Woolly winter warmers

Oh there's a definite nip in the air... and I don't mean the whisky kind. It seems that it is definitely Autumn, the leaves are turning golden and red on the trees, the nights are drawing in, and I'm beginning to debate the choice of thermal undergarments that the worldwide web has to offer....

Now, if your cake top bride or groom fancies a scarf to keep themselves nice and warm, well no problem!! My Mum is actually the knitter in the family, and she makes tiny wee knitted scarves for me, knitting them with embroidery and crochet threads so that they're perfectly tiny. She's very good at it, and does a fine line in stripey ones. Recently I found some crochet thread that was different colours on one thread. We didn't know if the colour change would be quick enough- if you know what I mean- to show up on the small scale scarf, but in fact it worked quite well. So now some nice stripey pastel ones to add to the range...but we (she!) can do any colour. A nice addition for those snowboarding, snowballing, or chilly winter wedding caketops pehaps, where a cosy scarf may be essential wedding attire!

The scarf making was originally inspired by football fans of course. A mini woolly scarf works well: adding a nice touch along with footballs, team logos or even hats on!! (My Mum is now an expert in team colours for both Scottish and English Premier leagues - a handy pub quiz team member I think!)

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While it may be getting chilly and becoming warm scarf weather now, I do enjoy the autumn and wintertime, so I'm not complaining really. I'm looking forward to some serious frost like we had last year here in the glen, very pretty it was. But didn't I tell you this is a time when some folks enjoy thier wedding day somewhere hot? Somewhere where the folks there think frost exotic?

If that's your bag and a scarf just won't cut it, perhaps what you really need is a sarong and a beach!

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