Oct
29
2009
Today, I have a food post for you. Many people don’t know this about me (some just don’t ever seem to remember, others it’s never come up), but I went to culinary school a few years back. I loved it and found a passion for baking while going through the 16 month program. Due to [...]
Tags: Food and Drink, Pasta, Recipe, Sauce
Oct
28
2009
I had been putting off blogging because I wanted my next post to be about Rhinebeck, but I’m having issues getting all the pictures uploaded to Flickr at home, so it will have to wait. I did finally get pictures of Starlight and other things I’m working on, though. I think it’s time to do [...]
Tags: Mittens and Gloves, Shawls and Wraps, Sweater
Oct
21
2009
Rhinebeck felt like it came and went so quickly and almost like I didn’t have time to do everything I wish I could have! I had a great time and got to meet some wonderful folks, but I’ll save all the details for another post since I haven’t had time to go through all [...]
Tags: Rhinebeck 2009, Shawls and Wraps, Socks
Oct
14
2009
Yesterday, I was able to put the final touches on my Starlight Sweater. No full pictures of it yet, but here’s a little teaser.
Starlight
Yesterday, after I got the buttons on, I tried it on only to find that the sleeves were about 5 inches too long. They came to the tips of my fingers. I [...]
Tags: Mittens and Gloves, Rhinebeck 2009, Sweater
Oct
09
2009
Last night I finished up the sleeves of Starlight!
Two completed sleeves.
I’m beyond excited that they are now done. I don’t know what I did, but somehow I was off by a few stitches at the end of the second sleeve. I ended up having to add in some extra decreases before binding off to make [...]
Tags: Sweater