GrannySquareScarf

 

I designed a new project and bought some Novita Elegia yarn (62% cotton, 35% acrylic, 3% polyamide) (150g = 443m) for it.

I crocheted GrannySquares of it and attached them to each other in a line. 

I finished the outside edges by Wetterhoff's Sivilla yarn (30% silk, 70% wool) (50g = 250m).

Sivilla is loose end yarn from my Knitted collar project. 

I love how the shades variage in the scarf because of the Elegia yarn. 

The scarf is a gift for the Christmas 2020.

RelaxingSleep

 

Hop (Humulus lupus) has sedative effects. That is also one more reason to harvest it in my garden and dry it up. I wait until the cones start to dry up in the plant. When they are dry enough I pick up as much as fits in one baking tray, place it in our sauna and then let them dry up there 'til the end. No extra electricity is needed. Very eco-friendly.

This season I am using hop also in aroma therapeutic way. For that I need dried hop cones and left over fabric.

These sleeping pillows have a stunning scent. When you sleep with them the scent relaxes and calms down your sleep. Good sleep is a key to many things including physical and mental wellbeing.

BackInPuzzling

YoungLady spent the summer and early autumn studying for her first part of high school graduation exams. Right after the exams she gave a good big proper sigh and grab on a puzzle. She kindly allowed me to assist her.

We finished also another puzzle together. I had not much time to spend with these puzzles but really loved those few cherished moments we spent together with these.

Autumn Inspiration

Because of the social isolation recommendations we get visitors very rare now when my garden is landing on chilly seasons. This autumn I decided to put up a flower setting decoration to welcome us -who live here- into home after hard working days on these special times. That's why I went out to seek some sale items at garden center.

I bought 4 Callunas for 10€. That's quite a fair deal on my area. We have one hawthorn growing in the garden. I picked up some branches to match with Callunas to get a great setting with winter and Christmas spirit. I have never used hawthorn for decoration so I am quite interested to see for how long it lasts.

Have I ever told you how I love lavender? If not, I tell it now. I 💜 LAVENDER !!!! At the garden center I found lavenders at final sale. They cost 1€/plant. I bought all; they had 3 left. They had seen their best days but it was worth of trying. In my experience everything always just wants to live and grow. You just need to put up the changes for it. that's why, if you are at budget, late autumn is an excellent time to do your garden shopping. It didn't take many days from these lavenders to boost it out again.

After having them a fortnight I cut them down. I took the blossoms (dried and fresh ones, all of them) and leaves and put them to dry out. The lavenders really made a good scent harvest. Now I have the cut down lavender plants in the pots and I am waiting the right time to move them into my cellar to sleep over winter and see what will happen to them at spring 2021. Will they wake up again?

If the COVID-19 allows, we'll have a celebration to come at spring 2021. That's why I have bought some bulbs. I plant them in pots, will move into the cellar and see will they pop out next spring at the right time. Flowers settings are creepy expensive. If you know -early enough- you have a party to come, you can try out to make your own ones.