A short while ago I read on Not Quite Nigella about Salted Bacon Honey Maple Caramel and I was very intrigued but I wasn’t too sure about making caramel out of condensed milk. Fortunately David Lebovitz published a recipe for Salted Butter Caramels just the other day. I decided to try his recipe and to combine it with some crispy bacon.
My knitting has progressed nicely over the last few weeks. With the body piece I’m now at the lenght where the sleeves will be inserted. From now on it will get a bit more complicated. No more straight knit and pearl!
I faintly can remember how to knit but I haven’t knitted anything for years. Although knitting is a bit like riding a bicycle: I can’t explain it but the moment I’m holding two needles in my hand I know what to do with it.
I was already toying with the idea of knitting something for a while but somehow I couldn’t find anything I’d like. But on one of my strolls through the world wide web I came across this fabulous knitted cardigan on ‘not martha’ and I instantly fell in love with it. I have to have one and the only way to get it is by knitting it myself.
When I was a kid, about 7 or 8 years old, I learned how to sew pants for myself. They were very simple pants, nothing complicated; just two legs and an elastic on top. My mum always had a sewing machine and I was allowed to use it already as a kid. There was always a big box of fabric scraps and I sew all sorts of things together. Later on I had some crafts lessons at school where I did some more sewing and learned to do some more complicated things.
I really like Thai food and never can get enough of it. A while ago I did a Thai cooking class which was great fun. I learned to cook a variety of different dishes like curries, stir fries, salads and more. One of the things I learned to cook was fish cakes, which I like a lot. I often cook this dish as a starter when friends come round for dinner and over time I’ve varied the original recipe and adjusted it to my taste.