Koolhaas Luke

I bet you didn't think I knit anymore. Well I do but it's summer so I've been a slacker when it come to blogging. As always you can find me at Ravelry if you're really missing me. But don't give up on me yet...Look, an FO!



Pattern: Koolhaas
Yarn: Shokay Shambala
Color: Earth
Needles: US 6 & US 8
Time to knit: 17 days
Ravelry link

I love this hat. I made one for my sister this past Solstice and have been hanging on to the yarn to make one for myself. It waaay to hot to wear it yet but I'll be nice and snug come winter.

Prints

I could help myself, this is on its way to me.


And I am totally coveting one of these.

Christina Oh

Totally Fascinating

I want to make one of these for my town.

Show Me the Curry

How did I not know about this?

Indian Food Update

Thank you to everyone who gave me suggestions re: Indian food cookbooks. I bought Curried Favors and New Indian Home Cooking and am loving them both!

Prep is finally done!

I can't seem to stop making naan and I absolutely love the chicken vindaloo and the saag and, well, everything. I've been trying new recipes every Saturday and my beau, who loves Indian, really appreciates it. This weekend I planned the menu when I was hungry and ended up cooking for 2 hours... but it was worth it.

You'll have to forgive the quality, these are from my phone.
Tonight we had tomato and onion salad with yogurt, green beans thorem, potatoes with green bell pepper and shrimp with coconut milk which I served over rice. All of these recipes are from Curried Favors. Everything was delicious!

flickr meme

Doing a little thing I like to call the flickr meme.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

And lest you think I don't actually knit any more, fear not. I'll have some knitting pictures for you soon.

Happy Father's Day

I miss you.

Gotta Dollah?

Many of you know that I've signed up to ride in the VT Cares Champ Ride on June 14th. I'm writing to ask you to please sponsor me and help raise money for HIV/AIDS research. Really, any amount helps.

Thank you for taking the time to check out my donations page and learn a little more about the ride. I appreciate it.

http://www.firstgiving.com/emilyspence

Emily

bookofjoe: Telephonic Sheep — by Jean Luc Cornec

Cooking Help

Hazara, Northern Indian food
Originally uploaded by AraiGordai.

I want to delve into Indian cooking and I have to admit that I'm a little overwhelmed. Can any of you reccommend a good Indian cookbook? Ideally it would be a book that did more than offered recipes to follow; I'd also like to have some sort of understanding of the cuisine.

Want to Win?

The go here and enter to win one of several fab prizes.

Thank You!

A photo thank you for Sandra who sent Elah this super cute ella-phant brooch. Go buy your own at her store!
Elah was so excited wheat a package came that wasn't for me and was actually for her. She also totally loved the ring pop inside. :)
Thanks, Sandra!

Embroidery in Helsinki

What's better than music I love? That's easy. Music I love + craft I love.

Architecture in Helsinki - Like It Or Not from helsinkids on Vimeo.

Sheep of Death!

The Rain

I can't handle the rain today. It makes me feel like this.

DÉJEUNER DU MATIN

Il a mis le café
Dans la tasse
Il a mis le lait
Dans la tasse de café
Il a mis le sucre
Dans le café au lait
Avec la petite cuiller
Il a tourné
Il a bu le café au lait
Et il a reposé la tasse
Sans me parler
Il a allumé
Une cigarette
Il a fait des ronds
Avec la fumée
Il a mis les cendres
Dans le cendrier
Sans me parler
Sans me regarder
Il s’est levé
Il a mis
son chapeau sur sa tête
Il a mis
Son manteau de pluie
Parce qu’il pleuvait
Et il est parti
Sous la pluie
Sans une parole
Sans me regarder
Et moi j’ai pris
Ma tête dans ma main
Et j’ai pleuré.

-Prévert

Uh Oh

I certainly didn't need another Etsy-like storefront. I'm hiding my wallet.

Lacking a Title

I can't come up with a title for this post.

I am finally done with the Baby Surprise Jacket I've been knitting for my daughter's new baby brother (due in 2 weeks). I loved the pattern and the yarn but it took awhile to finish because it was just hard to get into knitting something for my ex and his wife. But it made my daughter happy to have a homemade gift for her brother so I guess in the end it was worth it. I also made one for Elah's uncle and girlfriend but I still have 2 buttons to sew on.



Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Yarn: The blue is Rowan Wool Cotton
The orange is Reynolds Revue
Needles: US 6, Knit Picks Options
Time to knit: I don't know exactly but I'm going with 2 months.

Actual Knitting and a Small Velolution

Psssst, look, knitting! (Pardon the photo quality, my camera was out of batteries so these were taken with my phone.)



That's right, one whole complete sock. The pattern is Hedera by Cookie A, the yarn is Mama E (in saffron, I just love the color).

In other news I went to the bike shop on Sunday with the cutest boy ever and got a new bike!



There are 3 days a week (when I don't drive my daughter's carpool) that I can bike to work and in the summer I can bike every day. I'm excited to spend less on gas and more time outdoors. I also discovered that I am really out of shape so it's doubly good for me to get my ass on a bike.

Here's one last pic for you; new sock, new bike, old cat. :)

Best Font Ever!

How fucking cool is this font? It's been making its way around he interwebs and tumblr but I can't find the designer's name. The closest I can get, after chasing the trail of reblogs is this.