Monthly Archives: March 2010

Easy as Pie

By natalie | Published: 30th March 2010
At the weekend I was hunting for something new to make for dinner. and with the miserable weather we have been having recently, my thoughts turned to pies. Pies are definitely in the naughty but nice category, food wise. Pastry = naughty. Unless of course you use Filo which is fine for some things but a [...]
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Fat Free

By natalie | Published: 21st March 2010
It seems like I haven’t done any baking for ages. Not quite sure why, really, except that with three of us in the house instead of four we tend to consume the same sized cake as quickly as we ever did but with a rather greater intake of calories. When it comes to basic everyday cookery [...]
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Struggling

By natalie | Published: 19th March 2010
Have you ever heard a mouse wheeze and squeak at the same time? Well, that’s me. For the last few days I have been pretty much confined to the sofa. Not ill. No temperature. Not spots. Just gently wheezing like (according to my dearly beloved, now returned from Frankfurt) a squeaky mouse. Today I feel more [...]
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Buttercup socks, sunglasses optional…

By natalie | Published: 14th March 2010
It may have become apparent by now that I am partial to a bit of yellow. Flowers Yarn in all shades from lemon to apricot. So really, it was about time I had some yellow on my feet. Yellow makes me happy so these are my happy buttercup coloured socks. I’ve been meaning to knit them for ages, in [...]
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You asked for it!

By natalie | Published: 10th March 2010
There have been many requests for popular colours to be available on a more permanent basis, and I have battled with the nitty gritty of this for a while. It isn’t as easy as it would seem, not because I can’t dye the colours, but because of the quirks of shopping cart software. In order to [...]
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A wee jaunt.

By natalie | Published: 9th March 2010
I decided to get right away from home for the day, and although it was a lot of driving, it was well worth it. This is Loch Lubnaig, near Callander. As you can see, that really is pretty thick ice on the surface, considering it’s a big expanse of water. A little bit further North we came [...]
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A Day Off.

By natalie | Published: 8th March 2010
I don’t often do this, but I’m having a day off in the “normal working week”. I was dyeing all of Saturday afternoon and evening, in preparation for a fabulous Yarn Party in Glasgow yesterday. It was wonderful. Lots of friendly knitters, awesome German baking (must get the recipe for the Marble Cake), and interesting conversation. [...]
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A new fitness regime.

By natalie | Published: 6th March 2010
Like many of us, I have a little too much middle and not enough waist. Perhaps this will help. I wonder if my gym does Poo Chi classes? n
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A visitor…

By natalie | Published: 2nd March 2010
Two of my friends came over this morning to fondle the yarn say hello. One of them brought with her a small person, who showed great knitterly potential. The Yarn Elf stroked the yarn, smelled it, snuggled it and chose her favourite colours to use as fish in a fishpond. There were also purple hippopotami, pink chickens and [...]
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The Knitting Olympics Part 4

By natalie | Published: 1st March 2010
So they are over for another four years. My challenge was to knit a pair of socks in a lacy/holey pattern during a very busy fortnight. It went down to the wire. I started Sunday morning with the first sock completed and the second sock knitted down to the ankle which meant I still had the heel [...]
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