Pattern: Lilah Shawl by Heather StortaYarn: Malabrigo Lace in the Polar Morn ColorwayNeedles: Size 3 circs Since this shawl is a graduation present for my friend L, and she’s coming up to see me this week, I made sure I blocked the shawl this weekend. I’m really happy with how it turned out. I made […]
I’m a little late reporting this (considering I cast it on on the 2nd), but Christmas knitting part three is the Mezquita Shawl by Roxanne Yuen. I’m using SweetGeorgia’s Cashsilk Lace in the botanical colorway, and size 8 needles. This yarn is really pleasant to work with. The pattern repeat is simple, but it’s over
This week’s haul was: green beans, pumpkin, sweet potato, carrots, melon, garlic, Italian skillet pepper, and an eggplant. Cooking highlights from last week were: two from my favorite Melissa Clark cookbook – the Raw Tuscan Kale Salad with Chiles and Pecorino, which I turned into a pasta dish, on the advice of a couple blog
I’ve pulled all the remaining tomatoes. We have frost warnings for the next two nights (tonight will probably be ok here on the coast, but tomorrow night will likely do us in). The sad thing is, once that’s done, we’re in for another week’s worth of 70-degree weather, so it’s entirely possible these would have
The Matters at Mansfield continues the Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries, this time with the addition of characters from Mansfield Park. Lady Catherine is determined to marry off her daughter Anne, and needless to say, Anne has no say in the matter. When Lady Catherine sets her sights on the heir of a Viscount who
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So, what do you do when the CSA gives you three pounds of red onions? Make red onion marmalade! The recipe is from Canning for a New Generation (I’m beginning to think I need to give that book credit as a book read, with the amount of time I’ve spent consulting it this year). I
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Pattern: Evermore Scarf by Nicole WhittisYarn: Classic Elite Renaissance in a red colorwayNeedles: Size 9 Circs My Evermore scarf is done – it’s the scarf I’ll be sending to the Red Scarf Project this year. The pattern is super easy. There are cables, but you can do them without a cable needle with no problems.
The second I saw Romano beans in this week’s CSA offerings, I knew I had to pick some up and make more of the Indian-spiced pickles I made earlier this summer. BF is not a huge pickle fan, but he liked these, because they have the Indian spices, and so don’t taste as much like
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Read for the RIP VI Reading Challenge. I wish I hadn’t so blatantly enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It’s caused me to get a few more books from that genre as gifts, and I’m sure this will come as a shock to no one, but the horror inserted into classic literature genre has hopped,
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We’re still pretty clearly in story building territory in this volume, and it’s all about a bit of a power play among the Fabletown sorcerers. Frau Tottenkinder leaves for the Fable Realms on a mission she’ll tell no one about, and the deceptively child-like sorceress Ozma seizes the opportunity to assert her leadership. My favorite
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