Monthly archives: February 2009

Frustration

I am a very frustrated knitter. I want to be knitting… Here I sit. Twiddling my knitting thumbs.

Spinning Cake: Moist Chocolate Cake

Spinning is here tomorrow, so I have been making cake today. I have just enough time to share the recipe before I return to the work that I ought to be doing instead of this particular displacement activity…

This chocolate cake is reasonably economical – it’s low on eggs (2) and doesn’t involve too much chocolate, although it tastes as though it does.

Ich spreche Deutsches sehr gut nicht an allen

How I wish that my German teacher had paid more attention in class…[2] I am after a circular needle. I want an Addi Lace needle. They have suddenly become far more available than previously. I decided that it was worth a look on eBay… sure enough, there are quite a few listed. But wait, what …

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Flat calm

It has been preying on my mind for a while that this blog needs a new “front cover” article. I had hoped to get out and about at the weekend and maybe document the island under it’s light coat of snow. That was not to be.

What’s a girl to do? It is all very well, this striving for an entertaining and illuminating blog, but when one’s life is temporarily rather more than a little flat and boring – what’s to do? Write about cleaning cat trays and editing text for publishing? I think not!

Spinning Cake: “Queen Mum’s” Date & Walnut

Fourth in an occasional series of recipes for cakes that I make for Spinning Group. This is an easy, economical and delicious, if contentious cake.

Amanda hat

I was totally seduced by the Paton’s Jet that maddy18 gave me. When I found that I couldn’t knit any of my “hit list” projects while bandaged from finger to shoulder, I realised that something on big fat needles would be much more appropriate – and this yarn knits on 5.5mm – lovely.

A quick search of Ravelry yielded…