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Folded cuffs
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Instead of ribbing for the cuff of a sock, here's a two-colour folded hem.
I cast on and put a marker in the first stitch, then knitting every stitch
I wor...
1 year ago
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Super pleasant.
Amazing photos. Is the 2nd one elder? So beautiful. The rose you gave us is thriving, lots of lovely new red leaves and about 6 buds. Cant wait for it to flower. Can you remember its name?
lots of love
Cxxx
Thanks Tanna - this morning I'm feeling a little guilty that I didn't also photograph the mess and the weeds!
Catrin - yes, it's bronze elder, just as strong as its hedgerow cousin. The same applies to the orange buddleia ... I've moved both those plants several times, I've cut them down to a few inches, I've given them up for dead, and yet still they flower. The buddleia's moment only lasts a couple of days, you have to be very quick off the mark ... I've never managed to photograph it before, it's always gone a rather unappetising brown by the time I've thought of it.
And the rose I gave you - it's known in this house as Catrin's rose, because we bought it for your wedding petal confetti. It may be called strawberries and cream, but I will check with Henry Street.
xJoanna
I'm very envious of the elderflower. Can you believe the one I thought we'd lost which has sprung back in to life has been vandalised by Small - with a pair of scissors and 10 minutes in the garden alone he lopped off every single flower head... I almost gave him the number for Childline, thinking he might need it by the time I'd finished with him. How many times you have to tell them not to touch certain things in the garden. Still, I'm sorting of seeing the funny side now...
Amanda I remember it SO well ... but you'll probably get a better crop than ever next year, because shrubs definitely seem to like being hacked down. Not that it will solve the problem of this year's syrup
Not sure whether you can make syrup from that bronze elderflower ...
Joanna
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