The more I write, the less I have to talk about, because all the interesting stuff is going on inside.
We’re off to Denver in a couple of weeks, so I keep knitting things to give out as gifts to our friends there. Add to that several skeins of a yarn that I thought would be lovely but turned out to be Troublesome in person, and one gets the following:
Cute, right? I love how the ends came out in the same colors.
Same pattern, the “Virginia is opposed to color” version:
Whew, I tell you. After two scarves in a row, I might need a little break from knitting. They do go on and on.
In other news, I made muhammara last night – Mom, Lissa, and I have been talking about it ever since our Thanksgiving trip. Mine is not as good (the garlic is too sharp), but that hasn’t stopped me from eating it like crazy ever since. I figure – it’s vegetables, right? So it’s nutritious. (But I probably need some protein at some point today.)
Next time I make it, I’ll roast the garlic first. That will double the work of the recipe, but I think it’ll be worth it. Next food assignment: find more uses for pomegranate molasses. You know, besides eating it with a spoon.
Woo! Look at the pretty scarves! Is that Noro? I am in the second to last repeat of the shawl that wouldn’t die, or what I call the BBC miniseries bits, where it’s just round and round and round with squillions of stitches. Thank you Elizabeth Zimmerman.
Yes: the black one is Noro Kureyon and the grey one is Noro Silk Garden. I bought the Kureyon for an entrelac shawl, but the swatch was HEE DEE OUS. I think this was a great compromise.
I currently hate all of my knitting options.