Wilderness Knitting


Here's what I did during my time in woods.

I took the Nutella Sweater and my green sock with me into the woods.
This was the state of the sweater when we started the car ride:


And here it is when I got home last night:



The sucky thing is, I got that far on the first night! But I retardedly left the pattern at home, so I couldn't go any farther on the next two days.

Which means I got a lot done on the green sock:


... but I could have done a lot more with a simpler pattern, i.e. one that you can do by candlelight, when a bottle of Yukon Jack is making the rounds. The sock looks phat, but it takes long, and I still have another one to do. I'm ....slow.

And now for some German craftiness, here's a picture of Thomas the German post-doc constructing a Feuerzangenbowle at the cottage.


Doesn't the look like a mountain man? I am a fan of Thomas. I told him that he is exactly the type of dude my grandmother wants me to bring home and marry, and he smiled sheepishly.

As German traditions go, this one fills me with all kinds of national pride. Basically you construct a cone out of sugar (in Germany you can buy your sugar in cone form, but here, you just have to get a little crafty), then soak it in high-percentage rum, and light it on fire over a pot full of spiced wine. As the rum burns off, the sugar carmelizes and gloops into the wine. Tasty!

Posted: Fri - February 18, 2005 at 10:34 PM        

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