Monthly Archives: February 2011

yarn find

Posted on February 23, 2011 by morgaineotm

bought all at goodwill today for about $22.  Consider myself as still practicing, but want to start making “something”. This should do it!  Actually, the whitish stuff is perfect for the thigh high leg warmers I have in mind for … Continue reading →

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still learning

Posted on February 22, 2011 by morgaineotm

Last night had to undo my first real knitting project.  A simple string bag. knit a square and then transfer to circular needles.  Except that the initial cast on stitches were too tight for this to work and so it … Continue reading →

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adventures in knitting

Posted on February 21, 2011 by morgaineotm

Have taken up knitting again.  Its been more than 40 years since my last knitting project, which was a scarf.  I remember it was long and wide enough that I used it as an extra blanket now and again.  The … Continue reading →

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gluten free low carb flax bread

Posted on February 16, 2011 by morgaineotm

Have a couple of different recipes for low carb flax bread (which are gluten free by default as long as all other ingredients are GF), this has become my “go-to” recipe. It was originally posted on line as being flax … Continue reading →

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Gluten Free, low carb chocolate cake

Posted on February 16, 2011 by morgaineotm

This was originally published on about.com as a sugar free chocolate pecan torte.  I’ve changed the recipe some, but not much.  I’ve noted the original and then in parenthesis marked the changes pre-heat oven to 350F and grease an 8 … Continue reading →

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spring cleanup begins

Posted on February 16, 2011 by morgaineotm

This is some of the too much stuff that was in the greenhouse And this is what the space looks like now 6 six packs of seedlings, ready to be spaced out into pots. Almost time for planting the warm … Continue reading →

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lesson learned

Posted on February 12, 2011 by morgaineotm

I’ve been drying fruits and veggies for a few years and storing in sealed plastic bags with no trouble.  Not this year!  Those lovely little moths often referred to as flour moths got into a bag of tomatoes and made … Continue reading →

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