Random Stuff & Junk Wednesday

This should round out birthday week* nicely.

Gale talked about this book last year in her blog.  Then Carole did, and if Carole says it's good, it's fabulous.  I knew it was a must and since I may be hard to shop for**.  This book was very high on my list.  Higher still after I found out what shipping would cost on two 25 grams of yarn.  More than the yarn, people! 

/stunned

(The book is now cheaper than it was last week on Amazon for those who are thinking about getting it.)

Anyway, after reading the book for two days, I had a deep biological need to make bread.

Okay, I really want pretzels and pita and I don't know what all, but I'm easy to please and willing to settle for just bread.  Yesterday, I faked my own recipe based on the wet dough method used in the book.  No kneading.  I just mixed it and let it sit for a couple of hours on top of the fridge.

It was the best loaf of bread I've made yet.  I have very high hopes for my bread making future... assuming I can find my baking stone.

And the sock?

The sock is one of a pair in-progress.  It started out as my replacement birthday socks and have found new meaning as socks for Gale, who recently blogged about a pair of socks she worked on all summer and only recently finished.  Girlie needs socks, people. 

I offered and she accepted.  She was even sweet enough to mention that pink would be okay.  See!  Sooner or later, everyone comes around to the pink.  :D  Hopefully, they will be done and in the mail soon.

Also!  Jessica's lace was finished, blocked and shipped off to her.  It arrived safely yesterday and she knows that we all expect photos when she has time, good lightly, yatta.

I am also working on a little lace something from the book I received last week.  I know a couple of you were curious what I thought of the book and once I've knit a couple of things, I'll hot glue together a post about it.  I've already knit and mailed off a very cute boy hat from the book.  Photos later, I'm sure.

What else?

Oh!  The neighbor's gardeners arrived a day early and I spent a good ten minutes playing WTF Day Is It Anyway?  Turns out that it's still Wednesday.  Last night was Mark Harmon Tuesday, after all.  Now I have to stop wondering why they showed up a day early.

There have to be better things to obsess over, right?

Right?!

Shut up.

* Although, I have been getting email threats about ticking mail that may be getting my way.  I love my friends.  o.0
** So not true!  I'm totally easy.  Shut up!

Comments

[Carrie]

I believe the threat was about HISSING packages. This is the rattlesnake state, after all. And they're so soft and cuddly.
Okay, I might have to go get that book. Damn. Cuz I NEED to make bread every day.

[Marilyn]

Love homemade bread....you gotta knead it though....it's SO good for working out frustration! Just imagine the dough is whoever/whatever you're torked with and go at it. :)

[Cheryl S.]

Mmmm. There's nothing like the smell of bread baking.

[Margene]

They artisan bread blog (you can google it) tells how to make pizza, pretzels and other yummy goodies from the dough. You can have anything you want!

[Carrie K]

Feel free to send me a loaf of bread.

Your shawl is gorgeous! Oh no! Yesterday WAS Mark Harmon day, wasn't it? And Leverage day! I forgot. That parade did me in.

[JessaLu]

Damn you, you book/bread pushers. ;op

[Nora]

mmm. Bread.

Is it really still Wednesday?

xo

[Megan S.]

The cover of your book is making me want bread. Now.

Too bad I'm too darned lazy to make it. Heh!

[Norma]

WHY do people keep flaunting that bread book when I really shouldn't have bread????

[cindycindy]

I have a bread making book that I adore. The more you knead the tougher the dough. It is so so true. I love to make bread and feed people I adore (since I can't eat it, dang). I'll be very interested in a tiny review of your new book and its approach.

[kmkat]

Mmmmm, bread. Is that yarn some Lorna's Laces? It looks exactly like the toe warmer sock Cathy-Cate made for my poor toes last fall.

[Big Alice]

I got a bread jones yesterday too, and made a loaf of plain ol' buttermilk white. YUM. I love hot bread.

[Carole]

I love the book but I have to admit that I haven't gotten beyond the basic bread recipe. I really need to expand my horizons!

[opal]

oh those are pretty socks.

i can't believe it's only wednesday. i feel like this week has already been by twice. did that make sense? am i making any sense? i didn't think so. blame it on the damn cold pills. :P

[Sarah]

All of this homemade bread talk has made my stale bread peanut butter sandwich less satisfying. Still, I am not ready to give in and try baking my own. I suppose I am being stupidly stubborn.

[gale (she shoots sheep shots)]

OH! swoooon, a sneak peek at the socks! You are amazing.

ps Ok you non-believers, the no knead artisan bread is fabulous, I wouldn't have believed it either. Haven't hit a bad recipe in the book yet, and it really is ony 5 minutes of dealing with the dough. (not counting letting it sit) It is heaven for a bread snob watching the budget.

[Angie]

Pretzels? Yum. The colors of your SIP are lovely. Your commentors are so informative...I'll have to find the bread blog.

[Karen]

I gotta find out about this bread thing. I'm thinking I might need to stop reading your blog because I find this odd need to do everything YOU do (I am such a follower!) and there just aren't enough hours in the day. Seriously. :)

[Jessica]

You are making me feel bad for neglecting my bread machine.

And I hope to have pics for you soon. I want to do your fabulous work justice!

[Jeanne]

This book has been on my Amazon list for a while - maybe its time to buy it - bread..yum!