tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599480357588070202024-03-15T18:09:44.484-07:00Nonnie's Blogsustainable living blogNonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.comBlogger339125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-67134997576552087382020-10-04T00:55:00.025-07:002020-10-04T05:06:31.340-07:00How to knit a simple mouse for SPCA cats (or any animal shelter/rescue)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z-kn3ooNWEk/X3lyeQ55umI/AAAAAAAAiV8/SHrPas5jj3kcNbBD8q-PuFwbdm1w2vorQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04AEA149-6298-453C-855B-2192A480D34B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z-kn3ooNWEk/X3lyeQ55umI/AAAAAAAAiV8/SHrPas5jj3kcNbBD8q-PuFwbdm1w2vorQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/04AEA149-6298-453C-855B-2192A480D34B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>This is a super simple pattern; even beginners can do it. (Though I do suggest just knitting only for beginners until you have it down, before purling; don’t progress too fast! This is an intuitive process, and requires heaps of repetition before it becomes intuitive. Don’t overthink it! It’s a memorisation thing.) For example, feel free to make this pattern just knitting both sides if you like, that fabric is called garter; I am sure the cat won’t mind!</p><p>The mouse is knitted as a flat shape, then sewn up after. There are two ears that you sew on before sewing up the body. </p><p>Here are links to great videos by Sheep & Stitch, if you are new to knitting!</p><p>Cast on:</p><p> <a href="https://youtu.be/1vm6oaYzHyA">https://youtu.be/1vm6oaYzHyA</a></p><p>Knit:</p><p> <a href="https://youtu.be/Egp4NRhlMDg">https://youtu.be/Egp4NRhlMDg</a></p><p>Purl:</p><p> <a href="https://youtu.be/7ePhLqw6HDM">https://youtu.be/7ePhLqw6HDM</a></p><p>By the way, if you love making critters - try knitting in the round one day! Takes a little getting used to, but no sewing up is required! (Short wooden double pointed needles are great for small creatures.)</p><p>Here is a how-to video I have made for this pattern, written instructions still images below for your reference as well.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZQZKGPgPJqw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZQZKGPgPJqw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">SPCA Knitted Mouse Pattern</span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Mouse body</span></p><p><i>Size 7 / 4 mm needles, 8 ply wool (any kind) or thicker</i></p><p>Cast on 12 stitches, and knit 12 rows in stocking stitch (1 row knit stitch, 1 row purl, repeat until you have 12 rows). Then you start shaping mouse head by reducing at start and end of each row until there are 4 stitches left: knit two stitches together at the beginning of row (k2tog), knit to last 2 stitches, then knit two together at the end of the row (K2tog). When you turn your work to purl, purl the first two togetherJ (p2tog), then purl to last 2 stitches, and purl these last 2 together (p2tog). Break off wool, put on a wool needle and draw through remaining 4 stitches, cinch up. Leave aside.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Swh6RCeVOAk/X3ly5WyEbFI/AAAAAAAAiWk/I4hCuMWuWkMirkdKpyAOJOP_dbsLIuXqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E85EB4D4-DE55-4ED3-900C-2C88FD9C5A95.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Swh6RCeVOAk/X3ly5WyEbFI/AAAAAAAAiWk/I4hCuMWuWkMirkdKpyAOJOP_dbsLIuXqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E85EB4D4-DE55-4ED3-900C-2C88FD9C5A95.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cast on 12 sts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCCwRMwB_vI/X3ly4Dpq6DI/AAAAAAAAiWY/p-rTjMBBLhwvB3SNLWEghQ75FYS94kkAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/668402E3-D707-4B84-80AE-AC8C20603C14.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCCwRMwB_vI/X3ly4Dpq6DI/AAAAAAAAiWY/p-rTjMBBLhwvB3SNLWEghQ75FYS94kkAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/668402E3-D707-4B84-80AE-AC8C20603C14.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">12 rows stocking stitch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OblGrxbhWAY/X3ly12oM8CI/AAAAAAAAiWE/hTKYUcK21QIbU-3OumtwOJMtmWNLGWinQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/2C1079B7-0E2C-4635-9B9C-6CA77E7C4482.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OblGrxbhWAY/X3ly12oM8CI/AAAAAAAAiWE/hTKYUcK21QIbU-3OumtwOJMtmWNLGWinQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2C1079B7-0E2C-4635-9B9C-6CA77E7C4482.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">K2tog (first 2 sts of row)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bStrGvnlZgQ/X3ly3_gpqHI/AAAAAAAAiWU/UFL7utHfPrAoYveoUbu4gbyQOHSAEZ81wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/61D53E00-6C9F-4095-88E5-282FC4978CBA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bStrGvnlZgQ/X3ly3_gpqHI/AAAAAAAAiWU/UFL7utHfPrAoYveoUbu4gbyQOHSAEZ81wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/61D53E00-6C9F-4095-88E5-282FC4978CBA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...then k to last 2 sts, K2tog</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rg2RK4AAUL8/X3ly3LUjb8I/AAAAAAAAiWQ/PS5kYbTHblYZrCzBXhU7EBCIF1zQXrtTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/584CF977-C5E7-4660-9FB5-575C6F804646.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rg2RK4AAUL8/X3ly3LUjb8I/AAAAAAAAiWQ/PS5kYbTHblYZrCzBXhU7EBCIF1zQXrtTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/584CF977-C5E7-4660-9FB5-575C6F804646.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">P2tog (first 2 sts of row)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-80K2Voj-GEo/X3ly2TC7WjI/AAAAAAAAiWI/vaNmTW_4wswEOL7n0R9xEeeaXgSlcb6ogCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/3859E45A-040F-4EFD-83C0-5F0D7DDB69B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-80K2Voj-GEo/X3ly2TC7WjI/AAAAAAAAiWI/vaNmTW_4wswEOL7n0R9xEeeaXgSlcb6ogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/3859E45A-040F-4EFD-83C0-5F0D7DDB69B6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...then p to last 2 sts, p2tog</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plMgxKvPe3A/X3ly2r-GEpI/AAAAAAAAiWM/JNvgCqELk44RSJ-JVXdlOfBU6sM-wkrHACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/46BEAD98-B512-41C3-9B3D-8100351C6371.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plMgxKvPe3A/X3ly2r-GEpI/AAAAAAAAiWM/JNvgCqELk44RSJ-JVXdlOfBU6sM-wkrHACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/46BEAD98-B512-41C3-9B3D-8100351C6371.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until 4 stitches left</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zWQ9X1kDzOI/X3ly5I81dUI/AAAAAAAAiWg/GNxtAXVZa844D8hpWFlp0A7h2_GjF3T4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/9E5DF16D-6262-4213-92E4-49025688F92A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zWQ9X1kDzOI/X3ly5I81dUI/AAAAAAAAiWg/GNxtAXVZa844D8hpWFlp0A7h2_GjF3T4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9E5DF16D-6262-4213-92E4-49025688F92A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Break off wool and draw through 4 sts</div><p><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Ears, make 2</span></p><p><i>You can break off a 60 cm length of wool (or longer) and cast on from middle</i></p><p>Cast on 6 stitches, knit 1 row. Then break off wool, put on wool needle, draw through 6 stitches, cinch up. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xdFIPAOUUxE/X3l1P1xsO8I/AAAAAAAAiX0/8v8-GiVoBq43IDLtcd9L5uAwu76dJ1MQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/FBC23080-BD36-492C-8271-12B4DC31D01C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xdFIPAOUUxE/X3l1P1xsO8I/AAAAAAAAiX0/8v8-GiVoBq43IDLtcd9L5uAwu76dJ1MQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/FBC23080-BD36-492C-8271-12B4DC31D01C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cast on 6 sts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuwZYuHp-fQ/X3l1O5eC9TI/AAAAAAAAiXs/ze12RkmzeGk0SlFkuI8DCsNg_DjzIoXHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/E23030E5-6D21-4158-97CE-B5304CB921FE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuwZYuHp-fQ/X3l1O5eC9TI/AAAAAAAAiXs/ze12RkmzeGk0SlFkuI8DCsNg_DjzIoXHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/E23030E5-6D21-4158-97CE-B5304CB921FE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Knit 1 row</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QET1oNR-z2I/X3l1LK7yR1I/AAAAAAAAiXM/QfeLcQ0f5-YQdsONOhCXCNvZcIYDQxpUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/1FCFF843-2FC8-4EDC-9EA2-BD1BE3B8E5B2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QET1oNR-z2I/X3l1LK7yR1I/AAAAAAAAiXM/QfeLcQ0f5-YQdsONOhCXCNvZcIYDQxpUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/1FCFF843-2FC8-4EDC-9EA2-BD1BE3B8E5B2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Draw wool through 6 sts</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Sew up mouse, finishing</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sew on ears guessing best location, for each ear leave 2 wool strands inside the mouse on underside and tie in a square knot, then trim. Then sew up the mouse body using the strand left at the mouses’s nose, weaving from one side to the other; leave a gap at mouse bottom for stuffing. Leave the needle on wool strand, stuff the mouse, then sew up bottom by drawing wool through bottom stitch of each cast on row...draw tight and secure with a knot (draw wool through a loop). There will be two strand at bottom, do not cut off but use to plait (you can add another strand when you sew on eyes so you have three), or crochet chain stitch one strand and trim the other. Whiskers: optional!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6eL3u5LHFUU/X3l1MQlA0mI/AAAAAAAAiXY/uSe7bjegaKEntd9F4HqFAndAopY1ZZmYACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/896820D3-553E-4F41-9A1D-D6E007836905.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6eL3u5LHFUU/X3l1MQlA0mI/AAAAAAAAiXY/uSe7bjegaKEntd9F4HqFAndAopY1ZZmYACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/896820D3-553E-4F41-9A1D-D6E007836905.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sew on ears, tie on underside</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m9rhbZdbmRo/X3l7GKABYQI/AAAAAAAAiYY/4hJ0drDX9OkP2tTkC6AySAtWntDTOHwPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1231/B9D908D1-165D-40C0-9245-09079661F31F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1231" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m9rhbZdbmRo/X3l7GKABYQI/AAAAAAAAiYY/4hJ0drDX9OkP2tTkC6AySAtWntDTOHwPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B9D908D1-165D-40C0-9245-09079661F31F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lewY6rBn1Os/X3mCMz8dQeI/AAAAAAAAiZg/ndyKoG8iiF03ZEoh-SZ2u-WeJUl_yvr9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1351/B8550134-84E0-4DC0-B854-696A75C10758.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lewY6rBn1Os/X3mCMz8dQeI/AAAAAAAAiZg/ndyKoG8iiF03ZEoh-SZ2u-WeJUl_yvr9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/B8550134-84E0-4DC0-B854-696A75C10758.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sew mouse up using nose wool strand, leave gap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F0rVSZTaX5E/X3l8D0_vMGI/AAAAAAAAiYo/5msZAUbDeQAXpUh0djskkUFOBv8q05oMACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/6BA18289-495D-4741-80C4-3EB442D32230.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F0rVSZTaX5E/X3l8D0_vMGI/AAAAAAAAiYo/5msZAUbDeQAXpUh0djskkUFOBv8q05oMACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/6BA18289-495D-4741-80C4-3EB442D32230.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stuff mouse</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d0FJThVoQmI/X3mCM_UdtMI/AAAAAAAAiZc/UYZ74JbjzVYF1ioS---DR3r-sXhFuAa9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1398/07BD3488-3867-42A0-9D63-32A3F3A79F1F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1398" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d0FJThVoQmI/X3mCM_UdtMI/AAAAAAAAiZc/UYZ74JbjzVYF1ioS---DR3r-sXhFuAa9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07BD3488-3867-42A0-9D63-32A3F3A79F1F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mz3N5ygoCKA/X3l1Ouj61GI/AAAAAAAAiXo/Ft2GLBUGC1AlfQC-CnRgAxIZqcFxeynnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/C93AB29F-D882-4818-BD8F-8E80C103197D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--uYaqV-oomM/X3l1L3N-7NI/AAAAAAAAiXQ/puk7kBD-OQEAw18C_hM4CS-dIG5t9QWSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/3E2389A6-D639-4DE1-B459-8D45E2846318.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--uYaqV-oomM/X3l1L3N-7NI/AAAAAAAAiXQ/puk7kBD-OQEAw18C_hM4CS-dIG5t9QWSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/3E2389A6-D639-4DE1-B459-8D45E2846318.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Plait tail</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="600" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-luaqK9Q4HJk/X3l9pH2TF7I/AAAAAAAAiY0/q6qCR-XRhqQ472GLy7QnguYWqj50dfezACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h180/8AF44588-C45D-47DF-B74E-3E7B0F9F8110.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Rutherford College, Auckland for hosting community learning workshops on how to knit mice for the SPCA, a practical use for art! 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I just love the super chunky, strong dovetail drawers my partner Shane is making for his fishing space - and the design perspective behind them. In comparison, all of our cupboard doors upstairs in our kitchen are falling off their hinges as they have fancy hinges and are made from chipboard which expands when wet. An even more extreme version of what I hate is are the racks in our dishwasher. Every part of it was designed to move or shift to be fancy, so they are always breaking! What we have ended up with are broken falling down dish racks...with elastics or various things trying to keep them functional...I hate them. I actually got so frustrated I planned to send the designers feedback. Shane responded to my tirade saying I was a bratty housewife! Amusingly the next time they broke on him he couldn’t get them back in properly and threw them across the room! At least I lasted a year of wiring them! Ha ha.<br />
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My point.here is that I hate overly complex designs, they are destined to break.<br />
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Enter the beauty of these chunky drawers. Though they are dovetail, like a castle parapet fitting into each other, these are few and large. There are no runners, they fit like slide out boxes on shelves. These are not going to break! Or need an expert to tinker them...I love the philosophy behind them.<br />
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Do we really need all the bells and whistles? I prefer this, that will always work, and last a very long time, never ending up as huge piles of useless waste as they are fixable or reusable. Reachable. <br />
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I am back to work after the lockdown, so my time and energy for cooking is drastically cut smaller. I made chicken stock out of a roasted chicken carcass I had frozen a few days ago the night before, following Jill Winger’s directions which was super cool - using a crockpot overnight, spices, and a little bit of vinegar to help extract collagen from the bones. I loved knowing how long to do it for (overnight or longer!), what the definition of success was (jelly-like after it cools due to collagen having been extracted, also being able to just leave it and sleep (I usually use a pot on the stovetop), and how healthy collagen is for you (and possibly other stuff from the bones?).<br />
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The next morning I strained the stock through a mesh strainer, put the bones aside for the compost bin (yes I know that attracts rats but the earth wants her stuff back), swooshed out the crockpot and put pork shoulder into the crockpot, added the required stock (froze the rest in several containers) and left it for the day! Lots of great food made with minimal effort!<div><br /><span style="color: red;">[Later note: I like to reduce the stock in an open pot after the slow cooker thing.)</span><div><br />
I will admit at the end of the day, my partner Shane helped me spice and turn into what it was supposed to be, he has an instinct for spices and meat. He said it was very bland, but after it was seasoned better, All the weird bits taken out, he also added teriyaki sauce through it, it was amazing.<br />
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But reading about the range is different than doing it many times and experiencing different outcomes; she said if it was a bit frozen you just add a few more hours of cook time, knowing when it is perfectly done I think will require more trials!<br />
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But loved the rich, easy filling food for my family (a warm meal for our baby dog too). Amazing. Going to now ask my sister for that pulled pork recipe I had growing up at family events! Now that I know where it comes from.....<br />
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I learned a few things making this - I had never made a frittata for one. But the special reason I was attracted was the use of foraged greens, like dandelion, purslane, lamb’s quarter, and chickweed. I had been hearing of greenies using dandelion for years. I knew what chickweed was, but not the others so I had to look them up. Then when weeding the school’s overgrown garden, I saw lamb’s quarter! Anyways, it’s a whole new area or set of learning. As I just told my daughter walking by just now writing this post - <i>it’s important because you can eat dandelion greens instead of spinach, wherever you are. Also a range of other wild plants!</i><br />
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For this frittata I decided to stick with dandelion greens just to make it simpler, especially as they are meant to packed with nutrition; a superfood. However when I did do the exciting foraging bit, I saw wild fennel and slipped a bit in (top right in foraging image). It is easy to look up info on the internet on which weeds are edible...then you can identify it. But I loved these two NZ pages, if you are interested:<br />
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It’s important to know these things, not only because in hard times or crises we may not have access to shops, but even regularly these greens are local, free of chemicals (if that’s how you keep your lawn, I do), and of course super healthy. One thing I didn’t know is this is an old trick (of course, like the shavers). My dad said his mom used to send him out to get dandelion greens.<br />
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After doing this once, it is easy - I loved the fried thinly cut potatoes as a base, it was delicious. You cook onion first (I added Portobello mushrooms, why not), then you add the foraged greens with garlic, then take all off very quickly (just wilted). Potatoes go back into the pan with more butter, then become base for egg mixture combined with greens/garlic/onions mixture you took off, with parmesan added. I doubled the parmesan by the way, I love it, and sprinkled more on top). All goes in oven to set. Yum!<br />
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Doing anything new is intimidating before you do it; that is why I am going to record on this blog every time I try something new from the Prairie Homestead Cookbook...it will help me, and you as well! Starting with my attempt to seal my cast iron pan. </div>
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I have an immortal cast iron pan, I have learned to use it and I love it. But I was a bit vague about the sealing washing thing? Some people said just cook sausages? But when I cook messy stuff, and handwash with soap and water, it would be stripped. I would wipe out with oil and go again...</div>
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During lockdown, I tried this, and it was the most silky, soft, delicious bread ever. I made this dough for pizza, which I love making, and have made for many years, developing my own improved method. But this recipe is better than even my family's one I was using...</div>
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It just adds one egg, and of course she gives really good tips for the method - like turning your oven on...and then <b><span style="color: red;">off</span></b>, to rise the bread in for an hour. And why not add an egg? It's brilliant, and also adds protein.</div>
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My photos of my dough and pizza follow, but here is her original teaching video that I think she put out as a gift during lockdown. But the ingredients are listed below this video (not the method, but for that you can watch the video, then refer to her description where she was posted the whole recipe).</div>
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Using the exact same method I cook chilli sauces with, roasting the veggies then blitzing, just make sure your pumpkin soup includes these elements: pumpkin, onion, garlic, a bit of curry powder if you have it, salt, pepper. Adding a small amount of ginger is great too. I add raw spinach at the end, or broccoli cooked 2 min - you never want to overcook those.<br />
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This is the recipe I want to show all my kids, and friend's kids. Here is the recipe!<br />
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Cut up pumpkin into cubes, any kind of pumpkin, cutting skin off wasting as little as possible (cutting skin off is far easier if pumpkin in narrow wedges first).<br />
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<br />Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-61555994162187093032020-05-01T17:28:00.000-07:002020-05-01T17:53:09.150-07:00How to create amazing chilli saucesAfter all this time of experimenting, making chilli sauces - as once I began growing chillies, I was hooked - I now know the general strategy for creating an easy, but the best ever, chilli sauce!<br />
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In short, you cut up all the ingredients which must involve tomatoes (fruit component), chillies (the heat), garlic and onion, and the best sauce has another sweet fruit as well like fejoia, guava. All ingredients are coated with a vegetable oil like olive oil, with the tomatoes I baste them with a silicon brush across the top, but with the onion and garlic I shake around in a bowl. I use pink Himalayan salt, pepper, and some curry powder across the top of the tomatoes, sugar across the sweet fruit - and bake them until really roasted well, then blitz them with some apple cider vinegar and sugar, boil for 5 min or so, then bottle.<br />
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I hate boiling now, as I feel baking or roasting preserves more nutrients - and love making soup in the same way now - roasting pumpkin with garlic and onion, all oiled, then blitzing. Why would you want to boil something in water, then pour off the vitamins and nutrients in the water?!!!<br />
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I recently created a really successful one that we all love. This is what I wrote about it on Insta:<br />
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The sauce is warm and has heat, it dances on the palette so thus the name A Midsummer's Night Dream, recalling the heat of a warm summer wind.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year I have been blessed with work in a team of staff who support Year 7’s to 13’s in a NZ school. I started doing art with a few students that have supported classes in the centre, who have challenges such as autism, Down Syndrome, hearing issues. I have loved working with these young people - supporting them in mainstream classes, or at their learning in the centre. As time has progressed I have started doing a lot of gardening and art with our students (of course).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been able to be the person I have always felt guided to be - this year - due to the specialness of the environment I have been in. That’s the only difference... I have wanted to create a bottle top mosaic for over nine years (post here that proves it). The gardening and connecting to nature themes that I feel inspired to pass on to young people (and their open minds) are in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is mounted in a courtyard between all the food tech classes at the school above where there had been a neglected 3.7 m long planter; I restored the soil and planted herbs for their cooking, in a bit of an adventure, and now the Learning Support Centre students and I maintain it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been the most amazing collaborative effort, true teamwork where the energy of the students pushed me along from my usual perfectionist struggle; and all their ideas from their unique personalities enriched it. There has been political guidance (to apply and receive permission and funding), team leadership for the drilling of screws, artistic cooperation, but mostly the space and trust to allow me to follow the guidance I listen to from spirit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A local paper came to the ribbon cutting ceremony (Hibiscus Matters, Dec 18); here are the words to a presentation I made explaining the social message - an important part of the recycled materials mural:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This artwork was created using 2607 plastic bottle tops saved from one family’s usage (mine) over nine years, diverting them from landfill as these are not currently recycled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The students of the Learning Support Centre have been involved in the creation of this artwork from concept stage, to placement of lids in the mosaic, to drilling screws; each student adding their own unique touch which gives this artwork its power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The artwork shows the forces of nature at work, from worms digging in the soil beneath the ground to the land being shown as alive with Papatuanuku’s face and body as the hills, the swirls of wind, rays of sun and waters of the ocean and rivers as they flow from the land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This artwork shows us how nature works and regenerates itself in a cycle, ever recycling what it does not need into something new, never throwing anything "away”. </span><br />
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Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-26059870273135216362019-12-09T04:24:00.001-08:002019-12-10T06:05:06.586-08:00A whale for Wendy<div><br>It was a whale of a project.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>But I wanted to express to my sister how much I loved her, from far away. (I live in NZ, she in North America. She had also just given me some super valuable advice and had always helped me so I wanted to show her how much I cared. Also, wouldn't that be a funny thing to get in the mail? </div><div><br></div><div>I restarted several times figuring out the best way to proceed.</div><div><br></div><div>I normally knit in the round, and after many sea creatures like dolphins, start at the nose and expand or shape at will. It is seamless. It is like a sculpture.</div><div><br></div><div>But the humpback tended to the 2D sew-it-together approach as it seems like there are two colours, one on its base, another on top. Also the mouth wraps around up high on the whale. After trying a few times switching colours but knitting round I gave up on that and calculated the 3D shape as best I could, mapping put the area around the whale and making a knitting graph of the top and bottom (based on actual tension). I drew the flanking shapes - lower half shaped like an arrowhead, the top like a bottle starting narrow and staying narrow for awhile then expanding.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Kind eyes need eyelids; I always enjoy adding soul to the animals doing this part. Eyes are the most important to be done right.</div><div><br></div><div>After all was complete adding bumps and even the top fin through shaping added lots of whale character.</div><div><br></div><div>I may not have made a realistic humpback whale, I think following such a bumpy type of whale (while shortening the proportions) allowed me to make a very whale-like whale! </div><div><br></div><div>My sister has always loved blue, and I used a few strands of blue sock wool, and he same but part white on the base. When she got this in the mail - it was a whale of a hug!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>By the way here is the pattern I painstakingly recorded. I hate following patterns myself, but just in case! Well they are a great way to learn technique.</i></div><div><i><b><br></b></i></div><div><i><b><br></b></i></div><div><i>Pattern:</i></div><div><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-c7ba20a0-7fff-6d38-aa63-0e809f038727"><b>Bottom of humpback whale</b></p><p dir="ltr">Cast on 16 sts</p><ol><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Knit in rib 16 sts</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 2 each side, rib 20 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 20 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 2 each side, rib 24 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 24</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 2 each side, rib 28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 2 each side, rib 32</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 32</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 32</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"> Add 2 each side, rib 36</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 36</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 36</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 36</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 2 each side, rib 40</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 40 start double ribbing 2k2p</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 40</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 40</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 2 each side, rib 44 2p2k first </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 44 stil 2p2k first</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 1 each side, rib 46 care for ribbing as 1 extra (Kfb, p, 2k2p…)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 46 starting k1 p2 k2</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 46 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 46 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 46 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Add 1 each side, rib 48 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rib 48 switch bigger needles</p></li></ol><p dir="ltr">Rows 28 - 48, continue double rib 48 for 12 rows, then change to </p><p dir="ltr">49. K or p2tog 7 times following pattern, then continue pattern until 14 left, k or ptog 7 times following pattern</p><p dir="ltr">50. K2tog, p2tog, k2tog, continue pattern until last 6 - k2tog or p2tog 3 times with pattern</p><p dir="ltr">51. K2tog twice, follow pattern to last 4; k2tog twice (24)</p><p dir="ltr">52. P1, k2, p3 etc until last 3, 2p, k1</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">53 - 55 Continue in triple rib for 3 rows then reduce 1 more each end. (22)</p><br><p dir="ltr">Knit in pattern for 48 rows or until narrow part measures about 30 cm.</p><br><p dir="ltr">103. Switch to double rib again to fade out indents - *(2k2p) repeat until end of row (but ends on a 2k)</p><p dir="ltr">104. Start with 2p2k. Repeat to end, but ends on a 2p.*</p><p dir="ltr">105-106. Repeat rows 103/104 double rib pattern once more. </p><p dir="ltr">107. K2tog,(2p2k) until last 4, then 2p, k2tog. 20</p><p dir="ltr">108. P1, (2k2p) repeat until last 4, then 2k, p1. 20</p><p dir="ltr">109. K2tog, p1, (k2p2) until 3 left, p1, k2tog. 18</p><p dir="ltr">110. (2k2p) repeat, ends on a 2k. 18</p><p dir="ltr">111. (2p2k) repeat, ends on 2p. 18</p><p dir="ltr">112. K2tog, (2p,2k) until end. 17</p><p dir="ltr">113. K2tog, (2k, 2p) until last 3, k1, p2tog 15</p><p dir="ltr">114. K1, p1, (k2, p2) until last sts k1.</p><p dir="ltr">115. P1, (2k, 2p) until last 2, k2tog. 14</p><p dir="ltr">116. P1, (k2, p2) repeat until last 1 then k1.</p><p dir="ltr">117. K2tog, k1, p2, (k2, p2) until last 3, p1, k2tog. 12</p><p dir="ltr">118. (2k, 2p) until end.</p><p dir="ltr">119. K2tog, (2p, 2k), until last 2, p2tog. 10</p><p dir="ltr">120. K1, p2, k2, p2, 2k, p1. </p><p dir="ltr">121. K2tog, p1, k2, p2, k1, p2tog. 8</p><p dir="ltr">122. K1, p1, k2, p2, k2 (8)</p><p dir="ltr">123. P2, k2, repeat.</p><p dir="ltr">124. P2, k2, repeat</p><p dir="ltr">Put sts on hold</p><br><br><br><p dir="ltr"><b>Top of humpback whale</b></p><p dir="ltr">Cast on 8 sts</p><ol><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K8</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P3, kfb twice, p3 (10)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kfb, k8, kfb (12)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P3, kfb, p4, kfb, p3 (14)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kfb, p12, kfb (16)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">jKfb, p14, kfb (18)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K8, kfb twice, k8 (20)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kfb, p18, kfb (22)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K10, kfb twice, k10 (24)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"> Kfb, p23, kfb (26)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K7, kfb, k10, kfb, k7 (28)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K13, kfb twice, k13 (30)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P30</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K30</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P30</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kfb, k30, kfb (32)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P32</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K32</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P32</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K3, kfb, k to last 4, kfb, k3. (34)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P34</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K34</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K2tog, p to last st, k2tog (36)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K36</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P36</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K12, kfb, k10, kfb, k12 (38)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P38</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K38</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kfb, p38 (until last st), kfb</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P40</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K40</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P40</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">CO 10 to right side, k to end, .CO 10 sts</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P60</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K29, kfb twice, k29 (62)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P62</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">K62</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P62</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Kfb, k to last st, kfb </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">P64</p></li></ol><p dir="ltr">Stockinette until matches bottom piece then sew together leaving holes for side fins and knit in round again.</p><p dir="ltr">Narrow tail by eye looking at photos of whale.</p><p dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/T0kCnNVjYi22KW8n7WNhtIR-SVH5LjNo-9RkKB4A8IJMydBuHq4dlMDXqR_H5CngVS4x9U8-V1tZ3zvcptAEig_1K2LXmCJ091yQGROF9D-9Y0ivtuNRL03IQr2Eb0szo5ntE-XB" width="624" height="351"></p><br><p dir="ltr"><b>Whale tail</b></p><p dir="ltr">When at most narrow (48 sts) start increasing - also knit more rows below so tail will be slightly lifted up(like when the breach).</p><p dir="ltr">Over 16 rounds increase to 82 total (I turned and knitted more rows on underside than top).</p><p dir="ltr">Method for knitting tail - when stitches are evenly divided onto 4 needles, knit with 2 at a time, other 2 on hold. </p><p dir="ltr">For a few rows, reduce k2tog x 2 at beginning (closest to tail centre), then increase by 1 at tail edge on end of needle, again at end of next needle, then k to last four of round at k2tog x 2 again.</p><p dir="ltr">Then k2tog at start and end of rounds with no increases at edge until all stitches gone - draw string through last two. </p><p dir="ltr">Repeat on other side.</p><p dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1P9A0_E51Zu22_4aPSFV9Muyg6DRuQhUVRXM8gQkLnThB__SALdfwG4T6IIz_L9ptoZNVqEi7UsmNv79kLVPhcc6P1dlN4IuEz_DMIe05tHdjE4Ikb2MQhB7ROC08KCsbIooic5u" width="624" height="351"></p><p dir="ltr"><b>Whale fin - right (according to whale)</b></p><p dir="ltr">Doesn't matter what you do just write down and mirror exactly as fins are symmetrical!</p><p dir="ltr">Right side, round starts by eye, bottom needle first to the left...</p><p dir="ltr">Stick needle in round hole, pu 14 sts top, 14 bottom</p><p dir="ltr">k 4 rounds</p><br><ol><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k28</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Increase by 2 on bottom (16) and by 4 on top (18) 34 sts</p></li></ol><p dir="ltr">k 8 rounds</p><ol start="6"><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k34 </p></li></ol><ol start="14"><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: Kfb by eye, k2tog at end (tail). n2 top: k to last st, kfb by eye. (35)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k round </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k round </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k2tog by eye, k to end of round</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k2tog x 2 by eye, k. n2 top: k to last 2 and k2tog (by eye). </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k. n2 top: k2tog by tail and k2tog x 3 by eye. </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k28 (15 bot n / 13 top) </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k. n2 top. k to last 2 and kfb x 2 (by eye). </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k. n2 top: k to last 2, kfb x 2 (by eye). </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1bot: k to last 2, k2tog (by tail). n2 top: k. </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k29 (14 bot / 15 top)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1bot: k2tog by eye, k to end. n2 top: k to last 4 sts, k2tog x 2 by eye.</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k2tog by eye, k to end. n2 top: k2 tog by tail, k to end. 24 sts</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">kfb x 2 at start and end of round (by eye)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k28 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k to last 2, k2tog (by tail). n2 top: k. 27 sts</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog x 2 at start and end of round (by eye) 23 sts</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1bot: k2tog by eye, k. n2 top: k. 22 sts</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k22 (10 bot, 12 top)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k22 </p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k22</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">n1 bot: k to end. n2 top: k2tog by tail, k.</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">kfb start and end (by eye).</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k23</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k23</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog at start and end of round (by eye)</p></li></ol><p dir="ltr">k 6 rounds</p><ol start="42"><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k21</p></li></ol><ol start="48"><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">kfb at start and end f round (by eye)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k23</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog x 2 at start and end of round (eye)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog at start and end of round (eye)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog x 2 at start and end of round (eye)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog x 3 at start and end of round (eye)</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation"> k2tog x 4</p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation">k2tog x 2</p></li></ol><p dir="ltr">draw string through 2 sts</p><p dir="ltr">tidy up corner</p><p dir="ltr">shape and stuff bumps, reinforce, look at photo whale fin </p><p dir="ltr">other fin - round starts by eye but is top needle first. replicate (mirror)</p><i>That's it!</i><br></div><div><br></div>Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-83798707994973155622019-06-09T07:52:00.001-07:002019-06-29T18:53:26.931-07:00The Making of the Houhora Dolphin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This dolphin is knitted from nose to tail. I knit the body mostly in the round - except when forming buttonholes for the side fins and top fins. Later stitches are picked up round the buttonholes to knit the fins. It is a very seamless pattern, which does not require any piecing together afterwards although I do make the buttonholes a little long for flexibility (a few stitches sews them to be smaller. You do not have to use two colours, it is easier if you do not. Use only one colour for an easier knit - pattern included after this one.</div>
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I started with short needles, 3.25mm wooden, but when done with nose, switched to my regular metal 4mm needles. Use any wool you like, I used bamboo cotton but it was slippery. I liked how it revealed my design. If you use regular wool it will look even better. I knit through the back loop when I create animals, for a denser fabric.</div>
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13. There are 8 sts on each needle. Slip last st from previous needle onto working needle (bottom needle) so 9 sts. Now knitting to reg length needles - 4mm, K10 onto same needle so bot needle has 10 sts. Onto next new reg length 4mm needle (k, kfb) seven times - 21 sts on that needle (dolphin top). Bot: (K2, kfb) 3 times, k1 - 13 sts on bot needle. Now this point is start of round. (34 sts)</div>
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Work on 28 sts (top 2 needles) in stockinette for 9 rows. This will create two “buttonholes” where fins will extend from:</div>
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Keep knitting to join round, but change to deeper colour to continue top, twist colours when change:</div>
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61. Sl1, p13, p14 lighter colour, introduce another strand of same blue for top and p14, turn.</div>
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62. Sl 1, k13, k14 lighter colour, k14, turn.</div>
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63. Sl 1, p13, p14 lighter colour, p14, turn.</div>
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69. P12, p12 lighter colour, p13, turn.</div>
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72. K10, k2tog, k8, k2tog, k10 (30 sts)</div>
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74. K14, k2tog, k15 (one from next round) - 29 sts</div>
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75. K until last 2, k2tog (28 sts)</div>
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76. K28</div>
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77. K4, k2tog, k to last 6, k2tog, k4 (26 sts)</div>
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79. K9, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k4 (23 sts)<br />
80. K4, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k9, k2tog (20 sts)<br />
81. K20<br />
82. K11, k2tog, k3, k2tog, k2 (18 sts)<br />
83. K18 (Stuff as you go!)<br />
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TAILFINS SHAPING<br />
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Starting with 18 sts, 9 top needle, 9 bottom. First expand base of tail:<br />
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84. (Kfb, k3, kfb, k3, kfb), repeat (24 sts)<br />
85. K24<br />
86. (K2, kfb, k6, kfb, k2), repeat (28 sts)<br />
87. (K5, kfb, k2, kfb, k5), repeat (32 sts)<br />
88. (Kfb, k14, kfb), repeat (36 sts)<br />
89. K36<br />
90. (k3, kfb, k10, kfb, k3), repeat (40)<br />
91. (k8, kfb, k2, kfb, k8), repeat (44)<br />
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Divide half of each needle, slip sts onto 2 needles so 11sts on 4 needles. 2 needles will be worked with at a time to knit each tailfin separately. Working on right side 2 needles first (if tail to ceiling, belly facing you):<br />
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1. Needle 1 - kfb, k8, k2tog,<br />
Needle 2 - k11 (22 sts)<br />
2. Needle 1 - k11,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog, k8, kfb (22 sts)<br />
3. Needle 1 - kfb, k8, k2tog,<br />
Needle 2 - k11 (22 sts)<br />
4. Needle 1 - k11,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog twice, k5, kfb twice (22 sts)<br />
5. Needle 1 - Kfb twice, k5, k2tog twice,<br />
Needle 2 - k11 (22 sts)<br />
6. Needle 1 - K11,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog twice, k5, kfb twice (22 sts)<br />
7. Needle 1 - k7, k2tog twice,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog, k9 (19 sts)<br />
8. Needle 1 - k7, k2tog,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog twice, k6 (16 sts)<br />
9. Needle 1 - k4, k2tog twice,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog, k6 (13 sts)<br />
10. Needle 1 - k4, k2tog,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog twice, k3 (10 sts)<br />
11. Needle 1 - k2tog, k3,<br />
Needle 2 - k3, k2tog (8 sts)<br />
12. Needle 1 - k1, k2tog, k1,<br />
Needle 2 - repeat (6 sts)<br />
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Draw string through last 6 sts, secure. Cut string but leave a long tail hanging off point of tail. Stuff fin.<br />
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LEFT TAILFIN<br />
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Return to other two needles on left side, stuff this fin as you go:<br />
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1. Needle 1 - k2tog, k8, kfb,<br />
Needle 2 - k11 (22 sts)<br />
2. Needle 1 - k11,<br />
Needle 2 - kfb, k8, k2tog (22 sts)<br />
3. Needle 1 - k2tog, k8, kfb,<br />
Needle 2 - k11 (22 sts)<br />
4. Needle 1 - k11,<br />
Needle 2 - kfb twice, k5, k2tog twice (22 sts)<br />
5. Needle 1 - K2tog twice, k5, kfb twice,<br />
Needle 2 - k11 (22 sts)<br />
6. Needle 1 - K11,<br />
Needle 2 - kfb twice, k5, k2tog twice (22 sts)<br />
7. Needle 1 - k2tog twice, k7,<br />
Needle 2 - k9, k2tog (19 sts)<br />
8. Needle 1 - k2tog, k7,<br />
Needle 2 - k6, k2tog twice (16 sts)<br />
9. Needle 1 - k2tog twice, k4,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog, k6 (13 sts)<br />
10. Needle 1 - k2tog, k4,<br />
Needle 2 - k3, k2tog twice (10 sts)<br />
11. Needle 1 - k3, k2tog,<br />
Needle 2 - k2tog, k3 (8 sts)<br />
12. Needle 1 - (k1, k2tog, k1)<br />
Needle 2 - repeat (6 sts)<br />
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Draw string through last 6 sts, secure. Cut string but leave a long tail hanging off point of tail.<br />
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Then more more shaping, draw string through inside the top of fin for half the fin, then down through stuffing to centre, then pull a little. This will cinch the first half of the fin a little tighter for more curvy shape. Then sew up the gap between the two fins with remnant strings - then draw inside after securing (make a knot inside dolphin fabric).<br />
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TOP FIN (DORSAL)<br />
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Pick up 28 stitches around buttonhole onto two of the short needles, 14 each one. I had sewed it a little shorter so it matched a dolphin better - about 4cm in length after.<br />
Start knitting nearest dolphin nose.<br />
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1. K28<br />
2. K26, k2tog (27 sts)<br />
3. K12, k2tog twice, k11 (25 sts)<br />
4. K25<br />
5. K2tog, k9, k2tog twice, k8, k2tog (21 sts)<br />
6. K21<br />
7. K2tog, k7, k2tog, k8, k2tog (18 sts)<br />
8. K7, k2tog, k7, k2tog (16 sts)<br />
9. K2tog, k2, k2tog (14 sts)<br />
10. K2tog, k3, k2tog twice, k3, k2tog (10 sts)<br />
11. K2tog, k2, kfb, k3, k2tog (9 sts)<br />
12. K2tog, k7 (8 sts)<br />
13. K2tog, k4, k2tog (6 sts)<br />
14. K2tog, k2, k2tog (4 sts)<br />
15. K4<br />
Draw string through 4 sts, secure.<br />
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LEFT SIDE FIN<br />
(facing belly nose up)<br />
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Pick up 16 sts onto two short wooden needles, 8 on each needle.<br />
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Start knitting nearest dolphin nose (knits under the fin first).<br />
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1. K16<br />
2. K16<br />
3. K7, kfb twice, k7 (18 sts)<br />
4. K8, kfb twice, k8 (20 sts)<br />
5. K9, kfb twice, k9 (22 sts)<br />
6. K10, kfb twice, k10 (24 sts)<br />
7. K24<br />
8. K2tog, k20, k2tog (22 sts)<br />
9. K9, k2tog, k9, k2tog (20 sts)<br />
10. K2tog, k16, k2tog (18)<br />
11. K2tog, k14, k2tog (16)<br />
12. K2tog, k6, kfb, k5, k2tog (15)<br />
13. K2tog, k11, k2tog (13 sts)<br />
14. K2tog, k9, k2tog (11 sts)<br />
15. K2tog twice, k1, kfb twice, k2, k2tog (10 sts)<br />
16. K2tog, k4, k2tog twice. (7 sts)<br />
17. K2tog, k5 (6 sts)<br />
18. K2tog, k2, k2tog (4 sts)<br />
Draw string through last 4 sts, secure.<br />
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RIGHT SIDE FIN<br />
(facing belly nose up)<br />
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Pick up 16 sts onto two short wooden needles, 8 on each needle.<br />
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Start knitting nearest dolphin nose (knits over the fin first).<br />
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1. K16<br />
2. K16<br />
3. K7, kfb twice, k7 (18 sts)<br />
4. K8, kfb twice, k8 (20 sts)<br />
5. K9, kfb twice, k9 (22 sts)<br />
6. K10, kfb twice, k10 (24 sts)<br />
7. K24<br />
8. K2tog, k20, k2tog (22 sts)<br />
9. k2tog, k9, k2tog, k9 (20 sts)<br />
10. K2tog, k16, k2tog (18)<br />
11. K2tog, k14, k2tog (16)<br />
12. K2tog, k5, kfb, k6, k2tog (15)<br />
13. K2tog, k11, k2tog (13 sts)<br />
14. K2tog, k9, k2tog (11 sts) ,<br />
15. K2tog, k2, kfb twice, k1, k2tog twice (10 sts)<br />
16. K2tog, k4, k2tog twice. (7 sts)<br />
17. K2tog, k5 (6 sts)<br />
18. K2tog, k2, k2tog (4 sts)<br />
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On vacation to Houhora, making this - after a walk through forest which had been left to itself.<br />
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31 DEC 2018<br />
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I followed a path towards the top of the hill.<br />
Everything looked sacred.<br />
I wanted to be careful where I stepped, for everything was alive.<br />
I took care to step around small plants and even the leaf litter felt alive.<br />
I thought about how everything is<br />
Papatuanuku - Earth Mother, everything is alive - except where humans have cleared all life away - we have forgotten we live on Mother Earth, all the time.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Super easy and healthier than boiling style! (As nutrients are more preserved.) </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Just freeze or eat fresh. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Making this sauce is just like you bake or oven roast veggies - then use a blender stick. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">18 Thai chilli peppers mostly green a few red. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2 jalapeño chillies. </span><br />
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Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-35800708610676217752019-04-27T15:47:00.003-07:002019-04-27T15:51:23.481-07:00How to make your own perfect beeswax wraps with Lilybee's Make Your Own wax blocks (already perfectly formulated with the tree resin and jojoba oil in it - the hard part)<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Beeswax wraps! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I have done this before with a class of young children, grating up pure beeswax. They keep the air out, but are a bit brittle, and the grating method was NOT easy. The easiest way is just to melt down the block, and then brush it onto the wraps. Then you place a pile of the wraps in the oven at 80 degrees to further soak in. When you hang them up, just have newspapers below!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The wax also needs the tree resin - to make it stickier, and more supple, and the jojoba oil is antibacterial as used for food. So if you buy already formulated wax blocks the hard part is already done. It is then just a matter of getting your fabric pieces to soak up all the wax, then hang dry. Wax is hard to get off your stuff so use sacrificial pans and things - I saved mine in a cloth bag for next time.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I found it really fun to use my own fabric, which I cut with pinking shears. The fabric - the thinner the better, a thin cotton - not a thick one! I had fun writing my own sayings on them as well. You cut the edges out with pinking shears (those zig-zag ones), so the fabric won't fray (but not essential - the wax helps alot too). That's just the proper way... I did invest in the shears.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I just bought 2 Lilybee large make-your-own-wraps wax blocks which made it easy. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It already has tree resin to make it sticky and not brittle and jojoba oil for antibacterial properties. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I had also written old wise sayings on them. One my son had made did leak ink through pile I would do such creative ones separately in future. </span><br />
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My garden this summer</h2>
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After returning to my life, where I actually had a life - I planted my garden to the best of my ability, even planting companion plants like basil between tomatoes - trying to establish herb areas, etc. We also added pine needles as mulch to the tomato plants - which did wonders! The clay heavy soil of our garden was balanced with acidic material. The chilli plants also did really well (also it was a very hot and dry, long summer). </div>
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Anyways, I then had to preserve the abundance, like tomatoes, and chillies. </div>
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A walk through my garden in February:</div>
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Preserving tomatoes - the easy way</h2>
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Preserving is a huge amount of work!</div>
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I tried a fancy recipe by Wellness Mama, with fresh herbs, and boiling for hours, carrots, and putting a carrot in and removing it later to remove acidity. Although it was delicious, I just didn't have the energy to do that every time I had a bowl of tomatoes!</div>
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Later on, a few friends had said they oven roast cut up tomatoes with garlic, onions etc. Then just freezing it. So I started doing that! Sometimes with fresh herbs from the garden, whole sprigs. <b> </b></div>
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It was so much easier! I did freeze it usually before blending due to not having time - but when I needed to use it I could blend it. It was so delicious, and made it possible to preserve with far less energy.</div>
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Some of my tomatoes were the yellow type!<br />
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Fresh herbs from the garden - that I added, and also shared at work. I learned how to grow and harvest oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary...all things I actually wanted to use. No more growing things I don't actually use. I even was able to harvest some funny but useful carrots for some roasted sauces!</div>
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Preserving chillies</h2>
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Shane and I went to a Mexican restaurant, and loved the green chilli sauce!</div>
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By far the most fun and exciting - addition to our lives, chilli sauces! Not hard to make either, just panfrying up cut up chillies, garlic and onions, and spices. USE GLOVES TO CUT UP THE CHILLIES by the way. I went without twice and not right away - became in extreme pain.) </div>
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I kept trying recipes for chilli sauces, starting with Green Gavin chutney sauce involving lots of spices like cumin and turmeric (and not blending it up after). They were all really good - but in the end although the heavily spiced sauces were amazing, realised that the green chilli sauce was probably not very spiced (I'm talking cumin, turmeric, ginger, coriander). I would still use the garlic and onion though! Going to try this later today, and will post up the results.</div>
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Here are a few versions I created, with a photo of how the cut up ingredients looked. One well liked one at the end was SPICE TRUCK that I did not photograph. (We named them so we could remember what worked better, what we liked, etc.) Basically I followed a basic recipe, amounts of chillies and garlic and oil roughly the same, and experimented with the spices. </div>
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Hot chilli chutney - from the Greening of Gavin blog.</h3>
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But it involved frying for 15 min, and these ingredients: <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">450g chillies , </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 onion, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 cloves garlic, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 T ground cumin (was 4 but I reduced it), </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 T turmeric, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">25g grated root ginger, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 T salt, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">3/4 cup olive oil, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 T sugar, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "source code pro"; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 1/4 cups white vinegar.</span></div>
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How it looked before frying.</div>
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How it looked after bottling! This sauce was VERY spicy and hot. Was amazing added to mayo - but extremely intense straight.</div>
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Nonnie's experimentations with chilli sauces, first one -<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Beauty</i></span></h3>
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I carefully recorded what I did with this one, put alot of energy into it. We named it Beauty as it was delicious. This is what it looked like before we cooked it. After it was cooked, we blendered and bottled it and used it right away (in a sterilised tall bottle).<br />
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It is easy to share with you now as I recorded each version directly onto a new Google Slide, duplicating and changing the relevant details each time (well actually after scribbling on scrap paper with a vivid the changes and adding later).<br />
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Nonnie's experimentations with chilli sauces, second good one -<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Spirited!</i></span></h3>
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Lots of spices and kick!!! Looked much like Green Gavin. The turmeric is for health, also the garlic, onion, ginger, and cumin and coriander for taste. And apparently black pepper helps activate the health benefits of turmeric! Which needs to be cooked to be activated as well...<br />
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Last entry to come - hopefully regular Mexican green chilli sauce....the quest could be closer to its ending (the quest never truly ends as you never stop learning...)<br />
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The traditional version had pork stock, and flour to thicken. Still searching for that amazing recipe I had at a restaurant - but this one I made was really good! Used pectin instead of flour to thicken.</div>
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<b>olive oil - cover pan 1 cm<br />370g green chillies (hot)<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />1 green capsicum<br />2 small brown onions<br />8 cloves garlic<br />Ground cumin, sprinkle over<br />Black pepper, himalayan rock salt, sprinkle over</span></b></div>
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Posting this activity I did after I first left my full-time city job - on a hot summer morning in 2017 (February). I posted it on my fb page, but not on my (public) blog. I really want to share this for the record?</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Last year I tried Silhouette dyes from CCG Industries (we had been in the shop to get materials for our terracotta style firepit). The man in the shop told me they use it in Rarotonga - they lay out fabric in the hot sun, and place stencils on the fabric, which leave silhouettes; "sun masks".</span></div>
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I shared this activity with children, but they were more involved in the dye process in general than the sun masking.</div>
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Finally shared it with the right folks, an group of adult creative women (Sharron Erbacher's local quilting group). They had fun, I had fun. They will be able to harness this method's full potential!</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.12px;">Side project from October 5 (scale) and finished just before Christmas so over 2 months. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.12px;">She became so alive, like a Jim Henson creature, that I took a little while to let go and mail her! But rather a child to enjoy her than me.</span></div>
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Create 1 scale, idea to sew all the turtle scales together. I studied images of sea turtle shells, it was all about the shell to start.<br />
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However, the result was a mess, with the different wools I chose not pulling perfectly together, so I started again. I drew up a plan to knit it all in one piece, basing my knitting graph paper on the dimensions of one scale I had knitted, creating the most natural shell based upon a real sea turtle's shell pattern (on the computer using a graphics program). The scales and the graph lines were kept separate in Photoshop - leaving me the possibility to scale down the shells size for later (baby) turtles!<br />
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<b>Step 4 - knitting turtle</b></h4>
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Making the turtle, headfirst. My first go did not have the top and bottom separated, no open mouth, but it looked just like a nipple - so redid it with top and bottom parts. I left large "buttonholes" for the fins to start from, picked up stitches round these gaps and knitted each fin. Though turtle was knitted by eye, had to record stitches for fins exactly and then repeat for second appendage as repeating exact symmetry by eye impossible.</div>
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Not looking great - due to no eyelid - shaping etc! Personality later to be added with sewing overtop using same wool.<br />
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Final design decision - how to attach shell to the turtle? My friend Diane suggested this solution, where it can be removed (like a jumper) and a hook at either side of the tail fastens it on when she wears her shell - for cleaning reasons (and fascination of children and for play).<br />
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I love this video.Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-40805998868053908172017-10-14T07:54:00.003-07:002021-09-20T17:25:14.251-07:00A few projects I haven't shared - 2016There are quite a few knitting projects I haven't posted. Some labours that helped keep me sane, on the train - commuting to and from work long hours in the city.<br />
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Pink dolphins, rainbow horses... for various rainbow people I know.<br />
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I will be knitting at a less rapid rate now - for a good reason. Not needed as much - so that is good. I am doing what I am meant to do now - again.<br />
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<i>Rainbow horse - for Sariah (Canada)</i><br />
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This too quite a few iterations before I got the design right. I remember walking through the train station with trailing rainbow wool...listening to podcasts from my brother.<br />
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My sister-in-law termed this an "alicorn", as in all. She has both wings and a horn - made from a shell found on a NZ beach.<br />
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<i>Blue dog and blue hat for Elizabeth and Emma (Canada)</i><br />
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<i>Rainbow dolphin for Mel (NZ)</i><br />
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Love the shape - the first dolphins I knitted were small ones for my daughter. Then larger ones for her and her friend (orcas, they are actually dolphins). Then for the first time I used a beautiful rainbow wool for a special person at work named Mel.<br />
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<i>Pink dolphin for Phoebe (NZ)</i><br />
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Then the dolphin rampage began. I was creating the perfect pink dolphin for a lovely friend I worked with's daughter. Still knitting the dolphin from the tail up. I wanted a really bright pink. I gave this lovely pink dolphin to my little longtime pal Phoebe.<br />
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I knitted the dolphin a huge circle of water as well, the first time I graphed out a circle. I was covered in the huge circle blanket on the bus! The first photo is taken at a coffee shop with Shane. We are feeling strain from me always being absent at work at this time.<br />
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<i>Purple dophin for Hannah (South Africa)</i><br />
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For Shane's close friend's daughter Hannah, a few special girl.<br />
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<i>Night Star dolphin for Hanool </i><i>(NZ)</i><br />
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The final iteration I made of a dolphin was for a close colleague's newly born son, Hanool. This was a design I really worked on, and realised how much better it was to knit it from the nose, and ending at the tail. The shaping is easier - and the tail could be made more realistically at it is a wide shape with delicate swerves, not a double leaf sort of shape. The fins are made by leaving large buttonholes (knitting back and forth to create a gap), later I pick up stitches and knit the fin. I recorded my design as I created it. Interestingly, I can often feel intuitively some things about a person when I make them something as I am connecting my energy to theirs. I felt this child would be full of laughter.<br />
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<i>The Story Teepee (Christmas 2016)</i><br />
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Then in a moment where I helped my recovery from burnout by creating a "story teepee" intended for storytelling to children, storming around neighbourhood cutting down bamboo poles (although I did not feel well). Attaching together a huge semicircle in an empty community hall. Borrowing a sewing machine to sew a teepee (a gift from a friend). Figuring out the crazy shenanigan of making the calculated top fit. Dyeing it with the kids, some of their friends, Shane. It did get used for a couple of stories, but mostly was a necessary act - rather than a useful teepee to be used in future.<br />
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<i>Note:</i> In the end as it got smaller I realised it's far easier to throw over and sew cloth onto the poles - like the First Nations people in Canada did with their skins... And was a bit too tender a matter to talk about until now.<br />
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I have been working on this little jumper (sweater) for awhile - jumpers take wayyy longer than toys. And I do find freestyling easier than following patterns.</div>
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Many stages I had to reknit a few times until I got it right. After hood and arm tops I had enough of any future direction and just knit straight down, blending towards green from blue.</div>
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Ocean to forest. For a 4 year old (so very oversize for the baby I knitted it for but she looks chunky so will grow into it soon!)<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
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For Lena McCuaig's baby Arwyn in Canada. Her people are nature artistic people so thought they would appreciate the meaning though colour-work got a bit stiff!</div>
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So Earth hoodie.</div>
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I asked Troy if she wanted me to knit her a cool little bag for her device with this wool she had chosen (they take them to school) to give her good energy as she is starting Intermediate at a new school (Grade 7!).</div>
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She said No I don't need one, but could you make my little blue dolphin a friend? She had the little dolphin toy in her bag. I made it in one evening -</div>
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Then I realised the advantages of making tiny toys - I can make more little friends for kids more quickly.</div>
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Then I made her dolphin named Galaxy a little bag out of a cloth sample (they are real easy to lose too!)</div>
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Then I tried to make a tiny seal for the firsg time as prey for her Orca toy I had made awhile ago (killer whale, has an opwn mouth and red lining bag inside so it can eat.).</div>
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But that my first go turned decidedly turtle like...</div>
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Sorry Troy channelling someone else...<br />
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To another young pal confidence. I made this cat during a lovely trip to Tawharanui with my family to find snow and stay in a cabin.</div>
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Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-35495194611523954822017-07-17T00:11:00.001-07:002017-07-17T00:11:15.853-07:00Amazing infographic on carbon impact<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nonaveehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15117573152384732071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359948035758807020.post-81801678764728193002017-05-28T23:33:00.001-07:002017-05-30T12:31:00.051-07:00Dream about missilesWhen I awoke this morning, my head was full of dreams.<br />
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I arrived back at my family home, the Jones home. There were open gardens everywhere with seeds and good foods planted in long furrows in black soil. I saw a closeup of the beautiful seeds in their groove in the soil, full of life. Shane was there, planting. My father was working in the gardens as well, on the other side - there was of a low barrier which ran along the centre of the gardens. It had a roof or canopy overtop. There were many rectangular gardens full of soil. <br />
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Partly obscured by the barrier wall, I saw two objects which we could not plant. I could not figure out what to do with them. They did not belong in the soil. They did not belong anywhere. When I held one of them straight up that was closest to me, on the right of the wall, I could see by its shape it was a deadly missile. It was almost as tall almost as me. It looked like a long pole with an angular shaped spade at the end, all of a grey manmade material. It was an unnatural shaft that did not belong in the ground. The other one looked like a space rocket or shuttle. <br />
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I wanted to ask my Dad about it, but he got angry at me for mentioning this. I then got upset and asked why I was always in trouble for mentioning something that was truly there - was just speaking of it. My mother explained he would be angry at anyone that mentioned it, not just me. There was also a big feeling of his work around him at this time - his work with early computers. When he was angry - I could see one of the garden plots was hollow and full of disks, computer things.<br />
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It was like a secret - this deadly power that did not belong anywhere.<br />
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