Sweater-wearing season has begun here in Chicago (hurray!). What better time to cast on for a new cozy cardigan?
I'm making a Greenfield Cardigan from the book New England Knits:
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| photo from Interweave |
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knitting in unexpected places- Design*Sponge with a pattern for a handknit lampshade. It's actually pretty cute, though it does strike me as a possible fire hazard.
- Apartment Therapy on knitting-inspired home decor
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recipe round-up
Apparently October's the time for comfort food! The greatest hits from the past two weeks are not exactly health food, but they're delicious:
- Squash, Bacon, & Goat Cheese Pasta with Basil from the kitchn
Sadly my fresh basil had gone south, so I had to settle for sprinkling in some dried basil. Fresh basil would elevate this from very good to awesome, in my book.
- Buffalo-Chicken Macaroni & Cheese
I made a half batch, since the original recipe seemed like it would feed an army. And indeed, the half batch made 6-8 servings rather than 3-4. I cut back on the butter a bit, and I cooked the chicken breasts myself, as rotisserie chicken is really high in salt (and as a former vegetarian I'm super grossed out by bones).
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I like that sweater too. I need to go through my sweater yarn stash and see what I have. And I though I recognized that yarn. Happy you have finally found the perfect pattern for it.
And there is plenty of spinning and preserving still going on. Just saying.
squash and bacon? sign me up. also, greenville is already looking lovely.
That sweater is going to be perfect.
I know really, really want that knitted British Flag chair.
Yum, anything w/bacon! Now I want both those dishes for dinner. Or fried chicken. I'll blame October instead of you. ;)
Oooh, I really like that cardi pattern. I am especially fond of the three-button closure. I mean, really - who buttons all the buttons on a sweater? So why make all those holes and buy all those buttons?!!
Oooo, pretty new cardi! And that mac & cheese recipe sounds so good. I'm with you on the whole chicken thing -- don't like the boney part either ;-) - blech.
Oh, and I got the Vanilla Bourbon tea in the mail today -- having some now -- so good! Thanks for sharing ;).
G
That is a perfect fall sweater! And, well, bacon is never wrong ...
Gorgeous sweater! And I love that you've found a great local yarn to use, too.
Thanks for stopping by and saying hello over on Tinks and Frogs the other day. It was really nice to see that you're interested in the little scarflet pattern. That's an extra incentive for me to get my act together and actually publish it.
By the way, did we happen to take a classics class together at UofC several years ago? Latin perhaps or something with Cam Grey? You look very familiar :)
That sweater is perfect - I need this book:) And I need to also check out that yarn.
Oh, pretty sweater!!
That mac & cheese sounds tasty, although I'd have to make an awful lot of recipe tweaks.
Fun post--just wanted to add re: the knitted lamp shade, that wool is naturally fire resistant/retardant, and supposedly often self extinguishes even when it does catch fire, so you'd probably be safe with a low watt bulb, esp if there was no direct contact.
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