Xmas WIPs
I’ve been working on Christmas gifts for an average of an hour a day, as instructed by the HGP. But I’m being a bit of a yarn slattern as I do it. Here are three Xmas WIPs. This is one […]
Reformation Hymn Festival
Because where else would you be on the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation?
End of Pantry Week
For a couple of months now I’ve been getting irritated by the messiness of my kitchen and pantry, but reassuring myself that kitchen and pantry weeks were coming up on the HGP, and all would be sorted then. But the […]
Sing a New Song!
…or at least a new tune. We’re singing new tunes to some very familiar words in choir. “Rock of Ages,” the great theological argument hymn, has a pretty alternate tune by James Ward: Ward has a terrible website. It could […]
Socktober, Baby Feet Edition
This is some amazing self-striping sock yarn my sister sent to me. This is the baby who needs some socks, as you can see from her wiggly pink toes. And here’s the first sock of Socktober.
Kitchen Week 2017/English Muffins
I was amazed to learn that English muffins are made on a griddle rather than in an oven. You make what seems like an ordinary bread dough, in this case with white whole wheat flour. You put the dough into […]
Bambara on Baby
Bambara, the Basque pull I knitted with a kit from La Droguerie, is being modeled by The Baby. She is wearing it with simple black leggings and looks downright chic. Her grandpa is holding her.Here’s the Bambara on its own: […]
Why Does Amazon Think I’m a Republican?
I bought an appliance part from Amazon, along with a bunch of books, an exercise thing, and a toy. I don’t know why they’re offering me Dan Brown and the Berenstain Bears, whom I cordially loathe, but Terry Pratchett and […]
Bambara, Complete
Here’s Bambara, a Basque sweater from La Drogerie. Except that it might be not a sweater in the basque style, but a sweater with a basque — a bodice. “Le « Bambara » est une langue africaine,” La Droguerie’s […]