Projects: Finished and Un-, Good and Bad

Well I've been a busy little bumblebee. I made some more pins at the craft center out of fabric and origami paper (already folded, you can see the creases).

I also made the Lemon-Scented Quinoa salad recipe that's been in my "Projects" sidebar (I'm taking it off because I did it, and the link will be in this post instead). It was not very lemon-scented. It was actually pretty bad. Maybe I did something wrong, but I don't think so. I'm now on the look-out for more quinoa recipes to try. Also, I bought tahini for the recipe but I don't know what to do with it. Do I store it in the fridge or the pantry?

I'm taking an enameling class at the craft center and one of my projects is nearing completion. Here is a photo of it in-progress. It's going to be a little papaya pin, complete with tiny black seeds and everything. Stay posted for pics of the finished product. Enameling is basically a method of covering metal with glass. You apply the glass as a wet sand-type substance, then fire it in a special kiln. It's incredibly satisfying because there are a bunch of little steps to it and after every step the piece looks different. A very different process from knitting or something like that which slowly takes form.


I'm also in the process of weaving another scarf/table-runner. The first two I made with a Finnish Bird's Eye pattern which I'm doing again this time. I know very little about patterns, so if there's interest I can go look up the pattern but I don't know it off of the top of my head. But it's basically a series of diamond shapes with smaller diamonds inside them. Very pretty. More pictures when there is actually something to show.



Finally, I made a wonderful batch of snickerdoodles this afternoon, substituting a cup of whole wheat flour for some of the white flour. It actually gives it a slight crunch, a little bit more texture and it's a nice complement to the massive amounts of sugar in the recipe.