help...

please please please

can someone tell me how to keep the

box stitch pattern from

increasing with each row?

I have tried to figure it out and

I CAN"T

wwwaaaaaaaaah

I want ten stitches across

I have done 4 more rows since this was taken

so I have the ten stitches

I do not want an afghan

I do not want a square

I want a long rectangle

called a scarf

by another name

!!!

I have looked it up

I have wasted time

I have gone to every place I was sent to look and

I

can't

find

anything

I used to have a page that had the rectangular pattern

but it's gone

and I'm getting

grumpy

and we all know

we don't want me

grumpy

so if anyone can show me how or tell me what to do to stop it from

growing

or send me to the right place

I

will

be

very

grateful

I will

really

very

.........................................................

:)

a post...

I've been sat here in my chairs

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(found these on Flickr

can't remember where but you've seen them before I'm sure!!) 

  wearing my sexy sandals

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:) :) :) :) :)

(from

here on etsy)

working on some stuff

I was browsing somewhere and saw a blanket made with lots and lots and lots of flowers

and people were asking how to make the

lots and lots and lots of

flowers

and no one replied

so I took it upon myself

to make some

popcorn stitch Flowers

plain and simple

it was made in all different colours all sewn up together to make a

blanket for a baby boy that they had just had...

it's so annoying when no one answers

they are now no more just had to make some to see if I was right

I was

 

saw this new book by Brett Bara  who is on a show I watch on PBS

it's a sewing book and has a video that shows

how to make

these cute little fabric bowls

from a square of fabric

so I made one

need more cute fabric to make the others

and this is another thing that seems to be popping up again

the box stitch is back

and I wondered if I remembered how to do it

I do!!

with all the yarn I have

maybe a skinny scarf is in the making!!!

or a cushion top if I can't remember how to keep it from expanding

and the flat braid join with those

 closed granny squares as I call them

see the braid up the middle there

and making the fan in between the flowers on the pillow front

remember that too

 have you stopped to think how much we have all learned this past year

or how ever long it's been

since we all met up on Flickr and the blogs and are now spread all over the

WWW

well back to the pile o'wips

and it's almost time to make dinner too

oh goody

I'm hungry, haven't eaten all day

too busy making

piles o'wips

lol

:)

Hello

I'm really sorry I'm such a lousy blogger these days

but it's just one of those things

I wish I could tell you I had been on some magic carpet ride

to exotic lands to meet fantabulous people

but I haven't and I won't be that I know of

I have had a headache

for days

 now

not a headache but a foggy head

a nackered noodle

brain blight

as Hercule would say

the leettle grrrey cells are not working Hastings

non,

mon dieu

they arre not working at all

we have had weather over us for a few days

by that I mean it's been raining on and off

and we've had storms popping up

and as I am one of those affected by the weather

I guess that's it

barometer brain

up and down

round and round

I am trying to finish what I stared

again

a little bag and the japanese flower scarf

and a little shawl I started with some purple cotton I bought

that I hope I have enough of to finish it

and it's all there

on the chair

 in the basket

on the coffee table and the

desk top

each one waiting it's turn to

say

ta daa

and trying things as I see them

saw a different way to join things

a flat braid  join

or something like that

its really nice so I tried it on some African Flowers that were hanging out on the desk top

with a bit more work and tweeking it may just be possible

it's a question of even numbers of stitches I think

but it looks nice

and it's

different

in a good way

ta daa

I'll show you if you want me to

oh did I just say that

oh dear

!!!!

well in this case

TAA DAA

I just love that dark teal colour

love it

I'm back to making African Flowers

they are quick and easy and so pretty

remember when they were everywhere

in all shades and colours of the rainbow

it seems they are making another appearance

I want to say thank you

again

for all the kindness you have shown me this past week

I am back to myself I think

haven't found big wet tears running down my face for two days

so I've come to terms with it

I see the prayer flags when I look out of the window

and there they'll stay until they are all

prayed out

I read that somewhere recently

someone asked why all the prayer flags are so tattered and torn and old

and the answer was

they stay there until they are all prayed out

well I'm off to finish what I had started

and have a cup of tea

and a biscuit

or

two

have a great rest of the day dear readers and I'll try to be around a little more

you know

give you

more

nothingness

OH over on the right hand side you'll see a little

P

click on it and you'll be taken to a new time waster

pinterest

a place for all your plans and dreams

or something like that

so that's somewhere else you can go

if you have a minute or two to spend

:)

xxx



weaving in the bits of life...

Can you feel the season changing

have you noticed the light

that "feeling" in the morning

the shadows in the evening

right this very minute

I can feel it's presence

Autumn is just about here

I always love this event

just like in the Winter

 the change into Spring

it's only at the beginning and the end of a day that one feels it

the middle of the day can be high summer

but at the beginning and the end

there is the change

LOVE it

!!!!

!!

!

Hope you have a great day

and do something

fun

:)

xxx



Farewell my friend...

you are already missed by so many

we went today to say goodbye

and it wasn't right
it wasn't you

It should have had Kentucky Blue Grass playing

there should have been cloggers

we should all have been dressed in bright happy colours

I tried Pat....I tried

we should have worn all our gypsy bangles and Egyptian beads

incense

as much as I hate it

should have been blowing in the air

taking you up up and away

into the bright beautiful sky that suddenly appeared

the weather was perfect

I knew it would be the way it always is

so I came home

and I did what I could to make it the way you would want it

I put up the Tibetan Prayer Flags

and the wind caught them as I wished you peace and love

Namaste

I took incense too and the smoke followed the clouds

 

there should be  Cherokee Indian chants and dancing

A medicine man saying the right words for you to go

there should be hill billy music too

and good food to eat

but there is only me

to say

good bye

and I will

but know I'll always think of you on a beautiful day

 or when the season's change

 and

I see that first leaf that changed before all the others

the first snow flake

the rain on the ground

the smell of the rain on the ground

the beauty in the weeds along the roadside

all the things we shared

bye old friend

thanks for coming by my way

lord willin' and the creek don' rise

I'll see you ......

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