End of the Week

by | Jun 11, 2010 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Yard & Garden

I don’t know where the last week went. (Well, I do;  it was spent either sitting on the couch knitting or in front of the computer working on charts, schematics, and spreadsheets.) Work continues on the vest (and that’s all I’m saying regarding it)....

Knitting Adrenaline

by | Jun 2, 2010 | Food & Wine, Knitting

I received the Pippin Black Water Abbey yarn yesterday and did a couple swatches today.  I’ve since played with the chart for the main motif & supporting cables, and I’m pretty happy with it. I figure I have til Saturday to get as much done on it as...

Happy Memorial Day!

by | May 31, 2010 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Yard & Garden

Loved seeing this article.  As I’ve discussed before, cables and such are my favorite things to knit (and now design).  It’s great to see they’re now (again?) considered very fashion forward. I made a batch of hot dog buns (my first batch ever!)...

One small change…

by | Jan 1, 2010 | Food & Wine, House

It’s hard to come up with an idea for a small change.   We’ve done a fair amount of things already: solar panels tankless water heater tore up our lawn, replaced primarily with natives growing some of our own produce in earthboxes on the roof replaced...

First Attempt at Yogurt

by | Dec 10, 2009 | Food & Wine

I made yogurt today! Despite scalding the milk and burning my thumb (blisters!), the end result seems tasty so far (will add a bit of honey & fruit tonight to some of it to really try it). I used 1/2 gallon of 1% milk from Whole Foods and some nonfat Stoneyfield...