Greetings everyone and Happy Monday!
It was a full weekend… a full indoor weekend thanks to the grey skies that brought some rain to Pittsburgh! Much needed rain, mind you…so I am not complaining. (Okay, I am not complaining about the rain but the mosquitoes on the other hand…)
I tried my hand at making pita bread from scratch – it needs a bit more work – but warm sort of pitas on Friday were a treat! I just need to work on the “getting the pita from the counter to the baking steel” bit… that was rough but no fingers were burned in the attempts however oval pitas were not quite the look I was going for! Ha!
I did lots of practice sewing on French Terry fabric scraps… trying to find the elusive sweet spot for all the tension knobs on my serger. It took some time, but I did get it “dialed in” for my fabric. And then some actual sewing began. I have one sweatshirt almost done, and one more all ready to go! It was a bit stressful as this sewing is well outside my comfort zone… but I rewarded myself with an extra “happy hour” on Saturday while we caught up on the new HBO series Game of Thrones House of the Dragon.
Outside of that there was a Steeler win (in overtime) which made Steve insanely happy.
I spent some time reflecting on 9/11.
I learned a new word.
I also spent some time working on this month’s suggestion for my word, which is to think about my word visually – with pictures – this month. I am finding this to be so much fun, capturing images of the things that fill my days!
AND… I even spent the tiniest bit of time knitting on my puzzle-y sweater start! The back is patiently waiting for the fronts to get caught up… and they are moving in that direction!
There you have my weekend highlights…I am more than ready to get this Monday off and running. I have my list ready for the week… how about you? Are you prepped and ready to tackle this week? I hope so!
See you all back here on Wednesday with The Big Sweatshirt Reveal!
Looking forward to the sweatshirt reveal!! I confess I have never made pita bread but have thought about it. And the rain! Wasn’t it just so nice? Have a wonderful week Kat!
It sounds like a good weekend, Kat! I’ll be looking forward to seeing your sweatshirts; so glad you figured out all the tension-y settings. (I’ve never touched a serger. . . ) (I’ve also never watched an episode of Game of Thrones.) 🙂
Mmm … homemade pita bread! (I bet the oval ones tasted quite delicious.) I’m also looking forward to seeing your sweatshirt on Wednesday; it is getting to be time for them. I don’t know if you’d be interested, but Temple Grandin is publishing a new book titled Visual Thinking on 10/11. I’m terrible at this so I think I might take a look at the book once it’s available.
Sergers can be complicated machines and tricky to set just right! I’m happy that yours is behaving! Sounds like you had a weekend full of good things.
I bet your pitas were yummy, despite their ovalness. 😉 I recently bought some na’an, which were also delicious.
I have zero experience with sergers, but I am glad you got yours dialed in. 🙂
Hmm, perhaps you could just say you were making British-style pitas? I saw them making them on Bake Off once and they were all rather oblong — on purpose. Other than not quite getting them the shape you wanted, would you say they’re hard to do? I want to expand my bread repertoire.
The weather has been pretty miserable the past couple of days, but the next few look amazing!
and now I’ve learned a new word too! sounds like a wonderful weekend and all weekends should be like these.
I am looking forward to seeing your sweatshirt. I’m glad you had a nice weekend. Your pita bread sounds delicious even if it wasn’t perfect the first time. I was making a journal with my word, kindness. That perhaps is a visual representation?
Impressive sounding bit of sewing, looking forward to the reveal. I had a totally unexpected and wonderful family weekend.
Wow – that sounds like a FULL weekend. I can’t wait to see what you’ve been sewing. You’re opening picture with the raindrops is so lovely!