Sailors in Stripes by Urban Knitfits

Naughty Nautical
Shipwrecked Sailor
Letterman Larry

All available in my Knitting shop- Urbanknitfits!

I thought u should know... about these shops on etsy

MechanicalStag- very cool vintage shop for the home!

Ninainvorm Ceramics and silk screens.

Smartfish- hand made shoes, like tom shoes but more feminine!

thevamoose- cool jewelry like this nautical knot bracelet!

RetroReproHandmade- very cool hats!

Happy B-day Cameron!

Happy Birthday to the husband!

combating the winter doldrums...

It's only the middle of January and already I find myself getting restless and pining for the days of sandals and walks to the farmer's market... However, I will admit a fresh snowfall always picks me up a bit. Perhaps it's the potential threat of a snow day, or just the clean white frosting coating all the trees along my drive to work, either way luckily that part of winter has not gotten old. And although I don't have a quick fire way to get over cabin fever, I offer some photos to merely document my January in New England.

"She came in through the bathroom window...." The view from our bathroom window. Yes we are 6 inches from the neighboring house. And we haven't had quite the dump of snow to cause a complete black out of this little portal... but the ice cycles do for now!

Look closely, and click on the image to enlarge if you must- there is a blue jay in this Cypress looking out from our kitchen window....

And for my Birthday on Sunday the 17th, Cam made me home made eggs benedict with salmon tomato and onions! He's quite good at making hollandaise sauce!

Good luck with your winter! The bright side is the sun is waking up a little earlier and staying up past 4:30! So there's always a silver lining.

Li' Kidney Bean

sleeping in the sun. (click on images to view them larger!)

Home made pasta!

For New Year's Cam and I decided to make home made pasta! A feat Cam had been talking about forever! So we rented some movies, stayed in and dusted off the 'ol pasta attachment for our Kitchen aid. It is truly amazing what can be made with flour and an egg. And the result was probably thee best pasta I have had in a VERY long time, Of course it's easy for one to be biased when you make it yourself. We used a Mario Batali recipe and in his book he mentions when in Italy not only did they use their kitchen chairs to dry the pasta but even their beds! ( You'll be happy to know we used our chairs)

Here's a picture of Millie waiting for the scraps to inevitably fall from the cutting process. Unfortunately Millie had too much pasta which resulted in us taking turns through out the night to let her out.... mental note for the future! Whoops, poor little dog!

Here is the video of the cutting process. Excuse my bad stereotyping, maybe watch it with the volume off! And the second video is what comes before- the pressing. Each section is pressed 6 times at different pressures.

I made a cream sauce which I perfected while living in Italy- simply a coincidence. You start with olive oil in a pan fry up some garlic and maybe some onion if you like. Then add 1/2 cup of white flour to the oil, stir it around and when it becomes pasty, add 1/2 cup of milk. You can add cheese if you like, but this time I added one can of diced tomatoes and some sun-dried tomatoes we had lying around. You will need to keep the milk near by in case the sauce really starts to thicken, then just keep adding milk until you get the right proportion. And with all cooking and with typically Italian cooking- it's all about the feel of something and is ultimately up to you the cook!

I hope this has inspired you to make pasta if you haven't before. This is just the beginning of our pasta making endeavors, although I doubt we will do this every month!

Cam's Friends From Ak, survive the quake in Haiti

Here's the article.

Here's the link to the video.

Etsy Favs! 1/15

It feels like a while since I did a little etsy favs blog post! So here goes, one for the New Year!
I have included links to the individual items as well, so have a ball!

A little shout out for my new hat nuts 4 Love, hand knit by urbanknitfits.

Vintage Pheasant from allthingswhite.

Madam Dakar, fabric purse by outofafrika.

Natural and earthfriendly laundry soap! by showertreatsoap

Custom felted Dog Portraits by kaysk9s!!

Too Shy Salmon- tee by Rosiemusic's shop.

PDF pattern by Frechpress knits! Lovely wool slippers!

Thermos Pillow by cou cou salut.

Love this 8x8 Photo called "Street Party" by Tim Irving, shop name "Opart".