Blogger :-(

Mixed bag, some I can comment, others not
Then I found the following on this blog

"I'm not sure if anyone else is having the same problems commenting as I am at the moment.....................I'm unable to post comments to blogs that are using the embedded comment option in their settings...........................I used the "Help" button on the dashboard and apparently there's an error attatched to this setting.......................it's quite easy to change.........On your "Dashboard" click on "Settings" then click on "Comments"...............3rd option down you have three choices to display your comment box..............either choose "Pop up window" or "Full page display"......the third one "embedded beneath post" is the option causing all the problems.

I've just had another look on bloggers "Help" page and quite a few people are experiencing this problem.

So if I usually comment on your blog and I haven't recently, it may be because you have the "embedded below post" option to display your comments."

Only went to the blog for her lovely crafting ability and I found an answer - good news

Blogger :-(

another day

but Blogger has not changed

I CANNOT LEAVE COMMENTS!!!!!

Frustration is turning to anger

So best leave for a little while

In the hopes of one day it will work

To all my lovely blogging friends

I am reading your posts

I really, really want to leave a comment

BUT BLOGGER WILL NOT LET ME!!!!!

Wednesday's Word

Hi everyone

I know about Wordless Wednesday

But why not have a special word on Wednesday instead

First off - I have not had a drink and I have not taken any pills   ☺

As a child I was a voracious reader and I loved finding new words and trying to work out the meaning from the text around it.  I was frequently right, but it also expanded my vocabulary when checking in the dictionary.  Kids curtailed my reading time, but I am slowly getting back into it.  And once again words are intruiging.

While I was planning this in post (in the middle of the night) all my favourite, weird words disappeared into the shadows and crooks and cranny's.

The only word that just would not go away was .......

drumroll please ........

GULARGAMBONE

This word is not found in a dictionary, but on a map

I love this word, it always makes me smile, I love saying it

Now I am no word expert, so please correct me (gently, I hate pain  ☺)

It is pronunuced - Gul/aR/Gam/Bone

Never been there

Don't know anyone from there

But would love to go there one day, just to say I have

While trying to find a map to show you where it is (could not work out how to add Google Maps), I found this in images, from Wilber Farm House (no affiliation what so ever).  Could be the perfect place to visit Gulgarambone.

You really need to say it out loud to enjoy the word - well I do!! ☺ ☺

And also from the website -

"Gulargambone" is an aboriginal term meaning "watering hole of many birds".

Now I must off and prepare myself (read) so I have a word for another Wednesday

Blogger :-(

Is driving me crazy this morning

It will NOT let me leave comments on some of your very wonderful posts

I am in an endless loop of logging in and clicking comment and logging in and clicking comment ....... and on and on and on

I feel sad, as there were a few I really, really, really wanted to say - Hey I love it, looks great, etc


 

Milo

Hi everyone

A quick little, gorgeous project to show.

This pattern has been on my queue for A-G-E-S

I finally got around to buying it and decided to whip one up straight away

Love, love, love it

Definitely on my "what can I quickly whip up or have on stand by pattern" for babies, toddlers and children - the pattern goes up to 6 years old!!!

Milo details are here

No mods

Well worth the small price for a such a simple, but gorgeous pattern.

I know it will be used again, and again, and again .........

An added bonus - the designer is Australian!!

Hobart, Tasmania

Hi everyone

Well I did say that I would share some thoughts and photos of my trip,
and so I start ......

This post may seem disjointed as I will be writing this in bits and pieces

Now, you should all know that this has completed a long held Bucket List wish

I have now visited every state and territory in Australia

Some only very briefly and one teeny bit of the state/territory

Others are repeated visits and much more extensive

Now while Tasmania has patiently waited for a visit from me, I have found that I have a very large and strong connection with this beautiful little state.

My family history research has turned up quite a lot of my ancestors from here.

So on my trip to Hobart, we spent a lot of time just looking and feeling the atmosphere

I know there are many things now that my ancestors would never have seen

But as Hobart has kept a large amount of their old buildings and historical attractions, I got a glimpse of what it may have looked and felt like

View from Derwent River and hidden in the clouds is Mt Wellington

 

Just to document my direct ancestors who started their families in Tasmania.

1.  Thomas DRISCOLL - Convict, arrived in Tasmania in 1852 from Cork, Ireland ; almost immediately became a Policeman in the Colony ; had two wives and a total of 22 children!!!! (g-g-g-grandfather)
2. Mary LEARY/O'LEARY - Came free to Tasmania from Ireland ; wife of above ; had 13 children (g-g-g-grandmother)
3. John CHEW - Convict, arrived in Tasmania in 1848 from Somerset, England (g-g-g-grandfather)
4. Ellen QUILL - Convict, arrived in Tasmania in 1851 from Limerick, Ireland ; wife of John CHEW (g-g-g-grandmother)
5. Mary QUILL - Convict, arrived in Tasmania in 1851 from Limerick, Ireland ; sister of Ellen QUILL (g-g-g-grandaunt)
6. David RADLEY - Convict, arrived in Tasmania in 1845 from Essex, England (g-g-g-grandfather)
7. Emma Jane ROBINS - Born in Tasmania in 1837. Wife of David RADLEY.  Details are sketchy on exactly when her parents, William & Jane ROBINS (g-g-g-g-grandparents), arrived in Tasmania (c1833), but they were in Victoria c1840 (g-g-g-grandmother)
8. John VICTORSEN - Came free to Tasmania from Germany via England (g-g-g-granduncle)

View from Mt Wellington of Hobart & north on a beautifully clear day

What's going on around here

Well, confusion mainly

Cazn't seem to make up my mind what I want to do, as evidenced below

Normally I am a one-project woman

But it seems that knitting in the round is really attracting me

And the one lone crochet project, which I had thought about for ages.

Well, absolutely love the cotton, but for some reason the project is just not working for me.

No particular reason, just does not seem right

Don't know if it just needs some time out or forget about it

So, how many projects do you have going at the moment?

And how many do you love?

COTM

Hi everyone

Just some quick pictures of this months Charity Of The Month mail outs

First off - Australian Inland Mission

And then - Sydney Homeless Connect Day.

I was planning on sending more for this, being so local.

But that vest is HEAVY.

Took all the 500g of the Posk Pak!!

Not to worry, there is always more local charities throughout the year.

And that vest will keep someone VERY WARM

Teeny weeny

Hi everyone

Well I showed you the little crocheted hats I whipped up for the hubby's new neices.

I also made them little cardigans.

Knitted this time as I was worried about their tiny little fingers getting caught.

And after seeing them I was right to be worried.

Even though it will be a while before they fit into these little cardigans.

See how little they are

This is the Smocked Top pattern which I have used before

And those little beanies

Well Knit4Charity has a booklet out with a few patterns and guidelines for various charities

I knit their Preemie Baby Beanie

And look at the size

Those teeny weeny little knitted beanies will fit them now!!!!

The girls are officially one week old today

And all is well

Tasmanian Wool Co.

Lookee what I picked up in Hobart

At the Tasmanian Wool Co in Salamanca Place of all places

Supreme Possum Merino Yarn 4ply Silk!!!

A beautiful soft yarn

Bit of mixed feelings about this

I do love 'Our' Possums

Have had, over the years, quite a few as wild 'pets'

Well, they at times would hand-feed from us

Particularly one 'Mum' who we would see over many years

And I believe they are protected in a lot of areas of Australia because of their low numbers

But someone, somewhere, sometime, took Possums to New Zealand

Where they are now considered pests

Destroying their native wildlife and flora

Much like Cane Toads have become to QLD, and now unfortunately NSW, maybe even VIC

So they are 'harvested'

And rather than being a total waste

Their coats are put to use

As New Zealanders are almost like cousins, cause of their closeness and their love of living in Australia  :-)

I decided to buy some and try it out

Did I mention how soft this is

Very eager to try it out

Apparently gloves and socks are popular with possum fur

But this is special yarn with a mix of merino, possum and silk

So something special I think is necessary

Please pop on over to Kiwiyarns Knit if you would like to know more about it or just to read a wonderful blog about yarn and New Zealand in general

Well, what's a crafter to do ....

when two little girls turn up so unexpectedly?

Well, first is to run up to the LYS to grab some very soft baby yarn.

Preemies need lots of softness

Secondly, peruse patterns for preemies

Thirdly, get out all my little hooks and needles

And, fourthly - get cracking

See how tiny they are?

And their heads are 6cm smaller than this

So they are still too big for them

But they will grow

Funny, how only two years ago, almost to the day, my daughters half-sisters were born at 24 weeks too.  They are now 'big' girls of 2!!.  I remember the tiny things I made for them.

My twin girls were born 4 weeks preemie, but such a good size there were no problems, and they were treated like normal term babies.  Probably just no room to grow in my then, tiny, body   :-)

Off to whip out a few more, as I know that's about all they will be wearing

Another thought I just had, is that for just over 30 years, except for 1 year, I have been making everything in triplicate.  D3 was too close in age to leave her out of new things.  And I felt horrible if she had only hand-me-downs, even if they were almost new - Silly me!!!!

Ooops almost forgot details

The pattern is The Shell Stitch Beanie

Mods and details here

Welcome

Just a quick update

At some time very late last night

Not even too sure if it was today or yesterday

Hubby became an Uncle again

So late that I don't even know the sexes as yet

Yep, there were 2 of them

Now your probably a bit surprised

No photos of wee crocheted or knitted things

Particularly as I love to work these wonderful tiny things up for charity

Well, the little ones have turned up 12 weeks early!!!!

So other than their birth, that's all we know

Home again

Hi everyone

Well, I did make it back, extremely relunctantly, from Hobart
And what beautiful weather she turned on
I haven't even looked at what little photos I have taken as yet
Spent most of the time just absorbing the history and picturing what my ancestors may have seen.

While I was away, in my head, I wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote posts
But now, well they seem very relunctant to turn up
Probably too many re-works in my head

So please excuse my lack of posting
Hopefully it will work itself out and turn up here

And I'm madly trying to catch up with the blog world I missed (well, I'm skimming really)
And hopefully fingers will get back to crochet and knitting - books are the preference at the moment
It's ALL gone haywire   :-)