So the time was right to start on a new winter scarf. I’m very pleased with this, its an Irish Hiking Scarf and I thought the cables and especially the sides were very beautiful.

Another pair of Fetchings are on the way.

Auntie Audrey’s Socks, knitted under duress and much nagging from mum. What is a girl to do when her mum is literally in high pitched mode pleading for a lovely pair of socks for her sister. Of course I capitulated, but they have turned out rather nicely and I caught mum baking a Christmas cake for my hubby and boys today, so she is definitely forgiven.

I picked the last of the courgettes today, it was a very sad moment. They have made me very happy over the summer months with their eagerness to please and their delightful colour.

Although a close cousin, the butternut squash, should keep us happy for a little while at least.

We picked all of the plum tomatoes today, probably about 20lb, so I will spend tomorrow morning processing them to freeze. We also picked all of the cherry tomatoes that were left, I would think about 6lb. Mum had a couple of pounds of them, along with some carrots that were huge.. and looked perfect, no carrotfly on them at all, so we were very pleased.

We also dug out some baby beetroots to have in the week. Strangely, the first row of beetroot is producing tiny beetroots, yet it was planted six weeks before the row that is producing quite large, nearly tennis ball sized beetroots. I have no idea why, same variety and only about three feet apart so I wouldn’t have thought a micro climate was having an effect. One day I may get hit by inspiration as to why this has happened, but somehow I doubt it.

and the answer is most definitely yes. Hubby and I went to Spellbound Beads in Lichfield yesterday and it was amazing. I have never seen anything like it in my life. It really was a lovely shop to visit.

Note, the rather bright unfinished felting project above that will eventually become a hat.

At the time, for some reason, which defies me at this moment, I thought this colour was rather nice and would suit me quite nicely. I think I must have thought, that it was a lot darker in the shop all wound up into its nice ball. Its funny how you can change your opinion, when forced to wait and are no longer on impulse buy mode.

I had a lovely time yesterday evening at Web of Wool. Watching Rachel wrestle with several balls of wool at once was an education in itself. I now understand why the word “Intarsia” strikes such fear and respect in even the most seasoned of knitter.

It was a lovely afternoon at the allotment today, its so rewarding when you find treasures such as these.

Such beautiful carrots, we are very proud.


Our plum tomatoes seem to be the talk of the allotment, because they are so huge!

Some very fine looking beetroot.

Here is my very first attempt at cableing. A pair of Fetching fingerless gloves in Austermann Bamboo Soft, chocolate. I love them and they are going to be just perfect in the colder months up at the plot. Mum has asked me for a pair, but then mum greets all of my new projects with… “is that for me”, said in high pitched, very hopeful tones. Of course I will knit her a pair, along with some very lovely fuzzy feet slippers.

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My girlies enjoying some autumn sunshine.

Well, this is all very interesting. The blog world. I joined Ravelry you see and from then on it was all down hill. Seeing everybody’s lovely blogs made me wish for my own. So here it is.

If anyone should read it, I hope you enjoy it.

I have been knitting today, I went to a knitting group for the first time yesterday, which was very nice and met some lovely ladies. Anna, the owner of Web of Wool, then taught me how to cable, so today I have been knitting one of a pair of fingerless gloves called Fetching. It looks like they will be quite successful and extremely useful down on the plot when I’m pricking out my winter cabbages and generally potting things on in the shed.

My or should I say hubby’s tomatoes, who he has shown such devotion to have done wonderfully well, as have the courgettes. Our runner and french beans are nearly finished, but we have lots of other lovely veg to keep us going through the autumn and winter.

The chickens are still laying, the aracanas seem to be putting a bit of a spurt on as we are getting a blue/green egg nearly every day from both of them. I wonder how long they will carry on for with the dark nights coming. I really miss our lovely fresh eggs in the winter. Shop bought, no matter how lovingly reared it says the hens are on the packet, just aren’t the same.