My first friend, S, - literally, my first friend, our mothers were pregnant together and she's eight days older than me - has a son about 11 months younger than Zee. When she told me she was pregnant, I immediately offered to host her baby shower. We were still living in Virginia when she got … Continue reading Harry Potter Baby Shower
Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of "The Lazy Knitter is traveling this week, so Mr. Lazy Knitter rambles about food in her place". For tonight's post, I'm taking a break from my usual crazy food rabbit holes to talk about a meal worthy of the "Lazy" moniker. Sometimes you don't want to go … Continue reading Chimichurri and Easy Crock-pot Roast
When I talk about knitting, I'm pretty sure the first thing most people think of is "Grandma". The second thing is those scratchy afghans your grandma or great-grandma knitted or crocheted that may still be living on the back of a relative's couch gathering dust. The first generations of acrylic yarn were scratchy and stiff. … Continue reading Couch Afghan
The Lazy Knitter is traveling once again, which means it's time for Mr. Lazy Knitter to bestow - or inflict - another cooking guest post on you. This time, the topic of the day is Indian food. Indian food is a great cuisine to translate into kosher cooking. It's very vegetarian friendly, making it perfect … Continue reading Kosher Dairy Indian Food
I was the person who said I wouldn't throw a themed first birthday party because the theme is "first birthday". And yet, here we are. It all started when I asked my aunt and uncle if they'd be willing to host Zee's first birthday party. My grandmother can no longer handle stairs and they have … Continue reading Dragon-Themed First Birthday
The Lazy Knitter is traveling again this week, so I, Mr. Lazy Knitter, will be providing this week's article on a topic near to my heart, or at least my stomach: mainstream sauces that happen to be kosher. If you're a foodie who began keeping kosher as an adult, I bet you miss some of … Continue reading Kosher Mainstream Sauces
I really like variegated yarn, especially the self-striping colorways. While you can often get the same effect assembling colors yourself, it's very nice to have the colors thought out for you and joined seamlessly. Ombré and similar gradient shift colorways can be much harder, if not impossible, to replicate with separate skeins from craft store … Continue reading Corner to Corner Blankets
As I have mentioned before, ad nauseum, I was bored during the furlough. I was also looking for ways to procrastinate on my to-do list items such as exercising and getting our tax documents together. I am a very motivated procrastinator, so I finished my large ongoing projects and a bunch of baby hats by … Continue reading Ombré Bubble Stitch Baby Blanket
Variation 1: Yarn TL;DR: you can use any yarn for this project, but babies like soft things. As I mentioned last week, I started knitting yarn balls to use up my stash and to find a use for the knotted messes Zee makes when she plays with my yarn. I generally have acrylic worsted weight … Continue reading Yarn Animals Part II: Variations
My daughter is obsessed with yarn. Probably because I'm often knitting when I'm interacting with her. Our evenings before dinner often go like this: 4pm: Mama ends her workday and takes over from the nanny. 4:05pm: Dada emerges from his basement lair to join Zee and Mama. Yes, we both work from home. 4:05-4:45pm Mama, … Continue reading Yarn Animals Part I: The Concept
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