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Archive for April, 2007

Shedding light on crochet.

Posted in Seattle, cooking, knitting, tagged on April 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Typically disorganized, I was unable to locate a crochet hook of the right size, so I did what all good crafters do, I went and bought another one. Faced with a $2.25-price difference between an ordinary Clover bamboo hook and a Clover Crochet Lite™™™™™™™, I thought I’d be insane to buy another ordinary hook, [...]

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Italian via London

Posted in Seattle, cooking on April 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Dinner tonight courtesy of the cookbook, Italian Two Easy: Simple Recipes from the London River Cafe by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers: pappardelle, tomato, and pancetta. I spotted this book in Anthropologie and the simplicity of its recipes appealed to me, so I procured a copy during a recent visit to the library. [...]

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What can I say?

Posted in knitting, tagged on April 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Ballband wants to be done already. It’s almost done, but I have too many projects to do, and too little time!

Twist and Lace scarf is coming along, despite a rough start that involved frogging it twice due to some confusion with the pattern on my part. I am enjoying Twist and Lace as an [...]

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Stop the presses!

Posted in cooking, knitting on April 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »

The yarn from Tiennie arrived today and it’s wonderful! The picture doesn’t quite do justice to the fullness of the color. Now I just have to decide which project would best suit it; tough decision (no, not really).
In anticipation of the arrival of the yarn and feeling celebratory, I had to make a [...]

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1000!

Posted in knitting on April 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I am looking forward to the yarn I won for being the 1000th commenter on Tiennie Knits’ blog!  Tiennie ended-up giving yarn to three commenters, why? Because she’s simply nice! You can see the beautiful yarn I’m getting here.
Meanwhile, what do you get when you cross groceries with an empty baby car seat? [...]

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Day Trip: Edmonds

Posted in yarn store on April 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Edmonds was calling me the other day, so I went. Edmonds is a sweet waterfront town north of Seattle, that I just don’t get to often enough. I wish more communities around here were more like this place: balancing growth with a respect for its history, yet staying in touch with its geographic [...]

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Easter Greetings!

Posted in cooking, knitting, tagged , on April 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »

What a weekend!
It kicked-off with the rare event of dinner guests on Friday; we had lamb curry followed by pavlova for dessert. I’d never made pavlova before, but it was quite easy, much to my relief.

Dinner guests and pavlova and all the preparation was not enough to deter me from also trying another [...]

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Dough to go.

Posted in cooking, knitting, tagged on April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The domestic quotient is running high these days with baking and dinner guests; very rare for me.
I was volunteered for the Easter bread baking job this year, and it’s a sacrifice for me, I mean, how can I knit if I’m baking during my knitting time? That’s okay, it’s a gift to be able [...]

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Are you hip?

Posted in Seattle, tagged on April 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Husband spent a few lovely nights this week at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, California for business, WITHOUT me, I might add, so upon his return home I was sent to downtown Seattle for a couple of nights. Among my activities, I wandered around downtown, deliberately avoiding the nearest yarn store (part of [...]

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