January 31, 2007
by sting dragon
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Yesterday I worked on soap batch #2. We learned a bit from batch #1 so #2 turned out nicer. It had no pockets of liquid as the other did and was very uniform throughout. I had a wee bit of … Continue reading
January 30, 2007
by sting dragon
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Yesterday I rebatched our first batch of soap. Our soap batches weigh about a pound each and I divided this first batch in two. I wanted to add peppermint oil to half and Vitamin E to the other half so … Continue reading
January 29, 2007
by sting dragon
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Last night Jason made a delicious white bean and escarole soup for dinner. He’d asked me to make some sort of bread to go with it which I saw as the perfect excuse to try another recipe from "Baking with … Continue reading
January 28, 2007
by sting dragon
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All week long I kept thinking, "I’ll get to those placemats today. They won’t take long." I just never did find the time to sit down and sew them up but today I cranked them right out. There are two … Continue reading
January 27, 2007
by sting dragon
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Chris is headed back to the dorms in the morning and here are the completed mittens just under the wire. These are the Anemoi mittens by Eunny Jang knit on size 1 needles using Frog Tree sportweight yarn. Chris asked … Continue reading
January 26, 2007
by sting dragon
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In the fall of ’05 I went on a fiber expedition with Grace and some friends from the Island Pond Spinners. One of the ladies talked about making soap and gave us each a bar at the end of the … Continue reading
January 25, 2007
by sting dragon
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The pork is slowly but surely making it’s way onto our table once or twice a week on average. Last night it was pork tacos for dinner. I chopped some onion, softened it in the pan and then added about … Continue reading
January 24, 2007
by sting dragon
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oh cookie cookie cookie, starts with a C! I squeezed in a bit of baking yesterday and tried out some new cookie recipes that had a certain two boys lurking about in the kitchen all afternoon begging for scraps and … Continue reading
January 23, 2007
by sting dragon
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I’ve had the sewing machine out again to work on another set of napkins. This morning I’m cutting out pieces for matching place mats as well. The napkins are just a single piece of 16" square fabric with satin stitch … Continue reading
January 22, 2007
by sting dragon
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What with Christmas and all the holiday chaos I haven’t worked on my scrapbooks in quite awhile. Yesterday I finally made it out to a crop and made good progress on our summer vacation photos. I think I’m about halfway … Continue reading
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