A few days ago, I promised a ripple update—and here she is, slowly unfurling like a sleepy caterpillar on a winter’s night. Progress may be a tad slower than usual, but this blanket is doing double duty: growing stitch by stitch and keeping me snug on these chilly evenings. This is where I left it a couple of days ago.
The random colour generator, AKA Tony has selected yellow for the next bright band.
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A squirrel hopped by and I followed it!
I was naughty. I purchased and started a knitting kit. Yes, knitting comes in kits too. I decided that if I had made a scarf for my sister in law, I should make one for my brother too. I don't see him as a greeny blue mohair kind of bloke so went for a look around and found a kit for a 'Dad scarf'. It's in a lovely blue grey that looked darker on my screen than it is in real life, but I think he will cope with that.
The yarn is a wool/Alpaca mix and beautifully soft.
It was delivered yesterday, and I made a start just as soon as my chores were complete.
The pattern has twelve rows that repeat. They are quite easy to remember, so good for TV watching.
And they produce a two-sided scarf.
It is wonderfully soft, and I hope my brother likes it. If not I'm sure his wife will. LOL Like me, she loves anything blue.
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There was a new recipe recently, one of my own making. I had very short notice and had to very quickly come up with pre dinner nibbles.
Lou's Cheese Ball.
500g cream cheese.
250g Sour cream
Juice of half a lemon.
3/5 cup diced gherkins.
2 cups grated mature cheddar.
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Broken nuts to coat. Walnuts, almonds, whatever is lurking in the pantry.
Blend, chill, shape, roll, serve. Or skip the ball and go rustic—pile it into a dish, top with nuts, and call it charmingly casual. Serve with seedy keto crackers (mine were a packet mix, but I’m plotting a homemade version soon).
You could make other changes, use different fillings/flavourings in place of the gherkins. Like dried apricots or a big dollop of your favorite relish. Bacon and sweetcorn is a good mix. Experiment and have fun.
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What else have I been up to?
Extra shifts at work. And there are possibly two more ahead.
I mentioned in my last post that there has been some swapping of offices at work, accompanied by a big tidy up and rearrange of storage spaces.
There has been a bit of a restructure of management. No one lost their jobs I'm happy to say, but some new roles were created. My pal Debbie was head hunted for one of those new roles and has moved to another facility within the company and I am to move into her old role. It's in a different department, I won't be working with young physically disabled people anymore, I will be working in the rest home with elderly people who don't need a high level of care. I was told I would make the move in 2-3 weeks. That was a week ago. I'll be working the same number of hours, on the very same days (So yes, I'll still miss out on zooms at weekends). but I will be starting and finishing a whole half hour later. LOL
I'll keep you up to date on how things are going.
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I spent some time in the garden yesterday spreading more pea straw, that job is almost finished. I do still have a few other chores to complete out there before the Spring arrives along with new growth.
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Until next time—may your stitches stay steady, your snacks stay cheesy, and your squirrels lead you somewhere delightful.
2 comments:
Interesting yarn you are using for the scarf, it looks beautifully soft. It's always good to have a project to keep knees warm in chilly weather.
Your ripple blanket is lovely Lou & I think your random colour chooser is doing a sterling job! I love the new yarn for the scarf for your brother - it does look so soft. I have a dishcloth pattern that looks very similar to that pattern & it's the same both sides too. I shall try your recipe sometime Lou.
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