Thrifting treasure: silk scarf

silk scarf

I went thrifting the other day and found a silk scarf for 1.50€!

I've used it as a nice,lightweight nursing cover-up on a picnic but I originally bought it with the idea of using it as a headband scarf. I've seen some cute ideas on the web but whenever I try these styles, the scarf just wants to slide back and ends up falling off eventually. Are secret bobbypins involved in making these looks work? If you know the secret, please share it. I frequently have rather messy "mom-hair", quickly put in a ponytail, and I'd love to distract from it with a pretty scarf!

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Spring Cloud Stripes

Stripes in Progress

A quick in-progress photo of the Spring Cloud blanket. I snapped this with my smartphone camera, so the colours aren't very accurate, but you can see I'm a few more stripes along now (compare to earlier). Part of the recent progress is because I finally figured out how to institute morning and afternoon naps reliably! Any other first-time mamas will know what a triumph that is. Now if only we could figure out how to get more than 5 hours in a row at night...


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A new home

Out the bedroom window

Just to make our lives extra busy, we moved recently. We are now amongst boxes and partially assembled ikea furniture. The Wee Lass keeps us plenty busy on her own so I suspect the settling in phase will happen at a snail's pace. We love our new space though and the Wee Lass will even get her own wee room ... As soon as we have unpacked a bit more.

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A little update

I've been busy looking after the Wee Lass and her cute toes. But I have managed to get about 2 more stripes of her Spring Cloud blanket done since she was born. When there's something more to show on the blanket, I'll take a progress photo.

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Not an April Fool's joke ...

At the end of March, I became a Mummy to a darling little girl! I probably won't be posting here for awhile as we are busy adoring her and learning how to be parents.


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Blankety Beginnings

Blankety Beginnings

I'm still waiting on some of my yarn, but I've started my Spring Cloud blanket for Bun (first mentioned in early March). The looong chain to start the blanket, plus the foundation rows where you're wondering if you got the stitch count right, are a bit tedious. But once you're done that bit, it's very zoomy ... you can watch movies, chat, and let your mind wander while zipping along crocheting little clusters. I'm making the colour stripes at random and just picking colours as I go. It makes for an extra end-of-row treat to choose the next colour.

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Sunday Scones

Scone

I made scones for breakfast today. Inspired by watching a Julia Child Crêpes Suzette recipe recently, I also made an orange-citrus butter for a special topping.


Orange Citrus Butter

I didn't follow a recipe at all for the butter, so most of this is just an approximation after the fact. I tasted it as I went, which is always the best way to make something yummy. Here's how I made it:

Orange-Citrus Butter

• 1 blob of softened butter (I probably had about 1/4 c)
• zest of 2 oranges (I used a microplane, so it's really fine)
• few tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• about a Tbsp of granulated sugar, plus same or a bit more of icing sugar

Mix all together until it forms a uniform paste. Mine was quite soft, but since it was going on warm scones, I figured it would go all melty anyhow. I'd probably use all icing sugar another time to try to make it a bit less soupy.


Scones on Sunday

You can make the butter while the scones bake, so it's really not that much of an extra effort. It was oh-so-yummy and felt very indulgent.

You can find more of my recipes in the Food section, in the tabs along the top.

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