blue sky

So I finished my Evendim in time for the cold, clear weather we've had a bit of lately. Blue skies for blue jumpers! The jumper took me a bit longer than expected, given I had a fair bit of knitting time during September and October, so I'm really glad I was encouraged to make it in time for winter as part of the Luvin the Mommyhood summer sweater knitalong - these knitalongs really help me get stuff done in time to wear it for the right season!! Anyway, I love this jumper - it fits great, its really my colour and its snuggly warm. Go knit an Evendim - its a great pattern! We took the pics on a winter walk around Godstow nunnery and the canal - such a cool place.

Baby quilt the umpteenth

I love making these little square(ish) baby quilts for new babies to our lives. So much fun, so quick, so useful to try out new things, so good at using up scraps and fabrics I love but don't seem to want to have in my house (e.g., anything orange!). This one I managed without pins (except for the binding) and just using my presser foot to measure seam allowances. Super quick, super easy. And kinda cute.

Fabrics are an assortment from my stash, the backing fabric is from Ikea. The quilting was inspired by Red Pepper Quilts, and one of the first times I've quilted 'out of the ditch', which is actually much easier to look tidy than I had thought. Photos are terrible and taken on my phone, but at least this way I actually blog them!

Munchkin

Our garden highlight this year (not hard - it was a dismal year in our garden) - climbing mini-pumpkins called Munchkins.

I have no idea how they taste, but they look amazing!

On my mantlepiece...

We went to France. Amongst other things, they have the best yoghurt pots in the coolest colours. Cheap decor update!

Festivities

Festival of quilts haul. That, and a stack of fun. I met so many lovely people and had a great time.

Summer winter knitting

New knitting project. Evendim, in Cascade 220 Heathers. I'm knitting this as part of the Luvinthemommyhood Summer Sweater Knitalong. Good fun!

Summer flowers

I planted so many flower seeds this year. Some in the ground, some in pots to plant out. Gorgeous-sounding plants - Ammi magus, honeywort, toadflax. Unfortunately, I've had very little success - a combination of poor soil, poor weather, and magnificent slug-raising abilities. But we have had a few roses of our ancient and much abused rose bushes. Which is delightful and fragrant comfort :)