Finish For The Weekend

I have had quite the week this week, keeping me busy which I love.  It is Communion Season so church events have kept me busy too.  The weather has been typical of that of the start of Autumn and so akin to Island weather and that is changeable.  It is so difficult to know what to wear, even the heating system doesn't know what to do.  We have now ordered logs which will be delivered next week so that we can light the stove in the afternoon ready for the big drop in temperature as the darkness descends.  It seems to be getting darker each day so we are settling down a little earlier and moving into the Autumn/Winter mode of entertainment jigsaws, crosswords and crafting.

Preparing the store cupboard has been high on my agenda so after drying out herbs and chopping them finely I now have an assortment ready for those warming stews/casseroles.  I also have some that have been warmed in oil and bottled along with some chilli oil.  Sadly herbs and chilli's are the only produce that we have grown this year but we do have plans for next year.

The raspberry vinegar has now been bottled all ready to use for Winter salads.

Some natural twine wrapped around the bottle neck to give it some glamour.

I had quite the bake this morning filling the oven to capacity to optimise the electricity.  We are trying to keep the bills as low as possible so that we can have some extra treats on our holiday. The bread maker was put on, this time for a small white crusty loaf which was indeed very tasty and looked as it should despite it coming from a packet.  We have two more varieties to try and then normal service will resume.

Quiches, cranberry mincemeat pies and banana nut bread all ready for the weekend.

The blanket is now finished, I did another round on the initial granny square as it did not look full enough and then used a single crochet to put them together.  My apologies for not doing a tutorial as requested but it is on my list of things to do and I will get to it as soon as I can.

I have made a little shopper and a taggy blanket for little gifts.

Alterations have been completed finally, even petite is still too long for me so I do struggle with trousers been only 4' 11" tall.  I am once again joining Jill at Emerald Cottage for the weekly get together to showcase your finish's , why not join in the fun and pop over and see what has been created and indeed finished this week.

As always I thank you for your comments, emails and support they are greatly appreciated.

See you soon.