Varsity and school holidays...

I've looked forward to the varsity and school holidays more this year I think as my daughter Catherine is now at varsity in the Eastern Cape and only comes home during the holidays.  The second term has been 11 weeks and is officially the longest period that she has been away from home in her 19 years.  The first term was about 6 weeks which flew by until the Easter holiday.

It's been a lot of catching up between us as, being a typical student, there are lots of things happening that don't necessarily get told to parents as there is too much to remember to text or WhatsApp!  Her to do list highlighted getting back into the kitchen straight away.  Living in a student residence on campus means no cooking or baking for her and she was very keen to try new recipes and experiment on her long suffering father and brother!  They are always game to test out and quality control her efforts and, so far, she has scored 100% with them.  She is also blogging and her baking/cooking/experimenting forms a part of that.

Also on her to do list is sewing and we have been hitting the fabric shops and choosing patterns or getting ideas of things she fancies making.

Hopefully she will also do some dyeing as she has her own take on colour combinations so will update you on that if she gets to it.  She is a fairly new crocheter and is just finishing a beanie in some of my hand-dyed yarn.  Maybe the next thing she crochets will be with some of her own hand-dyed yarn.