Friday Chat Day

Hello friends

Welcome to Friday Chat Day.

If you are a regular visitor you'll know what you are in for,

if you are new here - thank you for visiting,

Each Friday it is a weekly little round up natter about cooking, 

craft, crochet, telly and a dog called Bella.

Recipe:

A new recipe - Banana Bread

Discovered and tried purely because I couldn't bear to put two 

overripe bananas in the bin!

140g soft butter/margarine, 140g caster sugar

140g self-raising flour, 1tsp baking powder,

2 eggs, beaten, 2 very ripe bananas – mashed

Preheat oven to 180C, 350F or Gas Mark 4. 

Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.

Place butter/margarine and sugar in bowl,

cream together until light and fluffy.

Slowly add beaten eggs with a little of the flour.

Fold in the rest of the flour, baking powder and mashed bananas.

 Spoon the mixture into the tin, spread evenly. Bake for 30-35 minutes until skewer comes out clean.

Cool in tin for ten minutes and then place on wire rack.

Eat and enjoy!

If you like bananas you'll definitely like this,

the flavour comes through well.

I think a couple of slices with custard would make a 

rather scrummy pudding too.

Click here for the Banana Bread printable.

This recipe has also been added to the Recipes page/tab 

at the top of the blog here.

Crochet:

A busy week of hooking!

The two Seaside Stashbusting Blankets at one point were neck and neck.

I have now finished the blue one.  Here it is before it was 

packaged and sent to my friend up in Bristol.

She opted for the fluffy border which represents the sea foam.

Bella doesn't understand why I take the photos! 

And for those who asked about how I crochet differently,

here's a few pictures.

Instead of having the yarn in my left hand, the traditional

way of crocheting, I keep it in my right and wrap over the hook,

a lot more like knitting.

Wrapping it over.

Pulling it through, keeping my left thumb on the stitches.

I was concerned at first that my tension would not be right,

patterns would come out differently but so far so good.

Bit cross with myself as I gave up numerous times trying to learn to

crochet the traditional way - imagine how many blankets I could have 

accumulated for my fort if I started years ago! 

So, if you have struggled with crochet perhaps this may work for you?

Let me know.

(Admission: still haven't made the crocheted flowers into a garland!)

Telly:

I've been rushing through as many episodes as possible of Elementary.

A modern take on Sherlock Holmes.

Amazon Prime sent a notification that it will no longer be 

inclusive of their package (you can purchase it ...of course!)

So not to be defeated, I'm attempting 25 episodes in 2 days -
that's a lot of crochet! 

And because I had to have a little break from all that 

deduction and murder I opted to watch ....

Killing Eve - a little more murder!



All episodes available on BBCiPlayer.
It's more of a spy thriller with some murder thrown in.
It also has moments of absolute comedy.
Not sure I've seen anything else like it on telly, very compelling.

Craft:

Just a little roundup of kits that are still available.
This month's charity kit supporting the hedgehogs,
just one kit left and available here.

And when rummaging in my cabin discovered there is still
two of the Mini Card Kits available - please click here. 

And big thanks to those who support me on Ko-fi,
(not a coffee but vital items for the kits).
I've been able to order the next batch of envelopes and bags for the July charity kits.
I update the gallery over on my Ko-fi page so it is a good place to 
keep track of kits if you wish to. 

Right, I think that wraps up this week again,
time is flying but also feels very Groundhog Day.
I do hope you are all keeping well and getting through this.
I am still limiting how much news I watch,
it is the best solution to avoid throwing a brick through the telly!

Take care friends, much love.