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A new year a new project

January 1, 2010 in Uncategorized by Sarah

I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and let you know that I have started another project — Bounded in a Nutshell: I plan to talk about my culinary adventures and my exploration of what I really like to eat.  I have decided to become good at cooking.  I know how to cook to some extent now, but I want to be good enough that it becomes an expression.  That may sounds pretentious and for that I apologize, but that is what I want.  I will continue blogging here too, so please stick around.

I know I decided not to start a cooking blog, but I reserve the right to change my mind as I am frequently wrong.  I tell myself that this is okay as long as long as I am not too wedded to my opinions.

I have been working on a crochet pattern and my mittens over the holidays and will have some pictures soon — I am so looking forward to wearing them.

As I am not sure how good it would be for us to actually implement all the things we say we want to achieve, I hope that you all are able to implement your new year’s resolutions proportionately to how good it would actually be for you to achieve them.

Contact me

Please leave a comment or email me at sarah (at) parallaxknitting (dot) com, you can also read about my cooking adventures at Bounded in a Nutshell

My patterns

A glove by any other name

Gloves can be deceiving

Josephine

Lyra’s cap

Lyra's coat

Minimalist funnel neck

Morse code vest

Pink leafy scarf

Russian princess in exile

Slouch hat

Urban rustic gloves

West wind gloves

wwg

Wisp

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