Month: February 2007

  • dear chocolate hearts,

    I am so sorry that I poured you while the chocolate was too hot. It was my first time tempering, how was I to know better? The thermometer said I was okay, but you know how it lies. The ice cube tray probably wasn’t the best mold, either. I know the almond clusters are all […]

  • fun with makeshift lightboxes

    Attempt #1: Boy hat out of double-stranded Nature’s Palette (Spruce) on 3.5 mm needles. Now finished, with cashmere lining (bindoff v.2). Quite a few shadows – need more lamps. And bigger paper or something (it’s a big box I’m using).

  • d’oh moment #63

    I bound off the cashmere lining of the boy’s hat (only the best) and sewed it in beautifully, went to try it on and… the bindoff was too tight. Argh!