Despite the torrential rain, it was the best party. We had set up the food and drink in the workshop and a marquee linking the house to the party room .
Cupcakes, Turkish delight and French fancies
Lilies, roses and summer bunting
Guy, Jo and Skein King in nervous anticipation of guests arrivingThe rose wine with lemonade and fizzy strawberries went down very well with the ladies and I ended up making about eight or nine jugs of it. There was pasta salad, cold meats, quiches, Spanish tortilla and salad - it all got demolished.
It was so great to see so many friends and I enjoyed every minute. Thanks to Sonia and Debs for my voucher to get some posh treatments, and to Sarah for adding a ballet pump to my charm bracelet and to Unity for booking a trip to the Watermill Theatre AND arranging a babysitter for the occasion and to everyone else for all the lovely presents - I am spoiled indeed.
The official photographer (Skein King) had one beer too many and so we haven't got many photos of the proceedings but he did get a couple. I chickened out of wearing my summery dress:
This was pretty much at the end - the last guests left at four and I went to bed at five - a sign of a good party, I always say. And I'll spare you the photo of Sandra showing off her Rigby & Peller bra!
So, for posterity when I look back on this blog as I head closer to my dotage, I want to thank the following people for coming out in the rain to help me celebrate:
Guy and Jo, Unity and Nick, Sarah and Dave, Sonia and Toby, Debs and Richard, Jo and Allan, Cath and Nick, Sandra and Peter, Sue, Jackie, Maureen, Harriet and Shane, Rose and Phil, Sara and Simon, Chris and Pouran and Ceri and Tony.
There WILL/MUST be yarn by the end of next week as things get back to almost normality.
And I can't believe my little boy started secondary school this week. I'm so proud of him - he took it all in his stride and has his first full week ahead of him next week. Think he was about three in this photo.
And finally, a photo of my Spring Forward socks in progress made in the beautiful Encore SQ yarn.
It was so great to see so many friends and I enjoyed every minute. Thanks to Sonia and Debs for my voucher to get some posh treatments, and to Sarah for adding a ballet pump to my charm bracelet and to Unity for booking a trip to the Watermill Theatre AND arranging a babysitter for the occasion and to everyone else for all the lovely presents - I am spoiled indeed.
The official photographer (Skein King) had one beer too many and so we haven't got many photos of the proceedings but he did get a couple. I chickened out of wearing my summery dress:
This was pretty much at the end - the last guests left at four and I went to bed at five - a sign of a good party, I always say. And I'll spare you the photo of Sandra showing off her Rigby & Peller bra!
So, for posterity when I look back on this blog as I head closer to my dotage, I want to thank the following people for coming out in the rain to help me celebrate:
Guy and Jo, Unity and Nick, Sarah and Dave, Sonia and Toby, Debs and Richard, Jo and Allan, Cath and Nick, Sandra and Peter, Sue, Jackie, Maureen, Harriet and Shane, Rose and Phil, Sara and Simon, Chris and Pouran and Ceri and Tony.
There WILL/MUST be yarn by the end of next week as things get back to almost normality.
And I can't believe my little boy started secondary school this week. I'm so proud of him - he took it all in his stride and has his first full week ahead of him next week. Think he was about three in this photo.
And finally, a photo of my Spring Forward socks in progress made in the beautiful Encore SQ yarn.
