Home is where the heart is.

Photos by Kyra George Lund

I decided to try thread crochet. What actually happened is I saw this pattern from Garn Studio and loved it. I took on the challenge. Here is the link to the pattern.
https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=8328&cid=19

It"s called Home is where the heart is. I didn't get mine to look quite as perfect as theirs. Do they use Photoshop on crochet I wonder? In any case I think mine looks pretty good. Especially since I have't done much of this type of crochet.

Be prepared to take your time with it. The better the stitches the nicer the look. I did stiffen it once I was done with a mixture of 1 part glue to 2 parts water. Other recipes called for 1 to 1 but I didn't want it that stiff. I just dipped it in the solution and squeezed out the excess. Patted it with a paper towel, and layed it on a foam board. I found using one of those foam puzzle pieces you get at the dollar store works really well. They are in the toy section. Pin it on to the board with regular straight pins. Be sure it looks all pretty in place when you pin it.
                                                                                    Leave it dry overnight. 


What do you think of hanging it from the driftwood? There is a ton of it where I live. It came in rather handy. I like the contrast of the textures and styles. The rough wood and then the delicate crochet.
There is a video tutorial for this that was very helpful. Start and stop all the way through.

I gave these to my married daughters and wrote something about crochet being like love.
Crochet takes time and patience to construct a piece of work.  Love takes time and patience to construct a relationship. Crochet requires a lot of doing over and over again. Love require the doing of kindness and forgiveness over and over until perfected.                                                                     .

Any piece of art or craft requires patience, time, dedication and commitment. Love is also a craft requiring patience, time, dedication, and commitment. Perfect and work at the craft of love.

Berries Berries Berries

One of the wonderful things about where I live is the berries. In the summer it begins with the strawberries in late June early July. Then the raspberries arrive for the month of July and into August. Blueberries are in great abundance in August. They line the shore of the lake. Then when winter begins in late October early November, is when it is time to pick the cranberries along the beach.
We had strawberry shortcake with the strawberries. They are so small that we only had enough for a couple of servings each.
The blueberry jam was lovely. I made some to give away to neighbors. I will share the recipe.
The cranberries were a delightful Christmas treat. I made cranberry butter (it's really jam), don't know why they call it that. I made plenty for neighbors and friends. I will share the recipe for those as well.
I am so looking forward to this upcoming summer. We are thinking of having a blueberry festival with our family. I will post pictures of course. Also looking to do something new with the cranberries.

Yummy

Wild NB blueberries.

Cooking the blueberries.

Blueberry Jam
Add 2 cups of sugar, and a tablespoon of lemon juice to 4 cups of blueberries. bring to a boil and boil for about 20 minutes. It will thicken. Do not add pectin. It did not work for me. Add to sterilized jars when still warm. Seal the jars





To make Cranberry butter/jam
You will need 2 cups of cranberries
1 apple
1 cup brown sugar
2tsp maple flavoring
2tsp cinnamon.
Add all to a crockpot with one cup of
water. Cook for 4 hours. Then puree. Add to sterilized jars.

Hello everyone

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog berries, yarn and lake.
I created this blog to share my love of crochet, crafts, cooking, and life in general. It is my desire to inspire all of you to do better in your lives. I am always striving to do better.
Please feel free to comment and give helpful hints. I am new at this blogging thing. I hope to get better with time and commitment.
Here is something I made for my beautiful grand baby boy. My daughter has an elephant theme for his room, so I made him an elephant hat. Isn't he the cutest? He is such a great model and it doesn't hurt that his mom is a great photographer.

Photo courtesy Kyra George Lund