Knitting, crocheting and general craftery
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Dec 2016
1:50pm, 8 Dec 2016
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icemaiden
I love lavender, I'll have yours. Icecream yes please, in the garden full of bees and butterflies, yes please.
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Dec 2016
1:55pm, 8 Dec 2016
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jabberknitmas
Very happy to leave the lavender growing in the garden for the insects, icemaiden, and you can have all of the dried stuff.
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Dec 2016
2:00pm, 8 Dec 2016
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Velociraptor
I've eaten a cake that I thought would benefit from the addition of lavender. It was a plain parsnip and lemon sponge. Generally, though, lavender makes me think of fly spray.
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Dec 2016
2:06pm, 8 Dec 2016
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mad4purple
I can just about tolerate the smell of it if it's wild and I walk passed it, but that's it.
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Dec 2016
2:06pm, 8 Dec 2016
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Wobbling
I used to make blueberry and lavender jam. The lavender just took the edge of the blueberries and gave it a lovely depth of flavour. My first Christmas present from my BF was a hamper of homemade lavender goodies inc lavender shortbread. It was all well received. |
Dec 2016
2:17pm, 8 Dec 2016
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kwala
I don't mind a light whiff of lavender, it's the same for most scents with me really. Anything too strong gives me a headache - like coming withing 50m of a Lush store for example!!
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Dec 2016
2:26pm, 8 Dec 2016
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Hark the Helegant Angels Sing
I can't shop in Lush for a similar reason. Sneezing within yards of the door, and a headache afterwards.
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Dec 2016
2:29pm, 8 Dec 2016
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Velociraptor
I can cope fine with Lush now. Having young daughters, and a son who isn't averse to interesting personal hygiene products, has toughened me up.
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Dec 2016
1:14am, 12 Dec 2016
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kwala
I've decided to make a few Christmas gifts this year - I'm making owl mug cozies for son's gf and nephew's wife. My effort so far is here ravelry.com Hopefully the finished item will look as cute as the original! I'm also having a go at making jam and chutney as the stuff we tried to bring back from the Christmas market in Stuttgart got confiscated as we completely forgot about the limits for hand luggage d'oh!! So spicy fig chutney and apple & champagne jam experiments happening this week and if they're a success, then that's more gifts taken care of!! And I've decided to have a go at making stollen - which should prove interesting!! |
Dec 2016
7:55am, 12 Dec 2016
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panad
Looking good kwala - i like that crocodile stitch it's really effective for owls!
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