These are the Ginger Pear Preserves from The Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. The little bit I was able to sample was delicious. The problem? This is half the yield I was told I was going to get. So I’m short for my Christmas presents. (I’ll be supplementing something older for one lucky person.) […]
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Pattern: owlet by Kate DaviesYarn: Quince and Company Lark in the Parsley colorwayNeedles: Size 8 and 9 circs Whew. I can indeed do a size correction for Christmas knitting last minute. I actually finished knitting this about five days ago, but I ran out of the buttons I was using for eyes, and
The three stories in this book are based on Matisse paintings – the names and some sketches appear in the books. All three stories are rich in imagery, clearly because of the source. My favorite is the middle story – Art Work – which is the tale of Debbie and Robin. Debbie has given up
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I finished the hoodie on Sunday. I will likely go back and resew the sides to be a little more close fitting (it’s pretty loose right now), but for the most part, it’s a great pattern – the fit in the sleeves and bust it great. I can totally see myself making this in different
With the year winding down, it occurred to me that if I really want to include the Palimpsest shawl in my 2012 projects (I did finish it in August), I really should block it before the end of the year, so that happened yesterday. Since I don’t have enough blocking mats, I ended up doing
I recently purchased the Sewing with Knits class from Craftsy. If you sign up for the site and don’t buy anything for a while, they’ll send you a class for $19.99 offer (and they have sales occasionally as well), and 20 bucks for a class with five patterns included seemed like a pretty good deal.
After the events of Daughter of the Forest, Hugh of Harrowfield has left Harrowfield to stay with Sorcha and her family at Sevenwaters. They’ve had three children – Niamh, Sean and Liadan – and Sean has become the heir to his uncle Liam. His twin sister Liadan is heir to her mother’s power – she’s
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It’s come to my attention that my niece has been growing a bit more than I had initially given her allowance for when I made her Christmas gift. Fortunately, I have time to remedy that, so here’s an Owlet Sweater, part deux, in the 18-25 month size. This time, it’s in Quince and Company Lark,
Pattern: cable baby by Pamela W. AllenYarn: Tess’ Designer Yarns Peruvian Sock YarnNeedles: Size 3 DPNS In casting on the Annis Shawl, since it has so many stitches, and during the lace portion I can only hack one pattern repeat a work night, I decided to find another sock yarn using up pattern to do
I decided cast on something entirely selfish, since I’ve been doing Christmas knitting so many projects in a row. This is the Annis Shawl, using Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud, in the Tidepool Heather colorway – quite possibly my actual favorite color (it marries both blue and green!). So far, so good, even though it does involve
