After saying I didn't have much planned this week we seemed to have manage to fill it. So what did we do?
Monday/Tuesday - I managed to complete two hot water bottles and check out what was occurring in the borders - very wet
We did our normal walk Hemingford Meadow/ Houghton/St Ives/Hemingford to get a good stretch
Wednesday, another hot water bottle and I prepared the fruit for the Christmas cake
Thursday - another day another bottle or two
walked into St Ives for a birthday card and a pint (or two) collected these on the way home in the rain (soaked)
Family arrived from France late - but safe - another bottle completed
Saturday - Natural Dye workshop - very interested to see what can be achieved from kitchen waste.
The first photo was brown onion skins - I rewound the skein tight after washing and soaking in mordant, which gave me a variegated effect
The bag was tied dyed in red onion skins - I was surprised to get green
Here are the dried and wound yarns not sure why the photo is side on! Only just over 20 grams of each yarn so not much to play with - stripes in socks I'm guessing
I baked my Christmas cake when I got back. Peter and the boys were at the park.
Tim and Rebecca had gone away for a few nights peace and quiet in Cambridge before picking up with family and friends again tomorrow, think they have earned a bit of downtime after a packed summer season. By the way a new series of Escape to the Chateau DIY will be starting on Monday 28 October 4pm on Channel 4 - Rebecca and Tim are on every day during the first week. I'll be glued to the TV set
Today - Sunday - I made a very quick knit hat for Rebecca and spent two chilly hours at the park whilst the boys played on the zip wire and climbing frames
All in all a productive week. Thinking the coming week will be fairly busy too...….
Send some of that energy this way.
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