I’ve been thinking about trying out making sourdough for some time. I learned to bake bread when I was just a kid, as one of a number of 4-H clubs I belonged to in my “tweens”. Other ones I remember participating in included cooking and, for some mega personal embarrassment: pigs! That’s right folks, I…
Month: February 2009
Blissful beats, courtesy of Thievery Corporation
Last night a few friends and I got together and had a fabulous dinner of butternut squash ravioli that I made and froze earlier this week (recipe to come). Then we put on our dancin’ shoes (winter boots actually, given the crazy snowfall) and headed to the Koolhaus for the much-anticipated Thievery show. Anyone that…
Toronto Craft Alert says “Get Er Done”
We all have them. Those half-done crafty bits. Singleton socks. Lonely mittens. Half-done scarfs. I have the following abandoned lonely sock: Well the good people at Toronto Craft Alert have a give-away contest underway right now to help inspire you to GET ER DONE! There are a multitude of ways to enter, including not only…
Signs, signs, everywhere are signs
I wanted to reassure all of you who have been lamenting the return of the cold temperatures after last week’s positively balmy weather. Look what I found in my garden this morning: But… then Dave Devall told us tonight that parts of Ontario are expecting as much as 25 cm of snow overnight. YAY. Winter,…
Valentine lovin’ at the cottage
We’re at the cottage this weekend, taking advantage of the new Family Day holiday Monday to enjoy the calm, relaxing settings on a thawing Gull River. It is super sunny this weekend so after I change out of my jammies I just might have to go for a walk. Zeus and I were already out…
24 hours later, yet another hat
This hat marks the completion of all requested projects – if you don’t count the asks I’ve had for the adult viking hat. My mama asked me to make her a hat, and yesterday while rummaging about at Romni Wools on Queen Street I found some lovely Malabrigo in my mother’s exact colours – rich…
Do you see a pattern emerging here?
I’ve been knitting up a storm the last couple of weeks, and I think a lot of it has to do with a sudden infatuation with hats. They make for nearly instant gratification projects, since they can be completed in as little as one weekend. I have to thank Michelle for this sudden spurt of…
Feeling human again
Hello world! Sorry I’ve been away. I would like to tell you I’ve been up to lots of interesting things but the reality is that I’ve been laying in a dark room in agony for the last 48 hours. I caught a cold over the weekend which by Tuesday had me feeling like I was…
A big hat to fit a big head
My very successful spiral hat with the textured brim inspired a spin-off. Chris has been bugging me forever for a new hat since one I made him a few years ago has stretched out so far that it’s now ginormous. Given that Chris’s head is already off the percentile charts in size for average adult…