Some Finishes.

 

I made a cushoin cover to attach my felt mandala to.( it seemed to look best on plain grey ) and added big stitches in blue around the flange.

 I completed my scarf by using wool that matched. Part of it is slightly wider where I had to use thicker ply.

 I got a nasty shock when I picked it up ( after a week ) to finish it and found a hole on the top. A clothes moth had eaten it in that time. I found the culprit nearby and killed it. I mended the hole non too easily and decided I had to live with it. It is being stored in a zip lock plastic bag in the walk in wardrobe, till I wear it in the Winter. 

 Last weekend I had 3 days away with my sewing friends at Whangamata. The weather was awful. We tried to walk every day but got rained on and sand blasted. We all took the wrong gear/ clothing!  We went shopping all one morning and that was very pleasant. Great shops. We didn't actually get that much sewing or knitting done! 

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 The fruit  ready now  are pears. 2 varieties. NZ Bartlett (Williams Bon Chretien )

 and Beurre Bosc. Both trees have a good crop.

 Pears can be hard to judge for ripeness as they are unusual in that they ripen from the inside outward.

 Our freezer is full up but still R is picking tomatoes by the bucketful about every second day.