weekend makings
For the first time ever, I made bagels on Friday night. It was kind of funny because I’d been watching Jonathon Ross while they were baking and he was teasing Gordon Ramsay about whether he could make things as good as shop-bought. That was pretty much how I felt about my bagels, there’s something kind of special about making something you’ve only ever bought and having it turn out - well like bagels! I used the recipe in this book, which is my go to baking book, not to mention one of only two cook books I own. Very good toasted with goats cheese and home made carrot and coriander soup (saute onion in butter or oil, add chopped carrots, some bouillon powder, ground coriander seeds and boiling water - simmer until carrots are soft and blend, that’s about as much of a recipe as you could need for soup I think).
This is the green knitting I mentioned in my last post, I’m re-working this in a different yarn, and changing the pattern (structurally rather than aesthetically, there are a couple of things I want to refine before publishing it). To avoid boredom and a strangely repetitive wardrobe I might use a different pattern on the border, maybe baby cables.
Posie is very nearly done, but there are lots of ends to weave in. Need to sit down and do that, and find some buttons. I seem to have a bit of an obsession with red buttons, and have my eye on a few ebay auctions. We took some photos, in my parent’s pretty garden. Today it felt like summer, because the rain was warm. Somehow that seems like a very Scottish statement.
I hope you had a good weekend, with lots of creativity. Thank you for all of the congratulations, and for the reading recommendations. Many of the works you recommended were old favourites, some were things I’ve been meaning to read for a while, and others were completely new. I’m planning on putting together a static page with the list and my comments, but please keep the suggestions coming. This should, I think, be the summer of the short story, for me at least. Maybe we should have some kind of readalong, although in a fairly unstructured way seeing as it’s summer. What do you think? This green thing is currently pretty good reading knitting. Interestingly, my mum saw her uncle this week and apparently his mother (my great grandmother) read while she knit. Clearly it’s in the genes.
Two more pictures, just because they made me smile. Conversing with the cat:
And aren’t my new shoes adorable?
Posted: June 4th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 19
Comments
Comment from Jessica
Time: June 4, 2007, 12:42 am
Adorable! I love it with the pinafore and red shirt.
I can’t stop thinkin’ about those shoes. Are they comfy?
Comment from Melissa
Time: June 4, 2007, 12:43 am
So pretty!
Comment from Megan
Time: June 4, 2007, 1:20 am
I love your sweater and your shoes are amazingly cute.
Comment from Dao
Time: June 4, 2007, 5:46 am
Wow!! The flares turn out wonderful! Oh you look so adorable in the outfit with the cat looking at you!
I’m dying to know how you knitted the flares! Did you just double knit them?
Comment from jen
Time: June 4, 2007, 6:38 am
I would love to be involved in a short story read along of sorts. That would be a wondermous summer project. Also, I must say that I am totally loving the shoes.
jen
Comment from Alice from france
Time: June 4, 2007, 9:54 am
Everything is SO pretty! Love the mix of red and black and your shoes! Ah i need some like that!
And posie fit really well!
Comment from Ruth
Time: June 4, 2007, 10:54 am
Great shoes! Have you read “The Continuing Silence of a Poet” by A.G. Yehoshua? That is a collection of short stories I return to again and again.
Comment from melissa
Time: June 4, 2007, 4:03 pm
posie is so cute! i can’t wait to see it finished. is that made in rowan 4 ply cotton? just curious.
Comment from risa
Time: June 4, 2007, 4:23 pm
i can’t believe you made bagels! i want to make bagels too. and they look so pretty! but not as pretty as you all dolled up in your new sweater and shoes. you look like candy. in a good way. :)
Comment from Lizz
Time: June 4, 2007, 5:28 pm
wow great shoes! where are they from??
Comment from sheena
Time: June 4, 2007, 6:04 pm
Everything looks superb! Especially your new sweater. And I am sure you’ve received this before but HOW do you do your hair so lovely?
Comment from Trine
Time: June 4, 2007, 6:20 pm
Yum, that soup looks delicious.. I wish I was more of a chef; I’d cook all the time if I knew how (once I made pasta salad - 4 times it all boiled over before I figured out you had to turn down the heat when the water is doing that bubbly thing… o_o).
And Posie looks really nice, too! I adore the colour; it’s just the right colour of pink! Not too sugary. :) Well done!
I’m actually thinking about moving to Scotland next year.. Well, actually, I AM moving to Scotland next year. I just have to figure out where.. So far I’m thinking Edinburgh or Glasgow, but that’s because they’re the only cities I know. :P Heh.
Comment from Lizz
Time: June 4, 2007, 6:45 pm
Hello, me again just wondering maybe if you (or anyone reading this) could help me out. I’m trying to knit a jumper like one i have seen David Bowie wear in some old footage of him. It looks like it’d be fairly simple but i’m not too great at working out patterns and have never knitted a jumper before. Could you point me in the direction of an easy jumper pattern? or if you have time can i email you the picture and see if you think it would be possible to help me work out a pattern to follow. Sorry, i know this is random and you don’t know me. It just always seems like you are pretty nifty at working out your own patterns and i wasn’t sure if there were any forums i can post this question in!
Comment from Bobbi
Time: June 4, 2007, 7:18 pm
Ooooooo! Posie would be awesome for my daughter!!!! I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled.
Comment from cari
Time: June 5, 2007, 7:03 am
I love that back detail on Posie. Like wings… And your new shoes are great.
Comment from Laural
Time: June 5, 2007, 5:12 pm
The soup and bagels look delicious! Posie is adorable as are your new read shoes!
Comment from Thalia
Time: June 12, 2007, 1:24 am
Your shoes *are* adorable, the sweater is very cute, but my favorite - your hair! Very fetching. :)
Comment from trtskh
Time: June 16, 2007, 4:02 am
Love the kitty :)
Comment from A Fanciful Twist
Time: June 19, 2007, 1:27 am
Your place here is… Beautiful and wonderful! I am so glad I found my way here. I am smitten… Love your braids and your new shoes!
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