Finally, all the flower beds are dug and prepared for planting. Summer is almost over and the air rings of autumm. With the beds ready, we managed to put the plants and bulbs in, in time for spring next year, phew! The vege plot is next after we finish the borders.

Cardigan for the lovely Ms Sarah

I've finally managed to finish the cardigan for Sarah and in the nick of time as well as it fits her just nicely. So, I suspect she will only get a month's worth of wear before she outgrows it! With that in mind, I'd better get clicking on the next project, which is a wee dress to be made with the excess yarn from this one!


The flower motives added by yours truly!

Goji Berry Project

This is my latest gardening project, the growing of the Goji Berry or 'Kei Chi'. This berry is known for it's antioxident value and mostly used in chinese cooking, particularly soups. Although the dried berries are easily available, with growing concerns (mine) of produce imported from China, I decided to grow my own. So with a stem cutting from a friend's uncle's plant, it will be a year long project to see if the plant is successfully grown and bears fruit, watch this space.

Desiree and Nadine

This is the last harvest of my homegrown potatoes, Desiree (pink skinned) and Nadine as pictured above with the lovely Sarah. These have been left to fully grow so they are of a better size compared to the earlies, Foremost. After the taste test, my favourite is Desiree so for next year's crop, it will be lots more of Desiree and other new varieties.

First harvest of potatoes

I managed to harvest the first of my potatoes, just before the rain came today. It was quite an exciting experience, rooting around the soil to find the potatoes or tatties as they are known here in Scotland. Next will be a taste test, probably a potato salad to see if they are any good.

The potato plants after 3 weeks

The harvested tatties, with more in the ground to come.

Bear for Baby

When my sis made some Amigurumi toys, see Three
Friends, she asked me to give it a go as well. I've been looking at lots of Amigurumi patterns before but have not gotten the chance to make any. So while waiting for baby to arrive, I made a bear for baby. I neglected to check the size of the finished bear and ended with one which was bigger that I wanted!


Side view of the chocolate bear


The finished pieces, ready for stuffing and assembling.

Three Friends

My sis made these Amigurumi toys, how cute are they? According to Wikipedia, Amigurumi is the art of crochetting or knitting small stuffed animals or anthropomorphic creatures. The trick is to give them cute faces!!