Ripples

I have long been a fan of the Attic24 blog and enjoyed reading about the ripple blanket.

This month I decided to give it a go and make a little ripple blanket for a friend's baby, due in June.

I had a practice first.

I started off using doubles to create the pattern but it all felt a little dense and bulky so then I had a go with triples and the effect was more open and airy.  Happy with my sample I ploughed ahead with a little cot blanket and I am very pleased with the result.

Elderflowers

Tis the season for Elderflower Cordial making and so today we have started the process of steeping.  We being me, my dearest friend Sarah and her son Edward.  We have this morning been and gathered only the freshest of elderflower heads.  We have boiled sugar and water, added lemon, citric acid and finally the elderflower heads and now the steeping process begins.  The making of elderflower cordial is all about patience.

We used the recipe on the BBC Good Food Website Elderflower Cordial