Have been busy on the domestic front recently and these are proof of my endeavour - lemon honey , made from some lemons from my neighbours tree up at Orewa, an easy microwave recipe.
Then there is a sultana, currant and marmelade loaf made from an old recipe newly published in Alexa Johnston's new book "A second helping". The fruit is soaked in a cup of hot tea overnight. It is delicious.
I recently got out my spinning wheel and spun a couple of skeins of yarn, using some natural grey fleece and some brightly coloured rolags of wool I bought many years ago, inserting small pieces of the pink and red wool between the two grey strands when plying them. I will be crocheting a baby blanket of granny squares when I have done a lot more skeins, in slightly different colours.
Our Knitterati domestic craft group is going to evolve into the Floralarti at the Rose Festival in Novemember and I have been knitting some roses to make into brooches. They are easier than it would seem.
