Woke up this morning and decided the plan would be to do some baking, the weather was bleak and drizzly so just right for it. Soaked the dates in hot tea while I walked up to the shops early( 9 am) to get supplies. The Date and Walnut Loaf recipe came from The New Zealand Women's Weekly. I doubled the mixture and it made 2 good sized loves., this recipe is a keeper!
On the knitting front I have just threaded the ribbon through the Theodora socks that I knitted a while back, I couldn't get any black
velvet ribbon so found some wine satin ribbon that looks amazing , really pleased with these, the ribbon really finishes them off and it nearly finished me off as well as took me nearly 3/4 hour to thread through!!
I have finished some socks out of the Opal wool it is just a plain sock, Basic Sock Recipe out of this book, Knitting Rules. I got this out of the library but if you get the chance to buy or borrow this book it is a good laugh as well as giving you the basics into knitting. I just love the colour and patterns as I knit it up I really like the self patterning yarn. These will be for ME......
I am already thinking of my next project Blackrose Socks seem to be into lacy looking socks at the moment don't know why as the weather dictates otherwise!! Ive got some black blue and green variegated wool from my stash from Vintage Purls am hoping it will look okay but think more of a semi solid would look better.
Have a good weekend everyone.
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