Here is the original tank...
and now three years later (my how time flies... le sigh) .... So Sweet Tank v2.0
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Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Monday, July 21, 2008
So Sweet Tank v2.0
Three years ago I made a tank top for my sweet. She loved it so much and wore it until it was a belly shirt. Now the tank keeps her favorite teddy bear fashionable. I remember making that tank cos it was right before some minor surgery. Being the worry wart I am I kept thinking I wanted to finish it before surgery so Maggie would have something special from me "just in case". Yes, a morbid thought, but hey you never know when your number's up.
Here is the original tank...
Here is the original tank...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Potpourri
Today's entry is a potpourri... food, nature & knitting.
Food.
I made this delightful little summer squash soup. It's totally fat free (except for the parmesan cheese on top) and vegan (ditto cheese on top). Recipe will be at the bottom of this entry.
Nature.
We have this gorgeous sunflower we started from seed. It's amazing that that tiny little seed sprouted and was an adorable little seedling and is now taller than I am. Yes, I know, surpassing my height is not difficult by any means. Chris pointed out the little loops of pollen. I decided to get artsy fartsy and see if I couldn't capture a little world of wonder. Click to enlarge for detail.
Knitting.
I had long forgotten about this Knitted Babe I made for M!. My first attempt was stuffed at the bottom of a toy chest and I eventually got rid of her. M! was quite upset but I reminded her that she was shoved down there, out of sight out of mind. Not to mention, she was my prototype and not the best work I've done. Yesterday M! brought Kate out onto the lanai for some summer reading. Since she had been paying some attention to the poor thing I decided to make a new top for her which Maggie asked for me to knit. She took Kate on her expedition with Dad and her friend to the Tech Museum today.
Summer Squash Soup
Food.
I made this delightful little summer squash soup. It's totally fat free (except for the parmesan cheese on top) and vegan (ditto cheese on top). Recipe will be at the bottom of this entry.
Nature.
We have this gorgeous sunflower we started from seed. It's amazing that that tiny little seed sprouted and was an adorable little seedling and is now taller than I am. Yes, I know, surpassing my height is not difficult by any means. Chris pointed out the little loops of pollen. I decided to get artsy fartsy and see if I couldn't capture a little world of wonder. Click to enlarge for detail.
Knitting.
I had long forgotten about this Knitted Babe I made for M!. My first attempt was stuffed at the bottom of a toy chest and I eventually got rid of her. M! was quite upset but I reminded her that she was shoved down there, out of sight out of mind. Not to mention, she was my prototype and not the best work I've done. Yesterday M! brought Kate out onto the lanai for some summer reading. Since she had been paying some attention to the poor thing I decided to make a new top for her which Maggie asked for me to knit. She took Kate on her expedition with Dad and her friend to the Tech Museum today.
Summer Squash Soup
1 box of organic vegetable broth
1 large carrot, chunked
1 large zucchini, chunked
1 small yellow crookneck squash, chunked
½ medium onion, sliced lengthwise
1 medium tomato, chunked
½ C coarsely sliced crimini mushrooms
½ T herbs de Provence (or to taste)
Salt/Pepper to taste
Pour vegetable broth into a saucepan and heat. Add all other ingredients. Bring to a boil, and then reduce to a simmer for 20-25 minutes. Serve hot!
Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on top if desired.
Serve with crusty bread! Bon appetit!
Makes 8 Cups
Friday, May 23, 2008
Karma .. it's what's for dinner!
I was perusing the info super highway for a knitted pattern to make the original sock monkey of my childhood. Now, I've never liked the sock monkey .. even as a child, much less now, but Maggie always wants one and keeps asking if I'll knit one for her. It is in "the (perpetual) queue", but I have stalled hoping she will lose interest.
What I did find was something is a link for Artists Helping Children. What a fantastic cause! Of course my intention is thick where time is thin, but I'm sure I can manage something! Maggie, who has a highly developed sense of empathy and community at the tender age of 8, always saves a bit of her money which she wants to donate to the Children's Hospital of Oakland. Crafty or not, it doesn't take much to brighten a sick child's day and even a simple hand made card can make the difference.
Today's Karma Challenge... pay someone a compliment and make them smile. GO!!!
Knitsploits
Currently I'm working on a prayer shawl for our friend Jan. Jan and Bill were our fabulous neighbors across the street. They have three sons and we really miss them being just across from us. Jan's mom went through chemo treatment last year (in her 80's!) and did really well. She developed pneumonia about a several weeks ago and passed away. Having lost my mom relatively young (she 56, me 20) I understand what Jan is going through. It doesn't matter how old you are it still sucks.
Jan is one of those fantastic people that just captivate me. She works for her church and is in charge of the liturgy. Having not grown up Catholic, I'm not sure what that means, but it is important.. I know that. She is one of the few Christians I know that I truly respect because she walks the talk, as they say. I've been quite disillusioned with organized religion during my life and I remain skeptical, but Jan is truly someone who represents her faith well.
As I work on the prayer shawl I remind myself to send positive thoughts into stitches and at the end I will take the shawl to her Priest and have him bless it as well before giving it to her. I could not find a pattern I liked well enough so I developed a pattern by choosing a stitch in my Vogue Stitchionary and built the shawl around that stitch. It is a twisting leaves pattern.
What I did find was something is a link for Artists Helping Children. What a fantastic cause! Of course my intention is thick where time is thin, but I'm sure I can manage something! Maggie, who has a highly developed sense of empathy and community at the tender age of 8, always saves a bit of her money which she wants to donate to the Children's Hospital of Oakland. Crafty or not, it doesn't take much to brighten a sick child's day and even a simple hand made card can make the difference.
Today's Karma Challenge... pay someone a compliment and make them smile. GO!!!
Knitsploits
Currently I'm working on a prayer shawl for our friend Jan. Jan and Bill were our fabulous neighbors across the street. They have three sons and we really miss them being just across from us. Jan's mom went through chemo treatment last year (in her 80's!) and did really well. She developed pneumonia about a several weeks ago and passed away. Having lost my mom relatively young (she 56, me 20) I understand what Jan is going through. It doesn't matter how old you are it still sucks.
Jan is one of those fantastic people that just captivate me. She works for her church and is in charge of the liturgy. Having not grown up Catholic, I'm not sure what that means, but it is important.. I know that. She is one of the few Christians I know that I truly respect because she walks the talk, as they say. I've been quite disillusioned with organized religion during my life and I remain skeptical, but Jan is truly someone who represents her faith well.
As I work on the prayer shawl I remind myself to send positive thoughts into stitches and at the end I will take the shawl to her Priest and have him bless it as well before giving it to her. I could not find a pattern I liked well enough so I developed a pattern by choosing a stitch in my Vogue Stitchionary and built the shawl around that stitch. It is a twisting leaves pattern.
I'm about 20" into the shawl and only have 50" to go! HA! Jan is about 6' tall so I need this baby to be almost as tall as her to wrap comfortably around. I'm not sure where I got that idea, but it seems to me that most scarves or shawls that wrap should be about as long as the wearer is tall. This would be a fast knit for me as I top out at a staggering 5'3". Haa!
I hope that I can put some inches on this shawl over the long weekend. I'd sure like to finish it before too long so I can give it to Jan. Fly little fingers... fly!!!!!
namaste
andie
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