Who's Been A Naughty Girl Then?

 

The mornings are definitely getting chillier....but still lovely and sunny.

Teen Two brought Benji in for a little snuggle as he thought he was a little cold...he certainly seemed to enjoy being snug inside the cosy dressing gown!

 

 

With yet another day ahead of me, with no commitments, I was determined to get on with some chores I would generally rather ignore!

I started with the oven, although of course that chore has been made easier with the bag and liquid method.

 

 

 

It always looks so much better afterwards (too ashamed to take a "before" picture!)

 

 

The washing machine hasn't stopped all day.

I was making the most of the lovely weather and washed the summer duvets...but it must have been too much for the newly replaced line....I heard a noise on the conservatory roof and came out to discover the duvets on the floor and the line broken...well actually I think its just the knot come undone...and Hubby did say it was tough trying to keep the knot from slipping undone, but he had hoped he had cracked it...

 

 

 

...with Hubby away and the duvets still wet I had to be inventive...

 

 

...and tie it to the only available thing I could reach....the shed door handle!

 

 

With a few dull chores out of the way, I spent some time making the house look more seasonal...

 

 

...and reminding myself of visits to the US with this leaf sweetie dish.

 

 

The afternoon turned rather overcast and chilly so the first fire of the season was lit.

I am hoping to avoid putting the heating on, since the wood is free!

 

 

Having worked my fingers to the bone all morning...I then was very very naughty!!!

A friend recently became a Grandma for the second time, and as I had knitted something for baby number one, I thought I ought to do the same for baby number two!

My local wool shop does a "wool of the week" offer and yesterday I noticed it was

Sirdar  Snuggly Squishy, with a free pattern.

Well....it was too good an offer to resist...so I zipped down after lunch and bought the three balls needed to make a blanket...

 

 

...then I was even naughtier and abandoned the rest of the planned chores and started the blanket!

Knitting with 5.5mm as opposed to 2.75 is a real pleasure!

Although bizzarely the thicker needles means I knit slower, the chunky yarn knits up quicker, so in a short space of time I had produced a few inches!

With Teen One offering to make tonight's dinner it looks like a few more inches will be coming off those needles tonight!