I have mixed feelings about Halloween. Last year we lived with an American girl who seemed to take offence at New Zealand’s general lack of interest in Halloween – an excuse for a dress-up party on the Saturday closest to the 31st, and a sprinkling of trick or treaters. As my workmate so beautifully put [...]
Archive for October, 2011
This Hallows’ Eve
Posted in Yums on October 31, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Pink fluffy wool
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I have resolved to take up knitting to keep my hands busy. I have borrowed some glorious 80s knitting books from my mum, and am busily scanning all the pages I want to use (and the pages I want to give to my step-nana, who likes it when I give her patterns to knit things [...]
Future Treats!
Posted in Yums on October 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Lemon Bars! I now have five jars of lemon curd squirreled away in the fridge. Their lids popped, which I take to mean they are sealed and will last at least two months. I am looking forward to eating them at Christmas time with pavlova and passionfruit pulp. Oh hang on, passionfruit isn’t in season [...]
Self-punishment continues!
Posted in Yums on October 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Any normal person at the helm of a crafting blog would stop baking and start making other things. Like dresses and cute pants for two year olds. Any normal person. Instead I go to my friend’s bucolic paradise and come home laden with lemons and eggs. So really I have done what any SANE person [...]
Mothertucker
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Although in theory this blog is supposed to document my own creations, here is an outfit I did not construct myself. I would like to point out however that from the waist down I am wearing entirely New Zealand made. Yes, even me undies. I did try to make a top to go with this [...]
Kaek*
Posted in Yums on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not eating sugar but I’m certainly making it hard on myself. While baking for others in such circumstances there are two key principles: Don’t lick your fingers. Don’t lick the spoon. Gaffa tape comes in very handy in these trying times. This is a cake for Cat and Ron. They might not be too [...]
Broadly Speaking
Posted in Growing on October 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I have to get rid of the picture of the Nanaimo Bars from the top of the page. I’m not eating sugar at present, and every time I have thought about putting some project up I am confronted with the memory of their deliciousness. It is unbearable. (But not eating sugar has, on the whole, [...]
