December's Crafty Round-Up

Due to some fairly major life changes over the last few months, knitting has taken a bit of a back seat. My uncle very kindly helped me build a knitting swift though, using instructions from Crafty Diversions.

It only took a morning, and is being demonstrated here by my grandmother who was rather taken with it! Next time I will have to use it in secret so that I get a chance to have a go!

Move over Delia!

Today, in a fit of domesticity, I made the following:

• pumpkin soup (enough to feed a small army),
• red onion marmalade (not enough to feed a small Daddy, according to Daddy),
• a banana and date loaf cake,
• macaroni cheese, with pumpkin, tomatoes and red onions,
• mince pies (home-made mincemeat, pastry courtesy of Mr Tesco).

I chopped up 13 onions, and had a worrying moment when I sliced the cake, as it looked like there were red oniony bits in it. Turns out dates go purpley-red when cooked in a banana cake!

p.s. I'm home! I'll update the last days of Antarctica and the trip home at a later date...