Autumn’s creeping slowly in now. There’s that crispness to the air in the mornings, leaves are beginning to turn, mornings and evenings are darker earlier and my thoughts are turning to soup recipes. The main indicator of the change of season is that I woke feeling iffy yesterday so made my first porridge of the season, accompanied with a fizzy vitamin c drink! I don’t mind. I love autumn. Always have. It’s especially going to be good as on very rainy days I can catch up on blog reading! We have BROADBAND again! Finally!
I met my cousin (she of the Lincolnshire field BBQs) at Waterperry Gardens yesterday for a look around and cup of earl grey. As you see; the pear trees are laden and the pumpkins are steadily growing on, apart from one monster which looks set to take over the world!
Knit & Sip was fun again yesterday. There was no mention or sight of any nettle yarn, I’m dubious it’s actually going to happen, it’s pretty labour intensive I’d have thought, but will have to see. All around the table there was so much chat and creativity going on. You’d never guess what was being made by the six of us. Mine would be easy; as I’ve got my pub knitting for the next two years set up with my garter stitch blanket, but some of the others? No way! One’s knitting what looks like it will be a really warm and beautiful dark purple jumper, on those very stylish black Karbonz DPNs. Even in the process of being made it looks so swish. Someone else is making her first ever garment using very interesting looking art yarn type of thing by King Cole, another is finishing a cotton bedspread her mother started and is unable to complete, using a 4 ply white cotton. This is the type of realllly clever knitting where there are lots of twiddly bits, including leaves emerging in the pattern. It’s another stylish knit. If the word ‘bedspread’ puts you off, just think ‘throw.’ I reckon it’s going to be one of these heirloom pieces the daughters will both want to own, as it’s knitted by Grandma and Mother. Another is knitting….wait for it….Lego Hands Gloves for her Lego loving hubby! The last is knitting A Jesus Tea Cosy for her R.C friend. Well! Can you beat that for sheer variety? Anyone? I’m throwing the Lego glove of challenge on the ground between us!
As for reading I’m unusually still plodding on with exactly the same books as last week: Laurie Lee’s As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning and have a mere hour of The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy to go. Celia Imrie is superb at accents. The character Finty is the best by miles.
What about you? What are you making and reading? Can you match my challenge above? Does it feel autumnal where you are, or beginning to zing with Spring?
If you’d like to share what you’re making and reading every Wednesday too, leave a link in the comments. Don’t forget to link back to this post on your blog, and use #yarningalong on social media, so others can find us and join us in Yarning Along.
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You couldn’t have picked a worse photo to display (for me, that is). I detest porridge with a hatred so intense it makes me want to heave. Other than that, the rest of your post is lovely. ;)
I should probably have stated that it’s brown because of the large teaspoon of cinnamon I added. That won’t help you I know.
No. I’m sorry if my comment was offensive, it wasn’t meant to be! It’s just a funny thing I have, and someone has been teasing me about it a lot lately as well – so the coincidence was almost too much to bear :(
I’m used to you and brace myself before reading any comments. It’s been years of uncertainty and I’m not worried at all. You just didn’t get a ‘like’ star 😉
I’m with you on the porridge. I almost had to stop reading ;-) That and bananas are the two things I *will not eat*!
ROFL!!! I can’t eat anything mushy like that, so no sago, tapioca, rice pudding, mashed potatoes, etc (but I do like bananas) :)
Does anyone in this century eat sago or tapioca?!
Ugh to all of the above (except mashed potato, but that is a recent thing)! I can’t abide any of them. Does your hatred go as far as lasagne? My son had macaroni cheese last night and it looked revolting!
Told my mother about the porridge comments and she said “Why can’t people keep their thoughts to themselves? Why not just move on or stop reading? It’s so unnecessary.” That tells you all vocal porridge haters! 😉
I am a little bit passionate about my dislike of porridge. I can let all sorts of other things go!
No, I love lasagne, but only if it’s made with a proper bolognaise sauce. Macaroni cheese goes all sticky and mushy (especially at the bottom) and you have only now reminded me how much I hate it as well.
All knitting and no crochet! Is it a knitting only group? I like it that our group is called ‘Crafty Coffee’ and anything goes, even non fibre/thread creativity! Not meant as a criticism, just I have to mix knitting and crochet for variety and it helps if one lot of hand muscles ache to be able to change craft.
No, they all seem to be able to do both and often swap over mid-evening. Last night all concentrated on knits, but last week there was hooky too. I’ve found the light isn’t great for crochet so have stuck to my plain blanket the last few weeks. I’ve been crocheting at home to not overdo my elbow as it doesn’t like too much knitting. Those rows are mega and it’s getting heavier now. I’ll show you my little crochet make in a day or two.
I thought that was your lovely new garden when I saw the pcitures ahead of reading the post!! In defence of porridge I love my Oatsosimple, providing its golden syrup flavoured. I shall be buying my fist packet of the autumn soon. Knitting wise I am about to start a new little something, should have a picture on Friday. I need to organise myself for a yarny group of some kind!
A bag of oats and a tin of syrup would be massively cheaper! And no additives either. I love porridge too. Glad it’s got one supporter.
Looking forward to seeing your knitting. I like your Friday posts.
I need Lego hand gloves, I shall look those up in a bit – my son and husband would both love them! I’ve missed loads of knitting group sessions in the past few weeks because of the holidays, and look set to miss the next few too because of other commitments (and lack of childcare – most of my babysitters are also my knitting friends), so I can’t vouch for current project variety, but a friend did knit a tinsel yarn rainbow cushion for her daughter a few months ago (in a very similar vein to the one made by The Twisted Yarn). The most unusual thing I have made recently is a hat with a dragon on the top (http://www.ravelry.com/projects/VikkiBirdDesigns/dragon-hat); it was at the limits of my crochet skills!
This week’s post is up now: http://www.vikkibirddesigns.com/2017/09/yarning-along-low-sun-and-long-shadows.html?m=1 It looks rather similar to last week…
That’s impressive!
sounds like your group are busy with all those wonderful projects. It will be fun to see how they all turn out as you go to the meetings. I like the photos of the garden and the pumpkin makes me excited for trips to the farm in the fall! my post this week:
http://needlesandwool.blogspot.ca/2017/09/spiral-socks-knitted-sewing-sweater.html
Your blanket really is fantastic. I really wish I had such a group to join up with on a weekly or monthly regularity. Say – could you photograph some of those things your friends are making, especially the heirloom spread, to show us? ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
Thank you Teresa.
I can ask next time!
No sago or tapioca here! But I have tried to get the boys into semolina pudding – it wasn’t successful but perhaps I’ll try again. You would have thought it would be perfect for Mr Custard!?!
Here’s my link…https://madebypatch.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/a-tale-of-two-yarns-yarning-along-11/
Yes, I would have thought so too! I used to like it with a blob of lemon curd, rather than jam….’different times!’
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