By Wendy on August 31, 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 [...]
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By Wendy on August 28, 2008
Several of you have remarked that while you are generally not a fan of the color orange, you really like the color of my shawl in progress. Me too!
I’ve never gone out of my way to knit with orange, nor do I have much in the way of orange in my wardrobe. But the yarn [...]
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By Wendy on August 27, 2008
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 [...]
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By Wendy on August 26, 2008
adj. – marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments.
Yesterday I showed a picture of some Handmaiden Cashmere and Silk here, all gung-ho about it and raring to start knitting a lace scarf. Then I got this in the mail:
This is 660 yards of handspun fingering weight merino from Zarzuela’s Fibers. The colorway is called [...]
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By Wendy on August 25, 2008
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 [...]
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