Don't forget to let us see the end result

Answers from 2 friends (both very experienced crocheters so ....) Well Kate - to me it looks like - 1st Row -Coloured Row - Double crochet,then make 3 chains,miss 3 stitches,double crochet in next stitch,3chains,miss 3stitches - all the way round. Next Row in the Main colour (in this case Parchment)...

Well that is a mystery - I will ask my crochety friends and link them to that page, maybe someone will be able to help....

Sorry Kate, not like that. You know a normal treble border? Well, between the rows, in a contrast colour, there is a row of little vertical stitches like this l l l l I don't know if you follow patchwork heart, but she does it. Can't find a tutorial for it though. Can you link me to a photo? I've l...

I read this for my English Lit 'O' Level that I took in 1976, so probably not my favourite book as it was just school work, maybe I should pick it up again... The other book was One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn which I seem to remember enjoying more, not sure if I cou...

Not entirely certain what you are asking Helen.... sorry Is it something like this? http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t297/cgfp/Knitting/crochetscarf_zps0b6778de.jpg This is chain 2 between each TR with 4 ch at the corners to make the next square.... probably nothing like what you're asking about b...

Sorry cannot help but good luck!

My dad had all his teeth out in his 20s, the result of lack of nutrition in the war maybe, and wore dentures all his life until he died at 62. He never seemed to have a problem with them though.

Hope you get on ok Richard x

I'm a bit slilmmer now Kate but I've only lost about 10lbs since then. I had to maintain my weight for 3 months as part of the weight loss thing I'm doing (just to prove I could do it because most people always put the weight back on) You have achieved what most people never can, and done without f...

Just realised you are 'Julie with the cardigan' that I met at Yarndale briefly, you looked very slim to me!

I read that somewhere else about cooking a chicken in it, I guess it doesn't brown but we chuck the skin away anyway. Is it very moist? My old man is a right fuss pott and likes meat reasonably 'dry'....

Made steak and kindey for a pie filling this week and fried the onions a bit first to soften them and it came out perfect I think the thing you said Saint-Spoon about veg needing higher temperatures hit the nail on the head - the first time I cooked it on high and the onions were fine, the next time...

That is fantastic well done! I remember we both started about the same time last year but you have stuck with it and done a lot better than me

You are getting a right tele addict Ilona! But all those progs are so worth watching, there seems to be nothing on then all of a sudden we are spoilt for choice

I think that is a wise decision Saintly person, hopefully it won't be too long before you can venture out again and catch up on some decent TV again....

Crikey Manda, that sounds a bit of a trauma, I hope you get well soon