Sunday, 10 August 2014

A slow burner

I have started a new project which has the sole purpose of entertaining me at the cabin. I gathered together all of my stylecraft yarn, a few other significant DK balls, a 4.5 mm hook and a pattern book. I packed them all in a cloth bag I found in the house in clear up week.



I am going to make a blanket with no time constraint or pressure, just pure hooky fun when I am there. The pattern is from a USA book my friend bought me from Aldi about 6 months ago.


It makes a lacy throw, or I may just hang it on the wall to kill a bit of the pine colour.


The reason I can do this is because my clever bloke has set up a 12V battery linked to a solar panel so we have more than candlelight in the evenings.


Plenty for me to crochet and bloke to read.


We still lit one of our homemade candles though.



We woke this morning to rain so we were glad we did our harvesting yesterday. We have had a steady stream of fruit and veg every couple of days for about 8 weeks now.




...but it is wet and windy here today so we are sewing, ironing and crafting away the day. Jo xx





11 comments:

  1. Your new project is going to be wonderful, enjoy your crafting day.
    Hugs,
    Meredith

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  2. It will be lovely to have something to work on when you are the cabin and just for there, it will make it more special that way won't it. I had forgotten about your jar candles, they are obviously working well for you though! xx

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  3. Wet and wild here too. Definitely a day for indoors! Enjoy your crochet ... Bee xx

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  4. That looks like absolute bliss, enjoy so much.

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  5. Windy and torrential rain here too. Love the idea of a cabin project, loving the homemade candles.

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  6. Your cabin looks cozy in the evening. Perfect for relaxing and stitching. :-) Nice little harvest. There's nothing like fresh veggies! Sounds like a nice day....rain outside, cozy crafting and togetherness on the inside. :-)

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  7. Your lit-up cabin looks so magical and inviting Jo, I'd love to be there! Such a good crochet project to have specially for those times, and isn't your bloke wonderful, sorting out that lovely extra lighting!
    It sounds like we have swapped weather with you momentarily as we have been having lovely warm springlike days here in the midst of winter. Anyway, enjoy the cosiness of indoors and your lovely home-grown produce. Well done! Joy xo

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  8. What a blissful way to spend your time! Your cabin looks amazing and the crafting activity very relaxing.

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  9. What a lovely project and in such a cozy environment.

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  10. The cabin is so lovely-what a great retreat! Love rainy days for the chance to get lots of craft done, and even the ironing...Fantastic display of home grown veg, it must be so lovely straight from the garden xx

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  11. Oh that looks so cosy! I think a slow-burner blanket is the best kind - you can really enjoy the process more that way. But I am only saying that as my current blanket is a year in the making, so, you know... xx

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