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In Which There is Knitting, Lots, and Lots of Knitting
I am great at starting projects, but not so great at finishing them. Recently I completed two projects; one a very fun mystery-knit-along which I started last year but moving got in the way of its completion. The other, I am sad to say, had been languishing on the...
Let Us Eat Cake!
Last week there was a birthday in our house, so I got out the cake pans and scoured cookbooks and the internet for a recipe that looked interesting. The request was for a “yellow” cake – so I found this butter cake recipe and I followed it exactly.
The Spinning of a Yarn
I recently got a Schacht Matchless and to say I adore it is an understatement. It is an amazing wheel and I am getting my spinning groove back. In my box Spunky Eclectic had tucked some lovely fiber and so I divided the fiber in half with a goal of plying the yarn...
Girding your loins against Old Man Winter
With Old Man Winter holding us firmly in his grasp, my thoughts turn to an array of comfort foods – ones that are warm, satisfying, and that might just conjure up distant memories of childhood past. Now, while my poor mother was not a spectacular cook by any stretch...
A taste of summer for a January blizzard
For a great portion of North America the weather outside is indeed frightful. Yet, nestled away in my freezer were some frozen bits of summer. I pulled them out and baked them into some amazingly delicious muffins. These are sure to brighten up a cold winter’s day....
I can soufflé, can you?
I am bringing the “year of making” to as many aspects of my life as I possibly can, and one very easy way for me to do this is through the meals I make. With some very simple ingredients – farm fresh eggs, milk, cheese, and some diced ham, you can have a very elegant but entirely satisfying dinner.
A Triumvirate of New – New City, New Year, New Life
As 2013 wound down, I found myself ready for a new chapter in my life. I found work to be wholly unfulfilling and as I saw the company I worked for spiraling into disaster, I made a bold decision to say goodbye and control my destiny – rather than follow something I...
Summer's Bounty
As the days are growing ever so shorter, the bounty at the farmer's market continues in abundance. I was saddened to have gotten what is most likely the last of the local blueberries. This is my "take" on a recipe from the Red Spoon Blog's "Blueberry Gratin", and...
Beating the heat
It has been a quiet week here at Casa del KatKnits, with temperatures climbing into the triple digits causing many to hibernate to an air conditioned place to beat the heat. My garden is growing nicely, even if my lawn looks like the Sahara Desert. We have had little...
Are you smarter than an 10th grader??
Apparently, if you are a member of congress, you are probably not – especially if the Tea Party voted you in. Great correlation there, if you ask me – idiots voting in idiots? What spurs this topic is something I heard on NPR while getting ready for work this morning....
Simpler is better…
I read with great regularity the Red Spoon Blog, however many times her recipe ideas do not work in my budget or on my time schedule. However, as she so aptly said, sometimes simpler is better. This recipe is one that fits both categories – affordable and quick. I had...
Reading with Maurice…
Maurice Sendak died today. A light in my world extinguished. In January it’s so nice While slipping on the sliding ice To sip hot chicken soup with rice Sipping once, sipping twice Sipping chicken soup with rice Long ago, a little brown haired girl was learning to...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!
Strange fascination, fascinating me Changes are taking the pace I'm going through - David Bowie One needs some change when it has almost been a year since any regular posts! So, I began to nag StevoFC about doing some remodeling here... At long last the paint is dry,...
Kat and Steve's Big Adventure
It was the best of times... Charles Dickens It was a truly spectacular 9 days, but who was counting. There was good food, great conversation, some awesome beer, a little Idol, and photography – lots of great photography. We went to Van Raalte Farm on a couple of...
The Church of Me and Mine
I saw this article last week in my local paper. A mixture of disbelief and disgust washed over me as I read the article and the comments posted. Now, gentle reader, I live in the heart of the Christian Right of Michigan in a city that has more churches than bars....
Soufflé Perfection…
Greetings Gentle Readers! Is your life as hectic as mine is. Do you drag in from work at the end of the day with waning energy and do you then open a can of nothingness and make something less than satisfying for dinner? On the other hand, perhaps you stop at Mickey...
The colors of my world…
Hello everyone, a big thank you if you are still here reading this post! All has been quiet here recently with work and life consuming my waking hours. In the world where I work yard maintenance is king and the "grass season" officially began on April 1 and trust me...
I've seen a bad moon a-rising…
100_0347, originally uploaded by As Kat Knits. I, like many others, ventured out last night to witness the "huge moon" phenomenon! A perigee moon is quite a sight to see. I was, it seems, moon-struck! I even was able to take a photo or two with the camera the kids got...
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