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Continue reading →: Cairns and Crafting
First off my knitting, now that Knit and Natter at the White Horse is every Wednesday evening I am cracking on with this! I have started on the sleeves which means I am also reasonably close to the neck, and that was the point I really wanted to reach by…
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Continue reading →: Chinese Beef with Honey and Black Pepper Sauce
Prep time 10 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 15 mins Copycat of restaurant style Chinese Beef with Honey and Black Pepper Sauce. Very fast and easy to make – it's on the table in 15 minutes! The sauce is absolutely divine – sticky, sweet, salty and with…
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Continue reading →: Stitching is happening
I had thought I would work on a month a month, but thinking on I have decided to stick with doing a colour at a time, I basically think I am better working colour by colour and knowing that I can shove that one to one side when it is…
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Continue reading →: January 1st and the sort of time to make new plans
As posted at the end of a previous post I have a list of 16 things I would like to achieve this year, this is a re-cap of that so I can keep track! 1. Read 216 books (0/216) 2. Read the Inspector Morse books (0/13) 3. Finish stitching Medieval…
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Continue reading →: Dead good hollandaise
Ingredients 125g butter 2 egg yolk ½ tsp white wine vinegar or tarragon vinegar pinch salt splash ice cold water lemon juice cayenne pepper Method Melt 125g butter in a saucepan and skim any white solids from surface. Keep the butter warm. Put 2 egg yolks, 1/2 tsp tarragon vinegar…
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Continue reading →: Little Eccles mince pies
Ingredients 500g block all-butter puff pastry flour, for dusting 450g mincemeat 1 egg white, lightly beaten golden caster sugar Method Roll the pastry out to about the thickness of a 50p piece on to a floured surface, and cut out 10cm circles, then continue to re-roll and cut out until you…
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Continue reading →: Photos of the stitching plans for next year
Or at least a couple of them! The ones I want to start at any rate, the others have ongoing photos happening grin Firstly the next needlepoint This is the companion piece to Secondly the Map of Cambridge Bother not the best of pictures! I might take another one just…
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Continue reading →: Generalities (aka just a short update!)
I have not really managed to do much of anything recently, I don't know if it is the chance of the seasons or what but I have not had the ooomph to do anything at all! One sure fire sign that things are not going well is generally the state…
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Continue reading →: Another Crafty Update
Over the last week or so I have really been able to get on with my crafting (sore hand not withstanding!), in one of my online groups Thursday is designated as UFO day (aka UnFinished Objects day), my main UFO at the moment is my needlepoint dog and so I…
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Continue reading →: A Quick Stitching Update
Literally a quick update! I have been trying to work on some form of crafting most days, generally the afternoons for cross stitch and needlepoint (whilst the light is reasonable!) and early evening for my knitting (still the purple lol). I didn't take a photo of the knitting (as I…
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