Otherwise known as, It’s Too Hot to come up with a real blog post title.
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Last week I was working on a crochet top that will be coming out with PieceWork next year. I’m super excited about it – it’s very rare that I get to work with linen.
The design is a bit of a leap of faith. I was working with Louet’s Euroflax, which is, by far, one of the smoothest linen’s I’ve worked with. What I mean by this is that I didn’t find the yarn as harsh on my hands as I’ve found other linen. Now, that wasn’t to say that that, while working with it, the yarn wasn’t stiff as all get out, but the finished product was worth it.
When I put it in the washing machine and the dryer, it softened up so much, and the drape came out beautiful.
I can’t wait for you guys to see it – though it’s a long way off from publication!
On a slightly different note, Michael and I made pizza the other night, and I think it was the best home-made pizza I’ve had, bar none. Seriously, it ranks in the top five pizza’s I’ve had in my life.
Part of it was because we used homemade pizza sauce (and the key here, I think, is letting it age in the fridge for a day after you make it). Part of it was we (accidentally) used whole milk mozzarella cheese.
It had steak and spinach and onion on it, and it was amazing. I had a piece for breakfast and an piece for lunch, and I have no regrets. None.
On a final note, I’m getting ready to go to Yosemite the end of this week. It’s set to be a blast, but I have so much work to get done before we leave. After we come back, we’re stopping by the farm for the 4th of July, and then I’m launching into a month of teaching a camp.
If you haven’t heard (or you aren’t part of mailing list, which you should be), I’m teaching a camp called String Theory through Montgomery County College. It’s set to be amazing, and some of the sessions are still open. The class runs weekly from 1-4. There’s 4 sessions: the week of July 7th, the week of July 14th, the week of July 21st, and the week of July 28th. This is a great introduction into some of the needlecrafts, including Knitting, Spinning and Sewing. I’m Super Thrilled to be offering these through Montgomery County College!
What have you been up to this summer?
