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Archive for March, 2008 - אדר א' / אדר ב' תשס"ח

just in time for spring

By penny • March 31, 2008 - כ"ה אדר ב' תשס"ח • Category: create

I finished a heavy thick warm cozy beautiful wool wrap. Actually given the rainy Monday I think it is just in time to curl up with it, a cup of tea and a good book. :)
Pattern: Logan River Wrap
Designer: Miriam Felton
Published: Interweave Knits, Winter 2007
Yarn: Patons SWS, Natural Earth, ~ 5 balls (I’m not [...]



three books I learned this week

By penny • March 30, 2008 - כ"ד אדר ב' תשס"ח • Category: books

Things I Learned From Knitting (Whether I Wanted To or Not) by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (March 19, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1603420622
Amazon [it's an associates link]

I was planning on waiting to purchase this book until I showed up at whatever venue Stephanie was speaking at (to say thank you to the book store or [...]



real food

By penny • March 29, 2008 - כ"ג אדר ב' תשס"ח • Category: food

Oh it feels good to want to eat again and to have such wonderful tools at my disposal. My real knives are out and I’m teaching E not to run them through the dishwasher. I’m trying to be good and do clean up immediately..
Yes. I gave up on Fit Day. I’m not that good [...]



parshah shemini v’parah

By penny • March 28, 2008 - כ"ב אדר ב' תשס"ח • Category: judaism

This week we learn Vayikra (Leviticus) 9:1-11:47. It is also Parshah Parah where we read Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-19:22 in preparation for pesach.
Among other things, in this parshah we learn about Kashrut.
Hmm.. kashrut separates and often divides us. I’m not sure I really want to go there. Please feel free to ask me if you have [...]



kitchen, again

By penny • March 27, 2008 - כ"א אדר ב' תשס"ח • Category: tools

Since I’m finally feeling better (and slept all night last night) I thought I’d do one more post of structural pictures for the kitchen and then leave it for my Saturday food posts in the future. I’m ramping up my cooking and it feels good to want to cook and be excited about the tools [...]



plague knitting

By penny • March 24, 2008 - י"ח אדר ב' תשס"ח • Category: create

Yes we have the plague here at PG’s nest. E came down with it last night and we’re both home today feeling pretty rotten and trying to get work done. I’m on the mend, I’m not so sure about E. PG is avoiding us both and I think she’s a smart little one.
The knitting done [...]