I must have been hungry. I forgot to take a picture. I made Blue Cheese Pork Medallions and roasted cauliflower. That was so delicious! The blue cheese sauce wasn't horribly blue cheesy and I put more in than the recipe called for. It's just heavy cream and blue cheese crumbles. I think it would be wonderful on any kind of meat. I told Vince I wanted to drink it through a straw! I made my ...
Archives for February 2, 2019
Yarn Decision
Choosing yarn for test knit #3 didn't go as planned. This is the combo I decided to use. First, I wound the yarn on the right. I thought all three were Tosh Merino Light (Madelinetosh) but when Is tarted winding the purple yarn, I said "this doesn't feel like TML" and it wasn't. It's Eyre Light. TML is 100% wool where Eyre Light is wool, silk and alpaca. I wouldn't mind mixing the two but I ...
Pruning the Fruit Trees
Vince has been busy! I don't know if it's the diet, or he's fully adjusted to retirement . . probably a combination of the two, but he's been a working machine the last few weeks. When you've worked about 30 years, except for a few weeks vacation here and there, it does take a while to settle in for a new way of life. I also think Vince has been reading more and watching more stories and he ...
Dashi Hooded Sweater
This is the test knit I'm working on . . it's Dashi Hooded Sweater by Amba OBrienand I'll be sure to let you know when the pattern is released. It had optional pockets but I'm not doing the pockets. The front edges curl back because (1) it doesn't have the front bands added yet and (2) it hasn't been soaked and blocked. Of course, it didn't have sleeves done yet but one sleeve was finished ...
