I’ve designated this week for what I am crafting or cooking. Maybe later I’ll decide to share these in separate posts. I enjoy cooking from scratch, and the older I get, the more I appreciate taking the time to do just that.

On the Needles

I’ve been going through my WIPs and what I would like to do for the season. I found a wonderful video from Nicole Knits on YouTube where she had taken the projects she is considering and put them into a spreadsheet (which is totally speaking my language).

I’ve frogged and few and put a few into hibernation. I’ll discuss them in a later post. Here is what I’m working on currently.

My online knitting group has started a KAL for Regina Marie by Sara Huntington Burch. I’ve been knitting since I was twelve, but I’ve always avoided lacemaking except for small portions of it. But I joined in this knit-along to push out of my comfort zone, and it is going well.

In the Kitchen

In my cooking, I’ve tried many recipes, but there are some I had never made before because they sounded complicated, was Coq au Vin. I used Ina Garten’s recipe. It wasn’t as hard as it sounded. Although it was time-consuming, because it was the first time I’d made this French dish. It was completely worth the work. I made garlic mashed potatoes to go with it, and man, I did not mind the purple color of my chicken from the wine one bit.

I would love to hear from my readers to see what they are cooking and creating. Please tell me in the comments below.