Margaret Rose Stringer's Blog, page 6

I PROMISE this will be the last (for a while, anyway !)

My second attempt at the new way of crocheting sweaters and cardis took a bit longer than it should’ve, owing to the fact that I did an unutterably silly thing and used my whole bust measurement rather than half of it for the cardi’s width !! You will possibly imagine my language when I realised … Continue reading I PROMISE this will be the last (for a while, anyway !)

Good GRIEF ! – it works !!! :D

This first sweater – started on Friday and finished today – I even put it on and went out to Aldi ! – was an experiment to see if I can follow Frannie’s directions and produce a garment in CORRECT fucking size. And I can !!! The next garment will be longer – I couldn’t … Continue reading Good GRIEF ! – it works !!!   :D

Hoping to avoid klutzness ..

Sorry to everyone who’s bored shitless by my going on about crocheting sweaters; but as it’s currently obsessing me – both the problem and any solutions – I am triggered to keep posting about it. You may pray this solution works, so that I will shut my face on the topic ! By happenstance I … Continue reading Hoping to avoid klutzness ..

I did it again: I am A KLUTZ !!!

Sometimes I wonder about myself. Fairly often, to be truthful .. Every jumper or cardi I make, I check my gauge and change hooks where needed (it always is). And then I find I’m not meeting bloody gauge after all. There is something about trying to make one’s stitches match those of the garment designer … Continue reading I did it again: I am A KLUTZ !!!

If Colorado can do it .. [grin]

And she just did .. Why then, so can I !  😀 Coz after all, those of you who’ve been around here for a good long while will remember that I used to post lists of my favourite numbers every so often, right ? Right. No complaining where there’s no action to accompany the track, … Continue reading If Colorado can do it .. [grin]

Ah, the simple things ..!

There was a large part of my life when you could never have persuaded me that my happiness might hang on .. a hanging thing. [grin] What you’re looking at there is the newest addition to my crochet tools collection: it is a truly wonderful thing called The Wool Jeanie. It’s the most bloody momentous … Continue reading Ah, the simple things ..!

This will be my final on the subject ..

.. of the Voice. Supporters, I simply cannot change my mind – especially after reading the attached article by Malcolm McCusker, a West Australian luminary who is not a Coalition spokesman, no matter what ludicrous claims might be made. The article, McCusker’s Voice 036, is simply a presentation of facts, not urging a vote in … Continue reading This will be my final on the subject ..

Headlines assortment

I was taken, this-morning, by online newspaper articles – that is, by their headlines. Mostly headlines simply pass me by as I peruse them with a distinct lack of enthusiasm; but today some seem to be pertickly .. ahh .. interesting (?). Consider the following: I am a coffeeholic, no doubt about it. This header … Continue reading Headlines assortment

Written for me ..

Today’s online The Guardian includes this article. It’s something I’ve thought about many times .. not the death of Robbie Robertson, but of all of them – rockstars, exemplification of my youth. “Robbie Robertson is gone and our world – once again – is diminished.” To me that sub-heading is not overly dramatic, it’s simply … Continue reading Written for me ..

Made me grumpy !

I was wasting time the other day (becoz I was reluctant to return to my crochet, owing to a fear that the second panel was smaller than the first in a very fine wool sweater I’m making) watching cat videos on YouTube. I saw one wherein a very attractive moggy – orange and white – … Continue reading Made me grumpy !