Knitting, crocheting and general craftery
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Sep 2011
9:01am, 13 Sep 2011
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runner duck
ooooh good, not just me, then. have done some chores so i'm going to pick a radio drama on iplayer and get knitting for an hour 
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Sep 2011
9:13am, 13 Sep 2011
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Velociraptor
If this is confession time, I'd done six rows of a sleeve by 8.15am. In my defence, I was filling in the time between my clothes being on and my coffee being cool enough to drink I've got some work for tomorrow afternoon that sounds as if it might include time to do knitting, though I'm always wary when a practice manager tells me that an on-call session is "usually nice and quiet". I confess (since I'm in the box anyway) that I thought, "How much can I charge, how much will be left after tax, and how much Wollmeise will I be able to ask Spinkle to import for me at the prevailing currency exchange rate in December?" |
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Sep 2011
9:35am, 13 Sep 2011
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Velociraptor
(The answer was "87.25 grammes". Maybe I shall have to ask the practices I locum for to pay me what they would pay the agency if I was on an agency assignment rather than paying me what I would earn if I was on an agency assignment. I believe there's a 25% difference.)
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Sep 2011
9:37am, 13 Sep 2011
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runner duck
lol maybe the thread should change it's name to craft-addicts i think you and the practices could split the difference. why should they get all the benefit? |
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Sep 2011
9:44am, 13 Sep 2011
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Velociraptor
I suppose we sort of do, RD. I charge double the agency rate for house calls, though that's because the agency rate barely covers the fuel in rural practices and not *just* as a deterrent to lumbering me with loads of visits.
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Sep 2011
10:39am, 13 Sep 2011
384 posts
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smash
Hello experts, I need some help. My scarf is going very nicely, I did another foot or so whilst listening to the tennis last night. My question is, when do I stop? How long should a scarf be if the recipient is 5ft4? It's made of sock yarn so it's ot a thick scarf./
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Sep 2011
10:42am, 13 Sep 2011
17,293 posts
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Velociraptor
What a question, Smash! I'd have thought it would depend on the recipient's preference, and not longer than 4ft unless they like the Dr Who look.
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Sep 2011
10:50am, 13 Sep 2011
385 posts
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smash
In that case I've nearly finished!
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Sep 2011
11:59am, 13 Sep 2011
17,295 posts
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Velociraptor
justgiving.com Knitted blanket square patterns I find the principle a bit misguided - most women who go into refuges in this country are neither going to be grateful for a hand-knitted blanket nor treat it with any sort of care and respect. But a blanket square is a blanket square
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Sep 2011
1:31pm, 13 Sep 2011
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Kittenheels Kath
It is indeed a blanket square: it will you out of mischief, and the child in the picture looked happy with it. Apparently there were some knitting questions on University Challenge last night. I feel all clever now. |
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