THANK YOU

This is a thank you to those peeps who have left comments for me even though I have hardly posted anything for an age and then only the same ripple throw.. but I do not accept anonymous comments so please give a link if you want your comment to be published.

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Ripple growing

I have ripped this back so many times, but at last I am happy with my colour choice. I am repeating the 18 rows but may do more to make it a decent size.. after all the objective is to use up my stash of yarn! And crocheting keeps me from thinking about food in the evenings!
I haven't done any other craft work although my arm is improving with the physio exercises, slowly, very slowly!
It's been an age since I have posted but time goes on and because we are retired we go out quite often and have just had a week in Wales. 

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Too busy to post?

... not really, I have posted on my other blog and I couldn't show progress on my throw, because  I had to rip out 3 colour sections, 6 rows, because I didn't like the fondant pink. It was toooo pink! 
Remember these?

Well I did these myself, but in fact you can buy them.  Yarn web sites sell them as colour samples. No wonder the ones I saw were so perfectly wound round the pegs! I am such an idiot!
But I am trying and I honestly liked winding the wool around the pegs and I saved myself £ss

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If you don't ask???......

.... you don't get!!

I haven't bought magazines for ages, but decided I 'd treat myself this year,  so bought a year's subscription to this quilting mag... imagine my horror when in my very first one, there was the advert  inviting people to subscribe with a gift of these cottons. I was very annoyed as I had no gift offered me! So I phoned the firm and complained and asked if I couldn't be considered for the gift as I had only just taken out the subscription. It was sorted by cancelling the one I had and re-signing  for a new subscription,  which would qualify me for the gift. These 4 pks of gorgeous cottons! And I love the magazine too.
It's true.. if you don't ask you don't get! 
Have you taken out any subscription?

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Slow progress!

Although I have a 'go' most evenings I am slow!  I had to have a few evenings rest, because my arm was aching so much but I am carrying on. 
It's seems ages since I have been able to crochet. 
At least I am doing something instead of just sitting, although I am slow I am enjoying it.
My crafty life has started again!!
 

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I am so excited, I am crocheting!!

I have decided to abandon my Sunshine and Showers throw, it was taking me too long with its complicated pattern. 

So I checked out Lucy's latest ripple blanket. I am using the wool  I bought for  the Sunshine and Showers throw.

I wanted to work out the colour order so hence the pegs.

Gosh these took some patience, of course I do only have one working arm.

Attic 24 blog

I don't know if this will be my colour order I am still playing around with them.

I have such admiration for Lucy, not only is she very talented but very generous with her ideas... thank you Lucy!

Although I am not using her colours, some of mine are the same,  as I bought it from Wool Warehouse. I shall look at my wool stash to add some other colours, I have bags full, that I packed to come with us.
I am on row 4 already! 

I always get excited with something new, do you?

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Will you join me?

Wendy is a gifted Bible teacher. I have done everyone of her Bible studies and each one has grown me more and given me a deeper understanding of God's Love.

This one starts January 22^nd and I am looking forward to reading her book and following her teaching and receiving her prayers.

You can buy her book from Proverbs 31 or Amazon.

Look up her blog  http://wendyblight.com

A prayer from Wendy for this coming year

Father,

You are holy, and You call me to holiness. Not perfection. Holiness. Help me know the difference. You created me in Your image and call me to be more like You. I confess at times, my heart wanders. My speech disappoints. My actions fail. Draw me closer to You. Keep me alert to Your voice. Give me a teachable mind and ears to hear the whispers of Your sweet Spirit. Clothe me with humility. Enable me to submit to Your Word. Use it to penetrate those deep places in my heart that resist change.

Amen 

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Getting busy

We finished this on Friday evening and thought it was difficult, but the one we've started is wow... very, very difficult. A present from #1ds He must think I am super clever??

I do find them relaxing even when I can't find the one piece to complete a part!

But I have also started to crochet, yeah I can....these are some of the flowers  for my CAL.

So I might get it finished the year.. perhaps??
Anyone else promising themselves, that they will finish a WIP this year?

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A bit of a sad craft year for me.

A couple of pairs of socks, one pr in black which was difficult to see in artificial light. I kept going wrong and then blow me, my #1 son and Gf split and it was she who asked for black socks!! And a blue pair for my youngest GS, who took off a pair I had knitted for him and put on the new ones right away!

 These look blue here but they were black!
 

And I managed to machine the rest of my tulip quilt.

The hardest bits were the tulips, which I had done 2 plus

years ago.. #2 son and Dil has asked for it. If you want to

hear about my life in the last year you will find it here.

To all my blogging friends...

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PROGRESS

For the first time for months, today I have been able to wear knickers!! I wasn't able to pull them up before, because it was too painful, but today I could.
And today I've bought a Crochet Mag as it had a block for blocking out granny squares and I have a pattern in mind. My arm is feeling that good!

Yesterday I was supposed to go to London for physio, but because of the weather, we cancelled. We were eight  hours doing a two and a half journey home from Coventry 9th December and no way were we going to risk doing that again; it was horrible!!
We still have our Christmas decs up, we always leave them till 12th Night. We enjoyed our Christmas and our weight shows it! But we have started today, we're back on the Slimming World plan.
What about you, do you need to lose your Christmas weight

I did this a few years ago and could have done with a block then.

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