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November 29, 2005 By Carole

Crazy Aunt Purl posted this meme today and tagged “everyone on the planet” and I just couldn’t resist. I had nothing else planned to post and really, I just wanted an excuse to tell you all that I’m afraid of spiders. Hope you enjoy it! And if you want to answer it for your own self, consider yourself tagged.

TEN random things you might not know about me
1. I bought a Jeep Wrangler this past summer
2. I keep a list of every book I’ve read
3. I love “to do” lists
4. Oh, I just love lists
5. I often forget to water my plants
6. I love gadgets
7. I can read and knit at the same time
8. I am currently on my 4th replacement iPod
9. I think long hair on men is sexy
10. I don’t really like afghans but I do like quilts

NINE places I’ve visited
1. Maine
2. Colorado
3. Florida
4. Indiana
5. Vermont
6. Gettysburg
7. Antietam
8. New Hampshire
9. New York City

EIGHT ways to win my heart
1. Buy me yarn
2. Buy me fiber
3. Compliment my cooking
4. Take me for a drive
5. Make the bed
6. Clean the house
7. Rub my feet

SEVEN things I want to do before I die
1. Take an Alaskan cruise
2. Visit Washington, DC
3. Buy an RV and drive around the country
4. Have all the time I want for knitting
5. Have all the time I want for spinning
6. Live in the mountains
7. Milk a cow

SIX things I’m afraid of
1. Spiders
2. Snakes
3. Burglars
4. Something bad happening to someone I love
5. Cancer
6. Far-right politics

FIVE things I don’t like
1. Lima beans
2. Teal colored fabric
3. My current dress size
4. Driving in the dark
5. Feeling lonely

FOUR ways to turn me off
1. Brag
2. Lie to me
3. Expect me to pick up after you
4. Break a promise

THREE things I do every day
1. Knit
2. Eat
3. Kiss my husband

TWO things that make me happy
1. Knitting
2. Spinning

ONE thing on my mind right now
1. Christmas shopping – ugh!

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Two Hats Are Better Than One

November 28, 2005 By Carole

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Aren’t they cute? The hats, not the family, I mean!

This weekend it was all hats, all the time. I was totally enthralled when I saw first this one and then this one. I had to make this hat, too.

The pattern was designed by Amy Boogie and it’s free and available here and what you see is Dale modeling the Man Hat and Hannah modeling the Teen Hat. They knit up so fast and easy! I used one skein of Karaoke for Hannah’s and about 1/2 skein of Lamb’s Pride Worsted for Dale’s. I learned to cable without a cable needle from Grumperina’s instructions and each hat probably took less than 4 hours to finish. You gotta love the fast knits!

And, just because you can never knit too many hats, I finished 2 more rolled brim hats for Knit Unto Others. I have to tell you, it’s done my heart good to knit these items. I find myself thinking about who might wear them and why they might need them and then I count my blessings that I am warm and fed and safe and lucky enough to be able to help someone else. You have until November 30th to knit for charity with this knit along and then we’ll put it away until next November. Please join us if you’re able.

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 24, 2005 By Carole

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Aaahhhhh. Thanksgiving pies. We have mince, pumpkin, cranberry-walnut and apple. There’s nothing quite like the old-fashioned goodness of a home made pie.

For those of you that asked, here is my pie crust recipe. It comes from The Joy of Cooking: All About Pies & Tarts and it’s never let me down.

Using a rubber spatula, thoroughly mix in a large bowl:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I use King Arthur)
1 tsp white sugar
1 tsp salt
Add:
1 cup solid vegetable shortening
Break the shortening into large chunks then add it to the flour mixture. Using a pastry blender, cut the fat into the dry ingredients. When you are through, some of the fat should remain in pea-sized pieces; the rest should be reduced to the consistency of coarse crumbs. The mixture should seem dry and powdery and not pasty or greasy.
Drizzle over the flour and fat mixture:
1/3 cup plus 1 T ice water
Using rubber spatula, cut with the blade side until the mixture looks evenly moistened and begins to form small balls. Press down on the dough with the side of the spatula. If the balls of dough stick together, you have added enough water; if they do not, drizzle over the top an additional 1 to 2 T of ice water.
Cut in the water, again using the blade of the spatula, then press with your hands until the dough coheres. The dough should look rough, not smooth. Divide the dough in half, press each half into a thick, flat disk, and wrap tightly in plastic.
Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, and preferably for several hours, or for up to 2 days before rolling. The dough can also be wrapped and frozen for up to 6 months.

Simple, right? It’s a slightly different version than the pie crust my mom used to make. There’s a bit more flour and she didn’t put in the sugar and she didn’t chill hers before rolling it. But I’ve had great luck with this recipe and would highly recommend it. Besides, if it doesn’t turn out right, all you’ve lost is some flour and Crisco. Relax and start over.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

I’m thankful that you keep coming back to read what I’ve written.

I’m thankful for your comments and advice and jokes.

I’m thankful for the inspiration of bloggers and knitters and spinners everywhere.

Enjoy yourself this Thanksgiving, whatever you do and wherever you go.

Filed Under: That's Life

Pre-Game Show

November 23, 2005 By Carole

You know how there’s all those pre-game football shows? The ones where they tell you who’s going to play and who’s going to win? Well, last night we had the pre-Thanksgiving show. See, we’re sort of mostly going in different directions on Thanksgiving, so we got together last night at my brother-in-law’s house for Chinese food. Plus, our two nieces and their kids are in town, one from Martha’s Vineyard and one from Washington (state) so we had an excuse to gather up the gang.

The kids had a ball! They were running and yelling and playing. At one point they created a marching band but they didn’t make it through their first rehearsal before things fell apart. And the grown ups had an okay time, too. We talked and ate and laughed and reminisced. I, of course, knit. Wanna see the pictures? Okay, I’ll show you anyway!

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This is what Chinese take-out looks like for 20 people. Yumm. You name it, we had it. And it was consumed, all of it, by the end of the night.

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This is our niece, Becky, and her sons Ian and James. Becky is Dale’s older brother Glen’s daughter and she comes to visit about once a year. And James? He’s the baby and he’s the cutest thing and I taught him to clap last night. Oh yeah, Auntie Carole taught the baby to clap. Woo and also Hoo.

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This is our niece and Becky’s sister, Beth with her daughter Delaney. Beth lives on Martha’s Vineyard and was the inspiration for my extreme knitting entry. You may recall Hannah’s visit there last summer. Last night we made plans for Hannah to visit again over Christmas break. Again I say, Woo and also Hoo.

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And this! This is Dale’s father, Jack and his namesake and great-grandson, Jack, who is Beth’s son. Notice how their eyes are the same shade of blue? Pretty cool. Perhaps that also deserves a Woo and also Hoo.

I would say that our family’s pre-game show was a success!

Filed Under: That's Life

The Mannings

November 22, 2005 By Carole

As I may have mentioned, our first stop on the way to Gettysburg was The Mannings. We had gone their last year and I was completely overwhelmed at the amount of yarn. The place just seemed to go on and on and on. Books and yarn and notions and needles and more yarn. Needless to say, I was anxious to go back. And, while recalling the place, I was wracking my brain to remember if they had spinning supplies. I remembered that there was a room that I didn’t bother even entering last year, but I couldn’t remember why not. I just recall that I wasn’t interested at all. Things certainly have changed in a year, because, as it turns out, that was The Spinning Room.

The Spinning Room is full of spinning wheels. Full. There are Ashfords and Louets and Schacht and Schacht-Reeves and Kromskis and Lendrums. There are drum carders and hand carders and looms. And next to each wheel is a little basket of roving just waiting to be spun. Of course I just had to try out a couple but I liked this one the best.
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That’s the Schacht-Reeves Saxony 24″ in Cherry Finish. It is amazing. Sigh. It is also $1,100.00. Sigh.

So, while I didn’t buy a spinning wheel, I did buy some other stuff. There was roving, naturally.
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And, since I’m dyeing to try dyeing, I bought 4 bags of plain white coopworth. I’ll be playing mad scientist with this stuff very soon.

Of course I had to buy something that would have that lovely sheep-y smell. You all know the smell I’m talking about. Here’s a beautiful bag of raw fleece.
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I just love it and the color is awesome and the smell makes me swoon. I can say that to you guys because you won’t think I’m crazy. Right? I’m not crazy for loving the smell of a sheep, am I?

They also have loads of sock yarn and I just couldn’t pass up these.
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Koigu and Mountain Colors Bearfoot and Opal Handpaint. Good stuff, that. And I needed more sock yarn, I really did.

Here’s the kicker, though. We were in and out of The Mannings in 20 minutes. Yup, twenty minutes. I tried 3 spinning wheels, bought 5 bags of roving and 5 skeins of yarn in twenty minutes. This is what you do when you have a husband chomping at the bit to get to Gettysburg. I figured I was lucky that he agreed to stop there at all and I wasn’t about to push my luck by dawdling. But, really? He could have left me there for the weekend in the room full of wheels and I’d have been a happy girl.

I know you all know what I’m talking about.

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