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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Monday Project Report – The Beginning Of A Bulky Scrappy Blanket
For this week’s scrap project I turned to my bag of leftover bulky yarns. After so much time pressured work to finish Xmas presents during the past two months, I was ready for some mindless knitting. So I decided to … Continue reading
Food on Friday – Stone Soup – Split Pea Style
I am an old hippie – and while a lot of my cooking and baking skills were learned from my Grandmother and Mother, my most basic and useful skills were learned while living on a self-sufficient farm in the Black … Continue reading
Posted in cooking, recipes
Tagged a polish granddaughter, cooking, dinner, food, how to make soup, how to make split pea soup, recipes, soup, split pea soup, stone soup
2 Comments
Monday Project Report – Bella Mittens & Toothless Hat
I discovered two things this week. First – I LOVE Misti Alpaca Chunky yarn. It is soft – it is warm – and it is really so pretty knit up. Second – I have to have a pair of Bella … Continue reading
Food On Friday – Swedish Nut Cake
Super Easy. Super Quick. Super Delicious. You only need to have on hand a few things that are a little out of the ordinary in your pantry – crushed pineapple, cherries and cream cheese – and you can make a … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cooking, recipes
Tagged a polish granddaughter, baking, cake, cooking, cream cheese frosting, fruit cake, pineapple nut cake, recipes, Swedish Nut Cake
4 Comments
Hawk Studio – Vambrace (Bazuband) – Leather Armor For The Lower Arm
“Oh my Lord, those arms would look amazing strapped in leather!!” Now, you have to imagine that being said in a lower class Elizabethan English accent and that was how I would start a sale of a pair of leather … Continue reading
Home – What? No More Sparrows In The Barn Loft?
Before . . . and After . . . . Need I say more?
Posted in Chip, Home, Uncategorized
Tagged a polish granddaughter, Chip Rosien, home, home repairs, siding a window
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Monday Project Report – A Second Pair of Lettuce Knit Armwarmers
Woo Hoo!! The Lettuce Knit Armwarmers are done!!!! There are a lot of reasons for me to be excited about this. First – this is (almost) the last Xmas 2012 present I have to make. (I am still finishing up … Continue reading
Posted in knitting, yarn
Tagged a polish granddaughter, araucania yarns, armwarmers, Grace Alexander, knit armwarmers, knitting, lettuce knit armwarmers, yarn
8 Comments
Food On Friday – Puffed Apple Pancake
One of the traditions in our house is that we always have a special breakfast on Christmas morning. I try to find a recipe for something we haven’t had before or that we haven’t had in a long while. This … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cooking, holidays, recipes
Tagged apple pancakes, baking, Bon Appetit Puffed Apple Pancakes, cooking, pancakes, puffed apple pancakes, recipes
9 Comments
Hawk Studio – A Side-Hang Quiver
Every great dwarf – or hobbit – or elf – needs a great quiver!! And it just so happens that my husband makes great quivers!! The great thing about the winter months is that there is actually time on the … Continue reading
Home Life – Adding Siding Around A Door And Trophies!!
The squirrels – and the feral cats – and the ground hogs – are going to have to work a little harder to get in and out of the barn/workshop/storage room that Chip has been working on out back. That … Continue reading
Posted in Chip, Family, Home
Tagged Chip Rosien, Family, football banquet, home, kids, siding a door frame, The Storm, Youth football
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