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Handwork and Sparrows

We have really been enjoying a great amount of outside handwork lately, Erin has been working on her crochet blanket and Jenna has started knitting a pair of rainbow socks, she is very happy as the pattern is for a flat pair knitted on two needles. The colours are really knitting up beautifully:)  Today, while sitting on our quilt outside, both of my girls thanked me for homeschooling them, saying how much they enjoyed learning at home and for teaching them how to knit and crochet… Well… as you can imagine, my heart almost burst! I feel so very blessed that we are on this path, I am filled with such gratitude… when we started homeschooling, we were quite daunted by the idea, but now I know that we are on the journey that was meant for us…

Such an amazing book for knitting, dyeing…

This is my work basket, I bought it at Beaver Creek Farm, a coffee plantation, last year when we visited the coast, I love it, it’s so compact and small but huge inside, if that makes any sense.

While we were outside today Erin put some Merino roving in our Fever tree for the birds…. well within minutes the sparrows had descended and were all taking little pieces of roving for their nests… This was truly magical to watch…

Not the greatest photo I know but I really had to take it in a hurry, these are really fast little birds.

Aaaah but when we looked up later, there in the Sparrow nest, was a cloud of white fleece, this made our hearts burst with joy!

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Crochet and Harvest…

This week was a lovely week, I learned to crochet! I have always wanted to learn and then on Thursday I went out for tea with some lovely friends, it was such a wonderful morning, we all chatted and knitted and then I learned how to crochet, Yay! Thank you Heidi, she has also lent me this lovely book to have a look at, that I think I will buy immediately, it has the most beautiful crochet squares in it! Jenna and Erin have also learned the skill and now we are all making a blanket together. And what did the girls do all day today? Crochet of course. I love how they immerse themselves in a new craft once they have mastered the basic techniques of it 🙂
We also harvested our Beetroot and Brown onions today, we all went down to the vegetable garden and pulled everything that was ready. We have cooked the beetroot already and will have it with our supper.
This week I also discovered that my Milly House Mouse has been featured on Parents.com
happy, happy, news 🙂
Happy weekend to you…
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