tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post1789628564569910053..comments2024-03-18T13:31:45.880+00:00Comments on In this life: Improving the shining hourPam http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-9418877029249859172012-10-28T17:29:37.742+00:002012-10-28T17:29:37.742+00:00WooHoo -- you're knitting! I do hope you love...WooHoo -- you're knitting! I do hope you love it -- you never know when it will come in handy. My Aunt and I spent many hours knitting at the hospital these last few weeks -- very helpful indeed.<br /><br />I feel your pain with all the weeding out. I really need to do that too. I received a little insight in that department recently -- a girl the age of your Dr. Son was telling me that her mother had boxes of artifacts from her childhood and she just didn't know how to tell her Mom that she really wasn't interested in them. The fact is, those things are probably our memories of our children's childhoods, not ours. I'd like to go through all of our stuff and just save maybe one or two significant things from each year. It's just so painful to throw any of it away!Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-30849948517922016702012-10-26T20:24:20.158+01:002012-10-26T20:24:20.158+01:00This all rings terribly familiar -- I, too, knitte...This all rings terribly familiar -- I, too, knitted a sweater and doll clothes, the latter by severely adjusting patterns, but all sooo long ago. I struggled a few years ago to start out again with a dishcloth pattern book, which sounds similar to the blocks you describe, but even that was awfully difficult with no one to guide me. I still have hopes of starting in earnest again, but yes, it will take more concentration than I have at present. I'm going to tune in frequently here just for encouragement. :-)GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-39460849743786692322012-10-24T02:18:20.491+01:002012-10-24T02:18:20.491+01:00Well done Isabelle......though I had thought that,...Well done Isabelle......though I had thought that, being Scottish and all, you would have been born with a pair of knitting needles in your fist!<br /><br />Eager to see your first quilt!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-52769189346584594152012-10-22T22:50:55.963+01:002012-10-22T22:50:55.963+01:00I can knit, but never relax with it. I feel as tho...I can knit, but never relax with it. I feel as though someone is holding a gun to my head the whole time! I hope you can find it relaxing!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-81878838227685601052012-10-22T11:27:08.310+01:002012-10-22T11:27:08.310+01:00Hope you start to enjoy knitting squares, I'm ...Hope you start to enjoy knitting squares, I'm feeling responsible! I've just finished a throw I started some while ago (before other projects intervened) Hopefully, it'll be ready to blog about soon - it's being blocked at present. Nice thing about squares is that you can pick them up and put them away again for a while without feeling the rush to produce a completed article - pram rugs are a good starting size!Janehttp://jeeandmeblogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-25053749687353752142012-10-22T09:24:23.002+01:002012-10-22T09:24:23.002+01:00I so understand about the " deskilling"....I so understand about the " deskilling". I have recently taken up counted cross stitch again, having found " stitching shed". They produce wonderfully modern patterns for pictures for my grandchildren, and I am enjoying the process immensely . Knitting was also restarted when my granddaughter was born 2 years ago, but only the simplest of cardigans or hats. I find I just can't be bothered to knit if I have to concentrate too much. I have toyed with the idea of getting a keyboard and relearning the piano. Having just spent the last 3 months " emptying" my Mother's house, I feel I should start on mine too. My parents never threw anything away . I found a huge trunk full of empty boxes that used to contain every ornament they ever bought ! Why? Mum had been in the house for 50 years so it has been a monstrous task. Still more than enough for "house clearance" soon. Good luck with the knitting, though you might find it makes your thumbs hurt..it did mine!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-25584248207545729322012-10-22T08:17:10.329+01:002012-10-22T08:17:10.329+01:00Oh dear - such a familiar lament in this house. I&...Oh dear - such a familiar lament in this house. I'm going to have to face up to the childhood ephemera pretty soon. It can't all come with us when we downsize.Lucillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414527658216916537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-61434915259430894952012-10-21T23:50:17.012+01:002012-10-21T23:50:17.012+01:00Well done on the knitting, I have just taken it up...Well done on the knitting, I have just taken it up again, much easier to do on a plane than stitching ! I really meant to sort stuff like you mention but sadly it all got packed up (again) and will be back in Michigan soon. Hope a quiet time arrives soon for some quilting.Gilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039155678428883554noreply@blogger.com