On Instagram In September

 Happy October! I hope you had a great September. It's remained beautifully sunny and bright (for the most part) throughout the month here in this little corner of the UK, but the mornings and evenings have been noticeably darker and chillier, with the onset of Autumn creeping in.

 It's been a busy month, here's a look at what I got up to through my Instagram photos. It's always fun to look back on the month, but if you'd like to keep up with what I'm up to as it happens, you can follow me here. I'd love to follow you back too! Here's to a fab October all,

One of my favourite shops in my hometown- the florists- looks and smells amazing!

Visiting a local garden that was open for charity on a sunny and hot afternoon. September certainly had that Indian Summer feeling!

Still hot enough for an ice cream treat in the garden!

I treated myself to a "Knit" scrabble tile phrase necklace from the lovely Claire, aka Claireabellemakes. I absolutely love it!

I've been making lots of new work this month and I've added new colours to my range of Harris Tweed mini embroidery hoop necklaces

A selection of my knitted and Harris Tweed button brooches and mini embroidery hoop necklaces are now available to buy from The Minories Gallery in Colchester. Thanks to the team at The Minories!

Working on necklace orders

New colours sneak peek!

Working on some new colour ways in my hand knitted Fair Isle necklace range

Button brooch close up!

Coming soon to my Etsy shop are these Swarovski Crystal, freshwater pearl and upcycled bead triangle necklaces. Watch this space!

Tartan and leather bookmark on its way to its new home!

The latter part of the month saw some more grey and Autumnal weather, but that didn't spoil the amazing views across London on our trip to the Sky Garden

As usual, Nelson has had a chilled out month!

He's too cute!

Sunny September Afternoon At Ulting Wick

Although there have been a couple of chillier, rainy days, on the whole September has still felt very summery so far- I'm making the most of it before Autumn sets in! Last Sunday was gorgeously sunny and warm and I spent the afternoon with Mr Writer and his family at Ulting Wick, a beautiful house with spectacular gardens, tucked away in the Essex countryside. You can find out more about Ulting Wick in this previous post, when we visited the gardens to see the tulips in bloom.

 Here are some photos from our lovely September afternoon... 

It really is a quintessentially English, picture postcard garden. Just stunning

My Mother and Father in Law are great gardeners so it was interesting to hear their knowledge of the different plants in the gardens

It was so bright in the sunshine that it was difficult to take clear photos in places but I hope you get the gist of the beautiful place!

You can see just how bright a day it was!

This wasn't intentional but I love this hazy, summery effect!

The colour of that sky!

If you've been on any trips recently I'd love to see your photos! Do you have any recommendations of great places to visit?

On Instagram in September

I'm a little bit scared at how fast this year has gone- it's absolutely flown by! Today I'm looking back at my Instagram photos from September with memories of our holiday, a lovely workshop, new craft work and of course pics of Nelson cat. I'm a real Summer person so I don't look forward to the change into the chilly seasons, although I do love Autumn food- foraging for Autumn produce and making chutneys is something I love to do- as well as the excuse to wear my boots and woolly jumpers! Wishing you all a lovely October!

Nelson is taking it extra easy at the moment because he was bitten on the leg- we assume by another cat- and the vet said he needs to stay indoors until he has recovered. So he's enjoying extra cuddles at the moment, poor boy!

I started the new Tilly And The Buttons Bettine dress pattern this month and had hoped to get it finished to wear on holiday. Alas, life got in the way and I didn't get it finished in time, so that's my challenge for October!

Autumn flowers

I ran a workshop for 24 members of the Suffolk East branch of the Embroiders Guild, which I really enjoyed. The group made felt beads, upcycled fabric flowers and needle books

Mr Writer and I went on holiday to Sicily and had such a lovely time- what a beautiful place. Above is the view from our room- really missing the sunshine and good food!

We spent time on the beautiful beach, visiting the local towns and even took an excursion to walk on Mount Etna Volcano, which was an experience I'll always remember

A picture postcard Sicilian town. Really missing these sights! You can see some more photos I took in Sicily here

I've been working on some new Fair Isle designs and this is a detail of a finished necklace- see more in this post

What did you get up to in September?