Tartine, Remains of the Day & Blue Checkered Blanket

 

I have all four colours in for the blanket I am working on!

I am loving doing textured patterns and 

am getting the seed stitch down well now!

I am doing this now on size ten corded needles

so I will start a larger section when I am happy with the length 

and keep this 'on the cord' next to it while I work

the new section to compare, etc.

I am reading  studying Tartine

to see how Chad Robinson makes bread.

When I first began baking bread

I was sent this video and never forgot it:

I am going to do more research via the web as well...

so far found these two links and will look further. 

Eventually I will decide where I want to go 

further in my bread baking adventures and

am loving reading about the Tartine method.

I've also begun Remains of the Day and 

it is a good read so far!

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Checked Blanket, Tartine and A Future Pretty Scarf

I have begun my second textured blanket,

the blanket that I think will be a checkered blanket,

with big 'checkers' as it were. 

I am really enjoying it so far;

I am doing it on a bigger needle size (10)

and it is making for a soft draping blanket....

I still have to find a size 10 circular needle though! 

We will see if I have luck finding on in NYC today!

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I've been reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...

I thought I had not read it before but I have a feeling I did 

read it now, maybe the year I was in library school

in London Ontario (so about 10 years ago).

I got some cute shimmery cotton yarn on sale  

that I hope will become a pretty 

scarf, based on this pattern

(thanks TJ!)

I am thinking of doing it in this colour lineup, 

cream, the pale blue, the sea green and the light shimmery brown...

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I am also scanning the Tartine Cookbook I got for Christmas.

I have some serious desserts to contemplate...

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I am posting this a day early as I fear it will not get done otherwise!

With NYC today, it will be busy and I am guessing tomorrow will be 

a rest day for me!

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