My Husband's Blond Tart

That's right, the hubby's got a tart on the side. Not that kind, silly. DESSERT! Culinary school has been treating us both very, very well. He's brought home quite an exquisite medley of sweets. All to my liking, of course. Out of all the desserts, the fruit tart, was by far the prettiest. The crust was blond* baked (baked before the addition of the pastry cream and fruit), hence the scandalous title.

Here are some shots of his masterpiece.

To learn more about my hubby's culinary adventures, visit "The lunatic ravings of an insane Culinary Student."

*editor's note: My husband made a typo in his blog, using the word "blond" instead of "blind". Freudian slip? Who knows, I'll confront him about that later. In the meantime, I'm keeping the title as-is because, well, it's just funnier.

Bootie Struggles - Pair #2

Slow progress this week. We had a couple of visitors these past few days, so I didn't have much time to devote to knitting. That's fine though. We had good company and my fingers needed the rest. On the guest list were two friends with a seven month old baby. So, you know what quickly came to mind, right?.....BOOTIES! I showed them the sample pair that I made last month and they thought they were adorable. So off I went to start stitching up the new pair.

I'm not very happy with how I seamed up the edges. They came out a little lopsided. I unseamed, seamed, unseamed, seamed....went the through the process FIVE TIMES and it still looked like it was sewn together by a three-fingered wino. Oh well, I still hope they like it just for the amount of love that was put into it. I'll start on the second bootie within the next couple of days. Here's hoping that at least this pair will be of equal size.

In the meantime, I have to find a dress for a friend's wedding this weekend. Tootle-loo!