Fireside Warnth

 Hello Lovelies , 

the weather has been rather horrible so far this week. Cold and windy and wet. The kind of days when you dash about outdoors and give a big sigh of relief when you get back home . 

Yesterday , in between the dashing about, I picked up this book in the supermarket ( Morrisons ).
 I thought it would make a nice Christmas pressie for my grown up niece as she enjoys baking and cooking.......

When I got home and sat by the fire to thaw out a bit I decided to have a closer look through it's pages. I love the photography and styling. .........

                               Yesterday I was definitely in the mood  for comfort food

Ummmmm, mismatched vintage crockery and pretty floral page edges......

I felt inspired to do a bit of baking. There is not much I prefer on a cold wet day to pottering about  in a warm kitchen  making something sweet. Lemon drizzle cake looked yummy but I didn't have all the ingredients ...........

So I chose a different favourite treat of mine from the book. One  I had never made before .

It's a good idea to test a few recipes in a cookery book before you give it as a gift don't you think....quality control and all that :0)

Dough rising by the fire.........

then rolled out and spread with a cinnamony butter cream and raisins ( should have been currants but I didn't have any )

I'm pleased to say these Cinnamon Swirls turned out  very yummy and were especially popular with Mr BM........

As you may have spotted in my previous pictures I'm enjoying playing around with red and white yarn at the moment. I little Christmassy decorative project I'll share more of soon........

 Thank you all so much for your kind comments on my welsh dresser.
 After I took those photos Mum came over with some blue and white storage jars that had belonged to my Nanna.
This one is my favourite . I just love this simple 1950's pottery and the fact that something of my Nanna's is now looking so pretty on my dresser ..........

Hope you all have a good week
Jacquie x

Nostalgic Knitting

Hello Lovelies,

Back in August we ( Mr BM ) had to empty the loft to allow some nice men to add more insulation.

Along with the Christmas decorations and camping gear we found lots of forgotten things like the poetry book mentioned in my previous post and some unfinished craft projects I had forgotten all about :0)

 We also came across a big box of clothing labelled "Newborn ". It must have been there for nearly ten years.

Along with lots of sleep suits and vests were some hand knits..........

These were not made by me ( I can't knit ). These sweet little cardigans were made by my Nanna ( Maternal Grandmother )..........

For my first two children I did not know if they were going to be boys or girls so there are quite a few neutral items.

 By the time I got to number three I decided to find out so this well worn blue cardigan will have been made for him.

Nanna was a very keen knitter for a lot of years and I've posted about her before here.

When  she made this cardigan she will have been Ninety Four years old and sadly was not able to see well enough to carry on knitting  for much longer after this........

 I remember liking the cardigans she made as they were much easier to get on and off a floppy newborn baby than a jumper.

This sweet jumper looks unworn , probably due to this fact..........

I've already kept some of Nanna's best baby knits in the boys memory boxes. So yesterday I finally got round to  donating  these , along with the rest of the box of clothes , to a local Hospice charity shop....

But I'm glad I decided to take a few pictures of them at the last minute.

Special memories of days with tiny babies and Nanna with her clicky needles .

Jacquie x