Friday

Good morning, all.  It's Friday!!  Next Friday it will be Halloween and the last day of October - eeeeek!

Thankfully, Benjamin turned out to be a storm in a teacup round here.  Yes, it was was over Thursday night and a bit of Friday morning and yes, we had some strong-ish gusts of wind at times, but really nothing to cause any concern.  No pots tried to escape and the egg chair stayed put.
I know it was far, far worse in other areas and I hope you weren't too badly affected.

I took a few photos of the Joseph's Coat blanket.  I know it is gaudy but it's cheerful and the perfect size for throwing over my lap of an evening or over my bed on top of the duvet.  Ad I had a lot of fun making it too.   xx

 

It was all made with leftovers of yarn apart from the maroon for joining and the border  so it is what it is and looking at the whole thing, I can see where things could have been arranged differently and of a different way to make each square but that's OK.  It's meant for our eyes only!

The yarn for the Quiet Skies blanket might arrive today.  I used Wool Warehouse - even 40p-ish off a ball makes a big difference when you're buying for a whole project.  I'm not great with coordinated colour so fingers crossed it works.

It was a homey day - I had a lovely chat with Chris, I got the ironing finished, I fed the Christmas cake, I did the usual stuff, I sort of tidied the kitchen and I did something that might be a bit stupid and I might tell you what in due course if it turns out to be not stupid after all!!

And the window cleaner came after the rain had stopped and the sun had come out.  Lovely!

Today is Slimming World and weekly (very small - ha ha) shop but no cookery lesson as Alex can't come.  Instead, I hope to start off a sourdough loaf for Sunday and to make the not-sausage rolls.
And then I can chill.

Have a good day and stay nice and warm.  I gather that cold air is heading our way so I'm wearing layers at the moment.  
See you tomorrow.  xx