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Hello!
I hope you have had a lovely summer (or winter?) break and a very happy new year to you, wherever you may be.

Tom, the kids and I returned from a very long and lovely break in the South Island. There we visited our families and spent lots of time together, reading stories to baby nieces, reading on the beach, hiking, drinking wine and gin and tonics, swimming in the sea and various rivers, eating ice-cream and berries and lots of other lovely things. Tom turned 40 and we had a party and he went sky-diving! We saw the new year in from a bonfire on the beach.

It was such a good and relaxing break from our normal life! I'm now back at work but the children still have a few weeks of holiday left. 

I thought I'd share some of my holiday snaps so I've popped some pictures in above. The last one shows a beautiful little beach hut made by Arlo, Keira and some of their cousins. They've been building these together every year for as long as they can remember.

Despite bringing three craft projects with me I only really worked on one, which my Mum gave me for Christmas. She gave me the pattern and yarn for the Nuala top by Truly Myrtle and I started knitting it on Boxing Day. It's a lovely linen summer top and it was the perfect thing to knit on over the hot summer. It's nearly finished, so I'll show you in my next post.

Wishing you a very happy 2019 dear readers and friends and fellow makers! I'm looking forward to another year of making and writing and sharing with you.
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