tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15800823111723885472023-11-16T11:49:07.839+00:00Puddytat purrShe's gothic, she has long nails AND she knits!Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-48813682417048977062012-03-02T11:09:00.001+00:002012-03-02T11:09:00.897+00:00I've movedPlease redirect yourselves to <a href="http://puddytatpurr.com">here</a>
I won't be posting here or updating this blog anymorePuddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-13576414655683276502012-02-13T13:44:00.000+00:002012-02-13T13:44:23.072+00:00Pair 6<div style="text-align: justify;">
I was excited to start these as they looked like they'd be an interesting knit.</div>
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It wasn't really - you did a slip stitch (with yarn in front) every 4 rows or so, the rest was just stocking stitch.</div>
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But it does look quite pretty!</div>
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Pattern: Cranberry Biscotti <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=cranberry-biscotti"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=cranberry-biscotti&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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Yarn: <a href="http://www.theyarnyard.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Yarn Yard</a> Toddy in green and maroon, leftovers from Hermione's Everyday Socks</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-60535411622457586312012-02-05T23:15:00.002+00:002012-02-05T23:18:31.472+00:00Pair 5<div style="text-align: justify;">
Here they are!</div>
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Pattern: Glass Slippers<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=glass-slippers-2"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=glass-slippers-2&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a> </div>
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Yarn: <a href="http://www.yarnscape.co.uk/" target="_blank">Yarnscape</a> Dance in Icicle</div>
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Another easy pattern, although I didn't overly love the way the cables met at the top of the instep.</div>
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Yarn is gorgeous! It's 55% superwash BFL and 45% silk so there's a gorgeous shine to it!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-79335526100155453472012-01-30T13:34:00.001+00:002012-02-05T23:17:59.576+00:00Pairs 3 & 4 and a yarn bowl!<div style="text-align: justify;">
I just haven't been able to get on the computer to blog about pairs 3 and 4 and blogging from the iPad is useless - blogger really need to sort the interface out!</div>
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So! Pair 3 were a design I was asked to test knit for <a href="http://misselleknits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Miss Elle</a> and she's called them Wavy Socks (I can't post a link as they're not availale yet!)</div>
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Nice easy socks to make and the pattern is very well written!<br />
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I also finished pair 4, I chose to do the mystery sock being hosted on Sock Knitters Anonymous, but I wasn't majorly in love with the pattern. So I chose a colour yarn I wasn't that in love with either.<br />
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Pattern: Blåthnat <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=blathnat"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=blathnat&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a><br />
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Yarn: Knitting Goddess 4ply sock in Topaz<br />
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The pattern is well written, but it's supposed to be a flower and I just don't <span style="font-size: x-large;">see</span> a flower! Everyone else in the SKA group seems to love it though *shrug*<br />
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On Saturday, I went over to Portsmouth and met up with <a href="http://curlyminx.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Debs</a> & Bryon. We went for lunch and then we drove to Lymington to Bea's house to meet with her, <a href="http://www.colourfuldesigns.co.uk/shop/" target="_blank">Bex</a> and <a href="http://thewhorlsend.co.uk/" target="_blank">Donna</a>. Bryon got to go and play in the shed with Bea's husband, Clive, and we got to sit and knit/spin and gossip like us women are wont to do!<br />
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Bea's husband, Clive, likes to make things out of wood and he's a very talented chap. I managed to steal away this <span style="font-size: x-large;">gorgeous</span> yarn bowl!<br />
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I also got him to drill a 5mm hole at the bottom of the bowl so that I can still easily work a pair of socks from each end of a centre pull ball like I normally do!<br />
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How cool is that?<br />
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If you want your very own yarn bowl - <strike>you can't have one!</strike> The best thing will be to message Clive on twitter, his account is <a href="http://twitter.com/mattymousemakes" target="_blank">here</a>, or his wife <a href="http://twitter.com/moonandmuttley" target="_blank">Bea</a>. If you don't have twitter, leave a comment and I'll pass your request on for you!Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-69764569204846464282012-01-21T10:39:00.001+00:002012-01-21T10:39:44.040+00:00Number 12<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The cover up of the ribbon and the armband below it started yesterday.</div>
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Andy started tattooing at around 12.30 and we kept going until just before 5pm.</div>
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Unfortunately, it's not finished yet so I'll have to go back for another session, but I'll have to wait for this to heal first.</div>
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At the moment my arm feels like a piece of steak that's been walloped with one of those wooden mallets and my bed is covered in ink LOL</div>
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But I think it looks awesome and I already know how I'm going to replace the tribute!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-76506400184196060882012-01-19T11:04:00.001+00:002012-01-19T11:04:39.954+00:00Number 11<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Tattoo that is!</div>
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Yesterday I went to see my tattoo artist; haven't seen him for years - he met a woman and moved to London with her several years ago.</div>
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Another guy took over his shop while he was gone (he did my tribute ribbon for dad).</div>
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Well, Andy came back a couple of years ago so yesterday we went to see him.</div>
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I came away with this tattoo - it's an ambigram of the words 'knit' and 'purl'</div>
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Pretty cool, huh?</div>
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While I was there, Andy had a good look at the ribbon I had done for Dad; he doesn't like it - he says the writing is all squished and hard to read, the ribbon doesn't look right and the tattooist has managed to scar the skin.</div>
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He has recommended I get a coverup done and have the ribbon redone.</div>
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Tattoo #12 is now booked!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-28150395776124767242012-01-15T17:32:00.002+00:002012-01-15T17:32:47.368+00:00Pair 2<div style="text-align: justify;">
I've finished my second of 52 pairs!</div>
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Pattern: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aragorn-english" target="_blank">Aragorn </a><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=aragorn-english"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=aragorn-english&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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Yarn: <a href="http://theknittinggoddess.co.uk/" target="_blank">Knitting Goddess</a> 4ply sock in Onyx</div>
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These had an unusual construction in that you worked the heel flap along with the gusset increases (which are done right in the centre of the instep/front of leg) THEN you shift all the stitches around so that your increased stitches become the instep and the original stitches become the gusset which you decrease back down.<br />
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You really have to go on faith and follow the pattern with this one - if you do; they'll fit very well and be surprisingly comfortable!</div>
<br />Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-35165187150908942652012-01-10T02:03:00.001+00:002012-01-10T02:03:15.028+00:00Pair 1<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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So, I've finished my first pair of socks for 2012.</div>
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I would've finished about a week ago, but I decided to cast on the next pair of socks and save the toes of this pair for when I didn't need to concentrate.</div>
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The pattern: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hermiones-everyday-socks" target="_blank">Hermione's Everyday Socks</a> <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=hermiones-everyday-socks"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=hermiones-everyday-socks&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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The Yarn: 'Birds of Paradise' in Lustrous Falkland from <a href="http://www.skeinqueen.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Skein Queen</a></div>
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These were very easy to make and the yarn is just simply gorgeous!</div>
<br />Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-63196154298284327092012-01-07T20:38:00.001+00:002012-01-07T20:55:53.431+00:00Happy Birthday Dreaddies<div style="text-align: justify;">
So, today my dreadlocks turn 6 months!<br />
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I can't believe it! I remember doing loads of searching online about the best way to get cool looking dreads, I learnt that wax and other so-called bonding products were to be avoided, I learnt about back combing, twist & rip and how to use a crochet hook to help develop dreadlocks.<br />
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I also learned that it's a lesson in patience and thank God mine locked up as quickly as they did because, as we all know; I'm not the most patient person in the world!<br />
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So, as a treat I decided to wrap one of my locks with a bit of handspun left over from the headband I made ages ago and I put some bells at the bottom of the wrap.<br />
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I like this pic on the left, it shows the wrap with the bells and it also shows the bead my godson, Mason, gave me for Christmas and the spider bead I bought when I started to dread my hair. If you look closely, you can also see a silver bead toward the top of my hair and a turtle bead near the nape of my neck and a hint of a gold ring too!<br />
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I love how they look and I have ordered some sterling silver bells to be permenantly sewn in, but they haven't arrived yet - the bells in there now were given to me by Natalie.<br />
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I got Alex to take some more pictures of my hair, but the one I was most excited about was the one that shows the back of my head! LOOK at those gorgeous dreadlocks! They're proper phatties!<br />
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I've got quite a bit of stuff in my hair now; there's a snake bead, a skull bead, a silver bead with a symbol on, my blue cat bead, a metal ring, a yellow plastic ring, a 9ct gold wishbone ring (a gift on my 16th birthday), my father's gold buckle pinkie ring, a turtle bead, a starfish bead, a bead I bought in Norway, the wrap with bells on, a spider bead and the big bead Mason gave me!<br />
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I want my locs to grow <span style="font-size: x-large;">really</span> long so I can be a right magpie and have loads of stuff in my hair!<br />
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Think I might buy a load of embroidery silks and use those as wraps too!<br />
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I'm not an expert on dreadlocks by any means, but here are some tips I've learned over the past six months:<br />
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<li>Do NOT use wax, glue, honey or any other product that people say you should to make it lock - it will get trapped inside the locks & attract lint/dust...and they'll smell!</li>
<li>WASH YOUR HAIR! Greasy hair is slippery and knots can't form - clean hair will lock better</li>
<li>Don't use conditioners/conditioning shampoos, I prefer T-Gel but not for every wash</li>
<li>If you use beads from the beginning; move them around to prevent weak spots</li>
<li>If you use a crochet hook to create/maintain locks; be gentle, don't break the hair</li>
<li>When ripping apart your locks, move your hands right down to the roots to check separation</li>
<li>Let your hair MOVE! Wear a hat/headband for work if you need to, but let them down rest of the time.</li>
<li>Do NOT use rubberbands - they will get stuck inside your locks! </li>
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Here is a shot of me from the front - excuse the no make-up squinty eyed look, I hadn't put any make-up on today (psoriasis keeps flaring on my face) and I'm photosensitive; I <span style="font-size: x-large;">hate</span> the flash going off in my face! It physically hurts my eyes and my head - took half an hour for me to get past the pain this photo caused!</div>
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Oooooh, I remember, I'm off to visit my friend, Kerry, and her new baby next Friday and I've cast on sock 2 of 52. No, I havn't finished sock 1 yet, but all I have to do are the toes which are nice and easy so I've been saving them as 'something to do when a complicated pattern does my head in' socks - such as when we're at bingo or when I'll be on the car ferry next Friday morning!</div>
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The second pair is Aragorn and is being knit in Onyx - this fulfills the A-Z AND SolidSocks requirements!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-2739957414950787932012-01-02T14:30:00.000+00:002012-01-02T14:32:09.803+00:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: justify;">
I was going to post yesterday, but I got distracted!</div>
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I was busy finishing up the socks I was knitting for Juliann so that I could start my first socks of 2012!</div>
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Oh....I was also watching Smallville. If you follow me on any social media thingy, you'll know that I'm currently working my way through the entire ten seasons of Smallville!</div>
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So, new socks! </div>
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I'm knitting <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hermiones-everyday-socks" target="_blank">Hermione's Everyday Socks</a> which is an incredibly easy pattern! I'm knitting it in a gorgeous yarn I recently received from <a href="http://www.skeinqueen.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Skein Queen</a>. It's a beautiful sock yarn and the colourway is called 'Birds of Paradise' - no, you can't see it yet. Just wait until I'm finished! These socks fulfill my SKA requirements.</div>
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After this pair I'm going to knit <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aragorn-english" target="_blank">Aragorn</a> in a yarn from <a href="http://theknittinggoddess.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Knitting Goddess</a> in Onyx which will fullfill my A sock and black yarn requirement.</div>
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I'm considering the SKA mystery sock after Aragorn as it's called <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/blathnat" target="_blank">Bláthnat</a> which will fulfill my B socks requirement, but I'm not sure yet - I'm waiting to see what the pattern looks like first.</div>
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Did you have a good New Year? I went to Mel's house as she was having a little party, there was food and alcohol and lots of catching up to be done. Mason and I exchanged presents as I didn't see him over Christmas.</div>
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He got me a <span style="font-size: x-large;">HOOOGE</span> mug that says 'Big Mouth, Big Mug' on it, a couple of bingo pens and a thingy to attach to Isis' lead which holds poo bags and a torch.</div>
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He also got me this STUNNING bead!</div>
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I was so excited to get it and I love it! It shows up really well now my hair is black cherry again - I don't think it would've looked quite so good against the purple.</div>
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I gave Mason a chocolate tool set and a chocolate lolly maker which he's been asking for for AGES! He was incredibly pleased with this, ate one of the chocolate tools and then was promised he could make lollies another day.</div>
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I bet that will be messy fun!</div>
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I also received a text at 1.30 on New Years morning to tell me that my friend, Kerry, had given birh to her fifth child 3 hours before. A gorgeous little boy and I can't wait to go and get cuddles! Congratulations Sweetie.</div>
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I hope your New Year was as fun as mine, whatever you chose to do.</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-30441527129031441582011-12-25T20:44:00.001+00:002011-12-25T21:14:37.822+00:00Merry Christmas<div style="text-align: justify;">
Have you had a good day?</div>
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Mine has been awesome! I got up about 8.30, had a nice hour drinking tea and surfing the web, then I had a shower before we all opened our presents.</div>
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<br />I got LOADS!</div>
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Claire gave me a sock pattern book and a CD with over 50 sock patterns on!</div>
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This gift alone will keep me busy this year!</div>
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I joined in two Secret Santas this year. One Santa - her Ravelry username is Kathycogs - gave me a shoe box crammed full of stuff. There was some lovely sparkly sock yarn, Cadbury's hot chocolate sachets, chewy lollies, Galaxy chocolate, 'Keep Calm, Carry On Knitting' cup mat and little itty bitty stitch markers!</div>
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The other Santa didn't immediately reveal herself until I begged her too because she bought me some lovely gifts! </div>
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KTjazz bought me some bamboo sock yarn, some chocolate peanuts, some roving to spin up to make dread wraps, a bag she made herself and DREAD BEADS!!! How totally awesome!</div>
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She really did her research, I guess she came here LOL.</div>
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I also got some lovely angora fibre from Ambermog, can't wait to spin it!</div>
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Isis didn't get left out - she got a new toy; it's a duck that quacks. We squeezed it before opening it and she got SO excited! She has spent the entire day (when not drooling in the kitchen at the meat) using it as a pillow.</div>
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The kids had quite a few gifts this year - some we're not allowed to open as they're from Vicky, Matt's girlfriend, and she's not here until tomorrow.</div>
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They seem quite happy and it took them until 8pm before arguments started LOL </div>
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After we had breakfast we sat down to watch Phantom of The Opera - no, not the crappy film version; the proper stage version filmed at the Royal Albert Hall! Mum bought it for me when we went to watch the tennis and I'd been saving it! </div>
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The kids LOVED it! </div>
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Tomorrow will be a day of gluttony as no one felt like eating - we had such a huge breakfast; no one had room for a full roast turkey dinner!</div>
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So tomorrow we are going to have cold meat, mash potato, pickled onions, cranberry sauce and lots and lots of cake!</div>
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There will probably be alcohol too!</div>
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Well, whatever you did and whoever
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Oh....I cast on socks too *embarrassed face* but they're not for me! I was asked to make some for Juliann ages ago, she even sent me the yarn, but I got so wrapped up in socks for me that I didn't get around to it. In this pic I've placed the yarn with the started toes in front of the bag Matt bought me for Christmas :D </div>
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<br /></div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-30888626916743296942011-12-24T12:56:00.001+00:002011-12-24T13:04:18.150+00:00Socks galore!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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'Athena'. <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=athena-2"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=athena-2&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a></div>
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Pattern by 'Not An Artist' which was bought for me by Miss Elle last Christmas.</div>
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The yarn is 'Eldritch Voices' dyed by Wyndwitch.</div>
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Start Date: 1st January 2011</div>
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Finish Date: 8th January 2011<br />
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Pattern by Suzi Anvin and is free on Knitty<br />
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The yarn is handspun BFL, spun by meeeeeeee!<br />
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Start Date: 15th January 2011<br />
Finish Date: 25th January 2011<br />
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Pattern by John Dunn-Ballam<br />
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The yarn is a Sushi Roll in Dusk also from John Dunn-Ballam (otherwise known as Easyknits)<br />
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Start Date: 29th January 2011<br />
Finish Date: 10th February 2011<br />
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Pattern by Charlene Schurch and Beth Parrott<br />
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The yarn is from The Yarn Yard - it was a club yarn<br />
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Start Date: 12th February 2011<br />
Finish Date: 25th February 2011<br />
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Pattern by Sara Amoroso<br />
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The yarn is by Krafty Koala<br />
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Start Date: 27th February 2011<br />
Finish Date: 12th March 2011<br />
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Pattern by Yarnissima<br />
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The yarn is by The Knitting Goddess<br />
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Start Date: 12th March 2011<br />
Finish Date: 24th March 2011<br />
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'The Gardner' <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/badges/redirect?p=the-gardener"><img src="http://api.ravelry.com/badges/projects?p=the-gardener&t=.gif" style="border: none;" /></a><br />
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Pattern by Leslie Comstock<br />
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The yarn is by The Yarn Yard<br />
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Start Date: 26th March 2011<br />
Finish Date: 14th April 2011<br />
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Start Date: 15th April 2011<br />
Finish Date: 29th April 2011<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In The Peaceful Forest</td></tr>
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Pattern by Sandy Moore<br />
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Yarn by The Knitting Goddess<br />
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Start Date: 29th April 2011<br />
Finish Date: 23rd May 2011<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe's Office Sock</td></tr>
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Pattern by Anna Peck<br />
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Yarn is Zauberball<br />
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Start Date: 20th May 2011<br />
Finish Date: 1st June 2011<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kalajoki</td></tr>
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Pattern by Tiina Seppälä<br />
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Yarn by The Knitting Goddess<br />
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Start Date: 2nd June 2011<br />
Finish Date 8th June 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/b6f09505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/b6f09505.jpg" width="148" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lyra's Socks</td></tr>
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Pattern by DXM patterns<br />
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Yarn by Easyknits<br />
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Start Date: 8th June 2011<br />
Finish Date: 13th June 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/3c0d0aef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/3c0d0aef.jpg" width="148" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary's Garden</td></tr>
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Pattern by Melly A. Mathews<br />
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Yarn by Krafty Koala<br />
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Start Date: 30th June 2011<br />
Finish Date: 13th July 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/8f4f09da.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/8f4f09da.jpg" width="148" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nasturtium</td></tr>
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Pattern by Kirsten Kapur<br />
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Yarn is Lang Yarns Jawoll Magic<br />
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Start Date: 13th July 2011<br />
Finish Date: 18th July 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/photo-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/photo-19.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owlie Socks</td></tr>
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Pattern by Julie Elswick Suchomel<br />
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Yarn was dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 18th July 2011<br />
Finish Date: 5th August 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/5a7669e9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/5a7669e9.jpg" width="148" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plaited Points</td></tr>
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Pattern by Scott Dilley<br />
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Yarn dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 5th August 2011<br />
Finish Date 12th August 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/QisforQuicksetSocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/QisforQuicksetSocks.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quickset Socks</td></tr>
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Pattern by Megan Marshall<br />
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Yarn is Lang Jawoll Magic Dégradé<br />
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Start Date: 13th August 2011<br />
Finish Date: 16th August 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/8aede09b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/8aede09b.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rick</td></tr>
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Pattern by Cookie A<br />
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Yarn dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 27th August 2011<br />
Finish Date: 5th September<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-09-24025531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-09-24025531.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sam</td></tr>
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Pattern by Cookie A<br />
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Yarn by Violet Green<br />
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Start Date: 11th September 2011<br />
Finish Date: 24th September 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-10-03042653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-10-03042653.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tatami</td></tr>
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Pattern by Judy Sumner<br />
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Yarn by Lang Jawoll Magic<br />
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Start Date: 23rd September 2011<br />
Finish Date: 3rd October 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-10-16203204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-10-16203204.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unraveling Rib</td></tr>
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Pattern by Amy Tyszkiewicz<br />
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Yarn by KnitCave<br />
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Start Date: 9th October 2011<br />
Finish Date: 16th October 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-11-04192715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-11-04192715.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vilai</td></tr>
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Pattern by Cookie A<br />
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Yarn by The Yarn Yard<br />
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Start Date: 23rd October 2011<br />
Finish Date 4th November 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-11-18191843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-11-18191843.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wanida</td></tr>
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Pattern by Cookie A<br />
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Yarn by BB Knits<br />
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Start Date: 13th November 2011<br />
Finish Date 18th November 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-11-26160349.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-11-26160349.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">XOX</td></tr>
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Pattern by Wollhuhn<br />
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Yarn by Yarnscape<br />
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Start Date: 19th November 2011<br />
Finish Date: 26th November 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-12-17205406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-12-17205406.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You and I</td></tr>
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Pattern by Torunn Elise Haugen<br />
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Yarn dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 12th December 2011<br />
Finish Date: 17th December 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-12-23164831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-12-23164831.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zig Zag Socks</td></tr>
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Pattern by Donna Pye<br />
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Yarn dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 17th December 2011<br />
Finish Date 23rd December 2011<br />
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I also made a few extra socks which are listed below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Claires Socks</td></tr>
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'Claire's Socks'<br />
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Pattern: Just a plain stocking stitch pattern<br />
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Yarn is Crazy Zauberball<br />
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Start Date: 20th June 2011<br />
Finish Date: 16th August 2011<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/1476ead7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="132" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/1476ead7.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kai-Mei</td></tr>
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Pattern by Cookie A<br />
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Yarn dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 21st August 2011<br />
Finish Date: 27th August 2011<br />
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-10-25141336.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Craft%20Stuff/Knitting/2011-10-25141336.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milo</td></tr>
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Pattern by Cookie A<br />
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Yarn dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 5th September 2011<br />
Finish Date: 12th September 2011<br />
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Start Date: 4th October 2011<br />
Finish Date: 23rd October 2011<br />
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Yarn is Lang Yarns Jawoll Magic Dégradé<br />
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Start Date: 20th October 2011<br />
Finish Date: 13th November 2011<br />
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Yarn by Zettl Sockenwolle Treviso (grey) and dyed by me<br />
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Start Date: 26th November 2011<br />
Finish Date: 12th December 2011<br />
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The last two pairs were test knits which I thoroughly enjoyed doing.<br />
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I enjoyed the whole challenge and I really can't wait to get started on my 52 pair challenge for next year - but first, I'm going to spend some time with my spinning wheel!<br />
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I have actually completed the A-Z challenge!<br />
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There were a few moments where I wasn't actually sure if I would; I got a little bit behind when we went to Italy - especially as one of the pairs was so badly written, I must've undone and reknit it several times.<br />
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But, it's done!<br />
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So, for the next week - until January 1st - there will be no socks on the needles! I am going to pay some attention to poor abandoned Sherry The Cherry and work on a lace cardigan I started earlier this year. If I had any sense, I wouldn't start another sock challenge in the new year, but work on the two blankets I have in progress (especially the sock one - I have LOADS of wool for that now!) but I can't help it! I WILL be casting socks on in the new year!<br />
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The socks along the bottom are extra socks that I've made this year (not including the pair I made for Claire as they've been sent) so in total I've made 32 pairs of socks this year!<br />
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I'll do a post in the morning showing all of the socks <br />
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OK....sad news first.</div>
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Last week we had Kim put to sleep. He was getting very old, he was chronically arthritic and obviously uncomfortable. It seemed the best bet all round. I took him to the vet on the 14th and cuddled him as the anaesthetic was administered.</div>
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It was very quick and he was gone before all the medicine had been injected which tells me he was ready to go.</div>
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Unfortunately, he has not been the only loss. I got a frantic call two days ago from Mel asking me to take Auntie Ruth to the vet; Walter's mother, Midnight, had given birth and unfortunately suffered a prolapsed womb in the process.</div>
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By the time she had been found she was in shock, freezing cold and barely alive. There was blood everywhere and the baby chinchilla was dead - we don't know if it had been born dead or whether she just didn't bother with it in her pain. The fact that she allowed us to pick her up and wrap her in a towel and stroke on her way to the vets was all we needed to make the decision.</div>
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A very sad week really :(</div>
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So....complete subject change!</div>
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How do you like my Christmas tree? It was put up on Dad's birthday which we now refer to as 'tree day' and there are lots of presents underneath it - some of them are even for me!! How exciting!</div>
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As you can see; Vicky is very excited....Alex, not so much lol</div>
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We have lots of yummy food planned for Christmas Day and we're going to sit and watch a filming of Phantom of The Opera after breakfast on Christmas morning.</div>
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I've just passed the 5 month mark with my dreadlocks and wow it's all happening there! I started wearing a scarf when I went out as they were really quite messy and annoying, the scarf worked well although I think I looked like someone having chemo!</div>
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My hair was stiff and didn't move much - in fact it hurt to try and change the way the hair lay on my scalp.</div>
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Then I got up one morning and all of a sudden I had this hair that was nice tight locs with blunted tips, the hair moves when I shake my head and it just looks so awesome!</div>
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Unfortunately, the purple had totally faded so I bought some L'Oreal dye called Black Cherry (which I've used before) and went over the lot. I love how it looks and feels and even though I bought new scarves to wrap around my locs today; I don't think I'll be wearing them much!</div>
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When I started typing this post, I did think it was likely this would probably be my last post of 2011, but I've just remembered that I've got to show you all the A-Z socks I have knit this year - I just have to finish the Z socks and then you can see them all together! It'll be about another day or two, so keep your eyes peeled!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-11869065210284535582011-12-12T23:31:00.000+00:002011-12-12T23:31:38.773+00:00Tree Day<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Today should've been my dad's 61st birthday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We have a tradition on his birthday now. 12th December is the day we put the tree up!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think Dad would've liked this tradition.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today we have put up the tree and spent this evening watching movies and drinking spiced rum with coke.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy Birthday, Dad.</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-76867031481150437982011-12-10T08:40:00.000+00:002011-12-10T08:40:48.603+00:00Snakes<div style="text-align: justify;">Over the past couple of weeks, I have been introducing Albert to Star & Frank.<br />
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It's very nerve wracking, because the younger two look so small next to him and the thought 'WTF do I do if he strikes one of them?' constantly runs through your head!<br />
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</tbody></table>Well, it all went very well. They waggled tongues at each other, then pretty much ignored each other.<br />
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We put them together daily (trying to hold 3 snakes at once is <span style="font-size: x-large;">hard</span>!) for a couple of weeks, then this week we took the plunge and put them all in together.<br />
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</tbody></table>Well, Albert spent the day looking mildly affronted that these two young whippersnappers had moved in with him and sulked in a tube because Frank stole the hide within the first half an hour, then he pretty much gave in and accepted they were there!<br />
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Star & Frank spent most of the first day exploring their new home and seemed delighted that they had that much space!<br />
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I spent most of the first two hours anxiously watching as I'd put them in on a Thursday and Thursdays are feeding days for the snakes. I figured that if Albert was going to eat the interlopers; it'd be on a Thursday.<br />
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Eventually, I left them all to it.<br />
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When I went to get them all out 12 hours later for food, I was extremely happy to find that I still had 3 snakes! They all had their dinner then immediately went back in the viv together.<br />
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As of this morning; all 3 are crowded into the hide together!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-9155017104126221362011-12-08T15:41:00.000+00:002011-12-08T15:41:58.777+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/bcc1d1d1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="357" width="245" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/bcc1d1d1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">See that picture?<br />
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Do you know who that is?<br />
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THAT is George Lucas, creator of Star Wars knitting a SOCK!!!<br />
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Geekiness just hit an all new high!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-26235830699189835592011-12-07T15:10:00.001+00:002011-12-07T15:12:28.594+00:00Hello!<div style="text-align: justify;">My name is Sam and I'm a Sockaholic!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, the blog has had a makeover - well, you can if you come here, but if you read through an RSS reader; you won't notice a change LOL.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is now a second bar down the side - I did want two bars together, but I couldn't figure out how to do that! So, the bar on the left is all the stuff you're used to seeing and the bar on the right is all my finished objects and the reason for my Sockaholic claim.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">That</span> is my sock queue. All the socks I have seen and want to make. There are quite a few, aren't there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">277 pairs of socks, I think. My eyes kinda glazed over while counting, so I may be off by a pair or two. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've worked it out. It takes me on average, a week to make a pair of socks. If I knit nothing but socks; it'll take me over 5 years to knit them all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that's if I stop looking at all the gorgeous socks on Ravelry and adding them to my queue!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But I am going to work through them....well, try at any rate! I will cross off the ones I make and fill in the progress bar at the top as I go.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm still planning to start the 52in52 next year. I have two more pairs to make from the A-Z challenge this year first and finish a test knit I am doing too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least the 52 pairs I knit next year will make a small dent in the list on the right!</div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-59027552499742128572011-12-05T11:04:00.001+00:002011-12-05T11:31:12.258+00:00Photos from the tennis!<div style="text-align: justify;">
So, I promised you lots of pictures from our trip to the Royal Albert Hall and here they are!</div>
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Blogger appears to have messed around with how things work since I last used it on a computer, so I hope this all shows up ok!<br />
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If you wish to look at the entire album of pictures (taken by Claire, Steve and myself) you can view them <a href="http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Aegon%202011/" target="_blank">here </a></div>
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<br />Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-28445998527349894452011-12-04T18:27:00.004+00:002011-12-04T19:21:28.456+00:00Wow!<div style="text-align: justify;">I didn't blog at ALL last month.<br /><br />How remiss of me!<br /><br />So thiis is going to be another one of those catchup posts where I ramble incoherently LOL. If you read my blog then you're used to those. If you haven't been here before; then I'm sorry!<br /><br />So......let's start with the socks. I am up to speed with the A-Z sock challenge and I have two more pairs left to knit; Y and Z.<br /><br />I have knit two extra pairs (I think) for myself, a pair for Claire, done a test knit and I'm currently test knitting another (knee high) sock.<br /><br />I'm still planning on taking the 52 pair plunge next year - this is going to leave me with little, if any, time to knit (or spin) anything else! Which is a shame as the Double Knitting technique is trying to seduce me at the moment.<br /><br />Have you guys seen <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/insomnia-2">this</a> (rav link)?<br /><br />It's totally amazing and I really <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">really </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">want to knit it! There's another one as well which is cats eyes that I want to knit too!<br /><br />I was tempted for a while to blow the 52 pair plunge off for a year, but those rascally socks just keep calling to me!!<br /><br />OK.......what else.......Alex is still battling his depression, he sees a doctor regularly and is on medication. The crashes are still bad, but he's trying his best to cope with them. He has recently decided to stay away from Facebook which I think is a really good thing as it was the root of a lot of his problems!<br /><br />Kyle is now living next door with my mother - he had a huge fight with Alex and it descended into physical violence which left Alex covered in scratches and bruises and a slight concussion! We decided that him staying next door for a while would be the best thing for everyone concerned and him being there also puts my mind at rest; my mum turns 70 next year and I worry about her being on her own!<br /><br />I got up one morning and went to turn on the vivarium light - which is the first thing I do every morning - and I noticed one of the vents on the back of the vivarium had been popped out. My stomach dropped and I immediately opened the viv and checked the hide.<br /><br />Daffydd was gone!<br /><br />We have searched the house, but we can't find him anywhere. I'm hoping that he has curled up somewhere and is sleeping as the house has been chilly, but now I've put the heating on he may still appear!<br /><br />I am in the process of introducing Star & Frank to Albert at the moment, they seem completely uninterested in each other, so I shall put them all in together this week! Fingers crossed Albert doesn't eat them!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Aegon%202011/CIMG1401.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Aegon%202011/CIMG1401.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Dreadlock update: My locs will be 5 months old in a couple of days and are doing very well! The pink didn't hold so well, so I overdyed the whole lot with purple a week or so ago. I like the way it looks, but my poor scalp is suffering from the way I've abused it!<br /><br />Forgive the state of me in this picture, I was shattered!<br /><br />On Thursday; Mum, Alex, Isis and I packed ourselves into the camper and drove up to Kerry's. We camped outside Kerry's on the Thursday night then on Friday 2nd December, we left Alex and Isis with Kerry while Mum and I caught the train into London.<br /><br />We met up with Claire and Steve and headed into the Royal Albert Hall to watch the Aegon Masters Tennis!<br /><br /><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Aegon%202011/CIMG1327.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Aegon%202011/CIMG1327.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>I saw Pat Cash, Henri Leconte, John McEnroe, Mark Phillipoussis, Andrew Castle, Mansour Bahrami, Peter McNamara, Fabrice Sontoro, Jeremy Bates, Richard Krajicek, Mikael Pernfors, Virginia Wade, Annabel Croft & Tim Henman.<br /><br />It was absolutely awesome, we watched the afternoon session then Claire and Steve left, Mum and I stayed for the evening session which was originally billed to be John McEnroe vs Ivan Lendl, but Lendle pulled out so Richard Kracijek took his place. It was a really good match.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the two matches in the afternoon both went to tie-breaks, so the invitational doubles with Bahrami (the main reason I had gone) was only on for half an hour as they had to prepare for the evening session. I was rather gutted, but got some fabulous photos.<br /><br />I'll post them tomorrow when I can get access to the computer - it's one of the few things I </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">don't</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> like doing on the iPad LOL<br /><br />But I did get this fab shot of Mansour Bahrami which I will post for you for now :D</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">So.......what've </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">you</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> been up to?</span></div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-35626593014589081772011-10-30T12:01:00.004+00:002011-10-30T12:43:33.868+00:00As bright as a bright thing<div style="text-align: justify;">So a few days ago, I decided I was going to dye my hair!<br /><br />It's all Zaz's fault really; she's a woman with long dreadlocks from a website called Dreadlock Truth. Her locks are waist length and - due to her fascination with mermaids - she recently dyed her hair green. It looks A-MAZ-ING!<br /><br />I knew I didn't want mine all one colour though and on a recent shopping trip to Southampton with Alex; I found what I was looking for!<br /><br />So I roped Vicky (Matt's girlfriend - she started a Hair & Beauty course in September) in to help and we started off by dumping a load of bleach in my hair.<br /><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-25195458.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 161px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-25195458.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I will admit; I was absolutely terrified! I've put a lot of work into my dreads - I love them, they are getting solid and feel more dreadlockish. What if my hair all fell out, or the dye looked really shit? What if the bleaching process made my locs break? What if it set my scalp psoriasis off?<br /><br />We sat and we waited and waited. After half an hour, I went and rinsed. A lot of the hair was still quite dark, but seemed to have survived intact. We decided to apply another load of bleach and wait another half an hour.<br /><br />When I rinsed, this is what I got!<br /><br />I duly posted a pic on twitter - some loved it, Claire hated it LOL<br /><br />The next bit was going to be a bit more tricky as I was going to be applying 2 different colours and couldn't just slap it on as I was used to.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-25231845.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 144px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-25231845.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>We started off by applying the colour to the roots - almost immediately it became obvious that this colour wasn't going to go very far and I started to panic - I didn't want a whole load of blonde hair underneath.<br /><br />Then I remembered some dye I bought years and years ago and had never gotten around to trying.<br /><br />When colour number 1 ran out, we added colour number 2 to the ends of the locks that had been partially dyed with colour number 1.<br /><br />Once colour number 2 ran out we blanket dyed the remaining locs with the ancient dye I'd stashed in my bedroom - we had <span style="font-size:180%;">just</span> enough!<br /><br />I sat around with all that foil on my head, too scared to move in case something broke and all my hair fell out.<br /><br />Vicky was exhausted and went to bed and I was left to sit and worry on my own - well, the teen boys were there, but you know what they're like!!<br /><br />I waited about 40 minutes then went next door to use Mum's shower - no, I still haven't had an electrician in to wire up my fancy bath so I can get the shower attached!<br /><br />I didn't look in the mirror until after I got out, but from the amount of colour that ran down my body - I knew it was going to be bright.<br /><br />I had decided to hop into the shower and do it that way as colour 1 was a lot lighter than the other colours and I didn't want any bleeding effect going on.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I wasn't prepared for colour 3 to do what it did!<br /><br />So, first off, let me show you my hair!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26144413.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 141px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26144413.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26144419.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 142px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26144419.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26144503.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 141px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26144503.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Bright, isn't it?<br /><br />Personally, I love it!!<br /><br />Unfortunately, Mum's shower has now been stained blue - I used loads of cleaner on it and still couldn't get it back to white.<br /><br />Then I saw my back - it was blue too. I could've cried!<br /><br />I called Alex in and we scrubbed at it until we got most of it off. I got the hairdryer on my locs (it was gone 1am by this point) and dried them off.<br /><br />Then I went to bed.<br /><br /><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26135125.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 152px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Dreadlocks/2011-10-26135125.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>When I got up the next morning, the first thing I noticed was that my neck was blue again!<br /><br />I couldn't believe it! I scrubbed again, I tried toothpaste, eye make up remover, handwash, perfume and T-Gel - I ended up with little more than a sore blue neck :(<br /><br />We've come to the conclusion that this stuff is just going to leech onto my skin until it settles down, unfortunately this means I can't actually wear my hair down to show off the dye!<br /><br />The first two colours - Flamingo Pink and Indigo Violet by Directions - are absolutely fine and I have had no problems with them at all. It's the Blue Velvet by Special Effects (the really dark bits) that's causing all the problems!<br /><br />I'm going to go and wash it <span style="font-size:180%;">again</span> in a minute then give it a good rinse in cold water with a bit of vinegar in to see if that helps at all.<br /><br />Well....it works on fibre!<br /></div></div></div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-7992319675158173592011-10-17T15:35:00.003+01:002011-10-17T15:50:52.909+01:00WBankersI bank with Lloyds TSB. I have banked with them for <span style="font-size:180%;">years</span>! I have several accounts, the kids all have accounts and I have a credit card - all with Lloyds TSB.<br /><br />Several years ago, Matt wanted to start using his account when he started college. Due to the fact it hadn't been used; the bank had registered it as dormant. All they required was us to attend the bank with some form of identification.<br /><br />We went down, showed his passport, a button was pressed and Hey Presto! the account was working again.<br /><br />Same thing with Alex a year or so later.<br /><br />This year, Jess has started college and needs an active bank account. One Monday (about 3 weeks ago) I went into the main branch on the Island with Jess and her passport.<br /><br />Naturally, we ended up dealing with the idiot who didn't seem to know what he was doing! He took a scan of J's passport and then spent ten minutes farting about on the computer and phone before telling us that the department he needed to speak to were busy. He said he would sort it and call us later that afternoon to let us know what her account number was for college.<br /><br />He didn't ring.<br /><br />I stormed back into the bank the following afternoon, he was chatting and laughing away with colleagues. I marched straight up to him and declared "You didn't phone!"<br /><br />He had to go and <span style="font-size:180%;">find</span> the paperwork and then spent another <span style="font-size:180%;">35 minutes</span> on the phone and computer (while dealing with other bank staff who kept dropping things off at his desk) before telling me that Jess needed to go back into the bank so that he could call the correct department! I stood and gaped at him for a bit before reminding him that she had been in the bank the day before and he'd told us he'd sort it!<br /><br />But no, she had to go back in herself. She was told when she went in on the Friday that her account number, debit card and new PIN would be sent straight out and would be with her on the Tuesday.<br /><br />Friday we went back in to get a print out of her account number and demand to know why her card hadn't turned up! He clicked a button then told me it was on it's way.<br /><br />I was not at all impressed with this.<br /><br />Today I received my credit card statement. My minimum required payment for last month was £159.54. I pay £50 a week and have done for years and years.<br /><br />This month my last payment of £50 went in after the 'pay your money by this date'. So I was £9.54 short for two days.<br /><br />They charged me £12!<br /><br />I immediately called them and asked if it could be removed as it was last time the calender and my payments didn't match (about 2 years ago) only to be told "We don't do that."<br /><br />"Oh yes you do!" says I and we argued for about ten minutes before he graciously, like he was doing me a fucking favour or something, removed the £12 charge - he said "We'd only do it once in a while though and we won't do it again for at least 6 months". I told him that it had been a damn sight longer than 6 months since this had last happened, he said that's why he'd removed the charge and that I must pay the minimum amount required each month.<br /><br />I yelled at him and told him if he got a calculator out, he'd see that I've actually paid more most months (especially in a 5 week month) and maybe a big top bank like them should learn to be a little bit more flexible before hanging up.<br /><br />I wonder if that £12 will show as refunded on next months statement......Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-54341070981043796292011-10-05T15:02:00.004+01:002011-10-05T15:25:11.829+01:00As you may remember from previous posts; I sleep on the floor.<br /><br />I started doing this after going camping in Scotland and sleeping really comfortably all week.<br /><br />That was several years ago and I have slept on the floor ever since. From time to time, I'll sleep on the sofa - usually when my back aches.<br /><br />I have a theory that my back adapts to whatever treatment it is currently receiving - be it physiotherapy or medication and the treatment stops working after a while.<br /><br />My back has been aching loads lately, I've had to sleep more propped up to try and relieve the pain!<br /><br />A short while ago, I stayed at Debs' house and slept on a sofa futon in her spare room. It was really comfortable! Due to the fact that things got very uncomfortable, I decided to buy myself one.<br /><br />I had a voucher for Argos that gave me £20 off if I spent over £200, so I went in and ordered. The next day Argos tweeted that they were doing a 15% off all indoor furniture on top of all other offers. So I bitched and moaned on twitter and within four hours I received a phone call telling me that I would be receiving a cheque refuding me £54 - 15%! Very happy!<br /><br />I had a week to do some rearranging to make room for this sofa/futon in the craft room.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/1317730570136.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/1317730570136.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>I started with this. I just stood and looked at it at first, wondering where the hell I was going to put everything.<br /><br />I started out by moving my armchair out of the room (this photo was taken after I'd done that) - that's gone next door to my mum. Then I moved Sherry The Cherry and the new Joy into the front room.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/2011-10-05083906.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/2011-10-05083906.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>As I no longer need to pack all my bedding into a chest in my room (the sofa/futon has underbid storage!) I packed all my fleece into that. This freed up a large tub (the kind you use in the garden) which I dumped all my sock yarn into. I packed and rearranged and shifted stuff until I had made enough space. <br /><br />Then I washed the floor!<br /><br />I knew the table would also have to come out - that was also destined to go to my Mum's; I stole it from her in the first place LOL, but I left it deciding I would do it the following morning. <br /><br />When I originally ordered, they told me delivery would be between 12pm and 6pm, then yesterday I received a text telling me between 1pm and 3pm.<br /><br />This morning, at 8am, they called and asked if they could deliver between 9am and 10am! They had woken me so I was slightly fuzzy, but said that was fine.<br /><br />Then realised I had to get up, get dressed, move the table out and resweep the floor (I always sweep again after washing). I managed to get all that done in time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/2011-10-05104736-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/2011-10-05104736-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />It not only fits, I've even made a space larger than was required! It's very easy to fold it down to a bed, is quite firm but comfortable. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to sleeping on it tonight!Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-84501413537624026422011-10-01T17:56:00.004+01:002011-10-01T18:13:39.434+01:00Socks! Socks! Socks!<div style="text-align: justify;">I think I'm obsessed! I've thoroughly enjoyed knitting all these socks, even though I've knit nothing else and done hardly any spinning whatsoever! In fact, I've even knit <span style="font-size:180%;">extra</span> socks!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Screenshot2011-10-01at174613-1.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 431px; height: 532px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/Screenshot2011-10-01at174613-1.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>So next year I'm setting myself a challenge and it's a totally bonkers one! I'm going to follow the theme of four different sock groups from Ravelry.<br /><br />So, there's the 52 Pair Plunge - that's 52 pairs of socks knit in one year - one pair a week.<br />Then there's the UK Sock Knitters A-Z Challenge, the Sock Knitters Anonymous AND SolidSocks (I won't be actively participating in the 52 Pair Plunge as they start in July and signups are already closed, but I still aim to do 52 pairs in a year!)!<br /><br />Now, the A-Z Socks cast on goes 'live' every other week, so either pair 1 or pair 2 would also have to begin with the letter A (the pattern, I mean).<br /><br />As well as that at least one of the pairs I knit in January would also have to be Flora or Fauna Themed/Designed by Erica Lueder/January's Mystery Sock for SKA <span style="font-size:180%;">AND </span>one of the pairs need to be Black/White/Grey or any mystery sock ever designed.<br /><br />Luckily SolidSocks only change their designer every other month, but the colour does change every month.<br /><br />So in theory the first pair of socks for January 2012 could be a pattern that begins with A, designed by Erica Lueder and knit in black! That way, all I would have to worry about is knitting that pair in the first week, so that I can get all other socks knit in time LOL<br /><br />Clear as mud, right?<br /><br />Anyway, the pic is a pic of the spreadsheet I've spent this afternoon designing for my sock challenge next year.<br /><br />Yes, I know....I'm a sad muppet!<br /><br />But I'll be a sad muppet with warm feet!!!<br /></div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1580082311172388547.post-8690360778618306972011-09-08T19:18:00.004+01:002011-09-08T22:30:34.210+01:00The one where I got asked to do a review!<div style="text-align: justify;">A couple of weeks ago, my friend Marianne, asked if I would be willing to review a new bag design she had come up with.<br /><br />I jumped at the chance - after all, who doesn't love a new project bag, right?<br /><br />Marianne calls it her Little Dumpling and you can see her photo stream <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/picperfic/sets/72157627530845768/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/3222f113.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 132px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/3222f113.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>So, this bag arrived on the Tuesday after August bank holiday and I was immediately enamoured with the skull fabric she had used.<br /><br />It's quite a nice sized bag and I wondered how much I'd be able to squeeze into it - I do like to carry a lot of <del>junk</del> stuff!<br /><br />I decided I would take it along to bingo the following night.<br /><br />The bag has a front pocket which closes with the two buttons on the front, and the top of the bag closes by 3 buttons spaced evenly along the top. The handle is turned which I had not come across before.<br /><br />I must admit, I wasn't sure about the buttons to close the bag at first; I thought they'd be a complete pain - but they're surprisingly not fiddly, they do up quickly and easily.<br /><br />Marianne has also put a pocket on the inside and it's absolutely HUGE! I can fit a blister pack of medication, my bingo card, some money and my bingo dabber pen in it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/170deadd.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 79px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/170deadd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/de2761d3.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 58px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/de2761d3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In the main bag itself, I managed to squeeze everything you see on the right; my glasses case, two sock projects (200g of fingering weight yarn, 2 x 80cm circular needles), my row counter on the star keyring, my bingo pen, my bingo card, my pills, my scrunchie and the little doohicky I can hang my bag off!!<br /><br />It stays done up nicely once it's full and is being carried - even with all my <del>junk</del> stuff in it!<br /><br /><a href="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/a7bc5dc4.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 75px;" src="http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/puddytatpurr/Blog%20Stuff/a7bc5dc4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>At first I was going to suggest to Marianne that she offers this bag with a flat base as I prefer a bag to stand up, but I discovered this morning while taking these photos that it does stand up! Give it a little squish and the clever corner seams flatten out and it stands quite nicely. I've taken this last picture with my camera lens cap in front of it to give you an idea of the size of the bag and yes, it's standing unsupported.<br /><br />I don't know how much Marianne is planning to sell these Little Dumpling bags for, but the cost will be worth it. The attention to detail in her work is amazing! The fabric for this bag has been doubled throughout, there's a fancy heart stitching across the top of the pocket, a large pocket inside (which would easily fit your iPhone or HTC in) all immaculately seamed and pressed, she's even included a little keyring to attach your carkeys/row counter/etc too!<br /><br />I would heartily recommend this bag and if you'd like to buy it, it will be available in Marianne's <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/picperfic?ref=pr_shop" target="_blank">etsy shop</a> very soon!<br /></div>Puddytat purrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623020463209673841noreply@blogger.com2