Lace Party Aug 13 to Aug 28 WIP and Hawaii with Babalou

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Babalou

Discussion Starter · Aug 13, 2016

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Greetings Lace Party-ers and guests. A note to the newcomers: the Lace Party grew out of a workshop hosted by Dragonflylace (a/k/a DFL). The workshop is still here on KP. Everyone is welcome to join us as often as you like at the Lace Party. We share our daily goings-on and, of course, our knitting projects. We do love to see photos, finished projects or WIPs. If you have a question, just ask; someone is sure to answer. Every two weeks, on a pre-arranged schedule, someone hosts a new Lace Party. Sometimes we work on the same project, but we always share whatever we are working on, lace or not. We hope you will join us.

You are invited to join us in knitting lace and sharing your projects. We enjoy pictures, seeing progress Our main requirement is mutual respect for everyone.

This session we are working on WIPs and seeing pictures from my trip to Hawaii. I think we all have things we are trying to finish.

In February, my DH and I decided to spend a month on the big island of Kona in Hawaii. He is an outside kind of guy and feels trapped in the winter. We managed it by inviting our very close friends to spend part of the month with us. My DH is the seeker of great places to stay and found an oceanfront condo for us in Kailua-Kona. One evening I was catching up on the phone with my wonderful friend, Kathleen, in Houston. We decided to have a real girly conversation with wine. As the conversation went on, she asked what trips we were planning. Eventually, I blurted out "you should come for a week!" It took her about 10 seconds to say, "are you kidding me?" And the rest is history.

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RosD

· #621 · Aug 22, 2016

Thank you Barbara for hosting. Beautiful photos. ????

RosD

· #622 · Aug 22, 2016

Happy birthday Chris, I hope you are having a wonderful day. ????

run4fittness

· #623 · Aug 22, 2016

Lovely photographs, Barbara! So peaceful.

kaixixang

· #624 · Aug 22, 2016

This is posted on another topic: http://onmyneedles.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/diamond-heart-dishcloth/

But I cannot get it to resolve in either MSN IE or Mozilla Firefox. I only have 4GB on my "Phone" portable...so download isn't a possibility on THAT device. I need 2 items --> a 64-128 GB mini SD card and a dual connection type (either mini USB OR regular USB 2.0) that can help transfer between your IPad/phone/tablet and a desktop computer. You'd be surprised what you can find out just by looking at what's available in the SD/flash drive section(s).

Maybe if I had the additional SD memory it would allow me to have a variation of a word-processing program? This is an Android system for my portable...suggestions are welcome!

kaixixang

· #625 · Aug 22, 2016

Ronie said:
Karen I love what you are doing with the dishcloth pattern.. I love the Redheart Soft colors.. and they will make a beautiful blanket!! about how long does it take you to make a square? I have saved this pattern... I love what Ros did too... I bet that was for one of her little ones..

I can now get 2-3 squares going at once. I have to single-square the last corner but the majority of the "design" has been completed by then.

KittyChris

· #626 · Aug 22, 2016

Thank you every one for the birthday wishes. I spent the weekend and half of today at my sister's place again so got to go swimming in the ocean some more. A nice hot sunny day and being in the water was a great birthday present. Then my 26 year old niece and her boyfriend came down Saturday evening. It was very nice to see them and get a box of pastries for my birthday.

Julie, that was a quick project, can't believe you are done already - and it is lovely too.

Ann too, your shawl is a beautiful color, even if it is a bit different than the picture.

KittyChris

· #627 · Aug 22, 2016

triciad19 said:
I read something the other day. Socks are small in size but large in stitches. About 17,000 stitches per sock.

Tricia, someone mentioned in the Sock Madness group that when you knit 3 and a half pairs of socks you have knitted as much as a full sweater. Some day I will get around to knitting a sweater for myself. But first I am on a sock knitting craze. ????

KittyChris

· #628 · Aug 22, 2016

Belle1 said:
Seems like the last couple of weeks I've been in and out, but more OUT then in. Goodness, my head is spinning and I can't remember who posted what. All I can recall are a number of beautiful pieces, gorgeous photos (all making me wish I was there to see for myself), frustration with rodents and slugs, and a promise to provide a recipe for the pear/almond tart I made for last week's get together. So if I didn't specifically respond with praise for all the gorgeous things, please forgive me and know that I've been enjoying all the sharings. Here is the recipe that I promised. Since the published work provides the metric as well as American measurements, I thought that would be good to include here. This makes a wonderful, light tart. Yummy....

Pear & Almond Cream Tart - taken from 500 Greatest-Ever Cake Recipes, Martha Day, editor.

Note: Tart can be made with nectarines, peaches, apricots or apples.

Serves: 6

Need:
350 g/12 oz shortcrust or sweet shortcrust pastry
3 firm pears
Lemon juice
15 ml/1 tbsp peach brandy or cold water
16 ml/4 tbsp peach jam, sieved

For Filling:
90 g/3.5 oz/ generous ½ cup blanched whole almonds
50 g/2 oz/ 4 tbsp caster sugar
65 g/2.5 oz/5 tbsp butter
1 egg, plus 1 egg white
Few drops almond essence

1. Roll out pastry and use t6o line 23 cm/9in flan tin. Chill. For the filling, put the almonds and sugar in food processor or blender and pulse until finely ground but not pasty. Add the butter and process until creamy, then add the egg, egg white and almond essence and mix well.

2. Preheat a baking sheet in oven at 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Peel the pears, halve them, remove the cores and rub with lemon juice. Put the pear halves, cut side down on a board and slice thinly crossways, keeping the slices together.

3. Pour filling into the pastry case. Slide a palette knife under one pear half and press the top to fan out the slices. Transfer to the tart, placing the fruit on the filling like spokes of a wheel.

4. Bake tart on the baking sheet for 50-55 minutes, until the filing is set and well browned. Cook on wire rack.

5. Head brandy or water with jam. Brush over the top of the hot tart to glaze. Serve at room temperature.

DeEtta, this recipe is like a great birthday present for me - thank you! ! ! I may not get a chance to make it soon, but I will eventually.

KittyChris

· #629 · Aug 22, 2016

britgirl said:
I am so totally behind with this party. We got back from the Outer Banks on Saturday and am still recovering. Feel like I am in need of a vacation to get over the last one. I did enjoy it. Can I say it was relaxing despite being busy. Had some wonderful early morning walks on the beach at sunrise with my six year old GD, Alexandra. We just talked picked up shells and just enjoyed each other's company.

Sue

Sue, I fully understand how you need a vacation from your vacation. On Sunday afternoon at my sister's I actually took a nap, something I rarely do.......all that sun and fun in the waves had just exhausted me. :sm01:
Glad to hear you had a good time. And thanks for sharing picture of the puffins too.

Babalou

Discussion Starter · #630 · Aug 22, 2016

RosD said:
Thank you Barbara for hosting. Beautiful photos. ????

Thank you, Ros. It has been a little trip down memory lane.

Babalou

Discussion Starter · #631 · Aug 22, 2016

run4fittness said:
Lovely photographs, Barbara! So peaceful.

Thanks JanetLee.

We are getting a much needed storm. I popped out on the patio to move some things from the rain blowing and caught a double rainbow. The second is not too visible.

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run4fittness

· #632 · Aug 22, 2016

kaixixang said:
This is posted on another topic: http://onmyneedles.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/diamond-heart-dishcloth/
!

Thank you for the link :sm24:

kaixixang

· #633 · Aug 22, 2016

kaixixang wrote:
This is posted on another topic: http://onmyneedles.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/diamond-heart-dishcloth/
!

Run4fitness wrote:
Thank you for the link

I need the pattern since I was unable to get to the website via either browser.

kaixixang

· #634 · Aug 22, 2016

Babalou said:
Thanks JanetLee.

We are getting a much needed storm. I popped out on the patio to move some things from the rain blowing and caught a double rainbow. The second is not too visible.

I can barely make out one above the bottom leftmost half-rainbow in your photograph. Better in person! :sm24:

Babalou

Discussion Starter · #635 · Aug 22, 2016

kaixixang said:
I can barely make out one above the bottom leftmost half-rainbow in your photograph. Better in person! :sm24:

Maybe so. Shows up good on my iPad.

Belle1

· #636 · Aug 22, 2016

KittyChris said:
DeEtta, this recipe is like a great birthday present for me - thank you! ! ! I may not get a chance to make it soon, but I will eventually.

You'll enjoy it. Sorry for the belated birthday wishes, but it sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. Many, many more.

tamarque

· #637 · Aug 23, 2016

Barbara--great to see a double rainbow. So special. Saw one once but it did not show when I tried to photo it. Can see the second one in your pic. thanx

Bonnie7591

· #638 · Aug 23, 2016

Babalou said:
That could be. When we tasted it, we said that is what $125 champagne tastes like. Probably at least half that in the store.

I can't imagine any bottle being worth that.
Our family always teases me about my choice in wine, I only like Baby Duck & Arbour Mist, both are about $8/ bottle & fuzzy & sweet like pop. I hate dry wine. The family bug me about it but whenever I take a bottle to a function, my bottle us always the first to be empty & I never get more than one small glass????????

Thanks for sharing another lovely photo

Lurker 2

· #639 · Aug 23, 2016

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KittyChris said:
Thank you every one for the birthday wishes. I spent the weekend and half of today at my sister's place again so got to go swimming in the ocean some more. A nice hot sunny day and being in the water was a great birthday present. Then my 26 year old niece and her boyfriend came down Saturday evening. It was very nice to see them and get a box of pastries for my birthday.

Julie, that was a quick project, can't believe you are done already - and it is lovely too.

Ann too, your shawl is a beautiful color, even if it is a bit different than the picture.

thanks Chris- I sat and worked at it pretty consistently- onto my next lot!

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Lurker 2

· #640 · Aug 23, 2016

Babalou said:
Maybe so. Shows up good on my iPad.

I can only just make it out on my monitor.

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