So much fiber, so little time

Sheep mystery

I came across this eccentric and amusing mystery at the library yesterday: Three Bags Full. The sleuths are a flock of sheep, headed by Miss Maple (no "r"), and they're trying to find out who killed George, their shepherd.

(Oh, and if you flip the pages of this edition, you'll see a little animation of a jumping sheep in the lower right corner!)

Oven spring

I've been busy testing the HearthKit with great results. Cakes have baked evenly, an Irish soda bread rose well directly on the stone, and a round loaf of yeast bread more than doubled in size in the oven. Plus the crust was great!

Look what's in the oven

This is a HearthKit brick oven insert, and one just like it now resides in my oven*. It certainly evens out the heat, at least to judge by browning, and the first loaf of bread I tried had a pretty nice crust.

*Definitely not a picture of my oven - the one in the photo is much newer and cleaner ...

Got my copy

I got my comp copy of 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders today. A preliminary review on Amazon just about gave me a heart attack since it implied there were no charts. WTF?! My dogwood blossom shawl had a 72 row repeat which I submitted only as a chart.

Fortunately, I am delighted to say that the chart is in the book (and accurately, at least at first glance). Look to the chart to visualize the pattern, though: the photo doesn't do the shawl justice.

Spit take

This photo made me snarf all over the keyboard. But inquiring minds want to know - where's Pokey?