For Lisa

Crocheted Veggie Bag

Using thin crochet cotton and a suitably sized hook make a foundation chain of 42 or however wide you want the bag to be.

I crocheted in UK trebles for 58 rows then folded the resulting rectangle in half and double crocheted 2 sides together. 

I double crocheted along the folded base and back up the other side crocheting the other 2 sides together.

I then reverse crocheted around the top to give a fancy edge. Just double crocheting around the top would do.

For the 2 pulls I did a foundation chain of 100 and then slip stitched along and fastened off. 

The pulls were woven around the top about 3 rows down and the ends fastened together. Pulling both these pulls together will close the top.

xx

Hope this is of help. Just get in touch if the instructions are not clear enough.

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Is there much room in there?

There's a lot more room in my stash drawer now that I'm using up balls of yarn like this. I think I had about 6 balls altogether and I'm slowly working my way through them ...

making small drawstring bags for vegetables.

One of my bags is in the fridge holding the mushrooms. I can keep them fresh in there for up to a week and they don't deteriorate like they did when I kept them on a shelf. The mercerised cotton works up a treat in UK trebles with a small hook. For when I'm saving the earth the bags can be used instead of plastic bags when going shopping as they don't weigh so much - I think I'll use them for loose bananas, apples and oranges.

There's not mush room in the bag now. Oh sorry, yes there is - about a punnet full!

xx

This way and that way

It was tidying bedrooms day today after the visit by family. All the bedding was washed and dried the other day so today was the general tidying up of clothes and bits and pieces. My way is to plonk everything on the bed and work from there. The tidy floor gives me the illusion that the room is tidy and I take my time just putting everything away from the bed. If I have to go from one room to the other I just stay and tidy the room that I'm in. All 4 bedrooms are now straight with new bedding, the surfaces are dusted and everything is in its place.

Tomorrow it's the downstairs that's going to be blitzed and then I'll be back to a normal cleaning routine.

xx

Absent ...

… with family and friends - 

eating, drinking, visiting, sight seeing, talking, shopping, lounging about.

We need a holiday now to recuperate!

Spent the day with the washing machine. Just got to sparkle every room and tidy kitchen cupboards and bedrooms. The diet will have to start again once we have consumed the left overs from the fridge. I'm not throwing rhubarb crumble away!

xx

Girly day out

… today to I-key-yah, the first day of our holiday. DD and I took our time walking around studying room sets closely,

stroking cushions, sitting on chairs, lying on beds and mooching around the Market Hall. We both had our shopping lists and had a really enjoyable time picking out our purchases. At the end of our little hike around the store we decided to partake of the food on offer but neither of us enjoyed the veggie or the meat balls. We'll know for next time and perhaps take our own picnic. Now let's see when shall we go again?

xx

Last minute

… tidy of the house and last minute shop before our guests arrive tomorrow for a 2 week stay. Beds are made up and corners hoovered, toilets cleaned and towels are at the ready. Just a final hoover tomorrow and a last wash load and we're ready.

The family will arrive and the sun is shining. This is not the last minute but the first minute of our holiday. I hope the weather stays fine.

xx

Car boot booty

It was a sunny morning and we needed a walk so we had a trip to the car boot. DH got many 'bargains' for the garage and I found my 'bargains' for the house.

The picnic basket (£2) matches 2 others that store things on top of our wardrobe and I couldn't walk past the wool (£2), could I? Great car booty for both of us. Now our 'booty' has parked herself in the basket and is fast asleep. It won't be going on top of the wardrobe yet.

xx