Frosty morn

We woke up to a beautiful white frost this morning.

Truffle omelette

Yesterday G returned from playing boule with a very precious present. Passed secretly in their normal handshake of greeting was a small packet of tinfoil containing four slices of black truffle from Paolo! Paolo is a very generous giver of recipes - we have enjoyed lots of seasonal ideas from him in the past. And he recommended the truffle to be used in an omelette, to be lightly cooked, the truffle and a little salt sprinked on, folded and finished off under the grill.

I can report that it was superb with a green salad and we toasted Paulo with a glass of Sancerre. Santé! What could be nicer on a rainy Sunday?

Organic hand dyed socks

The socks are finished! There was a slight panic near the end of the first one, as I wasn't sure that I would have enough wool; but a bit of technical weighing on my digital scales of sock and ball, confirmed that I did.

The new project has started - but needs to remain secret...... for now anyway.

Haiti Disaster

This is the link to donate for all you knitters out there. Well done to Stephanie Pearl MacPhee for encouraging the knitting community to pull together on this. Dig deep!

Knitters without borders/Tricoteuses sans frontieres

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/tsffaq.html

Cambridge top is finished.

I like this very much - the King Cole baby alpaca was a delight to knit and the top is soft, warm an luxurious with that lovely little 'bloom'. Now this rush of projects are finished off and the sun has come out I must get out more!

Another hatch of chicks!

Following their appearance at the Chateau Font-Vidal Christmas market, all the chicken doorstops

were sold and I had an order for another three; I had run out of stuffing and felt and had to wait for these to arrive. It took ages with the holidays and the bad weather, but this week I had all the ingredients delivered and they are finished and ready to go off to their new homes. (I made a couple extra as they will be really handy presents). Now they are finished I can turn my attention to finishing off my baby alpaca top.

Organic merino hand dyed socks

My alpaca slipover is nearly finished and I wound my organic merino sock wool yesterday. It was dyed using logwood and the organic walnuts I gathered at Montbreton. G dropped a hint that he fancied a pair of socks in it - and a little start has been made. This morning was the first day I have been out since our big chill started, but the wool parcels have to go! it is bright and sunny, but it was -5C when we got up.

Amaryllis magnifique!

This week the amaryllis Margaret gave me on Boxing Day popped out in all it's glory. The colours are very beautiful and quite delicate.
We awoke to more snow this morning and it has continued for most of the day. We were supposed to be going out tonight, but sensibly the hostess has cancelled as the roads are pretty treacherous.
It has been a busy week with the sale and I think the bad weather may be good for business. If I get a bit of peace this afternoon I hope to make time for some 'bonus' knitting.

Our turn for snow....

We are both busy working on the final touches to the sale this morning and we have had a little flurry of snow. Nowhere near as bad as the situation in the UK, and I don't think it will stay for long.