I was wondering about putting holes in socks on purpose, and this is what developed. It’s an easy pattern; there are double yarn-overs, which you work with one knit and one purl stitch in the next row, and the rest is pretty much just plain knitting. I used Jojoland Melody Superwash Fingering yarn in colour [...]
Well, perhaps it does not make perfect French fries. But I was delighted to see this K-Tel Knitter on eBay, and I quickly put in my max bid of $0.99 US for it. No one else seemed to be as delighted as I was, so I won it! Back in my early teens (or maybe [...]
Last night Frank had a hankering for something chocolatey and since he begged so nicely, I whipped up some chocolate lava cakes for him (I admit, I had some, too — they’re not just for breakfast anymore!). These are really quick and easy to make and taste so decadent. (Well, I haven’t worked out the [...]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to try Golden’s Open Acrylic paint for the first time. I’d been curious about it since I first heard about it last year. My painting teacher, Cheryl Chartier, held a six-hour workshop to introduce us to the paints. We were able to try them out and decide whether or not [...]
Socks have fairly been flying off the needles around here lately…. The latest are the Maidenhair Fern socks, done in Yarn Treehouse Melody, 100% wool. It took two 220 yard skeins. This is the same yarn I used for the Socks of Hideousness but I like the colours much better. They remind me of forest [...]
Time for another free pattern, this time honouring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity and generosity, both material and spiritual. She is also the embodiment of beauty, purity, grace and charm. The lace rib pattern in these socks reminded me of the stream of coins running from one of her hands (her four hands [...]
Yesterday I made bread (see loaf on right). Today I made bread again (see loaf on left). I know that it’s a poor carpenter who blames his tools, but I blame the bread machine for the disaster on the right. It didn’t work properly on the whole wheat program. So, after a good night’s sleep [...]
