Watching you draw those maps, Helen brought back fond memories of map drawing as a child. I loved doing that, colouring them in, adding rivers and other landmarks. We also used plastic templates for different countries, and each was a different colour. A little trip down memory lane for me. Thank you.
Helen did that to me too... she showed the segment on catching butterflies and I remembered my childhood and my hometown. So lovely to be taken back to that pleasant time!
Thank you, Emma - it's lovely the way simple things can bring back happy memories! Drawing and colouring maps is the only thing I really enjoyed in Geography lessons at school maybe because I found it very relaxing, even back then! xx
Morning Helen. Thanks for the packed episode this week. Enjoyed everything as usual. Your mum a beautiful job of the seat organiser, bet it will be very useful. Cute camper fabric on all the bags. The map drawing reminded me of something we did in a project at primary school. Wow , yummy looking cake, pineapple is one of my favourites. I am looking forward to seeing your latest adventure. We had a lovely break away last week. Northumberland is beautiful. We stayed in Thropton in a lovely farmhouse b&b. We visited Cragside and really enjoyed the house and gardens. Enjoyed the riverwalk in Rothbury. Also, a fantastic little artisan shop in the village centre. Beamish was a great experience, and we loved it. Definitely will be visiting again. We packed so much in. Even visited Lucy Locket on the way home. Hopefully, next time, we can arrange to meet up. Back to reality this week, with 2 hospital appointments. Have a great week, take care. Xx
Hi Angela, and thank you! Of course, 'seat organiser' is what I shall call the new storage "thing" ( I just couldn't think what to call it!) It was lovely to hear about your Northumbrian holiday and I'm so glad that you enjoyed everything you did - they are all places that I love, including Lucy Locketland's shop! If you return to the North east, do let me know and hopefully we can meet up! I hope that all goes well with your appointments this week. Take care xxx
Loved every segment of your video this week. Your mother made a beautiful job of the seat back organizer! Your cake looked so moist and yummy. I would definitely bake it if I weren't diabetic! Your knitted orangutan is cute. I bet those fingers were so fiddly, but worth the extra effort. Looking forward to your next campervan trip. Have a great week.
Thank you, Carole - I'm so glad that you enjoyed everything that I shared with you this week! Next campervan video is nearly finished so will be ready for next week! Take care xx
It's fun to have fabric that matches the adventure or season! The seat organizer is awesome. You did a great job problem solving. I think I enjoy the preparations almost as much as taking the trip. I love to make lists and organize my things. I would guess that with each trip you find it easier and quicker to be ready to go. I would bake something to take along, too. But probably brownies or cookies. Those are my go to treats. I was noticing that Pearl has fingers and I wondered if it was easier to make her hands or the monkey (ok, how does one spell aurangatang? I can't even get the auto correct to pull it up🤔😆). I enjoyed your video, as I always do. The bin lorry. Keeping it real!😁 that's funny thinking of you sitting in your driveway in the campervan talking to the camera. I love it. Keep up the good work. See you next week!
Thanks, Karen. I agree, preparing for a trip, and the anticipation of going away on a new adventure, is almost as enjoyable as the trip itself, and we are certainly getting faster at gathering everything together now that we've been away in the campervan quite a few times. My son is a big fan of baking brownies and cookies - so sometimes he makes us some to take away with us! You're right - Pearl has fingers too (oh, and the spelling you're looking for is 'orangutan') but they were actually a lot fiddlier than the orangutan's hands. I did think it was quite funny that I was sitting on the drive in the campervan, especially when the bin lorry came along with its rude interruption! xx
Thanks, Jane - it's my pleasure. It's good to know that you enjoyed the Footsteps of Sheep book - I'm really looking forward to starting it when we go away! xx
A lovely chat Helen. Your mum is very clever (and very nice :) to make your camper van chair back organizer. It’s just ideal! And a loo roll bag - much nicer isn’t it ? Map drawing - I’ve been amazed at your map drawing skills - now I know your secret 😎. Still a lot of work, your maps are lovely. I hope you are enjoying your few days away. Will look forward to hearing all about the trip. I think I would always have an easy blanket project with me so I could zone out at times, and not have to think. Making clothes for dolls is quite fiddly I think? I’m sure your hands have been busy. Chat soon.
Thank you, Isabel. It was very nice of my mum to make me the seat organiser! Ah yes, I thought I would reveal the secret of my map making!! You're right, I may decide against taking toy clothes away with me as a project... and it's definitely good to have something that is as uncomplicated as possible! xx
All fascinating! Looking forward to your Scottish Island hopping. I've been to Scotland lots of times but the only island I've visited is Arran which I went to on a school geography field trip for a week. I loved it but not the youth hostel! Yes, I've heard that about fruit cakes and that particular one about Scott. People used to save the top tier of the wedding cake for their first born's christening, didn't they? If I'd done that, mine would still be sat here nearly 40 years later! I've got a recipe for a fruit cake with chopped pineapple. It's in an M&S cookbook. I'm sure that's done in a pan, too. I always love your videos... they seem to invoke all these memories for me! 🥰
Thank you - and I shall look forward to sharing our Scottish island-hopping with you in a few weeks. In the meantime, I've just finished making a video about the trip we've just been on, to the Scottish Borders. Yes, Arran is a lovely place but I know what you mean about the youth hostel - although youth hostels are very different to when I used them years ago! I wonder if my fruit cake recipe originally came from that M&S book... it's a lovely cake, anyway! It's amazing how long some fruit cakes can last, isn't it? I;m glad to have brought you some happy memories. See you again soon! xx
It was so nice to see you today, Helen!! I loved your video!! Your orangutan sure is cute! 🥰 Someday I'm going to get that pattern book!! 🤩 I can't wait to see your next adventures you take in your camper van! Take care and have a great time!! ❣️
Thank you, Debbie! It's hard to get myself to knit anything other than animals from Mouche and Friends at the moment... it's such a great collection of patterns! I'm looking forward to sharing more campervan adventures with you soon. Take care xx
Hello Helen, thank you once again for a vlog jam packed with goodies which I love, and inside your campervan which is a treat……it’s like sitting and chatting with an old friend. I am going to try out your pineapple cake recipe sometime soon and I will let you know how mine tasted. From Carol 🎹🧶🪡🧵
HiHelen thanks for another great video your Mum made a great job of the seat organiser and the fabric is just perfect ❤I really enjoy your camper van trips they’re so interesting and the background information and history of the places you visit is wonderful 😊 You’re getting quite a menagerie of animals now and they’re all adorable and Pearl is looking very stylish in her summertime outfit. The Pineapple fruit cake looks delicious, I will try your recipe today we are going away to visit my sister this weekend so it will be just the perfect thing to take,she lives in Taupo which is in the middle of the North Island here in NZ about a 4 hour drive from me.
Thank you, Tracey. I'm so pleased with the seat organiser for the campervan - it will be very useful! I'm looking forward to sharing more trips with you and I'm glad you enjoy hearing the history of places - it's always good to learn new things or be reminded of things that have been pushed to the backs of our minds! I hope you enjoy the fruit cake and also your visit to your sister. See you soon! xx
Good morning Helen ,another lovely video. Already written down the recipe my husband is particularly partial to fruit cake. Hope your trip to Scotland goes well with some sunshine thrown in. Take care😊
Look forward to ur next trip,,, The animals u make are amazing,,, Love the camper van project bag,,,,,from Jeanette and the one from Rachael,,,,, Elaine 🏡🏡
Thanks, Elaine - I shall look forward to sharing more of our adventures with you! I love it that knitted animals can bring such joy. I was so happy to be able to buy those lovely project bags and they will definitely add to my pleasure while I'm away! xx
Lovely to see you again. Your camper van storage is a great idea and I made one similar (although not so pretty) when we had our van and it’s very useful. I have the Footsteps of Sheep book and it’s extremely interesting and a great read. Your cake looks delicious and I would choose a fruit cake over a creamy concoction anytime! Enjoy your trip away!
Thank you, Heather! Yes, in a campervan it's great to be able to find all sorts of places for storing things! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed reading In the Footsteps of Sheep - I've saved it as a treat to have on our next trip away! I think a fruit cake is a good thing to take away in the campervan - better than any creamy alternatives! xx
Morning Helen☕This what great your cake looked so good and what a lovely storage hanger your mum made for the back of your seat that's a great idea❤ I have quite a few of Jeanette Cleggs bags to lol I have the caravan one lol Thank you Helen see you next week x
Hi Michelle - brilliant that you have the caravan project bag that Jeanette made at the same time as my campervan one! It's almost like we have adopted siblings - lol! That fruit cake recipe is a real favourite of mine - definitely worth a try. Take care xx
Lovely to have found you on recommendation from Penny's Chinwag. My hubby comes from Seaton Carew and we have family there still. Uncle was a teacher there, coincidences what a joy. Will enjoy catching up on your content. Thank you 😃
Thank you for joining me and taking the time to leave a comment - it's very much appreciated! I hope you enjoy catching up with some of my other podcasts. xx
We've just been on holiday and I made a boiled fruit cake, we always take something away with us too! Your maps reminded me of school geography lessons! 😊
Ah that’s great - it’s lovely to have a bit of home baking to take away on holiday, isn’t it? I thought exactly the same when I started making my maps - it took me right back to geography lessons at school! xx
Hello Helen. I decided to knit Tino the wolf as my first try from Mouche and friends. I love his little head smiling at me as I knit his arms and legs. I decided to use scrap yarn for my first try and now I am playing yarn chicken on the last leg! 😃 Hope I make it. He's going to have to have a different coloured tail. Enjoy your travels.
Hi Barbara, how lovely to know that you are knitting Tino the Wolf! I'm sure he won't mind if he has a different colour at the end of one leg - I don't know if you watched the podcast where I was chatting about making Mouche the bear - but the same thing happened to me, so one foot is a slightly different colour to the rest of her! And your wolf will look fine with a tail of a different colour! I shall look forward to sharing my travels with you - and thank you! xx
Such a lovely vlog today Helen and hope the Scottish islands trip goes well. Boiled fruit cake looked great - I make a different version which always turns out well but using milk instead of pineapple. Once cooled I slice most of it and freeze into portions for hubby's lunchbox. Originally the Recipe was passed to me by my mum. Hope the "summer weather" starts to improve soon. Best wishes as ever.
Thank you, Alegna - I'm so glad you enjoyed today's vlog! I;m really looking forward to our next campervan adventure and will looking forward to sharing it with you at a later date! What a good idea to freeze slices of fruit cake! It sounds like a lovely recipe. Yes, it will be lovely if more summery weather returns... at the moment there's a lot of dodging of showers to do! Take care xx
Thank you! And it's lovely to know that you had some great adventures in your campervan! I bought the fabric on Etsy but it seems to be no longer available - my mum tried hard to find me some more without success. xx
Hi Helen i do a boiled fruit cake its in the bero book and my neighbour told me about pineapple my mum loves it as she was a confectioner and we love trying new cakes ❤
Dearest Helen! Thank you so much for this lovely video and especially for the mention. I'm very excited to see a maker who is as in love with Cinthia Vallet's book as me! Also great that you're keen to make that cowl! I love to see your little (or not that little) Henri emerging. I can only imagine how fiddly those fingers are! Wow you are very patient! I really enjoyed the baking segment too, I also love baking but my family were not that much into it until recently (my youngest is 19 months and she only now started to eat such stuff and my husband doesn't like cakes!) I would love to try that recipe in the future, thanks a lot for sharing it with us! Oh and most of all thank you for showing how you did the skirt! Wow that is so much easier, I will definitely try it for my Piggie. Looking forward to future videos and everything you'd like to share. Greetings from rainy Auckland, Marina
Hi Marina, I agree - it's lovely that we can appreciate together Cinthia's wonderful animal patterns! I hope that you can also start finding time for some baking and try that delicious fruit cake. When my children were young, they used to love our baking sessions together! It was my pleasure to mention you podcast - and also to make the little video about embroidering the skirt! Hoping that the sunshine soon returns to Auckland! We had some sunshine first this morning although the sky is now covered in cloud. I'm off to cast on the cowl later this morning! xx
@@mousiemakespod Thank you Helen, the sun did appear today :) yey onto new cowls! I have started mine today and oh my God it's so relaxing for the fingers (compared to tiny needles and fiddly animals, as much as I love them). I have almost completed half of the cowl already! I'm hoping you'll be showing yours next Monday? I'm looking forward to that!
@@strawberrypatches8742 I agree - it's so lovely to get back to making something that doesn't use such thin needles! You'll not see my cowl on TH-cam for a couple of weeks but I will definitely be posting on Instagram. I'm glad to hear that your sunshine returned!
My friend stayed with me for a couple of days and I showed her the book (online) and your animals. She immediately fell in love with the donkey and said she is going to knit it. We saw the orangutan in the book and low and behold you are making him. He is gorgeous. His hands are wonderful. The yarn is perfect and I feel he is with us even though he is not finished yet. Pearl of course looks great in her summer outfit, lets hope summer comes soon!! Your project bags sit so well in the van as does your mum's wonderful make. I shall be making your cake this week as a fruit cake is just what we need. Delia's book is falling to bits in my house, but I don't want to buy a new one and need to write my favourite recipes in my own recipe book. See you next time. xx. Could I be cheeky and ask what camera you use for filming your podcasts as I'm thinking of updating my method of filming. xx PS I've just bought the Cynthia's book, couldn't resist any more!
Hi Pene! How exciting that you've decided to buy Cinthia's book - I hope you will love it as much as I do! And I'm sure that your friend will love having her own knitted donkey. Henri the orangutan is now finished, and waiting patiently for some clothes... what a cute little chap he is! I hope you enjoy the fruit cake when you get a chance to make it (and I may well be making those delicious-looking Italian biscuits that I saw you making earlier today - I shall add my comment soon!) Although I have occasionally used my Sony DLR camera for videoing, I actually just use my phone the vast majority of the time because it seems to do the job sufficiently! I had also been contemplating the idea of upgrading... xx
Hi Helen. Those hands are amazing! Could the fingers be made by making i-cords? When you did the chain stitch on your little sample, why did you say not to go back to the same place as the used when the chain was started. When I do “regular” embroidery chain stitch, I always go back to the same place where the yarn came out. Is there something different with embroidery on knitting? Campervan storage pocket has worked out fabulously! Can’t wait for the new trip. (Can you tell me why your fruitcake tin is covered with brown paper or a thermal lining before it goes in the office. See you next time. Salam wa sa’aadah
Hi Linda. Yes, I think that icords would definitely work for the fingers of orangutan's hands! You were very observant when watching my chain stitch, and you're right - usually when I do chain stitch, I do go back into the same place and I'm not quite sure why I didn't do that on the knitting - next time I do it, I will have to notice to see if there was a reason for it! I'm very pleased with the seat organiser for the campervan - and I shall look forward to sharing our upcoming adventures! I think it must have been my mum who taught me to wrap layers of brown paper around a fruit cake while it's being baked - I think it's to try and prevent the edges of the cake from overcooking and drying out too much, because a fruitcake is usually in the oven for quite a lot longer than normal cakes. And when I spotted the special wrapper to use for baking, I thought it would be a bit easier than using paper, and it did seem to work well. See you next time! xx
I love how even the cake tin is camper themed , I have various project bags for my campervan trips and made a few storage bags with vans on as well , we don’t have a bag for the loo roll so might need to rectify that !I always take socks to knit on my travels.
Watching you draw those maps, Helen brought back fond memories of map drawing as a child. I loved doing that, colouring them in, adding rivers and other landmarks. We also used plastic templates for different countries, and each was a different colour. A little trip down memory lane for me. Thank you.
Helen did that to me too... she showed the segment on catching butterflies and I remembered my childhood and my hometown. So lovely to be taken back to that pleasant time!
Thank you, Emma - it's lovely the way simple things can bring back happy memories! Drawing and colouring maps is the only thing I really enjoyed in Geography lessons at school maybe because I found it very relaxing, even back then! xx
Morning Helen. Thanks for the packed episode this week. Enjoyed everything as usual. Your mum a beautiful job of the seat organiser, bet it will be very useful. Cute camper fabric on all the bags. The map drawing reminded me of something we did in a project at primary school. Wow , yummy looking cake, pineapple is one of my favourites. I am looking forward to seeing your latest adventure.
We had a lovely break away last week. Northumberland is beautiful. We stayed in Thropton in a lovely farmhouse b&b. We visited Cragside and really enjoyed the house and gardens. Enjoyed the riverwalk in Rothbury. Also, a fantastic little artisan shop in the village centre. Beamish was a great experience, and we loved it. Definitely will be visiting again. We packed so much in. Even visited Lucy Locket on the way home. Hopefully, next time, we can arrange to meet up.
Back to reality this week, with 2 hospital appointments.
Have a great week, take care. Xx
Hi Angela, and thank you! Of course, 'seat organiser' is what I shall call the new storage "thing" ( I just couldn't think what to call it!) It was lovely to hear about your Northumbrian holiday and I'm so glad that you enjoyed everything you did - they are all places that I love, including Lucy Locketland's shop! If you return to the North east, do let me know and hopefully we can meet up! I hope that all goes well with your appointments this week. Take care xxx
Loved every segment of your video this week. Your mother made a beautiful job of the seat back organizer! Your cake looked so moist and yummy. I would definitely bake it if I weren't diabetic! Your knitted orangutan is cute. I bet those fingers were so fiddly, but worth the extra effort. Looking forward to your next campervan trip. Have a great week.
Thank you, Carole - I'm so glad that you enjoyed everything that I shared with you this week! Next campervan video is nearly finished so will be ready for next week! Take care xx
I have the same cake Tin Helen, it had biscuits in .xxxx🐝🐝🐝
Ah, great! Yes, the tin was a gift from our daughter and it contained biscuits but now continues its life as a tin for the campervan! xxxx
It's fun to have fabric that matches the adventure or season! The seat organizer is awesome. You did a great job problem solving.
I think I enjoy the preparations almost as much as taking the trip. I love to make lists and organize my things. I would guess that with each trip you find it easier and quicker to be ready to go. I would bake something to take along, too. But probably brownies or cookies. Those are my go to treats.
I was noticing that Pearl has fingers and I wondered if it was easier to make her hands or the monkey (ok, how does one spell aurangatang? I can't even get the auto correct to pull it up🤔😆).
I enjoyed your video, as I always do. The bin lorry. Keeping it real!😁 that's funny thinking of you sitting in your driveway in the campervan talking to the camera. I love it. Keep up the good work. See you next week!
Thanks, Karen. I agree, preparing for a trip, and the anticipation of going away on a new adventure, is almost as enjoyable as the trip itself, and we are certainly getting faster at gathering everything together now that we've been away in the campervan quite a few times. My son is a big fan of baking brownies and cookies - so sometimes he makes us some to take away with us! You're right - Pearl has fingers too (oh, and the spelling you're looking for is 'orangutan') but they were actually a lot fiddlier than the orangutan's hands. I did think it was quite funny that I was sitting on the drive in the campervan, especially when the bin lorry came along with its rude interruption! xx
I have The Footsteps of Sheep book too. A wonderful book and I've made some of the socks too! Love your podcast. thanks for sharing your days! Jane
Thanks, Jane - it's my pleasure. It's good to know that you enjoyed the Footsteps of Sheep book - I'm really looking forward to starting it when we go away! xx
A lovely chat Helen. Your mum is very clever (and very nice :) to make your camper van chair back organizer. It’s just ideal! And a loo roll bag - much nicer isn’t it ? Map drawing - I’ve been amazed at your map drawing skills - now I know your secret 😎. Still a lot of work, your maps are lovely. I hope you are enjoying your few days away. Will look forward to hearing all about the trip. I think I would always have an easy blanket project with me so I could zone out at times, and not have to think. Making clothes for dolls is quite fiddly I think? I’m sure your hands have been busy. Chat soon.
Thank you, Isabel. It was very nice of my mum to make me the seat organiser! Ah yes, I thought I would reveal the secret of my map making!! You're right, I may decide against taking toy clothes away with me as a project... and it's definitely good to have something that is as uncomplicated as possible! xx
All fascinating! Looking forward to your Scottish Island hopping. I've been to Scotland lots of times but the only island I've visited is Arran which I went to on a school geography field trip for a week. I loved it but not the youth hostel! Yes, I've heard that about fruit cakes and that particular one about Scott. People used to save the top tier of the wedding cake for their first born's christening, didn't they? If I'd done that, mine would still be sat here nearly 40 years later! I've got a recipe for a fruit cake with chopped pineapple. It's in an M&S cookbook. I'm sure that's done in a pan, too. I always love your videos... they seem to invoke all these memories for me! 🥰
Thank you - and I shall look forward to sharing our Scottish island-hopping with you in a few weeks. In the meantime, I've just finished making a video about the trip we've just been on, to the Scottish Borders. Yes, Arran is a lovely place but I know what you mean about the youth hostel - although youth hostels are very different to when I used them years ago! I wonder if my fruit cake recipe originally came from that M&S book... it's a lovely cake, anyway! It's amazing how long some fruit cakes can last, isn't it? I;m glad to have brought you some happy memories. See you again soon! xx
@@mousiemakespod you certainly do invoke memories... and make me want to make new ones! ♥️
New music-lovely. Enjoy your trip!
Thank you, Julie! And it's good to know that you enjoyed the new music! xx
Mmmm, my mouth watered watching you put the cake mixture in the tin - made me want to bake a boiled cake one of these days😋
You should definitely try it - it's an excellent recipe! xx
It was so nice to see you today, Helen!! I loved your video!! Your orangutan sure is cute! 🥰 Someday I'm going to get that pattern book!! 🤩 I can't wait to see your next adventures you take in your camper van! Take care and have a great time!! ❣️
Thank you, Debbie! It's hard to get myself to knit anything other than animals from Mouche and Friends at the moment... it's such a great collection of patterns! I'm looking forward to sharing more campervan adventures with you soon. Take care xx
Hello Helen, thank you once again for a vlog jam packed with goodies which I love, and inside your campervan which is a treat……it’s like sitting and chatting with an old friend. I am going to try out your pineapple cake recipe sometime soon and I will let you know how mine tasted. From Carol 🎹🧶🪡🧵
Thanks, Carol, for spending more time with me! I hope you enjoy the pineapple cake and look forward to finding out what you think! xx
HiHelen thanks for another great video your Mum made a great job of the seat organiser and the fabric is just perfect ❤I really enjoy your camper van trips they’re so interesting and the background information and history of the places you visit is wonderful 😊
You’re getting quite a menagerie of animals now and they’re all adorable and Pearl is looking very stylish in her summertime outfit.
The Pineapple fruit cake looks delicious, I will try your recipe today we are going away to visit my sister this weekend so it will be just the perfect thing to take,she lives in Taupo which is in the middle of the North Island here in NZ about a 4 hour drive from me.
Thank you, Tracey. I'm so pleased with the seat organiser for the campervan - it will be very useful! I'm looking forward to sharing more trips with you and I'm glad you enjoy hearing the history of places - it's always good to learn new things or be reminded of things that have been pushed to the backs of our minds! I hope you enjoy the fruit cake and also your visit to your sister. See you soon! xx
Good morning Helen ,another lovely video.
Already written down the recipe my husband is particularly partial to fruit cake.
Hope your trip to Scotland goes well with some sunshine thrown in.
Take care😊
Thank you Elaine! I’m sure that you will enjoy the fruit cake! Yes, fingers crossed that we get a bit of sunshine… xx
Look forward to ur next trip,,,
The animals u make are amazing,,,
Love the camper van project bag,,,,,from Jeanette and the one from Rachael,,,,,
Elaine 🏡🏡
Thanks, Elaine - I shall look forward to sharing more of our adventures with you! I love it that knitted animals can bring such joy. I was so happy to be able to buy those lovely project bags and they will definitely add to my pleasure while I'm away! xx
Lovely to see you again. Your camper van storage is a great idea and I made one similar (although not so pretty) when we had our van and it’s very useful. I have the Footsteps of Sheep book and it’s extremely interesting and a great read. Your cake looks delicious and I would choose a fruit cake over a creamy concoction anytime! Enjoy your trip away!
Thank you, Heather! Yes, in a campervan it's great to be able to find all sorts of places for storing things! I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed reading In the Footsteps of Sheep - I've saved it as a treat to have on our next trip away! I think a fruit cake is a good thing to take away in the campervan - better than any creamy alternatives! xx
Morning Helen☕This what great your cake looked so good and what a lovely storage hanger your mum made for the back of your seat that's a great idea❤ I have quite a few of Jeanette Cleggs bags to lol I have the caravan one lol Thank you Helen see you next week x
Hi Michelle - brilliant that you have the caravan project bag that Jeanette made at the same time as my campervan one! It's almost like we have adopted siblings - lol! That fruit cake recipe is a real favourite of mine - definitely worth a try. Take care xx
Love the project bags. x
New project bags can be very hard to resist sometimes! x
Lovely to have found you on recommendation from Penny's Chinwag. My hubby comes from Seaton Carew and we have family there still. Uncle was a teacher there, coincidences what a joy. Will enjoy catching up on your content. Thank you 😃
Thank you for joining me and taking the time to leave a comment - it's very much appreciated! I hope you enjoy catching up with some of my other podcasts. xx
Uummm yummy cake you take care Helen xxxx
Thank you, Wendy. xx
We've just been on holiday and I made a boiled fruit cake, we always take something away with us too! Your maps reminded me of school geography lessons! 😊
Ah that’s great - it’s lovely to have a bit of home baking to take away on holiday, isn’t it? I thought exactly the same when I started making my maps - it took me right back to geography lessons at school! xx
Hello Helen. I decided to knit Tino the wolf as my first try from Mouche and friends. I love his little head smiling at me as I knit his arms and legs. I decided to use scrap yarn for my first try and now I am playing yarn chicken on the last leg! 😃 Hope I make it. He's going to have to have a different coloured tail. Enjoy your travels.
Hi Barbara, how lovely to know that you are knitting Tino the Wolf! I'm sure he won't mind if he has a different colour at the end of one leg - I don't know if you watched the podcast where I was chatting about making Mouche the bear - but the same thing happened to me, so one foot is a slightly different colour to the rest of her! And your wolf will look fine with a tail of a different colour! I shall look forward to sharing my travels with you - and thank you! xx
Ooh I love fruit cake. Hope its ok I quickly wrote down your Aunts recipe and looking forward to baking it. Thank you for a lovely video
You are very welcome - I hope you enjoy making the fruit cake!
Such a lovely vlog today Helen and hope the Scottish islands trip goes well.
Boiled fruit cake looked great - I make a different version which always turns out well but using milk instead of pineapple. Once cooled I slice most of it and freeze into portions for hubby's lunchbox. Originally the Recipe was passed to me by my mum.
Hope the "summer weather" starts to improve soon. Best wishes as ever.
Thank you, Alegna - I'm so glad you enjoyed today's vlog! I;m really looking forward to our next campervan adventure and will looking forward to sharing it with you at a later date! What a good idea to freeze slices of fruit cake! It sounds like a lovely recipe. Yes, it will be lovely if more summery weather returns... at the moment there's a lot of dodging of showers to do! Take care xx
I make a very similar cake and it’s called a Giggle cake. Enjoy it on your travels.
Hi Dianne - what a lovely name for a cake! The cake is definitely a lovely accompaniment when we're on our travels! x
The seat organizers are awesome. We had a camper like this and traveld all over Europe. Where did you find the fabric❤
Thank you! And it's lovely to know that you had some great adventures in your campervan! I bought the fabric on Etsy but it seems to be no longer available - my mum tried hard to find me some more without success. xx
Hi Helen i do a boiled fruit cake its in the bero book and my neighbour told me about pineapple my mum loves it as she was a confectioner and we love trying new cakes ❤
Hi Shirley - I like that boiled fruit cake from the bero book too - and adding crushed pineapple is lovely! x
Dearest Helen!
Thank you so much for this lovely video and especially for the mention. I'm very excited to see a maker who is as in love with Cinthia Vallet's book as me! Also great that you're keen to make that cowl!
I love to see your little (or not that little) Henri emerging. I can only imagine how fiddly those fingers are! Wow you are very patient!
I really enjoyed the baking segment too, I also love baking but my family were not that much into it until recently (my youngest is 19 months and she only now started to eat such stuff and my husband doesn't like cakes!) I would love to try that recipe in the future, thanks a lot for sharing it with us!
Oh and most of all thank you for showing how you did the skirt! Wow that is so much easier, I will definitely try it for my Piggie.
Looking forward to future videos and everything you'd like to share.
Greetings from rainy Auckland,
Marina
Hi Marina, I agree - it's lovely that we can appreciate together Cinthia's wonderful animal patterns! I hope that you can also start finding time for some baking and try that delicious fruit cake. When my children were young, they used to love our baking sessions together! It was my pleasure to mention you podcast - and also to make the little video about embroidering the skirt! Hoping that the sunshine soon returns to Auckland! We had some sunshine first this morning although the sky is now covered in cloud. I'm off to cast on the cowl later this morning! xx
@@mousiemakespod Thank you Helen, the sun did appear today :) yey onto new cowls! I have started mine today and oh my God it's so relaxing for the fingers (compared to tiny needles and fiddly animals, as much as I love them). I have almost completed half of the cowl already! I'm hoping you'll be showing yours next Monday? I'm looking forward to that!
@@strawberrypatches8742 I agree - it's so lovely to get back to making something that doesn't use such thin needles! You'll not see my cowl on TH-cam for a couple of weeks but I will definitely be posting on Instagram. I'm glad to hear that your sunshine returned!
My friend stayed with me for a couple of days and I showed her the book (online) and your animals. She immediately fell in love with the donkey and said she is going to knit it. We saw the orangutan in the book and low and behold you are making him. He is gorgeous. His hands are wonderful. The yarn is perfect and I feel he is with us even though he is not finished yet. Pearl of course looks great in her summer outfit, lets hope summer comes soon!! Your project bags sit so well in the van as does your mum's wonderful make. I shall be making your cake this week as a fruit cake is just what we need. Delia's book is falling to bits in my house, but I don't want to buy a new one and need to write my favourite recipes in my own recipe book. See you next time. xx. Could I be cheeky and ask what camera you use for filming your podcasts as I'm thinking of updating my method of filming. xx PS I've just bought the Cynthia's book, couldn't resist any more!
Hi Pene! How exciting that you've decided to buy Cinthia's book - I hope you will love it as much as I do! And I'm sure that your friend will love having her own knitted donkey. Henri the orangutan is now finished, and waiting patiently for some clothes... what a cute little chap he is! I hope you enjoy the fruit cake when you get a chance to make it (and I may well be making those delicious-looking Italian biscuits that I saw you making earlier today - I shall add my comment soon!) Although I have occasionally used my Sony DLR camera for videoing, I actually just use my phone the vast majority of the time because it seems to do the job sufficiently! I had also been contemplating the idea of upgrading... xx
@@mousiemakespod Great minds!
Hi Helen. Those hands are amazing! Could the fingers be made by making i-cords? When you did the chain stitch on your little sample, why did you say not to go back to the same place as the used when the chain was started. When I do “regular” embroidery chain stitch, I always go back to the same place where the yarn came out. Is there something different with embroidery on knitting? Campervan storage pocket has worked out fabulously! Can’t wait for the new trip. (Can you tell me why your fruitcake tin is covered with brown paper or a thermal lining before it goes in the office. See you next time. Salam wa sa’aadah
Hi Linda. Yes, I think that icords would definitely work for the fingers of orangutan's hands! You were very observant when watching my chain stitch, and you're right - usually when I do chain stitch, I do go back into the same place and I'm not quite sure why I didn't do that on the knitting - next time I do it, I will have to notice to see if there was a reason for it! I'm very pleased with the seat organiser for the campervan - and I shall look forward to sharing our upcoming adventures!
I think it must have been my mum who taught me to wrap layers of brown paper around a fruit cake while it's being baked - I think it's to try and prevent the edges of the cake from overcooking and drying out too much, because a fruitcake is usually in the oven for quite a lot longer than normal cakes. And when I spotted the special wrapper to use for baking, I thought it would be a bit easier than using paper, and it did seem to work well. See you next time! xx
I love how even the cake tin is camper themed , I have various project bags for my campervan trips and made a few storage bags with vans on as well , we don’t have a bag for the loo roll so might need to rectify that !I always take socks to knit on my travels.
Looks like a Henry to me.
Definitely! I actually added an extra name, so he is now called Henri Clement!
Super!@@mousiemakespod