The struggle is real! I have been swatching to get ready for the MKAL part of Kate Davies’ Summer of Mystery club, and I can not find a yarn combination I love enough to use. I am trying to use KDD Millarochy Tweed, hopefully using stock on hand. These are the combinations I tried. The… Continue reading Swatching Struggle Bus
Last week I talked about my two WIPs, and a friend corrected me. She reminded me of a 3rd WIP, Powdermill. She is correct, but it is worse than that. We had both forgotten about my 4th WIP – the Airplane scarf! In fairness, the last two are kind of on the back burner, but… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
Many thanks to Nicole of BookWyrm Knits for recommending this Coconut Cream Pie! It is really delicious, and pretty easy to make! I did use my own pie crust instead of the suggested refrigerated pie crust. As the recipe suggested, I replace the half-and-half with canned coconut milk. And finally, I cheated on the whipped… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Coconut Cream Pie
It was a gorgeous day here, and even though it’s really too early to start, we have begun getting the yard and garden ready for summer! We went to Lowe’s yesterday for lumber to build garden boxes, and some plants accidentally fell in the cart. Well, what are you going to do? So they came… Continue reading Let the Yardening Begin!
I only have two projects going right now, so they are moving along! This is the Jessica Jones cowl (Ravelry link), and the yarn is Take Me To Your Party from the Havirland UFO Watch party yarn box. This is a really easy knit – just linen stitch. It has a nice drape and shows… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
Honestly, there are so many knitting distractions for me right now that they have become the plan. Here’s what I’m up to right now: Homage to the Granny Square – online class which will result in a crocheted afghan. This class just started last week, so we are still in color theory basics. So far,… Continue reading So Many Shiny Distracting Things
I just got back from a work trip this morning, so most of this week was a blur. But I did finish one knitting project – DH’s socks! No pattern, just used my usual toe-up, two-at-a-time method. The yarn is Lang Yarns Twin Silk 4 ply superwash in the Aquarius colorway. In the background of… Continue reading There and Back Again
Continuing on with my Bundt pan obsession, I recently got this cakelet pan Baby bunnies! And then was even more thrilled to find this recipe for carrot cake minicakes. I have not had a ton of success with carrot cake before this – it usually got either gloppy or way too dry. This time they… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Carrot Cake
Alissa of Snakes & Cranes and I have started a podcast! We are calling it Yarn Ghouls 🙂 We will be talking about knitting (of course) sometimes a little bit of other crafts, and other things that interest us: the paranormal, cryptids, UFOs, and similar. It that interests you, join us, won’t you?
Quite A Yarn 