Ramblings from White Mountain
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2017
Ended up taking most of this last week off from knitting, except for the stray row or two. This weekend I’ve tried to make up for being a slacker. So I figure, given my propensity to get distracted, this will take me another two or three months yet to finish. The way the pattern works […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2017
After a couple of weeks with below zero temperatures, suddenly having above freezing temperatures feels amazingly warm! So we had blueberry pancakes made with wild blueberries, and some spiced josta berry sauce and a bit of maple syrup on the side because the josta berry sauce is very tart. I took a break from shawl […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2017
Made Dan’s favorite this time. Banana and Coconut Cream Pie. Haven’t made this in a long time. I started on the fifth ball of yarn on my shawl project. Part way into the sixth ball of yarn I’ll reach the halfway point in the pattern.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 7th, 2017
There was a time when making pies was one of my favorite things to do, and they always looked pretty when they came out of the oven. Then I discovered I couldn’t handle gluten and all of that changed. But now, whining about making pies because I have to use gluten free crusts is a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 5th, 2017
Based on my assumption that I’ll need twelve balls of yarn, when I finish this one I’ll be 33% complete. I always knew my advanced math classes would come in handy. 🙂
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 4th, 2017
Coldest low temperature we’ve seen so far this winter. I’m a couple of rows away from completing the third ball of yarn, and I’ve completed 25% of the pattern. Yay! Looks like this project is going to take twelve balls of yarn.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 28th, 2016
Just finished the second ball of yarn today, completing row 80 of 542 rows that comprise the body of the shawl. The lace border pattern goes all around the exterior of the shawl. Then the next pattern also goes completely around the shawl. Above that is the next pattern which also goes completely around the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2016
The last thing on the shower tile project was completed this morning. A shower is in our immediate future this afternoon. ‘Bout time! 🙂 I’ve saved the orange peel to use as a zest in something. Now I just have to figure out what that something will be. We are officially orange farmers! There are […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2016
Getting closer to being able to take a shower. Hurray! The snow stopped as well, and it has warmed up to 14.5F above zero. Amazing how much less firewood we need to heat the house at this temperature instead of -10F. You can see how snowy the branches are in the window above the shower.
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2016
Some things are done, and some things aren’t. That seemed to take forever because it was so boring but not something I could go on knitting auto-pilot because then I’d screw up the pattern. Bad combination. Boring and have to pay attention! Another boring job. I added stitch markers for knitting sections as I picked […]