cute cabled yoke cardigan for a girl without shoulders
I had this with me on Sunday, and sometimes people would ask me what I was making. The response that it was a cardigan for me was universally met with perplexed looks and ‘isn’t it a bit small?’ ‘oh no,’ I replied, patiently ‘it just looks small because it’s bunched up on the circular needle.’ And I happily continued knitting. Then I got home and it was time to put the sleeve stitches on waste yarn. Uhoh. There weren’t any sleeve stitches. I looked at my notes and scratched my head and wondered where I’d gone wrong. It wasn’t that I’d made a mistake in the knitting. Much worse. I actually sat down and calculated the number of stitches at the yoke based on my bust measurement.
Somehow I took into account the stitches that I would cast on at the underarm without noticing that I might also want to take into account the small fact that I have arms - and shoulders. Unfortunately hacking my arms off would not only be messy it might stop me from knitting so I guess I’ll be ripping this out.
Be distracted by some things that turned out a bit better. The banana muffin I just ate:
I used this recipe from Nigella Lawson. Except I left out the sultanas because I didn’t have them or the booze to soak them in. I substituted a bit of the sugar with honey because I like honey (I really like honey - I currently have 5 different kinds). Oh and I halved the quantities which made 9 muffins.
I also found this photo on the camera. A chocolate muffin I made from this recipe last week. Halving the quantities of this made 6, and the only changes I made were to use goats butter and soy milk. Both of these recipes were really good, you should try them. Which reminds me I need to get more cocoa so I can make more chocolate muffins. My favourite cocoa is from Suma. It’s probably widely available in health food stores in the UK (I know Real Foods sell it in Edinburgh).? In baking it actually tastes like you used chocolate, and it’s fairtrade, which is always good.
Posted: February 21st, 2007 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 9
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Comment from Pigwotknits
Time: February 21, 2007, 4:32 pm
Oops. Sounds like the sort of thing I’d do. At least with knitting you can rip it out and start again.
mmmm muffins…
Comment from Heather
Time: February 21, 2007, 6:08 pm
“Unfortunately hacking my arms off would not only be messy it might stop me from knitting” !! Sorry, it’s tragic to have to rip out but that line is just so funny - Thanks for my morning smile.
Comment from nushy
Time: February 21, 2007, 6:27 pm
Haha, how funny! Do you mean that you (I’m assuming it’s a top-down raglan) were just knitting the front & back body, with no sleeve or shoulder parts at all?
Your muffins look yummy. I love honey as well. We have lots of varieties at home, organic eucalyptus, manuka honey, plain old boring stuff, and some Aberdeen heather honey which is my favourite.
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Comment from Shannon
Time: February 21, 2007, 7:28 pm
That is so funny…you know, I went through a period of about three pairs of socks where, on each one, at least once, I would knit the heel flap then go straight to picking up the gusset without turning the heel. It was like I was under some kind of spell. It’s okay if you do it once and then rip, but you start getting uneasy when you make the exact same mistake immediately afterwards.
Comment from donnac1968
Time: February 22, 2007, 2:03 pm
Whoops, you could always have made it into a boob tube - no pun intended!!
And how do you stay so slim when you are eating all these cakes and pancakes??
Comment from alice
Time: February 22, 2007, 2:42 pm
I find fresh cocoa makes a big difference in baking, and always keep it in the fridge (I should probably get an air tight container, like I use for coffee…)
Also, add a small amount of carob flour (no more than a teaspn for every ounce of cocoa) - you woudn’t know it’s there, but it gives a really nice rich background to the cocoa.
Comment from Sarah
Time: February 22, 2007, 3:35 pm
Ah, where would I be without Real Foods? I love that place!
Comment from purlpower
Time: February 22, 2007, 9:00 pm
man, I really want a muffin now man, oh man. When will they invent a computer where you can just grab the food off the screen and put it in your belly, like willy wonka…..or did I imagine that…I think I need some chocolate.
Comment from Katie
Time: February 28, 2007, 3:48 am
I’ve made the same Banana Bread from Nigella Lawson. It’s delicious. I had the booze on hand - I’m not sure what that says about me - so I left the raisins in. :-) I’d recommend them.
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