Guys, I had blog ideas this week, but something has been driving every other thought out of my mind – ants. For some reason, they are invading my office/craft room this week, and I cannot stay in here one minute longer than I have to for work. We had an exterminator come earlier this week… Continue reading Ant Invasion!
Two pies in one month? Madness! But it had to be done. Michele of pdxknitterati recommended this recipe for Atlantic Beach Pie, and I needed to try it immediately. Its a kind of variant on Key Lime Pie with a few differences. First, the crust is crushed saltines with some sugar and butter added, this… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Atlantic Beach Pie
Wow – where did this week go? I think it just disappeared into a cloud of general business. However, I do have some crafting progress to report! On my gansey, I’m halfway done with the patterned part of the first sleeve. That’s a lot of qualifiers, but it’s slow going with a lot of patterning… Continue reading Friday FWIPs
I was in the mood for pie, but didn’t have a lot of special ingredients in the house. So I thought – time to try one of those “depression pies” I’ve read so much about! Depression in this case is not referring to the emotional state, but instead to the financial depression in the the… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Sugar Cream Pie
It’s the end of May, the weather is generally warming up, and I have an agriculture report to share! But first, we have had a frequent visitor to our back yard: This very handsome bunny has been hanging out in our yard pretty regularly. He (or she, possibly) lets us get kind of close before… Continue reading Agriculture Report
A long weekend here in the US meant extra time for knitting for me, so pretty decent progress to report this week! My Homage to the Granny Square is coming along pretty well! Making good progress on the 2nd square type. Lots more to do, but it’s coming along 🙂 I’m now a little over… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
In my ongoing quest to figure out how to bake, I have set myself the task of baking 1 pie and 1 cake each month, trying different techniques and recipes over time. This month it was time to try out chocolate cake! The last time I tried this type of cake was kind of a… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Chocolate Cake
Despite being a busy week, I did manage to make some progress on my active WIPs. My KDD Summer of Mystery Mystery KAL shawl is coming along! I’m almost halfway through the 1st clue. I like the way the colors are coming together so far, though looking at some of the other projects is giving… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
My UFO Watch Party/Jessica Jones cowl is finished! I’m happy with how it turned out 🙂 The yarn is Pax sock from Havirland, and the pattern is the Jessica Jones cowl (Ravelry link). I did not use the whole skein of yarn because, as previously mentioned, the whole cowl is linen stitch, which is incredibly… Continue reading FO Finally!
Quite A Yarn 