Pie crust failure #1: inadequately floured equipment. Reassembled zombie style in smaller pan.
Pie crust failure #2: too small, fell down the edges of pan on oven. Discarded.
Pie crust attempt #3: in progress.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Dec 24, 2013 2:37:48 pm PST #15447 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
askye - Dec 24, 2013 2:40:06 pm PST #15448 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Connie, I don't know of any good web resources, I tried to learn using various videos but finally gave up and learned with someone.
There are a lot of projects that are just knit or purl or alternate rows of knit and purl. It took me a while but if I can look I can see the difference between the knit and purl, but mostly I found I have to finish a row before I put something down. Or write down on the pattern (or piece of paper) which stitch I left off on. I
billytea - Dec 24, 2013 2:57:20 pm PST #15449 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, dear. I just glanced at my bag of dark-chocolate covered coffee beans and thought, very clearly, "Come to me, my precious." I may have A Problem.
Only if it failed to obey.
Scrappy - Dec 24, 2013 3:06:23 pm PST #15450 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hey, BT! Merry Christmas!
Connie Neil - Dec 24, 2013 3:06:50 pm PST #15451 of 30000
brillig
Only if it failed to obey.
I had to give them a transportation assist, as dark-chocolate-covered coffee beans do not yet have self-mobility, but in the end they bowed to my wishes.
-t - Dec 24, 2013 3:09:52 pm PST #15452 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
mostly I found I have to finish a row before I put something down.
This is what I do. I usually mark one of my needles so that I can tell by which one I'm working off of whether I'm on the "right" or "wrong" side of the pattern, because I usually can't tell by looking unless I've got a lot already done and it's all the same.
I don't know any web resources, but I have had good luck picking up How to Knit books meant for, like, middle school age maybe - the pictures and instructions are nice and clear, so I can use those as references for more cryptic patterns, or if I just don't remember how to, oh, cast on or something, as I fairly frequently forget basic stuff. And there's an iPad app I quite like "Knitting and Crocheting HD"
Liese S. - Dec 24, 2013 3:27:07 pm PST #15453 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I love Knitting Help. They have lots of good videos.
Connie Neil - Dec 24, 2013 3:32:00 pm PST #15454 of 30000
brillig
Buffistas always come through.
Connie Neil - Dec 24, 2013 3:55:11 pm PST #15455 of 30000
brillig
And the 10th Circuit Court refused to grant a stay to stop the same sex marriages in Utah. Party on!
Next step--which our lovely governor is preparing--is to ask SCOTUS for a stay--and our representing judge on SCOTUS is Sotomayor. Don't look good for the fundies.
At last check, this news has not been posted on the LDS-church-owned media outlets. Heh.
Tom Scola - Dec 24, 2013 4:00:22 pm PST #15456 of 30000
hwæt
Holy shit. Karma is real.