A Picture a Day -- Week 3

[nekosensei]

Monday, January 12th:



This was taken during our snow storm on Monday night. We were supposed to get a blizzard on Tuesday and Wednesday, but that never happened...thank God! I used flash to get this effect.

Tuesday, January 13th:



This is an odd looking snowbank that formed against our house. Notice how it peeled away from the wall, but froze in such a way that it hasn't fallen over. Last I checked, it's still out there.


Wednesday, January 14th:



This is cosettemonster. I thought it was cute how she curled up into a perfect little ball like that. The temperatures were starting to dip, so she must have been feeling arthritic and cold.

Thursday, January 15th:



A cold sunset. I went outside and took this on our coldest day of the year. It was probably -7F or so.

Friday, January 16th:



This is a picture of the starter that I use for my Amish Friendship Bread. I leave it on my counter and feed it sugar, flour, and milk periodically. After ten days, I use one cup of the mixture to bake two loaves of bread. I set aside another cup in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag so that I can feed it more sugar, flour, and milk and repeat the whole process. This is a cycle that can repeat itself in perpetuity as long as I keep feeding it every few days. The parts that I don't use I either throw away or give to a friend.

Also, emygination calls the starter "bread puke" because...well...it looks like puke and, when you open it up, it smells bad because of the fermenting yeast.

Saturday, January 17th:



This is the Doctor Who scarf I'm working on. It's about 75% done.

Sunday, January 18th:



This evening, doomsey and I had dinner with his family. This is a picture of my three-year-old nephew, who had passed out on the living room couch because he didn't get his nap today. jharter41 tells me that this happens a lot and that she has pictures of him conked out pretty much everywhere: the couch, the floor, you name it.

Comments

[misswitch.livejournal.com]

The picture from Thursday is just gorgeous. And the minute I saw the scarf, I was like "Doctor Who scarf!!" never thinking that it actually WAS one.

Amusingly enough, I found the scarf I started back when I was a teen shoved in a closet at my parents place. If I could remember how to knit, I might try to finish it.

[nekosensei.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I so happened to look outside when the sun was setting and thought, "Oooh! Pretty colors!" I figured that that was going to be my picture of the day so I grabbed my boots, coat, and camera and took some pictures.

That's so cool that you started a Doctor Who scarf. When I was learning how to knit, I discovered that the book, "Knitting for Dummies" and YouTube were good resources. I'd read about a stitch in the book and then look for a video on how it was done on YouTube. Also, for binding off at the end, I use a crochet hook. It makes it much easier.

Lastily, there's a great pattern for making a Doctor Who scarf here (http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/). I believe the guy who authored the site visited the actual scarf and counted the number of rows in each color block. He also recommends yarn, which can get kind of pricey. There was a knit-along this fall on the community, who_knits, and some of them used Vanna's Choice (I think?) because it was cotton and was, therefore, much cheaper than the wool.

And if you're really interested into getting back into knitting again, I highly recommend that you join Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com/account/login). They have tons of patterns posted there...including Doctor Who scarves. You could probably get advice and yarn recommendations on their site.

[silme711.livejournal.com]

I love the light in #4 and -7F is really freaking cold! I still have to google how much it is in Celsius =)

The Scarf! It's huge! *cheers*