Monday, 8 May 2017

A bit of this a bit of that

The knitting made progress.   Well, to be more grammatically correct, I made progress on the knitting.  The back is finished which is the signal - time for some stitching.
So it's back to the green diamonds!   But the end of this project is in sight too.  This arrangement seems to be working for me.   A short break gives added impetus.
Tonight I planted some sweet pea seeds with which I hope to bring pleasure to the DBEM in a few months time.
And I cooked this ginormus lump of meat that the beef cattle on Little Brother's mini-farm generously gave me:-)   The DBEM and I will feed on this for several days!
Last weekend was my 6 weekly grocery shop.   The DBEM likes wheatmeal sandwich bread and although the "proper" brand is nearly $4 a loaf, home brand is $1.   But happy dance - on Saturday I struck a bargain.  Guess what is filling up my freezer now:-)   I've always been a little envious of the "yellow sticker" bargains my UK friends talk about as we never seem to get those bargains here.  For a producing nation, New Zealand food costs are high.   But on this occasion I won.  Hooray!
And now it's back to needle and thread.

4 comments:

cucki said...

Wow I love your knitting and embroidery so much
It's so pretty.
Love and smiles x

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

The knitting is growing itself very nicely!
The sweetpeas will be wonderful for Mum as they smell so lovely.

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Beautiful knitting and stitching. Isn't it great to know a few meals are taken care of. And so happy you hit a bargain. Fresh food especially is always expensive here.

Leonore Winterer said...

That really is a colourful mix in this post! Great progress on the knitting, have fun with the green diamonds, and that meat is making me oh so hungry...