Tomatoes Small And Large

 

I'm rather relieved that Jack's cherry tomato crop is now finished, the plants removed and something else planted in the bed. I turned this lot into three and a half jars of jam. Then there are the bigger tomatoes:

I cooked them up with onions, also from the garden, and dried herbs and then put them in plastic butter containers. I froze those and then tipped them out, which felt like making sand castles, so that I could use the containers again. 

These tomato plants are still bearing, but there will be a gap before the next crop is ready, so I will be glad to have these in the freezer. 

One More

 

This Christmas bauble uses the last of my saved deodorant balls, so that'll be it for a while, unless I can find a substitute. I have five baubles for the next fair, which is fine. The threading pattern for this one was very easy, so I didn't need a chart. 

Right

I redrew the chart for the bauble, added notes to remind myself what's what next time I use the chart, and then tried it out. Hooray, no need to fudge anything, the chart is correct. 

Blue Bauble

 

I rethreaded the beads, forgetting any thought of taking shortcuts. The bauble is done. However....I had to fudge a bit because it turns out that my chart is wrong. The little tetris shapes you can see on the previous post are wrong. I think I had better redraw the chart, write myself notes and then make another bauble to test them! 

Wrong!

I sold a Christmas bauble on Saturday, so I thought I'd make a replacement. I have the pattern that I drew, so off I went, threading blue and gold beads. I didn't give it a lot of thought. When I started crocheting, I realised that I had followed the pattern in the wrong direction. It won't work. I could just start again, but I think I'll restring row by row, because that means I'll be able to use the plain rows that have no gold beads in them. First of all I need to write myself notes on the pattern about the direction to follow! I tend to forget that the beads need to be threaded in the opposite order to how they will be crocheted. 

PS I've just realised that rethreading row by row will mean cutting the thread numerous times. I had better start again. Or perhaps leave it until next week! 
 

An Order

 

I sold this necklace at the fair on Saturday and the buyer asked for a matching bracelet. There was a time limit because she is going on holiday soon and wants to take it with her. I was getting a little agitated yesterday when various people popped in for coffee and my time seemed to disappear! I got going early this morning and finished the bracelet off, in plenty of time to meet the deadline. Here's a view of the other side:

It Went Well

 

The little fair I went to on Saturday went well. I shared a table with Sarah, who makes soap. There was a lot of interest in soap! But both of us sold enough to make the day worthwhile. The interesting thing was that I sold a little bit of everything, from keyrings to a necklace. Sarah and I are going to do another fair together on the 21st November. I need to make more children's bracelets and Christmas baubles before then. At the moment I'm working on an order for a bracelet.