tea, baking, and knitting
Looks like LJ is a victim of another cold war, so I'll post here and figure it'll eventually cross-post when things are up and running again.
As of last night I had 1.2 ounces of my Trillian yarn left; when I'm down to 0.4 ounces I'll start the final pattern rows. Of course this means that Knit Picks' lace-blocking wires are backordered until the end of August. (I have blocking pins, but would really prefer to use wires to get straight lines due to the shape of the shawl and my absolute inability to make/draw a straight line.) The next Rav get-together at Mass Ave Knit Shop is on Saturday; maybe Susan carries something like that. (I see similar products on different online stores for more or less the same price as Knit Picks.)
My cinnamon-spice tea came in Friday afternoon--yay! As it's freezing in the office today I definitely need it. :P Since I got quite a bit I left some at home this time, but don't have anything that I really consider suitable for tea-making there. We have the ultra-cheap stovetop teakettle (bought to replace the last one, which I think we got rid of in a move because we never used it), but the only opening to the thing is the spout, which makes getting a tea ball in there kind of difficult, not that I can even find tea balls in person anywhere to begin with. I considered just making up a tea bag of cheesecloth and kitchen twine and stuffing it through the spout. I looked at a really pretty little cast-iron teapot at Meijer for a couple of minutes before deciding that heating the water in one receptacle and then steeping in another seemed a little cumbersome; and if I did want to get a teapot, the Asian market in Indy would probably have more variety for less money. I do actually own a teapot, but it's antique and pretty and I'm afraid of breaking it. I may end up just buying another electric kettle and tea ball like I have for work.
I did however buy an oven thermometer while at Meijer, and have confirmed that the oven does indeed run ten or fifteen degrees cool. I've suspected this for a while due to having to extend baking times for some items.
Edited to attempt to force a re-attempt of the crosspost...
...third time's the charm, right?
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As of last night I had 1.2 ounces of my Trillian yarn left; when I'm down to 0.4 ounces I'll start the final pattern rows. Of course this means that Knit Picks' lace-blocking wires are backordered until the end of August. (I have blocking pins, but would really prefer to use wires to get straight lines due to the shape of the shawl and my absolute inability to make/draw a straight line.) The next Rav get-together at Mass Ave Knit Shop is on Saturday; maybe Susan carries something like that. (I see similar products on different online stores for more or less the same price as Knit Picks.)
My cinnamon-spice tea came in Friday afternoon--yay! As it's freezing in the office today I definitely need it. :P Since I got quite a bit I left some at home this time, but don't have anything that I really consider suitable for tea-making there. We have the ultra-cheap stovetop teakettle (bought to replace the last one, which I think we got rid of in a move because we never used it), but the only opening to the thing is the spout, which makes getting a tea ball in there kind of difficult, not that I can even find tea balls in person anywhere to begin with. I considered just making up a tea bag of cheesecloth and kitchen twine and stuffing it through the spout. I looked at a really pretty little cast-iron teapot at Meijer for a couple of minutes before deciding that heating the water in one receptacle and then steeping in another seemed a little cumbersome; and if I did want to get a teapot, the Asian market in Indy would probably have more variety for less money. I do actually own a teapot, but it's antique and pretty and I'm afraid of breaking it. I may end up just buying another electric kettle and tea ball like I have for work.
I did however buy an oven thermometer while at Meijer, and have confirmed that the oven does indeed run ten or fifteen degrees cool. I've suspected this for a while due to having to extend baking times for some items.
Edited to attempt to force a re-attempt of the crosspost...
...third time's the charm, right?
This entry was originally posted at http://morgi.dreamwidth.org/1578.html. You may comment on either site.