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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Not much to blog about!

The first few weeks after Christmas are always a bit blah to me. I don't know why.

Christmas Day was a bit of a non event with my husband sleeping a good part of it away. It was a hard one for him after the death of his eldest son and this coming February will be hard too as it will be a year since the car accident that took him. Andrew has been on our minds a lot.

Not much done in the crafting area, just a few of the woven squares.

The weather is bitterly cold right now with snow forecast tomorrow and Monday which is not good as we have to drive 150 miles each way for hospital appointments on Tuesday.

A pretty gloomy post I am afraid, hopefully the next one will be more cheery.

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Living Alone in Your 60'sJanuary 13, 2018 at 2:15 PM
That's a long way to have to drive. Christmas can be a difficult time when a loved one is missing.
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Carol- Beads and BirdsJanuary 14, 2018 at 8:45 AM
The holidays hold both joy and sadness when you have lost a loved one. When I was younger, I always tore the house up in January and painted every room and cleaned carpets and basically made my life ready for Spring and spending every minute I could outside. Now I'm too tired and stiff to do all that. But I still wait for Spring, and do a lot less to get ready for it.

We thought about moving to Colorado when my grandson moves. The first consideration would be the quality of healthcare and access to VA care. I'm pretty sure we are staying right where we are.

Nice to see you post.
xx, Carol
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mamasmercantileJanuary 14, 2018 at 1:47 PM
Christmas can be hard when loved ones are not around. Hope all goes well at the hospital, that is quite a trip. Take care.
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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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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Not much to blog about!

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