Recent content by Lothlorien

Thanks for all the input & stories. :) Off to the pet store soon!

Anyone able to share insights about keeping birds as pets, particularly budgies? Dogs were a large part of my childhood and I have really missed that – and just having a pet in general. It’s hard to have a dog here while renting an apartment and also my lifestyle wouldn’t be good for a dog, so...

Dear judiz, I am so sorry. Peace to all of you.

Found a pattern I liked. Got the yarn. Eventually figured out how to make the purchased yarn work with the pattern... getting the sizing right was challenging - my squares were coming out too small, not because of tension but because of difference in yarn weight. Fortunately this was easy...

Dear All, thank you again for all the love and support. You all :kickass: :) My post-op check up was... a non-event. The doctor had a look on the outside and on the inside, answered a few of my questions and 10 minutes later I was out of the gynae clinic, hopefully never to return! Pathology...

A huge thank you for all the good vibes and all the advice offered in my original thread about preparing for a major surgery and managing the recovery process. I've made use of a number of suggestions and tips, and hopefully they've been of use to others too. :) After years of suffering with...

More progress! Until now my crocheting sessions have been sporadic while I deal with other things, and every time it feels like I need to re-learn the basics again. But it comes back quicker and looks better each time. Making single crochet swatches now – 11 chains and then however many rows I...

So it took a while to get organised, but I finally sat down yesterday and started figuring this out. First couldn't figure out how to chain whatsoever, then it clicked, then couldn't figure out how to sigle crochet whatsoever, then it clicked... :cheer2: Looking forward to further clicks...

Wow, thank you so much for all the replies. I tried knitting as a kid, didn't get far, so maybe there's hope. Not aiming for perfection here - so even if I make mistakes, I'll still be happy with the product and knowing the recipients, they will too. Heading to the library tomorrow to look at...

Someone I’m very close to is expecting her first baby, and I’d like to make something for the little one – and got the idea of crocheting a baby blanket. The catch is that I’ve never been much good with my hands and needle work, and my attempts at knitting in childhood looked rather sad. I...

Thanks @rjblue and @Aussie Willy. Unfortunately neither of your suggestions solves the issue. Maybe I should change the threat title to "words joining" rather than "spacing" :) Not all of the spacing is affected - the glitches are completely random and occur only a few times in a given...

I've been working with a variety of Word documents in the course of my latest pursuit, many of which have been created in various versions of Windows and I'm running into a really annoying problem where swapping between the various versions (not by choice) makes some of the spacing between words...

Thank you for all the replies. Unfortunately I don't have a good network at this point, though I am tapping into what I do have and looking into ways to expand them. Part of the issue is that I was mostly out of the workforce whilst doing my Masters, and the one job I had was completely...

I recently graduated with a new Masters degree, which was a change of discipline for me. Now I'm job hunting and narrowing down on a career path - which, ironically, is again slightly different from what the Masters points towards! My fellow students are either still studying, or have gone in...

Completed week 2, but didn't feel strong enough to progress to the next week, so I thought I'd repeat. Started re-doing week 2. Got sick... did nothing for a while. Back to the drawing board, week 1 it is again.