I'm still working on the edging from the previous post but yesterday I saw Marilee's new carnation pattern so I decided to give it a try. This was good exercise as I must admit I'd not made folded rings before or used a third shuttle to make petals as in this pattern (great idea!). Thanks Marilee for a lovely pattern!
I made some mistakes in the first one (top left) so I made it a second time in different colours. A very pretty flower that's quick to make to decorate a card for example. You could also hang them from ear wires for a nice pair of earrings.
This weekend I also discovered something I didn't know: wild cherries are edible! Seems silly but although I've walked passed wild cherry trees on my walks in the local fields for many years, I always assumed (I don't know why?!) that they were inedible. Armed with that new knowledge, I hurried over to the fields to collect some - I love gifts of nature like that.
It didn't take me long to fill my container.
What took much longer though... was stoning them!
The cherries are small so it's a bit of a fiddly job,
and there were so many!!
But it was well worth it
as I now have several pots of wild cherry jam.
Delicious.
Best wishes,
Frivole
