August 2008

Furthering my love for all things orange, I made mac and cheese this weekend. Here’s what I did.
I assembled the ingredients.

2 cups (8 oz) elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 – 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
2 cups milk (I use 2% milk)
2 1/4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese (I [...]

As I promised/threatened, I cast on for the Shetland Triangle immediately after blogging yesterday. Here it is:

I went with a US7 (4.5mm) needle and am very pleased with the results.

This is a fun pattern — very easy to execute the stitches and easy enough to pretty much memorize. Yu really don’t need stitch markers for [...]

Before blocking:

After blocking:

Waiting for its new owner:

Being worn by its new owner!

She likes it! And I was only 6 days late for her birthday, so it could have been worse.
To recap, this is the Cleite Shawl by Miriam Felton, available for sale from The Twist Collective as a pdf download. I knit mine from [...]