Round And About At Christmas

An early start Saturday - first some essential post, and paying in a cheque at the PO. How rarely do we have cheques now, and often Bob pays them in online with his phone. This one was too scribbled to be legible so had to be done 'properly'. My paying in book was started in 2014 and is nowhere near finished. 

Then on to nearby Bawdeswell for a Wreath Fair.  I'd not come across this  idea before. Villagers make and display wreaths, and you can buy them for your home

 - a fundraiser for the church. There were lovely floral arrangements decorating the building too. as well as round wreaths

This guy in the splendid Xmas jumper, told me all about the building - not at all like most other Norfolk parish churches. It deserves a whole post on its own. Like our chapel in Kirby Muxloe, it is a replacement for an older place of worship destroyed in WW2.

But back to the Wreaths - they were various prices from £15 - £45 I think. Also on sale were craft items, cakes and chutneys. And, rather unexpectedly, a lot of Emma Bridgewater merchandise [mugs, plates, cork coasters etc] at very reduced prices. [EB has lived in Norfolk for some years] 

I did enjoy talking to the lady with embroidery, and Nessa with her needlefelting, and walking round the craft stalls

I forgot to take a picture of the knitwear ladies. I was tooo busy writing down some info for them. They has some BSJ [baby surprise jackets] on sale. "I've knitted these" I said. And they said they wished they had a larger pattern for children and adults. I asked what pattern they used - it appears to be a bootleg photocopy from somebody's knitting group. I said that they could buy the pukka pattern from I-Knit London  . It is not cheap - but does have baby, child and adults sizes plus an optional hood. They were genuinely interested, and fascinated by the story of Elizabeth Zimmerman, and her alleged fondness for knitting whilst riding pillion! Here is Nessa needlefelting

The next few hours were spent at our chapel, while Bob wrestled with the computer system - he felt as if he was going round in circles, and unfortunately some issues with Zoom currently remain unresolved.

I had a sore throat Sunday and stayed home. 

Continuing the round theme, I've made some Cranberry Swirls [thank you Bless] to take to my Craft Group Xmas Get Together today. So incredibly easy - and I had some IKEA cake cases, and pink glacé icing to make them even more festive