What I've Been Up To

It's been a few months since my last post! Summer is over and it's almost Halloween.


I took my 5 week summer holidays at the end of August and we went camping through the West Fjords of Iceland. We had a brilliant time and some good weather too. We saw the aurora borealis, spent four delightfully relaxing hours drinking white wine in an outdoor natural hot pot by the sea, saw a LOT of sheep and drank a lot of great coffee, amongst other things.

Hot Pot by the sea at Flokalundur

Sunset in ísafjordur

When we returned from our two and half week camping trip, I spent the next few weeks knitting. I can't post most of the photo's of what I knit because they are for xmas gifts for family! I can post the photo's of what I made my mother for her birthday and Stephen's mother both of whom have birthday's in September! 

This is the Icelandic vesti I knit for my mother. I had actually finished this already by early August. It is a free pattern available here at the ístex, a wool company in Iceland.

This is the vesti I knit for Stephen's mother, the pattern is also from ístex. Unfortunately it didn't fit her! That's one problem with making garments for people as a surprise gift, especially when they live in another country! 

I have finished three knit gifts, two of them are part of a 3 piece set, the 3rd piece is currently a wip. I have another piece almost finished and then I have at least another two piece set and possibly one more item after that! Now that I am back in work, I am obviously finding it harder to have the energy to knit when I get in, but I am doing pretty good I think. 

I can't wait to be able to post the photo's after xmas, as I am so proud of my work! Then maybe I can start on the lopipeysa Stephen has been asking for for over a year and then maybe Kate's Owl sweater I have been dying for all year too! 

One of my favourite blogs is Farmgirl Fare, written by Susan about her life on a huge farm in Missouri, USA. Mostly the blog is filled with posts of photo's of her so cute donkeys, but Susan also has great recipes and stories. I recently made a delicious sounding recipe of hers, raspberry almond bars. Now I can't remember what jam I used the first time, it may have been a mixed berry, but they were soooo good! As it's just the two of us here, we had a lot to get through, but that posed no problem for us. Believe me! My second batch a week later, I used 1/3 white flour and 2/3 whole wheat, with blueberry jam. I didn't find this version as nice as the first batch which were all whole wheat. They were still good though and my fellow supervisor at work thought they were delicious. 

This is a photo of the first batch.

pre-slicing

Sliced and ready for my belly!

So, I think that is all I have to post for now. Until December I guess. 

xx