Yarn Along

Linking up with Ginny for Yarn Along

 

Blankets for charity!

 

We had over 80 x 10" squares that the ladies in the knitting group had crocheted.  When my friend Debbie was here a couple of months ago, she took them all home with her and made them up into 3 single bed sized blankets.  Such beautiful colours...and all out of various bits and pieces of leftover yarn!!

 

Thanks Debbie :))

 

(Debbie blogs HERE)

 

(Rainbow Blankets for Mission Without Borders)

More jumpers and beanies for Nepal knitted by the dedicated ladies in our knitting group...

(for Friends of Himalayan Children)

Still crocheting around the edge of a single bed blanket for charity...

Finished the red mittens, but they are a bit big for me, so will send them to one of the charities we support.

And on the reading front...

Almost finished re-reading The Clear Light of Day by Penelope Wilcock  and enjoying it again!
(Pen blogs HERE) 

And looking forward to starting Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor 
Couldn't resist a little sneak read...I think it's going to be good!!!

Had son Ben and daughter in law Hayley here recently...we had 2 nights in Stanley (love that place!).  Hope to get a post up about it soon.


Finishing up with a quote from Barbara's book....

"The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself"
(William Faulkner)

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Bake Knit Read

Baked some yummy muffins during the week...

 

Here's the recipe!

 

Honey Almond Cakes

 

150g soft butter

1/3 cup raw sugar

1/3 cup honey

3 beaten eggs

zest of a lemon

200 g almond meal

75g self raising flour

 

Cream butter and sugar. Stir through honey and beaten eggs.  Fold through lemon zest, almond meal and flour.  Divide into muffin trays.  Bake 180'C for approx. 20 minutes.

 

It's that easy!!

 

 

Knitting red mittens to keep my hands warm on my early morning walks.  Have some little gel Pocket Hand Warmers to put in them too :))

 

 

And reading White Garden by Stephanie Barron.  It's really good!!

 

Also browsing The Simple Things magazine from the UK.

And just because...

(back cover of The Simple Things mag)

 

It being winter here now...I've changed my photo at the top of blog...and also right side bar. 

 

 Bet you can't tell I have a thing about fog...and trees :)))

 

Also linking this post with Ginny's Yarn Along.

 

Wild and windy here today...love it!!!

 

xx

 

 

 

 

 



Blankets...Beanies...Books...

Linking up with Ginny again for the weekly Yarn Along...

We had our monthly charity knitting get together this past week.  We now have beanies and cot blankets ready to be posted to the relevant charities.

 

3 cot blankets will go to KOGO

 

And the 70 beanies will go to Cairns to be sent to Nepal for Friends of Himalayan Children

 

A great effort from a small number of knitters!!

 

 

 Still reading At The Water's Edge, but more than half way through it.  It's ok, but a bit too much about the main character Maddie for my liking, and not enough about the setting (Scottish Highlands), which was one of the reasons I was drawn to the book :)

So...I'm looking forward to starting THIS book next, and hoping it won't disappoint...

It has rather mixed reviews, so will see how it goes...

 

Why all this interest in Scotland?

 

Well...

 

It's because the family are planning on meeting up there next year for our holidays.  The Aussie winter...Scottish summer...

 

So I'm getting a feel for the place :))

 

xx

Yarning

Joining Ginny on her blog for Yarn Along...


Finished the crocheted edge on this cot blanket for one of the charities our knitting group support...

Now need to crochet around this single bed blanket...

Back to reading THIS book.  I read the first chapter a couple of weeks ago, but then had to finish a book I had on loan from the library.  With that done, I can now get back to this one in earnest.

Enjoying it so far...

And also browsing some back issues of this great Aussie magazine...Slow...

Winter has arrived... 

Snow on the mountains... 

 

 It's nice to have some knitting on the go...a good book to read...wood for the fire...  

 

xx

Out with the old...

In with the new...

 

Now all I need to do is learn how to use it!!

 

xx

In the mail...

My friend Sharm has a Snail Mail/Round Robin Yahoo group.  I have been a member of it since the beginning and have made some lovely friendships over the years.

She is opening up the group to new members, so if you think you might be interested, go check out her blog and leave a comment.

She does want to limit the size of the group, so if she gets too many interested, then I will be happy to start some round robin letters from here!

Go take a look HERE

Stacked

Had a load of firewood delivered yesterday

Making a start...

 (the darker wood at the bottom of the stack in the shed is what I had left from last winter)

Getting there...

(on to my second row)

 

Almost done...

 (third row)

Finito...

(3 - 3 1/2 metres of wood)

 

 

I must be fitter than I was last winter as I did the stacking over a couple of days.  This time I did it all in one go (with a small break for a banana and a quick Sudoku while eating it).  Took me about 2 hours to do it all...rake up the mess on the grass and collect a box of kindling.

 

I'm so glad I got it finished as over night and today it's been raining heavily and steadily with very strong winds.

 

So now I can sit by the fire and...read...knit...dream...

 

xx