be a good plain stitch for the blankets? Something that would help set off the beautiful squares from the competent knitters? I can knit and perl - so garter, stocking, rib are all a possibility ... Any guidance appreciated ...

tribpot · 18/03/2012 15:36

RedRosie, here's a few rib ideas - I like the wavy rib on this page or the reverse rib on this one. Any of them should be a delight after slogging through all that moss stitch!

Lovely that you got a card and flowers :)

KnottyLocks · 18/03/2012 15:49

Rosie, a simple gayer stitch square always looks lovely snuggled in with the others, if you don't fancy trying rib.

Bless your DSC Smile

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KnottyLocks · 18/03/2012 15:50

Blimey, that should obviously be garter stitch Blush

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MinnieBar · 18/03/2012 16:45

Grin at gayer stitch

RedRosie · 18/03/2012 16:51

Gayer stitch sounds great ... I shall always call it that now. I might try that and one of the great patterns Tribpot offered. All of which are easier for a beginner than moss stitch which looks lovely but is quite tricky for the likes of me.

What was I thinking? It took a week.

tribpot · 18/03/2012 17:58

Red - I think moss is good for borders or for learning what each stitch looks like when you're frantically trying to remember whether it's time to knit or purl. But it's not the most intuitive stitch to follow - hopefully some of those ribs will be easier to get along with. There's a lovely red rose chart on Ravelry if or when you are feeling like doing some colourwork - I'm putting it in my list for the next blanket.

RatherBeOnThePiste · 18/03/2012 18:40

Evening all Wine

Can I just remind everyone that the last posting day for squares for MrsKwazii's blanket is Monday 26th March PM for the address when you are ready for posting...

I have replied to all PMs, many thanks everyone.

Thanks

I just need to crack on with my simple square of gayer stitch now

RatherBeOnThePiste · 18/03/2012 19:03

Just got in a pickle in my PM box, and tried to send myself a message and not for the first time

In control.....

We have news of more woolly stuff arriving courtesy of our fantastic donors Thanks

Thanks Kirst16

RedRosie · 18/03/2012 19:22

As I have two days off, I have decided to have a go at the single colour knitted heart as its just knit and perl and not too scary. It starts with nine rows of gayer stitch which even I can do ... I shall follow this with one of tribpots lovely rib patterns if there is time before last posting ...

Pitsey - if thets the posting rather than the receipt date, we have a little time?

RedRosie · 18/03/2012 19:24

Pitsey? Who is Pitsey ...? Pistey

RatherBeOnThePiste · 18/03/2012 19:28

Yes my lovely, last posting on Monday 26th, you have aaaaaaaages!

PurplePidjin · 18/03/2012 19:44

Pitsey and her gayer stitch you lot have been at the Mother's Day vino Grin

Rosie, I'm not a parent either. I organized cards and daffs for MIL and SIL on behalf of the Dn's (6 and 4) and they've decided they want an Aunty's day...

tribpot · 18/03/2012 19:52

Yay Rosie - well you know where Team Heart are to be found, providing support services through any one of the heart versions, to wit:

  • the original one with the Borders of Doom
  • Gleaming's lovely one with no borders of any kind of doom
  • my one with Borders of Slightly Less Doom

We recently had a particularly doomy encounter with a tree as well but we don't speak of that.

RedRosie · 18/03/2012 20:05

I may join you there ... But if I spend too much time on MN I can't spend enough time knitting (and hiding from the MOUSE in the HOUSE).

I'm doing the one with no borders of of doom, and following it exactly row by row. Its already easier than moss stitch.

KnottyLocks · 18/03/2012 20:25

Pitsey?

Grin

Go Rosie!

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RedRosie · 18/03/2012 20:41

Pitsey does gayer stitch.

Whereas Pistey does garter stitch.

Simples.

tribpot · 18/03/2012 20:47

Rosie, ds and I have been telling bedtime stories to the cat tonight, along the lines of 'once there was a cat. She found a mouse and they became the best of friends, the end'. Even though a more accurate story would be 'once there was a cat. She killed mice and left them around the living room as 'good morning' presents for the household. Apart from one that escaped and died inside the stair attachment for the hoover, whence it shot out at great speed when the hoover was next turned on, the end'.

The moral of the story: Mickey. Must. Die.

RedRosie · 18/03/2012 21:03

Oh how I wish for a cat Tribpot. Only a pipe dream in a first floor flat ... These South London Mouses are afraid of nothing I tell you.

They laugh in the face of kill traps, scorn with ill-disguised mirth the secondary humane traps, have no fear in the presence of ultrasonic devices.

Although to be completely truthful, I haven't seen one since last Thursday ... On that occasion it ran out from under the sofa while I was doing moss stitch. Now I can't put my feet on the floor.

PurplePidjin · 18/03/2012 21:18

Once upon a time there were two cats, one brave and one nervous. The brave cat was called Mango and he had long orange fur and a big fluffy tail. The nervous cat was called Millis and she was black and white with enormous ears.

One day while Mango was out playing with his human smoker friends from the corner shop downstairs, he met a whole family of rats. Daddy rat was a worthless loser who had run out on his wife when she told him she was pregnant. Mummy rat was more interested in where her next nibble of fag end was coming from to fret over the nest. Luckily there were lots of bins full of yummy wasted human food nearby, and the ratings were rapidly turning themselves into obesity statistics.

Mango immediately realised how much fun he could have with a nest full of plump ratlets. He played tennis, football, rounders and golf with them. Then he realised how much fun his best friend Millie was missing, so he gently picked up the last little round ratty and trotted upstairs to his home.

But Mango was in for a shock. Nasty Mummy didn't think a plump ratbaby was a good toy at all! Mean mummy pinned Mango to the floor and called for Daddy to force Mango's jaws open. But ha! The rat had a better idea and skittered off behind the fridge. The useless humans couldn't reach, so Mango took his chance - and pounced.

This time, though, Mummy and Daddy were ready. Gripped firmly by the scruff of the neck, poor Mango was forced to relinquish the last plump rating so that Mummy and Daddy could drown it.

"Where's the fun in that?" sulked Mango from his favorite sunny windowsill.

"That's one efficient cat" said the pest control man when he found the decimated nest

True Story