Err, I've been busy?

Wow, so only 8 months since I posted, I can see this is going well!
The sewing machine is still beautiful. I have made a few very simple things on it and have taken a pattern from the top that I want to recreate. And I am starting a basic intro course in September for ten weeks, just two hours one evening a week but the course looks like it covers a lot and I think it will help me remember all the things I've forgotten. I'm sure I'll be sewing more when I have my confidence back.
The knitting is coming along very well though, have been making lots of hats (beanies and tams) and lots of fingerless gloves (or wristwarmers) and a couple of baby blankets. Oh, and one sock. I don't like knitting socks, it seems like a lot of time and effort to make something that gets hidden in a shoe and worn out relly quite quickly. I am hoping to finish that pair and make one other to give as presents but I think I'll stop there.
Baking is goingwell. Still making lots of elderflower cakes (made one this evening to take to work on Friday) and I have also made some very good chocolate & cheesecake muffins and converted a recipe for ocolate & guinness cake in to cupcakes as well. I am hoping to try some bread but it seems ot be a bit time consuming and then I get distracted. I've also been doing a lot morecooking, following recipes and freezing leftovers. Using lots of lentils and quinoa to keep my iron levels up.
And I have been reading more again. I really enjoyed Case Histories on the Beeb so I went and bought the three books it's based on and re-read them. I think I enjoyed them even more than the first time round and have read the fourth Jackson Brodie as well now. I really like Kate Atkinson's style and that she manages to convey such sadness in a beautiful way. I also found another Fred Vargas and am going to try and get the rest th have been translated. I could just read them in French but I started in English and I don't think I want to read about Adamsberg in French now as I have the image of him in my mind.
I think that is enough for now. I really am going to try and keep this a little more up to date an include other outings. Which reminds me that I went to the The Princess Bride at Somerset House which was brilliant (and had a lovely picnic with outrageously expensive wine) and Shelby Lynne was great too. And I'm going to see The Civil Wars soon and am really looking forward to it. Maybe I should go through the ticket stbs and remind myself!
Until next time x