Friday Moments: In the kitchen yesterday

Here is what was going on yesterday in the kitchen some were successful and some not.
:: Tried a new fennel & potato soup.  Tasted yummy but after processing it was green and thick like 
    baby food but still good.  Really.
::  Made tons of bread and rolls and one wheat that is sort of ok.
::  Finally some granola we have been missing that.
::  A late Christmas gift in the mail.
::  Composte overload. in the kitchen it was too rainy to go outside.
::  Later on went back to the soup recipe and thought I should have followed the directions instead of
    adding my own twist.
::  Finally some knitting time at the end of the night with Grey's Anatomy & Private Practice.
:: Hoping for better luck this weekend on my next soup.

Yarn Along Wednesday

A week already gone by since my last post? Well I guess time for another yarn along post. There hasn't been much yarn activity mostly just reading.  I have really been enjoying The Sisters.  I love books that go through 2 or 3 generations and decades of history.

Found this vintage book from 1937 yesterday at Goodwill.  Stefania started reading it and so far it's been good.
Hope you are staying warm with a good read.

Yarn Along: More Books and The Hundred Year Throw

More books for the yarn along this week :))  Last Wednesday after I posted we went to the library and one of my favorite things now is too look in the "free" box.  You never know what treasures can be found.  Welll I found all these.

 A mish mash of books for me and the kids and for homeschooling.  The blue book is my favorite to look at.

 I know my pictures aren't great but the illustrations intrigued me.  But that's not what I'm reading. I started this book in between everything going on.  So far good.

 Lastly "The Hundred Year Throw" is this crochetted grey soft throw that has made an appearance in previous yarn alongs. I'm having trouble finishing and now I'm going to unravel half of this.  Why?  Because it's boring.  Ever have those type of projects that feel like they go on forever and you never want to finish (like this one)? 

My solution for this  is "The Afghan Making Rule".  It's a rule I made up for myself when I need to make really big afghans or throws to break it up into pieces so I can try different stitches and designs then seam it at the end and I won't get bored doing the same thing. Done.