"Friday Night With Friends."

Hello,

I joined in Friday Night with Friends hosted by Cheryll. I know I am a little late reporting in.

 I did a little work on the  Amish cross stitch I recently started. This one is 14 count aida so I don't need a magnifying glass to see the stitches. So much easier than working with linen.

Now I was hoping to show you some of my goodies I did at a Fermentation class that I and my daughter were booked into today. Unfortunately it was cancelled again. This has happened two weeks in a row so we won't be trying a third time. The class sounded a lot of fun and involved making your own Kombucha tea and Fermented Vegies as well as using Kefir grains. If anyone has made any of these things and have some wonderful hints please let me know.

The bees will be keeping out of the garden in the heat of the day this week we are in the midst of a heatwave. At times like this I am so grateful we don't live in a concrete jungle and have a lovely green garden to look out upon.

Hope everyone has a great week. Stay cool if you are in Western Australia.

Happy days.
Bev C

"No sewing, doing this instead."

Hello,

After sitting watching hours of tennis and no crafting during January I decided the other day we should get out and about.

We drove just a few Km's out of town to a  Trail. It was very sandy in parts which was tough going as we hadn't ridden our bikes since Spring last year.

A fair bit of the track was gravel which made up for the sandy bits. This bit was like going through a woods.

There was a huge rock formation. I wished we had been there a day or so before because we have had some rain recently it would have been lovely to watch the rain coming off the rocks.

We rode quite a way but came back via the main road, boy was that a lot quicker.

This is so much nicer than going to a Gym, the peace and quite was soul boosting. The only noises we heard was one cow mooing and some birds chirping.

What have you been doing since the start of February ?

Happy days.
Bev C

"Friday Night Sew In."

Hello,

Happy Saturday.

Last night I joined in Friday Night Sew In hosted by Wendy. While watching the tennis I was able to decipher a crochet pattern I found on line and make a bookmark.

I plan to make a few more of these using up those little bits of crochet thread left over from previous projects. This one was made with a size 10 DMC cotton and a 1.5 mm hook.

I finished the crochet rug earlier on in the week. I finished the edge with a row of double crochet.

I wanted to use up as much of the wool as I could. This was all I had left, not bad at all.That is one less bag of supplies out of the sewing room. My plan is to attack the projects gradually.

How are you going with your projects this year. Do you have a definite plan on what you are working on? I would love to hear how you go about tackling projects and keeping motivated on the project you are working on.

Don't forget to check out the other participants who joined in Friday Night Sew In. There were 54 people creating items either for themselves or others.

Enjoy the weekend.

Happy days.
Bev C

"Crochet Rug, Tennis and a easy Worm Farm."

Hello,

Happy Monday.

I hope January has started well for you. It has been rather a social month for us here at Kainga. My Brother and Sister in Law have returned back to New Zealand. It was great to catch up and enjoy each others company. I like a lot of other bloggers have been sorting through projects that need finishing. In my case it was starting a crochet blanket. I purchased the wool before Jude was born but didn't get around to making it up as his Great Gran crocheted a blanket for him when he was born.

I bought 2 100 gram balls of each colour which is 100 per cent wool. I finished the blanket today, I have to cut and thread all the ends into the back. I plan to block the rug, if anyone has blocked a blanket before any hints on how to go about this would be appreciated.

Attending the Hopman Cup has been on my bucket list for a while. Ian gifted me tickets for my Birthday last year. I got to choose which day to attend depending on who was playing. Of course I wanted to see.....

 Serena Williams. She only got to play a set and a bit due to a knee injury. I was so pleased I got to see her play as she had not played the previous day. We got to see some amazing tennis and so much is going on that you don't see on the TV. The Hopman Cup was held at the Perth Arena, the perfect venue, so easy to get in and out of. The bonus being the ladies toilet was just next to the entry we had to go in. The gents was a little further away!

 We try to grow a variety of vegies organically.. After visiting a open garden late last year we saw a very easy worm farm to put in a vegie garden bed. You need a bucket with a lid. Cut out the base of the bucket and drill several holes a few inches above the base of the bucket around the sides. Smaller holes are drilled around the sides a few inches from the top, above the soil level for air to get in.

Place  some newspaper on the bottom of the bucket on the garden soil then place your worms, and add some vegie scraps, cardboard etc then place on top of all this some damp newspaper or old rags, I added a old face washer then the paper. (see above photo.)  The top newspaper/cloth needs to be kept damp. The nutrients the worms produce leach out from the base and the holes. No need to fertilise the garden bed the worms do it for you.We purchased a box of 500 worms from Masters and this was enough to make up two worm farms. Food is put in every week or so depending how much has been eaten by the worms.

I recently won two tickets to see the movie  The Suffragettes. It was a great movie making me realise how lucky we are to be alive now not back in the early 1900's. Can you imagine starting work when you are 7 years old.

Has your year started well?  I would love to hear what you have been doing.

Happy days.
Bev C

"Mother Nature."

Hello,

I saw this sign at a open garden back in October 2015 and thought it was so true
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Enjoy the weekend.

Happy days.
Bev C