This is my kind of tree though I’m not sure about letting sone of them curl!
I have made another Christmas Tree hat, this time for the expected twins’ big sister.
It has been an oddly warm day, though for me, another indoors day and made me think of another of Warsan Shire’s amazing poems, this time about what we are doing to our world.
1 Yesterday’s post about Granny’s tablecloth brought some interesting comments, particularly telling me that it wasn’t tatting around the edge but Filet Crochet. This took me to Granny’s beautiful old sewing box to look more closely at the very fine metal crochet hooks which I think may have been used for this delicate work. I don’t know what each item in the box is used for so if you do, please tell me!
Inside the lid of Granny’s sewing box
Sewing box lid with Granny’s initial, T, embossed in gold
Close ups of nos 5 and 7, tiny crochet hooks
2 The Christmas Tree hat arrived safely and was immediately worn by T. Her Dad did a fine job of trying to capture her image for me!
T putting on her new hat
T wearing her Christmas Tree hat
T pleased with her new hat
3 It’s been a dramatic weather day with squalls of hailstones followed by sunshine. I love the drama of this sky behind our house.
Drama in the sky
1 I finished, I think, the Christmas Tree hat for Grand-baby T. What do you think? Does it need more decoration, some sequins perhaps, some other coloured stitched baubles? Please advise!
Christmas Tree hat for T
2 I went with my good friend M to a lecture lunch at Trelissick today. The lunch was delicious, the lecture about Cornish customs at Christmas fascinating, and spending time with my friend just lovely.
3 Tonight I was all dressed up (best American long dress in green and black and my gold Doc Martens, the ones that gave rise to my nickname by the pupils at school of Goldenboots) and ready to go and it all went pear-shaped. The lovely Mr Smith stepped in and suggested we go out for a meal instead to take my mind off things so we did. We’ve just returned, all dressed up, and, as it turned out, we did have somewhere to go!
1 Our friends last night brought these beautiful flowers and I’ve put them in a brass bowl that was my Mum’s. I’ve polished it up and love how it all looks.
Beautiful flowers in Mum’s brass bowl
2 I was inspired by LouAnn‘s blog this morning and this afternoon have made her Toffee Bars. As she says, “Seriously easy and seriously delicious!” Seriously wicked too and all the better for that! Thank you, LouAnn.
Delicious Toffee Bars
3 I’ve finished knitting a Christmas Tree Hat for Grand-Baby T. She just loves wearing hats! Now I just have to decorate it. I’ll show you the decorated hat as soon as it is finished and T in her new hat as soon as I can.
Grand-Baby T in one of Corinne Carr’s creations
Grand-Baby T in her Grandad’s hat
P.S. I’ve put up the recipe for the Smoked Salmon and Prawn Stacks on my Recipe Pages as requested. Do let me know if you try it.
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