AnonyMouse_26037
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What blanket are making? Very impressed at your chair covering!
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I went and read some of the reviews and I can see what they mean but so far I’ve found them mostly ok. She has done some great videos both for specific techniques and for stuffing/stitching up which I found really helpful. It can be hard to figure out the positioning of eyes, ears and noses, you need to rely on the pictures to help and they’re not always taken at the angle you need! Having said that I think that individual ‘quirks’ are what give them personality. Some reviewers said that there was no direction on angle or direction of head positioning but I just put them on facing forwards! Maybe I’m a bit too hasty?! I have also emailed before to ask a question and got a prompt and helpful reply.
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Of course! She has several. Edward’s menagerie was the first. The two I’m working on at the moment are from ‘Edward’s Menagerie The new collection’. If you order from her website: www.toftuk.com you often get bonus digital mini patterns. She has a dogs book too...
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The designer whose book I have the pattern from names all her creatures. So far I have made Emma the bunny and Hank the sheep. I chose this one because the friend it is for is also called Natalie. She is moving in with her partner and there happens to be an animal with his name too so I’m going to make him too and give them as a pair. The designer writes a little character profile for each of her animals too.
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Works for me - as I’m sure I’ve said I am rubbish at gardening!
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Excellent! Moving in very welcome. I love my breakfasts! Today (it was exceptional - usually it’s just cinnamon and raisin porridge or eggs on toast) I had scrambled eggs on toast with avocado, the roasted strawberries and a nectarine stirred through some Greek yogurt, orange juice, freshly made Welsh cakes and a pot of tea. Roasted strawberries - I had about half a punnet left. Oven preheated to 190 fan, strawberries hulled and any grotty bits chopped out, large ones chopped in half, 1 spoon of sugar stirred through. Roasted in oven for 20 minutes with a quick stir part way through to stop it catching.
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My latest finished creation - Natalie the otter. Soon to be part of a housewarming present.
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It helps loads, thank you! On the subject of spoiling myself I got up far later than I intended this morning so decided I'd combine breakfast and lunch (well for now - second breakfasts are fine aren't they?) and in the course of doing this have discovered the joys of roast strawberries. I love fruit but have a bit of a thing about the texture being right - can't eat apples which are 'furry' and strawberries which are just starting to turn are difficult. I'm doing my best not to waste food so the apples get turned into crumbles, apple and blackberry mix to go on crumpets (for breakfast), apple and sultana fritters etc but I've never known what to do with the strawberries. Now the problem is going to be to stop myself from letting them get to that stage!
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So, how many books (and crochet hooks) can I justify buying in one afternoon?! 😉 PS enuffsenuf - hope you’ve recovered now.
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I quite often try to do that with a laptop where that isn’t meant to work! 🙄
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Haven’t really looked yet. I’ve had a Toshiba in various incarnations for years which I liked but don’t think it exists anymore! I like my schools one which is an HP so might explore that.
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I think that will be the case - we used to be able to just turn up. I might set my dad on researching it as I’ll probably borrow his car to take stuff there. It’s a bit of a catch 22 - I can’t really progress on the spare room until I take stuff to the tip but I have nowhere to store the stuff before going to the tip apart from the spare room!
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Oh bless you Sunnyday. It’s not you at all. I have been going regularly to Tesco since the end of March but nowhere else until I ventured into the yarn shop a couple of weeks ago when I did things wrong throughout my trip. It was quite unnerving. I am left wondering about how to go about doing all my usual summer holiday jobs (MOT, clothes shopping etc) as well as how to approach the less usual ones - buying a new laptop, clearing my spare room and going to the tip among others. Well done for going back out there again!
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Sounds like a plan to me. I know that when we were starting school again on the 1st June although the guidance kept changing it would be change that could be made to our main documents rather than a whole new document being written. With the benefit of hindsight I would suggest having one of those date fields in a footer somewhere that automatically updates itself so that you can tell which version of what you're looking at is the latest one. Calling it 'version 2, 3, 428' etc. doesn't help much when you're not sure which version you are on!
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It always does! Plus I have 5 weeks as I have a 2 week October half-term. I like the sense of restoring order that the first few days of the holidays brings; I always seem to finish in a manic rush with late nights and early mornings and lots of undone jobs at home. I'm going to bed now - am completely shattered even though I indulged in a good long nap earlier! I have a book to read but suspect I won't get far into it before my eyes close!
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It’s absolutely that. Lots to do still but for now there is no pressure to do it at all. I love the luxury of a whole day of reading with no guilt attached!
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I had my last day of term yesterday. Today I have spent in pjs, reading or crocheting and just resting. Tomorrow is meant to be a major house cleaning day to restore some kind of order before I embark on the TDL!
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Glad to have been of service! 😉 Persian Jewel? If it's the one I think it is that will be stunning!
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Deal! 😉 Although remember that gardening assistance I need!
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😄 You talk about bins all you like - I'm enjoying it ! I have just slightly run out of things to add to the conversation...Plus am feeling slightly left out because I've never been stickered!
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Always! They are super easy - a banana, egg, 25g flour, 1/4 baking powder - blend until smooth (I use my stick blend that I use for making soup), cook as usual in a little melted butter. Great way to use up softening bananas and I put whatever soft fruit I have with them - I think they'd probably go well with a warm apple/cinnamon mix too although I haven't tried that.
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Fascinating variations in bin collection! 😁 It's been a busy old week here (and I forgot to put my recycling bin out!). I started getting eczema on my wrist and feet a year ago and in the last few months the patch on my wrist has become bigger and more irritating - driving me mad at the moment! I had tea with my mum and dad last night which was lovely. This morning it is so lovely to see the sun! A new skein of hand-dyed yarn in the most beautiful autumnal colours has arrived in the post. I had banana pancakes with nectarine, yogurt and honey for breakfast which is a breakfast guaranteed to make me feel both indulged and virtuous. I have already got a load of laundry done. On the other hand my TDL is longer than my arm, my house is a complete pigsty and there is a distinct sense of overwhelm to my morning. I'm going to pull myself together and get going though - there are just 2 weeks of school left to go and then I am planning 5 lovely weeks! I may be back for some easy gardening tips though - it is not my strength but I did tell myself that this year was the one I would sort my garden, I planned to get started at Easter and then 'stuff' happened!
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If it’s of any reassurance to people all the schools I know are planning ‘recovery’ for September with children in their new year groups largely focused on emotional and social wellbeing.
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As I don’t have a brown bin it’s a while since I read the instructions but I’m fairly sure we can put in compost able food waste such as veg peelings but nothing cooked and no raw meat. Those kinds of food waste go in general household waste.
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As I don’t have a brown bin it’s a while since I read the instructions but I’m fairly sure we can put in compost able food waste such as veg peelings but nothing cooked and no raw meat. Those kinds of food waste go in general household waste.
