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Nicole

  • I am sure your recipe tastes good Nicole!

    Dinner at my place tonight-

    Vegetable pulao

    Dry roast 2 cloves, 2 green cardamom, small piece of star anise, 6 pepper corns, 1/4 inch piece of cinnamon stick. Once toasted a nice aroma comes. Powder to a spice mix.
    Soak long grain basmati rice and cook till done as per instruction.
    Heat some clarified…[Read more]

  • Sarvi replied to the topic Fiber Club! in the forum Fiber Club! 11 years ago

    Ooh, that yarn is luscious!

    I wish we all lived close enough for a stitch & word that rhymes with stitch. I have two ‘students’ right now (friends I’m helping with little things, really, they’re teaching themselves) and it’s so much fun to see somebody face light up when something clicks for them.

    Reading is usually the best way for me to…[Read more]

  • vothgirl replied to the topic Fiber Club! in the forum Fiber Club! 11 years ago

    Sarvi, after seeing your gorgeous mustard cardi on Flickr I went online and looked at the Brooklyn Tweed website – so many lovely patterns and yarns! I’ve put several on my mental knitting dream sheet.

    For my mum’s birthday last week, I gave her a skein of this: http://www.tanisfiberarts.com/colour/aurora
    Since my mum is Canadian I thought she…[Read more]

  • vothgirl replied to the topic Fiber Club! in the forum Fiber Club! 11 years ago

    The first craft I ever learned was cross stitch. My mum taught me that the back should be almost as neat as the front. I have a long-running (as in, it’ll take me another decade at least :-P) cross stitch project that I really should pick up again.

    I am currently learning to knit for the 4th time I think. I’ve never stuck with it long enough to…[Read more]

  • vothgirl replied to the topic Fiber Club! in the forum Fiber Club! 11 years ago

    The first craft I ever learned was cross stitch. My mum taught me that the back should be almost as neat as the front. I have a long-running (as in, it’ll take me another decade at least :-P) cross stitch project that I really should pick up again.

    I am currently learning to knit for the 4th time I think. I’ve never stuck with it long enough to…[Read more]

  • Sarvi started the topic Fiber Club! in the forum off topic 11 years ago

    I know a lot of people here are into knitting, crochet, embroidery, and other complementary-to-sewing crafts. I thought it might be fun to have a little nook of our own.

    Some of my favorite knitting patterns are from Brooklyn Tweed, so when they finally came out with a children’s collection I was thrilled. I’ve made one cardigan already and was…[Read more]

  • Sarvi started the topic Fiber Club! in the forum off topic 11 years ago

    I know a lot of people here are into knitting, crochet, embroidery, and other complementary-to-sewing crafts. I thought it might be fun to have a little nook of our own.

    Some of my favorite knitting patterns are from Brooklyn Tweed, so when they finally came out with a children’s collection I was thrilled. I’ve made one cardigan already and was…[Read more]

  • I was thinking about this earlier today, and aside from all the stuff we usually talk about — the fine finishes, the quality of instruction, etc. — the thing that really makes O+S stand out to me is the eye for proportion. With the exception of adding a small amount of length to get extra months of wear from patterns I know will work that way…[Read more]

  • Now I’ve made all the changes to the pattern I realise I don’t have enough of any of my knits to make the first go in 🙁

  • Now I’ve made all the changes to the pattern I realise I don’t have enough of any of my knits to make the first go in 🙁

  • Thanks Sarvi! Look forward to sharing more (Indian) recipes!

  • Just had a peek — yum! My favorite soup uses kaffir leaves and galangal, your curry looks delicious and I love fresh spices.

  • I think even a lot of people who are not veg/vegan themselves are very interested in incorporating more vegetables. I look forward to checking your blog!

  • I’m in the process of trying to make the swoon cardigan fit my shape. The back piece is done, I’m nearly finished the side piece then just the centre front and sleeves to go. Each piece has at 3-4 mods on it and some have to be taken over all pieces! I hope it works as I bought some lovley drapey stretch lace when I was in Melbourne on the weekend…[Read more]

  • I’m in the process of trying to make the swoon cardigan fit my shape. The back piece is done, I’m nearly finished the side piece then just the centre front and sleeves to go. Each piece has at 3-4 mods on it and some have to be taken over all pieces! I hope it works as I bought some lovley drapey stretch lace when I was in Melbourne on the weekend…[Read more]

  • I understitched a collar on the wrong side so instead of laying flat, it stands straight up!

  • Dubhels I would probably leave it. There’s a whole tribe of long stitch is best sewers out there, or I’d just stitch over with a shorter stitch length. Not that I’ve ever done that…. certainly not often enough to have a contingency plan already in place. 🙂

    What I’d love is a sewing machine that made a beeping sound like a reversing truck when…[Read more]

  • Sarvi replied to the topic What are you sewing now? in the forum off topic 11 years ago

    We should start a knitter’s club! Seems like lots of do other fiber crafts on the side.

    Jay, a new machine sounds so exciting! What do you have in mind?

  • Sarvi replied to the topic What are you sewing now? in the forum off topic 11 years ago

    We should start a knitter’s club! Seems like lots of do other fiber crafts on the side.

    Jay, a new machine sounds so exciting! What do you have in mind?

  • cybele727 replied to the topic News and Current Affairs in the forum off topic 11 years ago

    Oh Nicole…. we are good. I wanted to give @justsewit some support, some hugs.

    The stats on maternal mortality around the world are truly terrifying. We are so lucky to live in this world today, compared to even a few generations ago, when pregnancy and delivery were truly life threatening.

    @nicole, you are clearly one of those glowy…[Read more]

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