Holiday Monday

I was trying to clear out some old knitting magazines when Millie noticed a waistcoat in Knitting Today which she liked the look of. It was in Noro Kureyon but I had some Silk Garden in a similar colour so I got cracking. I'm not sure if the frill is as intended, I found the instructions a bit confusing

However, it fitted perfectly!

Today Isabel, Millie and I went to the Arts and Gardens Festival in Draycott. On the way we went to Lane's Garden Centre in Risley which Rosemary has just found out is attached to a working farm and has lots of animals for the children. It was great fun, there are sheep, pigs, rabbits and guinea pigs, horses and hens which can all be fed with carrots and cabbage leaves. There is a shop selling produce and the plants all looked very healthy. The only problem....the coffee shop is closed on Mondays! We made a dash to Draycott and the Beetroot Tree where we had a little lunch. The Arts and Gardens trail was great fun and the gardens were beautiful, particularly the one behind the Beetroot tree which I would just love to take home.

Millie painted a little watercolour, made a 'funky pencil topper', rode on a flying carpet

(don't worry it was cleverly done with blue-screen technology. The photo is a picture of a screen which is why it is poor) and made a fabulous crown