There has been no unraveling at all (thank goodness!!) Which is doubly good since Julia Farwell-Clay posted this most timely Instagram post… YES, I am picking up the stitches correctly! However, I am MUCH slower than she is! I need to learn that yarn management thing she has going on!
While there has been no unraveling… sadly, there has been minimal knitting going on. Although, the sock saw some knit-time this week at Election Worker Training on Monday. Outside of that, I am still on the final seam of blanket number one and might be having some heart palpitations about the applied i-cord edging, but I think it will be a good thing to sit down and listen to my current listen, The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith. It took me a bit to get into this, but I think I have all l the people down which has helped tremendously! It’s a long book so it should be the perfect companion to all that i-cord edging!
There has been LOTS of cooking going on! I have been really jonesing for some autumnal meals – so I made chicken pot pie on Monday and stuffed butternut squash yesterday. But, the showstopper was David Liebovitz’s Dorrie Greenspan’s French Apple Cake! I made it yesterday and the smell in the house was amazing! My only substitution to swap out the dark rum for some whiskey. It is a super easy recipe and it tastes like a lot more work than it was!
I did have some finished reads to share this week… so it was not a total bust!
I finished The Immortalists with mixed feelings. However, my thoughts have lingered on several things in the book… but that will not change my rating of 3-stars. I did not like the ending at all. I am not sure what to say about it without giving anything about the plot away but suffice it to say this dysfunctional family beat mine, hands down!
I also finished The Thing About December… this was a tough read for me. So much pain and sadness (these books probably were not the best combination to read concurrently). But the writing is brilliant. This does not beat The Spinning Heart or From a Low and Quiet Sea for me, but I am glad I read it and I gave it 4-stars.
But, what about you? What are you making and reading this week? If you wrote a post to share, please leave your link below!
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I don’t envy you the finishing-up of those blankets, Kat. Too bad I don’t live closer, and I’d come over and give you a hand. (Especially to share some of that apple cake.) (Just sayin.’) XO
That cake looks yummy. May need to make an apple crumble this weekend.
Mmm, that looks delicious!
I finished “Little Fires Everywhere” yesterday and absolutely loved it — definitely one of my favorite reads this year!
Like Kym, I wish I lived close enough to come help with the blankets (and the apple cake). Thanks so much for the cake link; I think I’m going to make it for dessert tonight. I don’t have rum or whiskey here in MD, but I’m going to double or triple the vanilla as he suggests, and then make it again when I’m home in NJ with rum or whiskey. It’s not just cake for dessert; it’s an experiment!
I am STILL trying to make my way through the Tom Hanks book — Uncommon Type. It is odd, but I’m sticking with it.
Your pie looks simply amazing and I’ll be it sure made the house smell good!
I wouldn’t be much help with the blanket, I’m afraid, but I’d bake you a pie while you seamed it together if I lived closer!
all that garter stitch – you are a trooper AND a saint to assemble TWO of those blankets! That cake looks amazing. I made Smitten Kitchen’s roasted apple cake last year for Sam’s first birthday. Sadly, it’s not on the menu for this year’s party, but I’ll bet I could fit one in for Thanksgiving!
Also, I completely agree about the ending of The Immortalists – I really hated that last part – she’s coming to the book festival and I’m undecided about going to her talk. But she’s a knitter. and I feel a bond for that.
i started the Immortalists months ago…and put it down. Not sure I’ll ever resume…Yep, if I were nearer to thee, I’d come help too – you’d have to show me how – and also, taste that cake. It does look delish—especially since it’s time for me to fix some dinner.
Cheers~
I finished the most recent Galbraith last weekend–and I loved it! I hope you enjoy the series as much as I do!
That’s it. I’m making apple crisp tonight (the easy way to enjoy apples GF). 🙂
Apple cake – my favorite of all cakes, which unfortunately I do not make many. (Cookies, my go-to dessert.)
I grew up on an apple orchard farm (and no, an apple a day does not keep the doctor away) and was treated with many, many apple desserts which every other customer gave us recipes for and of course which we tried.
This recipe is not at all similar to mine which used oil, instead of butter and of course more sugar and spices like cinnamon+nutmeg. Though I do wish it had rum in it!
But, I will definitely try this apple cake – and report back to my family.
this weather inspires my limited kitchen cooking. I’ve made turkey chili a few times and an apple pie, oh and corn muffins. Oh and soup! My knitting has been bursting but then I’m not assembling a blanket like you are 🙂