tension squares. I bought some of this yarn because it looked so wonderful in the ball, and the mix of colours caught my eye. I imagined that it would work up quickly, as the recommended needle size is 7mm, but I'm finding it requires more attention than expected. It runs thick-and-thin and when it's thick, it's very thick and when it's thin... ( Read more... )

J'ai fait de la boutiqu'sie aniet. J'ai acatée deux cotelles, plusieurs pathes des drâses, des breunes bottes, et deux magâsîns, un pouor mé et l'aut' pouor man tchoeu. Ch'est un magâsîn d'tchèrpentage des Êtats Unis et ch'est raide bouon, raide întérêssant. Man magâsîn est 'Knitting today', bein seux. Lé temps fait caud et bieau solé ( Read more... )

There was much coarse drilling, of the kind that made you think your other teeth were vibrating loose. (It felt like a rotary bastard file! No joking!) Then I had to bite into some Stuff resembling a mouthful of warm candlewax (peuh!) for impressions and finally have a temporary crown fixed in. I'm sincerely hoping the technician makes a finer job ( Read more... )

J’sis êmitouffliée aniet pa'ce qué i' fait fraid. Hièr, j'ai allé seiz l'apotichi pouor acater de la méd'cinne et à ch't heuthe j'ai té r'va sus l'mus.

Démain, j'm'en vais à Lé Pays d'Galles. J'en sis mârrie. Jé n'veurs pon y aller.

À la préchaine!

The post brought lots of goodies to my box this morning ( Read more... )

Browsing the new pattern books online last evening, I found another that I fancy knitting for myself. (knits for others are already ordered)

Ch'est ch’tî-chîn.I like the design but the yarn does nothing for me. I'd prefer something tweedy, more interesting so I'm off to compare the tensions of other yarns, and wish, eune aut' fais, that there was ( Read more... )

Back again. Did you miss me? :P

Oui! Ch'est vrai! Lé solé lit et lé ciel est bliu. Né v'là des nouages. Au solé ch'est caud ( Read more... )

À matîn, j'ai 'té (have been) siez l'dentiste. J'ai ieu deux (ch'est 'le plombage' en Français mais j’ n’ai autcheune idée what 'filling' is en l'Jèrriais.) Ch't' arlévée, j'ai acaté trais livres au sujet dè l'oeuvre mais j'ai voulu plusieurs ( Read more... )

Eating is now a pain rather than a pleasure. My missing upper 5 means I can barely chew on that side and yet I have a collapsed filling at the back somewhere on the right that hurts if I bite down too hard, or eat bread with 'bits' in it.

Friday will come soon enough.