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Hi Anne I was sorry to see recently when you "spoke" on the forum that you have benn unwell. I just want you to know that even though we are far apart my thoughts are with you often and I trrust that you are making a satisfactory recovery.

Hi Anne
I hope I dont come across as supid, but could you please help me as regards to a pattern for your slip overs, I love knitting but it is by pattern and I dont know where to start. All your items are wonderfull you are so clever,wish I could start from scatch.
Maureen xx

Hope to get my son to help me with a blog page I don't understand what to do
I am not very computer savy.

Hi Anne,
I've been thinking about the toddlers lying on the linoleum since Sandy posted the photo in her blog.....very difficult image to forget.
Also I was thinking about all the baby blankets Ronda has stored.
Would it be a possibility to sew two of the baby blankets together to make a toddler blanket? It would be a bit bigger (6 X 4 instead of 5 X 4 ) but at least they would have something to sleep on or to cover them.
You are probably already thinking of ways to help . I thought I would run this by you because Sandy is so busy and you always have good ideas.

I've tried to check on the name of that stitch but I can't find it. The reverse side is called sand stitch. Grains of sand? That's what KAS started with. It simple and effective and I am delighted that you enjoy it too.

Anne I have discovered that my credit card is not one of those listed!!I will sort it somehow.

Hi Anne ! I am so glad you like my little 'buddies'. The little teddy came from a pdf file I downloaded, attributed to Patricia Smith, but I cannot find it on the net any more. The little fellow in the yellow jumpsuit can be found on our forum. Click on forum and scroll down to toys and you will find rainbow babies pattern. I will see if I can copy the pdf file to our form patterns but I am not very good at that sort of thing. lol !

Hi Anne,
I had a chat to two Zulu ladies who work in the retirement village where I live, just yesterday. The one, a younger woman, was a bit reluctant to open up and just said that frogs can bring sickness and death.
But Patricia, a middle aged woman, was more forthcoming and said that frogs, in and around the home, were a symbol of witchcraft activity and that someone was wishing one ill, seriously bad. I know that she is a devout Christian and asked if her religion did not nulify the 'bad spell' but she said no - witchcraft still has deep roots in their culture.
I remember a Zulu gardener, in our previous home, asking my husband to remove a large bullfrog from the area where he had to work. There was absolutely no way he was prepared to tackle it himself or even work around it.

I asked Patricia if toy frogs would be alright to send for our children and she said that she personally wouldn't worry about toys - it was the real thing that unsettled her.
Hope this makes you feel happier about the odd toy that may have found its way over here.
Jen