MAKE-LEARN-GIVE: Second week of October
This week I MADE a little baby blanket out of leftover wool:
I'm a bit late on this post. I was distracted on the equinox by being in Dundee for a wedding. I am also without a cat, who has moved in with her grandparents for the duration of building repairs. Catless Em is definitely more pouty and less goal-oriented.
Two medium, three small, seven tiny, nine minuscule: 450g. This crop was made into patatas bravas for Jamie's birthday dinner. They were delicious. I was especially impressed by the two-tone tattie. I hope I get more of those.
The BBC has converted me wholeheartedly to radio dramas. Especially crime serials. Garrison Keillor was perhaps the gateway drug that led me to appreciate the format, which I find superior to television in that knitting does not keep you from following the plot, and the special effects are much more convincing. My favourite by far is Paul Temple, a series that started in 1938 and has aged beautifully. And better yet, the radio section of the iPlayer is available in the US! So you have no excuse. Go listen to the first episode of Paul Temple and the Geneva Mystery right now. But be warned; you'll get hooked.
When Victor was visiting a few weeks ago, he mentioned he'd been investigating more sustainable alternatives to soya milk. Oat milk struck me as having some potential, since oats are the dominant grain crop in Scotland. Jamie found some commercial oat milk at the Waitrose, and we tried it today.