Super Soap Sliver Saver

I make my own soap and I hate to see any little sliver of a bar go to waste. I have tried to mash bits of bars together to force them into a larger piece. I have also considered saving all of the slivers to re-batch at a later time. Unfortunately the later idea creates the need to have a place to store all of these bits and energy to do the re-batch.

So in an attempt to save my little slivers for personal use and not just to delight the tub drain I have made my little "Super Soap Sliver Saver". All I did was take some crochet cotton that I had gotten for free off of "Freecycle" (thank you Ginny) and use a #1 crochet hook. I did a chain of 28 and then proceeded to make 30 rows of 25 double crochet. I folded it in half and stitched it together by doing a single crochet all around the outside except for over the opening. Voila one little pouch to be able to save and use my precious soap. Simply drop in the soap and scrub, scrub, scrub. Sorry drain you will have to wait.

Easy Knitted Slippers

I finally got these little slippers done for India. I got the instructions from WWW.annaea.wordpress.com who said they found it at Frugal Knitting Haus. However, I could not find it there.




To make them you just measure the length of the foot and divide that number by two. Then you knit 7 squares that have a diagonal measurement of half of your foot length. Be sure to leave long ends when you cast on and bind off. You will use these to sew the slippers together.

Felted Robot

One of the nicest things about felting is that it gives you the opportunity to make fun gifts for you child's classmates. This is a robot that I made for a young six year old boy. I wanted to give it a retro look so I had my husband give me some tips on just the right type of antenna for our robot.

Thon A La Provencale

This weekend I decided to get out of the beef and chicken habit and decided to prepare "Thon A La Provencale" (Tuna or Swordfish Steaks with Wine, Tomatoes, and Herbs). This recipe can be found in "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".

I started off with the purchase of 3 lbs of Albacore Tuna at $12.99 a lb. (Ouch, at least I will have leftovers) I also needed to get 3 lbs of tomatoes. (I chose Roma since they are so easy to peel and juice). I also needed to buy some white whine so I just got a bottle of Trader Joe's "Two Buck Chuck" Chardonnay. Other than those ingredients I had everything else on hand for the main dish. I also made mashed potatoes with goat cheese, and I blanched some green beans and tossed them in vinaigrette dressing.

For the most part the meal was excellent. It gave me all of the serotonin pumping power of the best anti depressants. I think that if all world leaders were locked in a room together and served food prepared with the utmost of care we would go a long way towards world peace. It is important to feel fed and nourished. When you feel this way you know you can do anything and you can make room in your life for others to do the same.