Because I’ve been asked for this recipe and I thought I should try to increase my food blogging (yes, yes, because I’m so good about blogging everything else). What this is, is a very robust, hard to screw up, incidentally-gluten-free* chocolate tart. The pastry shell is based on a 17th-century “pye” recipe and uses only nuts, egg white and a little sugar, which I got from Ann Willan’s Look & Cook Perfect Pies and Tarts
*Incidental, because there are no substitutions made– the recipe has no gluten and none of the usual starch substitutes, eg. potato flour, gluten-free flour, gram flour, etc.
April 13, 2009 – 12:32 am
Another Knitting Delight mystery KAL done! W00t! Done several weeks ago, and yes, I still am just that bad at updating. I have a hat done, I have two sets of fingerless gloves made and sent out, I have two sets of socks and a cardigan on the needles, I have new needles and new [...]
December 6, 2008 – 9:17 pm
The Earthling’s New Hat Originally uploaded by TFV. Finally got around to writing up the pattern (In the sidebar or Here. The pattern works pretty well, I think. There’s lots of stretch and the bias from the decreases/increases means that it stays in place, but isn’t tight at all, so there should be some room [...]
December 2, 2008 – 6:23 pm
knitting 034 Originally uploaded by jamjarring. Finished! Done, and finished in good time (week of the final clue). I think this way of working, to sectional deadline, is very helpful for me in terms of getting things done. It was possible to catch up on a lazy week in the next week, and do that [...]
October 26, 2008 – 10:38 am
cthulu completed Originally uploaded by jamjarring. Cthulhu is a bold little beast. Brash, almost. You can’t see his wings so well in this picture, but they’re pretty neat in a straggly, eldergod kind of way. Crcoheted using sock yarn and a 1.25mm hook, rather thanthe yarn they suggest. This picture doesn’t show it so well, [...]
October 9, 2008 – 2:59 pm
Way of Life Stole Originally uploaded by jamjarring. Current project, a mystery knit along from a pattern by Knitting Delight, currently available for free from the yahoogroup or here for the ravelry. The pattern is nicely charted, clear to read and no mistakes. It’s knit sideways so casting on is a little harsh. I’m managing [...]
October 7, 2008 – 9:52 pm
extrasharp Originally uploaded by jamjarring. This image has been severely tweaked in an attempt to make the pattern clearer. It looks fine in real life, but not so much on picture with this yarn. In person, the pattern is more 3D, it’s easier to see the nice bias, the wool is lovely autumnal shades… in [...]
September 7, 2008 – 7:25 pm
Sidar baby duffle Originally uploaded by jamjarring. It’s been so long since I posted anything to this blog. So about time, right? This, by the way, is the most recent project I’ve finished. The pattern is from Sidar, to use with their baby bamboo (great yarn), but I had some baby cashmerino so… I’m very [...]
finished herringbone socks1 Originally uploaded by jamjarring. My first attempt at fairisle, which turned out pretty well. It’s a nice, easy pattern to remember and it let me use up some odds and ends of sock yarn.
So between us, mum and I have almost finished the blanket. Things that I discovered: Mum and I pick up stitches differently. It’s easy to get turned around when something is garter stitch. Any time you start making something as a present, between the time it takes you to buy the wall and knit juuuuust [...]
