A new door
We’ve got a new door where we knocked through to get into the barn. Hopefully it will keep Cecilia happy by keeping most of the dust out of the house. You can also see a bit of my plumbing – … Continue reading
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A Birthday Present
I put my new found weaving skills to good use and made my mother-in-law a scarf for her birthday. Cecilia spun the weft from some of Daniela‘s fibre. It came out with a rather subtle shine due to the angelina.
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Spiced Gooseberry Cake
We got given a whole load of gooseberries, so as an experiment I tried half apples/half gooseberries in my spiced apple cake. I’ve got a bit of a cold so things don’t taste of much, but Cecilia informs me that … Continue reading
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Knocking through or how to make a large hole
The builders have knocked through from upstairs in the house into the upstairs of the barn. This revealed some interesting stone work – see the corner stones at the edge of the hole. This is the corner of our bedroom … Continue reading
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Another Imp Video
We still haven’t found a proper name for him… Anyway here is a video of him bouncing round the yard. He’s looking a bit pink today – he’s be rolling in the johnby mud.
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My new loom
I love my knitters loom: delivered by Richard to Ursula, who let me have it on Thursday. I managed to read the instructions and warp it up that night, ready for the spin-in at woolfest. It goes really fast and … Continue reading
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Cakes for Woolfest
I thought I would bake some mini spiced apple cakes to hand out at woolfest The only problem is people keep quality testing them, so who knows how many I’ll have left by woolfest! Haven’t they heard of non destructive … Continue reading
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The Imp playing football
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The Imp
This week we’ve been calling him “the imp” – he’s been nibbling things, escaping, playing football!
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First floor and a window
We now have the main window installed, and the first floor structure finished. I tried chalking the first floor room layout onto the floor to see how it would look ( you might be able to see some blue lines … Continue reading
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