Week 43 of 2025

This week was all about stained glass -

I was recently given some pieces of glass and wanted to see how the new colours looked in the window, so I made a few small pieces.

This one is snow drifts with the sunshine.

This blue/grey background looks different in different lights (the background for the moon and clouds is all the same, just looks different with what is outside).

This one has a test tube that fits in wire rings, for starting cuttings.

All the patterns were inspired by patterns I saw online, there were so many I couldn't just make one.

Photos from Around -

We think one of the young chicks laid an egg this week (they still hang out together).

GingerSnap! was fascinated by the cat on a YouTube show (the cat from 10 Downing Street), and watched for quite a while (he doesn't usually pay attention to the TV).

We planted the garlic this weekend - the garden is still flooded and 30-50mm of rain forecast for the next two days, so we had to get it in - we are hoping for the best for next year. We are also still hoping to be able to clean up the garden before it snows, it has been flooded since August!

Miss Maggie is pretty agile.

GingerSnap! and Molly enjoying the fall colours (Amur Maples).

All the best!♥︎

Week 42 of 2025

This week I finished the body of the crochet cardigan I am making -

I am not really following the pattern now, so if the sleeves don't work it could be a vest.

We finished harvesting the garden this week -

Here are the beets - trays ready for the freeze dryer and jars of pickled beets.

We had so many carrots this year, more than we could store in the fridge, so I tried some new ways of preserving them. Freeze dried, pickled, and pressure canned slices - 1L & 500ml (quarts and pints) jars (plus lots more to eat fresh).

Tried out a new hot sauce recipe this year too - it is tasty, and such a nice colour (I used three different types of peppers - cayenne, red jalapeño and Aleppo).

The three baby chicks are so curious - they were following GingerSnap!, and one bit him!

He wasn't too impressed.

All the best!♥︎

Week 41 of 2025

No time for crafting this week!

It was a week of canning and preserving garden vegetables - the shelves are filling up and canning should be finished soon (it is a lot of work, but I am glad during the winter).

Also a week of cleaning (living on a dusty gravel road has taught me to have a major fall clean when the weather turns cold and we don't open the windows anymore). GingerSnap! was so helpful when I was cleaning the windows.

The harvest moon this week.

All the best!♥︎

Week 40 of 2025

This week I finished combing enough of the wool I washed in August for a sweater (I hope!) -

I combed about 300g of the white and 50g of the brown.

I combined the wool with some brown cashmere and white Angora that I have had for quite a while. I also added some leftover bits of handspun that I cut up, and a bit of sparkle.

I used a drum carder to blend all the fibres (over 400g total).

This is the first skein.

Photos from Around -

I had some company while working in the yard.

Molly didn't want to share her broken egg treat with one of the young chickens.

Pouring rain this morning, but the chickens still came out for a treat.

It is interesting to see who eats with who.

All the best!♥︎