March 17, 2008
One Leetle Sock
I haven't knitted in forever. Life just keeps getting in my way. But then a fickle friend pulled me back into the knitting world, and I figured it was ok as long as I limited myself to only one kind of knitting, so I picked socks.
And, since I've done a whole one pair of socks in my life, making me a master of the old ways, I decided to work on a whole new way of making socks... with 2 circular needles and magically weird heel turns.
So I started on the first practice sock. 17 times. I cast on 2 24 inch needles for this leetle sock and they got all tangled up and confused, so eventually I went down to one needle for a while until I had to go to 2, and it was generally a big old life lesson, wrapped up in a miniscule sock. My daughter asked why I was still working on this doomed socklet and I told her eventually I would finish it.
And so I did! I have one leetle sock! I am so looking forward to making an adult-sized pair of socks! I looked ahead in the book and realized that the socks I most want to make are the toe-up socks, which means I have to make another leetle sock, and I'm not sure I'm up for that yet. So perhaps I'll pick a leg-down pair to make first. Because focusing all of my knitting energy on socks means I have, um, a *lot* of sock yarn. And some fancy Addis I'm just itching to use.
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August 10, 2007
I'm moving!
I haven't been writing here because, really, my job at Socialtext transformed me into some other kind of creature. I've got a new blog on this site, though... Perl Goddess. Head over there if you want to see what I'm writing about these days.
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October 18, 2006
Kona Ranch House Cornbread
Cooks in 2 2"x11"x9" cake pans
5 cups bisquick
1-1/2 cup cornmeal
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking powder
5 sticks butter (1-1/4 pound)
5 eggs
2-1/2 cups milk
Combine dry ingredients and mix well. Pour melted butter or margarine over dry mixture and blend together well. Beat eggs and milk and mix with the above mixture. Blend until well mixed and not lumpy. Pour into well greased pans and cook at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes, then turn the pan 180 degrees in the oven. Reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake another 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and the center springs back when lightly touched. Poke with toothpick to check doneness.
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