Getting Ready for Christmas

~Our first tomatos for the season ~

Golly Gosh it is only 7 or so weeks until Christmas!

Now for most consumerish types this would not be a problem, but for us this year we decided to make all of our own presents, well as much as we could.

Why you ask?

Firstly to save money, for our farm.

2nd there is no point in giving people 'stuff' they really don't need

Now I should note here that my dear hubby is contributing very little to this venture at the moment (Yes DH it is true!) lol but I really can not see him knitting... So I have been knitting like crazy since August, sewing since October and embroidering since the 1st of November.


Hand-knitted socks are one of my favourite gifts this year!

Now most of our families are recieving socks for Christmas. Hand knitted of course. The single pale blue sock is a geisha sock so you can wear socks and thongs! It is for my sister who will wear thongs all year round! But I have to finish the other sock first.

Socks are very easy to knit, it just takes a while to get used to using 4 or 5 needles at one time. Try googling 'knitted socks' there is some very good tutorials online and gorgeous, gorgeous patterns too.

Next on the list is rice packs. (Instead of wheat). These can be heated or chilled. I started to make them out of plain material but they looked so boring so I decided to embrodier some.

These are two of the rice packs waiting to be ironed and sewn up. (yes the picture is upsidedown lol)

Also on the list is neck coolers, chutneys, jams, cakes and biscuts. And the all time favourite chocolate truffles! (I will post the recipe later)

I really hope our families enjoy our gifts this year, no more boxes of chocolates and gift vouchers from us. Oh and no more chirstmas shopping YAY!

Have a wonderful evening.