Summer Vlogs 2024 - Ep6 - Nourish, Hydrate and Swatch

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[@kirstymcleod6647]

Don’t worry! A really good wet blocking Antigone will even out the stitches completely… enjoy your holiday!

[@jennycrone852]

Thank you for being real and sharing your internal struggles! The spiral is real! hugs

[@yashimi]

I love this series! It's so fun to see the day-to-day of a family/fellow knitter on the other side of the world and how your garden looks and how you structure your day, managing kids and knitting time and everything else too! I even love the mini bits of therapy talk and you being a little cranky with your husband about the car. It's reassuring and calming and your giggle is so wonderful! Thanks for sharing your garden and your trips and life in general!

[@susanchanyi3206]

I just wanted to tell you that a podcast in Canada mentioned your pattern . They are called the grocery girls out of Edmonton ,Alberta. They mentioned your Maxine quilt .They told their people to look at it. Just thought that would make you happy. Sue Ontario Canada

[@bunnyechoes]

Your intros are getting better and better. #goals! Also, that neighbourhood at 18:22 looks super nice! Thank you for showing us your day to day life.

[@The2gsandme]

I always find the week before I go on holiday really stressful and anxiety inducing, we’ve just been away and the week before was not great, had to work 3 days, husband was away, kids off school. I also struggle with adding in something to my day when I’ve had it planned out in my head. Sends me into a spiral 😫

[@movingstitches]

Hola! Thanks for another video Laura! I can relate to the tension between what I must do and what I want to do! Right now I just wanna finish my summer knits and start with autumn but you reminded me of a post that came through my feed recently ¨Rest is not something you need to earn¨. And I was like oh wow, I do this all the time. In regards to wanting to knit something new and finishing things, I get that since you're a designer your approach is different. I confess that sometimes I cast on things that excite me and I tell myself I am just leaving them ready so when I finish my current wips I can go back to the new ones. So technically I don´t have 4 wips, I just have 2 wips and 2 ideas I had ¨set up¨ 🤭

[@_laurapenrose_]

Haha I like that approach. I definitely have a few set up ‘ideas’ 🤣

[@1halfofthe2helens76]

We’ve just come back from the South of France, it was hot but with a pool & air con you’ll be fine. Enjoy the break!

[@knitwithjo]

You should pick those tomatoes asap!! It's best to pick them as soon as they start to show that red blush (even if they're still mostly green). At that point, the fruit has everything it needs from the vine to fully ripen, but if it stays on the vine, it risks getting damaged (pests, splitting skin, etc). I put the picked tomatoes on a sunny windowsill in my kitchen and they ripen to a deep red within 2-4 days. Enjoy!

[@_laurapenrose_]

So my daughter has a better gardening instinct than me 🤣 thank you for the advice!! X

[@jomeurer9444]

❤

[@janetjroberson2581]

Hello from Swansea, Illinois.

[@rachileettc5603]

I absolutely adore your earrings! Where did you get them? Loving the summer vlogs 😍 It’s making me miss the warm sunny days here in Australia. I’m done with winter 😂

[@_laurapenrose_]

They were a gift so I don’t know I’m afraid, I’m sure I’ve seen lots similar on Etsy though! X

[@champagneknits9333]

33 in the riviera isn’t like 33 elsewhere, it’s paradise you’ll be great. Just grab a slice of pizza and eat it in the sea. 🤩

[@_laurapenrose_]

That’s reassuring! Thank you! X

[@wooling.around]

Little tip: make your husband drive when your in the car together to and from Birmingham so you can knit during that time :). Two things in one

[@_laurapenrose_]

I did get a little knitting time, but we were dropping his car off so I had to drive one way and made him drive the way back, managed a few rows in my Maxine 🤣