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Monthly archives: October 2008
Knit, purl and pop
I love knitting this Clapotis. Dropping stitches is almost as satisfying as popping bubblewrap. I have 9 of 13 repeats done on the length, though will definitely add some extra repeats to get to the length that I want. If I knitted this again in the same yarn I would certainly use a smaller needle, …
Brrr…
Every so often something inexplicable comes over me and I disappear into the kitchen to spend an entire morning preparing our midday meal. Today was one of those days and my morning culminated in serving a fine example of a Goats’ Cheese and Caramelised Onion Tart. We had new potatoes and a cabbage salad with …
Lightsoutis
That Clapotis sure is coming in handy. The lights have gone out again and the UPS is singing its song at us. Time to power down and go for a candlelit bath I think. And there was me poised to snap a beautiful skein of yarn from Posh Yarns at 7pm. *sigh* Plans are afoot …
Lightsoutis
I am enjoying knitting this Clapotis. The yarn is very good to work with, has plenty of body, and it drops the stitches in a most agreeable manner. It’s practically addictive – I keep working to the next dropped stitch and thrilling to see it go pop and run 🙂
The party’s over…
Dinner was OK last night, given that it had been entirely unplanned entertaining. Mr L’s Butter Chicken was delicious as usual. I made a Balti Prawn dish that I hadn’t tried before and was quite pleased with it. I also made Bombay Potatoes. With the Aloo Saag and naan and poppadums, I think we dined …