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Sep 2011
5:39pm, 11 Sep 2011
8,127 posts
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Meglet
I now have a stash!! Thanks very much to Nicky I have a ball each of about 8 different colours of bamboo cotton and three big fluffy balls that might make a nice scarf for me (cos I like the colours!). There's still some interesting looking things left...
And I raced too, third consec year at this race and once again my time was 67 minutes! Though less seconds this year, so I'm putting it down as a course best.
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Sep 2011
9:03pm, 11 Sep 2011
5,911 posts
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runner duck
well done, meglet - excellent consistency 
long run of nearly 20miles done. totally pooped. not sure i even have the energy to pick up a knitting needle
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Sep 2011
9:59pm, 11 Sep 2011
382 posts
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smash
Hi all, I've been inspired by this thread and started cross-stitching for the first time in about 20 years! I'm making Christmas cards. I've fininshed The Socks Of Doom, and the scarf is going well - about 3/4 done.
And, my mum came to visit over the weekend and brought me 800g of cream DK cotton and 2 balls of crochet laceweight stuff! Happy days!
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Sep 2011
10:11pm, 11 Sep 2011
17,261 posts
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Velociraptor
The Socks Of Doom are fabulous - I can see that they would have taken a lot of work and concentration
Well done on your long run, RD
I went out for a little walk, took the wee-raptors to Sainsbury's to buy teenager-food (Innocent veg pots, tinned soup and spuds, mostly) and hair dye, and otherwise sat knitting in front of the television.
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Sep 2011
10:44pm, 11 Sep 2011
5,918 posts
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runner duck
excellent stuff, smash
i love those innocent veg pots - and they're nearly always on offer. i let my teen dye (semi permanent) my hair the other day. she made a better job of it than i ever have
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Sep 2011
10:47pm, 11 Sep 2011
8,137 posts
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Meglet
I've crocheted a Christmas bauble with some multicoloured wool I got from Nicky today. Once I've decorated it I'll post a picture.
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Sep 2011
10:55pm, 11 Sep 2011
17,262 posts
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Velociraptor
I let Tink henna my hair once. All that happened was that my dainty little silver highlights turned nicotine-yellow
From what I recall about hair dye, it takes forever and is very messy and smelly, but the girls had done one another in no time at all. Fellmouse has gone from yellow with big brown roots to a natural-looking brown all over, and Tink tells me that she's a different shade of magenta though I'm not convinced.
My mum is all fretty about Fellmouse's DIY eyebrow-piercing. She has completely forgotten that at the same age my oldest daughter had a proper faceful of metalwork, including a tongue stud, AND shaved off her eyebrows and drew beards on her chin, and she's now the most middle-aged 20-year-old you could imagine.
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Sep 2011
10:56pm, 11 Sep 2011
17,263 posts
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Velociraptor
I've just [whisper] bought a couple of skeins of red and green yarn with Christmas decorations in mind. I needed another skein of the stuff I'm currently using, so I thought it would be efficient use of postage
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Sep 2011
7:49am, 12 Sep 2011
523 posts
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Nicki No Miles
Just hauled a bag of wool to work to send off to Mikura at lunchtime - you're quite close to me actually, but not that close I guess
runnerduck if you fmail me your address I'm sure I can send some odds and sods along to you - I know how expensive it is and even the odd ball of wool free is a help
Meglet - wow! Can't believe you've already put it to good use - that's fab. All I did was collapse when I got home
And yes if you fancy some Vrap, I'm sure we can arrange for it to go via Meglet....when's the next Lakeland? Are you coming to the Woodland Challenge Meg?
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Sep 2011
8:28am, 12 Sep 2011
855 posts
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Garfield
Hubby's not going to like me and this thread... I like Meglet's amigurami - I had to google it as well...I could have a field day! Now, I need to find that sock I started last year...and remember how to turn the heel as it's been about 20 years since I last made any! I got to the point where I needed to do the heel, found I couldn't remember how to do it and promptly stopped!!!:(
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