Pattern: Quest for a Man by Laura NelkinYarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Gaea in the Corbie colorwayNeedles: Size 7 Circs and DPNs This project is bonus Christmas knitting – it’ll be going to my younger brother. I love the pattern – it’s nice and easy, and the texture is really cool. I’ve been meaning to […]
Based on what I have available in my reading pile, I think I can safely say I’m done with the Foodie’s Reading Challenge for the year. I read: This put me into the Bon Vivant category, which was reading 4 to 6 books for the year. Not bad, considering I started knowing that I could
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Read for the Foodie Reading Challenge. This cookbook is filled with book passages that celebrate food – some very specific examples, some a bit more broad. It’s a really great read, just for the passages. Some are incredibly short (several snippets from Poor Richard’s Almanack come to mind), and some much longer. There are also
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Pattern: Mezquita Shawl by Roxanne YuenYarn: Sweet Georgia CashSilk Lace in the Botanical colorwayNeedles: Size 8 circs I finally blocked the Mezquita Shawl yesterday – definitely one of the easiest blocking jobs I’ve recently had to do. I really enjoyed this pattern – the short row shaping was super easy, and for whatever reason, short
I’ve now completed the 2011 YA Reading Challenge, which was to read 12 YA books within 2011. I’ve read: This year, I skewed very heavily fantasy. There was one mystery, and one dystopian/sci fi book, but the other ten all had at least some fantastical elements. I can definitely tell what kind of books I
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. There are two princesses in Bamarre – the elder, Meryl, is the brave one, who wants nothing more than to fight Bamarre’s battles, while her younger sister Addie is much more timid, and depends on Meryl’s strength and protection. Naturally, something terrible happens to Meryl, and it’s Addie
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My contribution to Thanksgiving this year was this Maple-Buttermilk Pie. It’s far from the prettiest pie I’ve ever made (this was pie crust #4 – I don’t know what I did to piss off the pie crust gods – and after this photo was taken, the custard split), but it was delicious – it had
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Read for the 2011 YA Reading Challenge. One day, a parcel containing a pair of gorgeous silver shoes is left outside Coriander’s home. She knows that they’re for her, but her mother is adamant that she cannot wear them. Still, the shoes call her name, and when Coriander gives in to that call, it starts
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Read for the Foodie Reading Challenge. This book is a compilation of essays by writers and chefs about either cooking for one, or dining alone. There is an interesting mix of stories, most including some sort of signature recipe. Many of the stories lean more to the philosophical than being strictly related to the food.
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I have today off, and since baking a pie does not a full day make, I’ve done a bit of stock-taking of my sewing projects. (The pie crust should be cooled by now, so should shortly be back in pie land.) The first thing of note is my new baby. It was my ten-year anniversary