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Wrung Out
Posted on | July 29, 2009 | No Comments
Between putting the finishing touches on my book manuscript, making enough peach jam to tide over a nationwide peach famine, and working on more new knits, I’m a bit knackered. Plus, I washed several of my winter sweaters in Kookaburra Wool Wash the other day, and that got me thinking about how we care for [...]
(Finally) FOs
Posted on | July 22, 2009 | No Comments
I know, I know. Not a lot of knitting content lately. But today your patience is rewarded. I finally completed the French Child’s Socks from Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks, and I LOVE them. So cozy and comfortable. My tootsies will be toasty this coming winter (which right now seems an awfully long way off…). [...]
Peach Fuzz
Posted on | July 20, 2009 | No Comments
A friend came over today and helped me turn this: into quite a bit of this: Three different flavor combinations, to be exact: Peach-Ginger Marmalade, Tropical Peach Jam (with flaked coconut), and plain Peach Jam with both yellow and white peaches. Plenty to share, and plenty for us to enjoy. And yet there are still [...]
Ziggurati… Like Glitterati, Only Cuter
Posted on | July 17, 2009 | No Comments
Introducing the lace Ziggurati Shrug and matching beret, birthday gifts for an adorable little girl of my acquaintance, who just turned two today. Since she is not available to model for your viewing pleasure, Miss Teddy will have to serve as a stand-in. Cute as she is, she is not as cute as the intended [...]
100 Degrees In the Shade
Posted on | July 14, 2009 | No Comments
Now please excuse me while I retreat indoors where all the drapes are drawn, the better to rub ice cubes on the back of my neck.
Garden of Earthly Delights
Posted on | July 14, 2009 | No Comments
My strenuous efforts to distract readers from the fact that there has been no knitting content in a while do not necessarily imply that I have not been knitting. The not-knitting. Actually, I’ve completed a new secret project, as well as a Baby Thorpe hat and an adorable sweater (gifts to be bestowed upon the [...]
How Many Zucchini Does It Take to Screw In a Lightbulb?
Posted on | July 13, 2009 | No Comments
I have no idea, but I can tell you how many it takes to make a double batch of chocolate zucchini bread (A la Chocolate and Zucchini, still my favorite food blog). You need one big, fat one that is too large to eat but absolutely perfect to grate into a chocolate-enriched cake batter. And [...]
Just Peachy
Posted on | July 12, 2009 | No Comments
I knew the avalanche was coming, but this is ridiculous! Two baskets full, and at least three times as many still on the tree. They are small peaches – definitely not the softball-sized ones that our local Safeway seems to favor – and their flavor is intense, peachily divine. Peach jam, anyone?
Meow-ouse Calls
Posted on | July 11, 2009 | No Comments
Who knew that veterinarians made house calls? I certainly didn’t, until the vet forgot to inspect Shadow’s “sensitive” paw while we were at his office and I knew there would be no way I could get her back into her crate and into the car and back to his office for a follow-up. So he [...]
Crenellation
Posted on | July 10, 2009 | No Comments
“Crenellation” just happens to be one of my favorite words, right up there with “tintinabulation.” Being one of those individuals for whom the fifty-cent word is always the obvious choice, even when there are several perfectly adequate ten-cent words ready to get the point across, I’ve always made a habit of collecting words, just for [...]