{"id":1230,"date":"2009-11-22T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T00:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.wordpress.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2009-11-22T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T00:59:57","slug":"blocking-lace-and-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Blocking Lace and Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally finished my latest lace shawl project, a Norwegian inspired pattern called Block Lace, from a pattern book called “Folk Shawls.”\u00a0 This is the first thing I’ve knitted from that book so far.<\/p>\n

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Here it is all crinkled from the needles, and just draped over the stair railing. At the top of the railing you can get a hint of the pattern lurking beneath the crinkles.<\/p><\/div>\n

I covered the upstairs guest bed with some rigid foam boards and covered them with an old flannel sheet.\u00a0 The shawl had been soaking for several hours in a tub of cold water and Eculan wool wash.\u00a0 This yarn is a blend of 70% alpaca and 30% silk, so it is very soft and has a beautiful shine.<\/p>\n

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A couple of hours later, the rigid blocking wires are threaded through the edges and the shawl is stretched out tight, and pinned to within an inch of its life.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dan helped me with a tape measure to make sure this shawl is as close to square as possible, and the edges were pinned straight.\u00a0 Without his help I’d have taken more than twice as long.<\/p>\n

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A slightly different angle showing how the color changes with light.<\/p><\/div>\n

The view from the upstairs window shows how white things are getting outside now that winter seems to have arrived.\u00a0 We have about an inch of snow on the ground now, and it may stay there for a while.<\/p>\n

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The pattern is very geometric so it was important to try to get it square and the lines even.<\/p><\/div>\n

What is really neat to me is how the variegated colors of this yarn look like waves in the ocean.\u00a0 So, now I wait until the shawl is completely dry before unpinning it.\u00a0 It is safe from Mishkin, who seems to really like this yarn.\u00a0 I have to watch him like a hawk or he starts trying to eat it.\u00a0\u00a0 Bad kitty!<\/p>\n

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Another successful gluten free bread - Cranberry-Orange-Walnut<\/p><\/div>\n

Back last year when I was still making normal breads, this was one of our favorite combinations of flavors for the fall.\u00a0 It was neat to see this recipe in one of my new books, and when we were in town last week to pick up my new glasses, we stopped at our favorite health food store where they had some fresh organic cranberries.\u00a0 The fates decreed it was time to try this recipe.<\/p>\n

A great success!\u00a0 Can’t tell it from the old recipe.\u00a0 Hurray!\u00a0 Time to start seriously exercising so we can eat more of these good breads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally finished my latest lace shawl project, a Norwegian inspired pattern called Block Lace, from a pattern book called “Folk Shawls.”\u00a0 This is the first thing I’ve knitted from that book so far. I covered the upstairs guest bed with some rigid foam boards and covered them with an old flannel sheet.\u00a0 The shawl […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}