What have I done this week?

 Was what I was wondering - then I looked at my diary and saw that we have had quite a busy week!

Monday saw the first day of the local Rotary book sale which happens twice a year in a pop up shop in Wellington. I say book sale but in fact the books are free - you are just asked to leave a donation. So it is all very tempting. Some times I find lots of books, others not so many. I came away with two older cookery books by Felicity Cloake whose writing I love and this novel.

A murder mystery and clutter - got to be good.

While on the subject of books,I have just finished reading this delightful one about the residents of a small apartment block in Chennai threatened with being demolished to make way for an ugly new and larger apartment block. Lovely characters and lots of references to delicious Indian food.

At the other end of the scale I have just started reading this book which was published this week. It follows a family in Nazi Germany in the mid 30's and is a follow up to last years 'The Crooked Cross'.

Written and originally published in the 1930's it should have been a wake up call to those outside Germany who had no idea of what was happening.

On to happer things and my stitch journal for this week.

I have been busy with my Chookshed Challenge - the snap top bags. I cut out 8 earlier in the week, added iron on batting to the outers and marked them up for quilting. Yesterday afternoon I got out my machine and did all the quilting and have added the linings to the fronts.

Not a very exciting photograph. The next stage is to press open those seams and then I can sew up the sides. Each pair matches - but you cannot tell that from the wrong side!

Also this week I have been knittting in the evenings. Of course I managed to reach the heel of both socks at the same time! Obviously I worked on the easier one of the two first🤣🤣

In other news we have had two excellent meals out with friends - one at a new to us pub and the second at an old favourite. Good to try somewhere new though.

I think that is all my news for now - good weather ahead so looking forward to getting out in the garden, There are a table and chairs requiring paint and pots to get out of the greenhouse and plant up.

Have a good week everyone.

FNSI September

 Friday Night Sew In has come around quickly again! and the end of September is in sight. Thank you to Wendy for organising our Friday night again this month.

As usual I started my afternoon with my Stitch Journal which is growing nicely.

Then went on to work on my Boro flower panel. I am filling in the gaps now and waiting for inspiration to strike regarding the top left hand corner - that ricrac seemed like a good idea at the time!

Apologies for poor lighting on this one - it is raining this morning and the light is not good.

I cracked on with some knitting in the evening and this morning I finished the second Vintage Tinsel sock.

Again, sorry about the poor light!

We had some lovely weather earlier in the week and took the opportunity to visit Barrington Court. Always a lovely visit and something different to see each season. The borders were looking stunning and the White Garden full of lovely frothy white Cosmos.

I have also been distracted this week by some good reading! We found a new to us author and I have been whizzing through these books. If you like murder/detective stories then I can recommend these which are set in The Lake District.

I plan to spend what looks likely to be a wet afternoon, knitting some baby socks with the last of the Vintage Tinsel wool. Hope you are having a dryer day.