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Friday, September 9, 2011

Grrrrrr!

Is any one else getting their blog attacked by something that makes words into links? I had to go back and change the past few blogs because some of the words were showing up in green and were links to sites giving away things. Anyone know how to stop this please?????????

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maureenlthompsonSeptember 9, 2011 at 6:11 PM
OK, I think I may have solved it. In settings, other, site feed, I changed it to none. Hope this works OK. It's like an intrusion and invasion of privacy when something changes my blog. I am not happy!
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maureenlthompsonSeptember 9, 2011 at 6:12 PM
Darn, No!!! that didn't work. help!!!!!!!!
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maureenlthompsonSeptember 10, 2011 at 7:57 AM
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maureenlthompsonSeptember 10, 2011 at 7:59 AM
It's a Google thing. I am not impressed by them. But at least it's nothing harmful.
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maureenlthompsonSeptember 10, 2011 at 8:04 AM
I googled text enhance. There is an opt out option. I have opted out! Let's hope I stay opted out!
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AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 4:10 AM
Now I know why my feed reader hasn't been showing me your posts since september 9th!
When you changed your site feed setting to none it stopped your posts from showing in Google Reader and I don't think they are showing on the Blogger dashboard page either - I don't think your followers are seeing your posts on their dashboards.
Just thought I'd let you know.
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maureenlthompsonOctober 13, 2011 at 6:40 PM
Thanks Susan,

I really had no clue what i was doing. I awas trying to stop text enhance except at first I didn't know that was what was causing my problem so I was doing anything to try and stop it. I later found out how to opt out of text enhance but didn't really understand what I had done before stopped the feeds from showing up. Thanks so much.
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I started this blog in 2011: Ever since my Mum taught me to knit at the age of about six or seven I have made things. Back then it was doll clothes. I was also inspired by Mrs Levitt an elderly lady who had a sewing room in a conservatory type room on the back of her house. I would sit and watch her in awe as she sewed.

When I was a child living in England the school system was such that you started at 5 years, did two years in Infant School, then four years in Primary School then five to seven years in Secondary School, depending on whether you chose to stay on after fifth form to get qualifications to go to University. I can't remember much of the Infant school other than making the standard square doily thingy from fabric that had holes in it so you could embroider patterns into it. A bit like the modern day cross stitch fabric but with bigger holes and spaces to make it easy for small hands to use. I also remember with great joy getting a toy sewing machine one Christmas which sewed only chain stitch but I did make doll clothes on it and that was before I started Primary school. I do have very vivid recollections of Primary school and having sewing and knitting lessons. In Primary school I knitted gloves and made a dress from scratch hand sewing it all.

Secondary school continued on with sewing by which time I had progressed to using full sized sewing machines and was making more intricate skirts and dresses. My parents bought me a proper sewing machine when I was thirteen. I used that same machine right up until I emigrated to Canada at age forty six years.

I have always had a fascination for sewing machines and knitting machines. I bought my first knitting machine at around age twenty one from an ad in a newspaper for twelve pounds. I had absolutely no idea what one was just that I wanted one. I trundled on the bus to the address in the advert and handed over my twelve pounds having absolutely no idea what I had really bought. Fortunately it came with a manual. It was an aged Knitmaster, very basic and I loved it. I wore it out. Next was a Brother push button one which I didn't keep because it was at a time in my life when things were difficult. Later on in my life, around forty, when things were better I bought a brand new Brother punchard machine with a ribber attachment. I loved it and made many things. Life took a different turn, I moved countries twice and along the way, regrettably I sold it.

Now, through the universe's blessing I now have another machine. It is a vintage one because they stopped making them early 90's but works perfectly and I love it. So I decided to make this blog to document my knitting progress and include sewing projects.

In 2013: we embarked on a new hobby, leather-work. My husband got started with it and it drew me in. It is something we can do together. We have a workshop so have plenty of room to work. We added another workbench for me to work on in 2013. We already had one but we were tripping over each other both trying to work at it. We only make things we want to make. It is strictly a hobby. We made some things for our good neighbours who help us out a lot. I am also working on Christmas presents. So this blog now incorporates the leather-work. Knitting and sewing will always be my first love though.

Fast forward to 2023 and now age almost 75 years. I have seven sewing machines, four knitting machines, several ribber attachments and a garter carriage for one of the machines. I am blessed beyond words, but I know that I have more than enough machines to keep me going in my lifetime so I don’t think I will be adding to my collection any time soon……….unless a nice embroidery machine manifests itself very cheaply.

I am a Brit living in the USA, sometimes I spell like a Brit and sometimes like an American. Sometimes I use slang and even make grammatical errors. I blog for the pleasure of it and to record my endeavours in the event that my memory fades, as I am sure it will with more age. I will be able to look back and remind myself of the things I have made along the way. So please forgive my mistakes when reading about my life making things here in the hinterlands and I hope you get as much enjoyment from my blog as I do from reading the blogs I follow.

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Friday, September 9, 2011

Grrrrrr!

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