Current progress on Powdermill! Traveling along on Sleeve Island pretty well! I am changing the sleeves a bit. In the pattern, they are straight and then balloon at the cuffs. I don’t love that style, so I am doing a very gradual decrease as I go until it gets to a reasonable width, then I’ll… Continue reading Wednesday WIP
Something I have struggled with over time that I think is common to many crafters is stash management. Once your crafting supplies exceeds a certain amount, you kind of need a way to organize them and know how to get to what you have. For a long time I used Ravelry’s stash feature. It is… Continue reading Stash Management
The pattern is Homage to the Granny Square from an online class on color theory and crochet from Sue Maton of the Mercerie. I learned a lot about color theory and crochet in creating this afghan. The process is to choose 5 colors for the center that grade from one to another. I went from… Continue reading Friday FO: Homage to the Granny Square Done!
Throughout my efforts this year to become a better baker, I have been trying to work from scratch as much as possible. Occasionally I will go with a premade crust for pie, but usually I try to do completely homemade. However, this week I tried a box mix special – Pistachio Pudding Bundt Cake. The… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Lazy Edition
This book is the end product of Kate Davies’ knitting club event for this year – a read along of several of Margery Allingham’s mystery novels accompanied by some lovely knitting patterns. The essays and patterns in this book were released periodically though the club time period. This club was a bit different from what… Continue reading Knitter’s bookshelf: Kate Davies’ Margery Allingham’s Mystery Knits
This week I only have one WIP to report on. I’ve done a little bit with Powdermill, but not that much. I do have a lot of progress to report on my Homage to the Granny Square! The side borders are on, and now there’s just the top and bottom granny square borders to add… Continue reading Wednesday WIP
This certainly isn’t pie, and it’s not really cake either, but it’s baked in a bundt pan so I’m calling it close enough. I made this Cornbread Bundt with Savory Cheese Filling the other day for supper. Suggested use is as a side with soup or chili, but we decided to just have this with… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Cheese-filled Cornbread
Some good progress to report today! My Homage to the Granny Square afghan is under construction! I got a layout I was happy with organized, and am putting together the center. After this, I have the crochet square border to put together and attach to the center, then a final border to crochet around the… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
After blowing off my baking experiments last month, I have some making up to do. I will probably be baking a couple of things this month. I started with a pumpkin spice cake, and use one created for use with the Haunted Mansion cake tin I got last year. I used this recipe, and did… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Pumpkin Spice Cake
Quite A Yarn 