Waterville throw

I finished Dave's present and it is now keeping them warm. I posted the colours a few months ago. It is 10 squares long by 8 squares wide and there are 5 colours in each random granny square. I used the join as you go method to connect the squares and used the colour Storm. I finished with five different colours around the edge and did a V stitch edge in Storm as the 6th. I only used 3 balls of the Storm in the end and there will be enough of the other colours left to make a poncho for my great neice.

 

 Back now to my Dune throw.

 

 

Gin School

Katie, my sister and I have been back to school. We have been making gin. We had fun mixing our own botanicals and then got to add them to alchol made from whey. We had our very own still and watched it drip through. Mine was 77% proof so had to be watered down to make it legal. It was then just a case of bottling it and leaving it for a week before we drank it.

 

This was one of my best experiences of the year, having fun with my best loved people. We each used a different recipe and I have now tasted them all, delicious. Mine is juniper forward but I won't reveal the recipe here as I might want to make it again.

 

We had three gin and tonics while we were making it so luckily we had a very kind driver who took us to the chunky chip shop after as we were starving.

 

 

Seashells

I have started another throw. My lovely friend Mary loved being by the sea as much as I do. We lost her this summer and our best friend is finding it very hard. I am making this in the hope that it will bring her some comfort. I try to do it on light sunny days or at least by the fire so I can stich some warmth into it. There are 15 colours, 99 stripes and 4 rows of border so it will take a while yet!