A couple of days ago, the Cotoneaster growing by our fence was looking magnificent. Not bad for a volunteer seedling! There are a few berries on it, but they take a bit of finding. We've had some wind and rain since then, and all those glorious leaves are gone.

 This one needs the caption "Spot the berries"

 Meanwhile the self-sown Antirrhinum continues with the soil-free option.

And upstairs, on the spare bed, a VIT (Very Important Teddy) tests out the pillow and blanket that are part of a certain young lady's Christmas present. No, it isn't real patchwork, but a very nice print on good quality poplin from here.

Dressing up

My Grandaughter is three. This morning she told her Mother that she wanted to dress up.

"What do you want to dress up as?"

"I want to dress up as someone who is not sure about Duplo."

It would appear that somone who is not sure about Duplo wears exactly the same dressing up clothes as a nurse who makes people better, and a nice lady in a shop who helps. With this addition:  she sits on the beanbag and sighs from time to time, saying "I'm not sure about Duplo"

My daughter would love to know what is going on inside that head!












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It has taken far too long to get this one finished - I had hoped it might get a wear before the weather turned cold, but too much has got in the way.  It is a rather nice cotton with a suedey finish from my favourite market trader in Boston. ( Bernie the Bolt)
 

Sorry about the blurry, but these buttons are rather special - they are older than me and on their third garment to my certain knowledge. The hoarding instinct is clearly hereditary.

Look what I tripped over in the supermarket! I really wonder why Sainsburys picked on that particular yarn when there are so many kinds of standard everyday acrylic already around in this country. Also, it calls itself Double Knitting - no way could you knit a regular UK DK pattern without a lot of grief. I swatched (there's a wonder) and had to go hunting for a pattern with a very different gauge. See below. I found the pattern on Drops site but I can't seem to get back to it. I have altered it anyway - I decided it needed lice.

This is all part of my aim to produce a good basketful of garments for not much money, with plenty of Wow Factor, for next year's show.