Made some ketchup… it’s the most lovely snack when paired with whole grain sourdough bread. So easy to make; for the first time I cooked it in my slow-cooker which was a revelation. Mix everything in the pot, prop the lid open with a spoon, go to sleep, come down in the morning and give [...]
Archive for February, 2009
More Bread Love
Posted in food fun, tagged canning, kale, ketchup, stems, stock on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sandwiches
Posted in food fun, tagged beans, bread, escarole, greens, sandwich, whole grain sourdough on February 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had a slight obsession with sandwiches lately. Could be because of all the bread I’ve been baking since late last Spring… we need some way of eating it without feeling guilty… but I think it all started a few years ago when the husband and I stayed at the MGM Grande in Vegas. We [...]
The Manon
Posted in finished objects, knitting, tagged Christmas Knit, malabrigo, manon, norah gaughan on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At least one Christmas present is finally complete!
Manon by Norah Gaughan, knit up in Malabrigo for my fabulous, super-stupendous step-mother extrodinaire.
This was an incredible knit… and I am so looking forward to making up one for myself!
The lovely buttons she chose worked beautifully. I knit up a two stitch i-cord for the button loops, and [...]
Gifted
Posted in knitting, tagged cosy, drops design, gifts, laura, susan b anderson on February 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If you wondered what this sweater looked like on the newest addition, here she is debuting Cosy’s amazing work, the b14-27 Jacket, trousers, soft toy and blanket in Alpaca by DROPS design.
Momma loves green!! The colors are truer on the first photo, but doesn’t she look cute in the second?
And here she is with another [...]
Slippers! Felting!! Fun!!!
Posted in in progress, knitting, tagged alpaca with a twist, felted snuglets, felting, highlander, lopi, maggie pace, reynolds, slippers on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First born has been running around with ten blue toes for the majority of the winter. What’s a knittin’ mother to do but find a cute pattern on the internets and try to warm those toes right up? Thanks Ravelry!!
Little Snuglets by Maggie Pace of Pick-Up Sticks. It was a nice knit, although there were [...]
