October 03, 2005
OCTOBER
Saturday was the first of the month, the day that's always my goal to change the Specials page at Two Swans. I had a sudden inspiration, and the weather cooperated that morning long enough for an outdoor photo shoot, so -- voila!
While shopping for the pumpkins, I found among the harvest of squashes a variety called "Swan White Acorn." Now, I love acorn squash -- and, with enough butter and brown sugar, even my kids will eat it. Have never had anything but the usual Danish Acorn, so we'll be trying the swan white variety for dinner tonight.
In knitting news, I started the second Friday Harbor sock using the 2 circulars method, and I found that joining the yarns into a circle was far more difficult with only two circs. To join, I cross over the positions of the last stitch and the first stitch. On two circulars, there was no room to maneuver, without bringing in a dpn to help get the last stitch over the first, and pull the first stitch through and off the first needle and onto the second. For 2 circs, there must be a better way . . . .
Posted by Karen at October 3, 2005 11:03 AMI used to use a small crochet hook. Now I never bother to join, just start knitting.
Posted by: Jessica at October 3, 2005 04:29 PMBeautiful photo, Miss Karen!!
Posted by: Ryan at October 4, 2005 08:39 AMThanks for the tip, Jessica, and for the compliment, Ryan.
Posted by: Karen at October 5, 2005 07:44 AMAt Ferals on Monday, will you show me the difference between joining and knitting? I think I just start knitting like Jessica does, so what's the other side of the equation?
Posted by: Ryan at October 5, 2005 08:43 AMOf course I'll be happy to show you, at Ferals next Monday. I was taught by my knitting teacher to do the crossover (or "trading places") way of joining in the round. Some people cast on one extra stitch, then k2tog to join in the round. Others just start knitting -- I assume they have to weave in their yarn tail to make the cast on edges join as evenly as possible (without a gap)?
Posted by: Karen at October 5, 2005 10:28 AMOk, we're squash fans at our house - how was the swan squash?
Posted by: Patti at October 17, 2005 10:57 PMThe White Swan squash was disappointing. It didn't have much flavor, and the texture was kind of woody. Much better were the Golden Acorn squah we had a few days later -- perfect squash flavor, and a creamy texture. I recommend the latter -- these were even better than the Danish Acorn that I usually buy.
Posted by: Karen at October 18, 2005 08:33 AM