On the home front

Just back from helping Marnie clean out her spare room for a friend coming to stay for a night or two.  She had these beautiful quilt tops that she had pieces ages ago and was getting rid of...

So of course I said I'd take them :).  They are being washed as I type becaue they had been stored away for a number of years and were a bit musty, then I will probably back them with polar fleece and hand quilt them.  I'm a bit over the knitting and crocheting I've been doing all winter, and I also found this cot quilt panel in my cupboard that I plan on backing with polar fleece and hand quilting...

But having said that, I do still need to have a knitting project on the go to do while watching DVDs (because I don't need to watch what I'm doing when knitting whereas with other handcrafts I do).  So I found this jumper I had started to knit many moons ago, and am undoing it.  Don't be too horrified, I'd only done the back :).  I decided I'd wear a cardigan more than I'd wear another a jumper, so am going to make the one below...

well....that's the plan... :)

...while re-watching a couple of DVDs I have, thanks to some recent blog posts by Pen re. the Amish and Hutterites.


And over the last couple of weeks I've been baking.

I  made these muffins...

Recipe here...

I did substitute some of the white flour with rye, buckwheat and almond meal, used a bit less sugar, and just used ordinary milk as I didn't have any buttermilk.  Also added a dash of mixed spice, allspice and cardamom.  I didn't ice them (just dusted with icing sugar), and next time I think I'd like to try adding some fruit, maybe blueberries, chopped apple or rhubarb?


Also made some Anzac biscuits...

And, surprise, surprise...I didn't change the recipe!!!

I undercook mine a bit, because I like them still a bit soft in the centre

I feel a headache coming on (easterly winds) so although there is much to do in the garden, I think I'll take it easy with some knitting.

Spring is in the air!

xx