Hello August
August is Women’s month in South Africa. During this month we pay tribute to the women in our past and the women who are leading the future.
Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it's sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens. Phylicia Rashad
We launched the Knotty Habit Scrappy’tober box for 2024!
3 beautiful colour themes!
- EARTHY
- BLOSSOMS
- LUMINO STARS
In this box you will find fifteen days’ worth of surprise bundles of joy together with a bunch of extra goodies to brighten up your Scrappy’tober! This year you can choose the base of the kiddies as well as the colour palette!
We added options for you to add neutral semi-solid skeins in a colour of your choice so that you can use this box to build up any type of project you would like – sweaters, shawls, hats, gloves, cardigans, blankets… and of course socks! In order to keep the cost of this box as flexible as possible we have added the pattern holder as an optional extra to those who would like to get it! Join us for a magical journey through fifteen days of colours in your chosen colour palette!
The quick details:
- Cut off date for orders: 2 September 2024
- Date shipped: 27 September 2024
- Price: R900 (Additional skeins – R195 each: Pattern Holder – R150)
- Payment option of 3 months available – end of July, end of August, end of September
If you would like to make use of the payment plan option, select “EFT” as the payment option when checking out and put a note in the note box on the checkout page telling us you would like a payment plan.
If you made 2 payments, we will regard it as a placed order and count it for dying. If you only completed one payment at the closing date, you will receive a notification to encourage you to pay or make an arrangement by 1 September in order to receive the box.
Included in the base box:
- 15x20g mini skeins (300g total); each individually packaged to keep the surprise!
- You can choose your base: Merino 3Ply DK, 4Ply or KYSO bases are available!
- Project Bag
- Stitch Markers
- Some surprises from Mrs Knotty.
- Optional extras:
- Knotty Pattern Holder R150 (Colours may vary)
- 100g semi-solid skeins in a variety of colour options at a discounted price of R195. These extra skeins will be in the same base as chosen for your box.
Scrappytober box 2024
Events and activities to look forward to in August 2024 :
Pop-up shop at Anna Patat Crochet and Yarn Boutique
We are excited to celebrate Women's day again with a Pop-up weekend in Parys with Anna Patat Modern Crochet and Yarn Boutique! We will be in Parys from Friday 9 August till Sunday 11 August 2024!
75 Bree str, Shop 3, Parys – 072 152 0839
Pop-up shop at The Yarn Tree
24 August, 9:00-14:00
8 Seymour Ave, Parktown West., Johannesburg, South Africa – 082 725 1968
Zoom-Zoem meeting is on 29 August. Send me a WhatsApp or email if you want to receive the login details for our online get together!
Monthly Pretoria Stoepmark is on Saturday 31 August 9:00-14:00
R&R Bistro, CNR Nico Smith St and 26 Avenue, Villieria
While we honour women in our lives, I thought it well to ask Anel from BlueSpoons to share her family recipe for the delicious Apricot Jam Squares that she bakes for us. It was also a treat that Ouma Miensie always made for us.
Jam Squares:
Tasty squares, an old-fashioned South African recipe, might have its roots in Holland.
You can bake the light version, or the traditional one, and you can also double the recipe and bake it in an oven pan if you want to.
Makes about 12 squares.
Ingredients
- 115 gram butter
- 1/2 cup (110 gram) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 ml) salt
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 ml) vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon (2 ml) baking powder
- Apricot jam
Method
- Soften the butter if necessary. Mix the butter and sugar together until it is creamy.
- Add egg and mix well.
- Add the salt and vanilla essence
- Sift the flour and baking powder over the mixture and combine. The texture should be light and creamy.
- Lightly knead together to form a dough.
- Divide the dough in half and refrigerate one half of the dough.
- Line the pan with baking paper. Use a brownie tin that measures about 28 cm x 17 cm, or an oven pan if you’re making double the recipe.
- Press and spread the unrefrigerated dough into the paper-lined tin to form a crust.
- Spread apricot jam over the dough.
- Grate the refrigerated dough over the jam-smeared base.
- Bake for about 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 180°C until pale brown.
- Cut into slices or squares
May you all have a wonderful August and we are looking forward to see everything you create with your Knotty Yarn and Scrappy’tober box
Knotty Love
Miensie and team
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