I really need to go grocery shopping...

[anyjen]

1 onion
Some beansprouts
Soy sauce
Vainilla extract
Ketchup
Two small packets of mayonnaise (the kind you get with your burger)
Miso paste
Water
A beer
Some raspberry marmalade
Ice

No, that’s not the list of ingredients for a really weird recipe. That’s the entire contents of my fridge.

And that’s not even strange. That’s the usual state of affairs, for my

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[sparklyfanta]

Wow, that is bare. But at least you're creative!

*waves*

Kick the refrigerator gremlins to the curb unless they start paying rent, I say.

[anyjen]

Now if only my creativity managed to give me yummy things instead of barely-edible ones, I'd be the happiest girl in the world...

(btw, I'm trying my hand at making the Fetching fingerless gloves... and right now I'm kind of stuck at the thumb. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to attach the yarn after removing the waste yarn and picking up the stitches. Help? :x)

[sparklyfanta]

How long have you been cooking? I can usually manage things that are at least edible, though not always--the other day I made some tofu with barbeque sauce, but the tofu wasn't pressed and drained enough, so it was very ick. (Bleh.)

As for Fetching, I usually tie the working yarn to the first available space--there should be a little bar of yarn from already-completed stitches, and I just tie it over that and start knitting. Make sure it's all lined up with your needles, of course.

Attaching yarn aside, how are you liking double-pointed needles?

[anyjen]

How long have you been cooking?

Since I was eighteen, so seven years... though it's generally been student-type meals. Nothing that takes too long or requires more than three ingredients. ^^U

I usually tie the working yarn to the first available space

I didn't think of that. Thanks! :D

I've still got to work out the kinks... I end up with a row that's too "open" where the needles are supposed to meet, and I don't know how to place the needles so they aren't poking me in two or three different places at once, but other than that they're quite fun. :D

I totally messed up this "fetching", though. I misread the instructions and it's a bit too long... plus I'm pretty sure I messed up the BO. Is it just me, or are those BO instructions confusing a hell? :/

Still, I want to finish it, at least. It's only my first attempt at both cables and DPN, so I didn't screw it up too badly, considering. ^__^

[sparklyfanta]

You're welcome!

The open row is natural--I've always had it. It goes away/blends in better once the gloves are finished. The pokey needles are something I can't help with, though--just part of the fun!

I never did the picot bind-off--too chicken. I usually just BO in pattern. But a longer Fetching can't be bad!

Considering you were/are tackling two new techniques at once, I think it sounds like you're doing great!

[anyjen]

But a longer Fetching can't be bad!

Eh, no, trust me, it's bad. It bunches up in a really ugly manner at the wrist...

But then, I also have the problem that the needles I used were slightly too big for this project, so the glove I made is slightly too loose to be comfortable... or even attractive. That's how I learned that the gauge in round knitting is always larger than in straight (?) knitting. -_-

Considering you were/are tackling two new techniques at once, I think it sounds like you're doing great!

I don't count this as a total failure because of that. My round knitting may need a little work, but the cables were perfect. :D