We Call Them Finished Pirates
See? He gets it. He did the "top of hat" shot without any prompting from the photographer!
Pattern: We Call Them Pirates from Hello Yarn
Yarn: Harrisville Shetland, one skein each of two colors*, size 3 U.S. needles
Modification: I think the knitted liner is a little silly, so I opted for an inch of ribbing instead. Because my stitch gauge was wayyy different, thanks to the skinny yarn, I added one whole section. No extra length besides than the ribbing was needed.
I got my Crichton yarn... sort of.
I can't believe how quickly Jamieson & Smith shipped my yarn. I might've even swatched today, had all of the yarn I needed been included. Unfortunately, the two colors listed on the next page of the pattern weren't included. Why in the world did Schoolhouse Press design a book like that? I missed those two colors the first few times I looked at the pattern, and J&S missed them, too. I should've gotten exact confirmation of what they were sending, of course, but I didn't really think of it.
I emailed them; I hope they still have my info on file so I get the remaining yarn quickly. I could still swatch (with non-exact colors) and get the first several inches started, but I kind of want to wait until I have everything.
A different kind of fiber.
I tried out my first two recipes from World Vegetarian: Moroccan chickpea stew with six vegetables and Moroccan bread.
Oh, my lord, was it good. Sweet, spicy, hearty, deep. The bread was incredible, too; chewy and a tad yeasty, just how I like it. The bread's quite interesting in that it uses half white and half semolina flour. I didn't make the chili sauce that traditionally accompanies the stew, but just added some crushed red pepper flakes instead.
*Something like half of each skein. I could tell you more if my wonderful, darling dog didn't get into my knitting basket (one with a lid, mind you) and shred half of the yarn. She also destroyed my size 9 Crystal Palace bamboo circulars (luckily, she didn't kill the sweater they were knitting). This dog owes me a LOT of money. Matthew told her, "You have to be at least 10 times more cute to pay for this."
Tipper @ 10:34 PM * link
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