dolma love

lights out, bodies woven, and I blurt out… “i feel like i need to make dolma.” and then turned on my side to dream up other creations, not dolma related. the next day I went to the food bank and the vegetable lady handed me a thick pile of cabbage leaves, “dese make excellent soup!” she quipped. sure… soup…sounds good… i got home, poked in the fridge and there was a tall jar full of leftover brown rice! i mixed up a spicy, tomato-y, sweet and savory rice combination and got to work on stuffing cabbage and swiss chard leaves to make the most scrumptious dolma to date.

that’s stale sourdough bread on the bottom to protect the delicate dolma from burning.

close up

stacked and golden warm

i love making dolma. once again, food is art.

knitting knots and tubes and socks.

Knitting is my favorite past time. Knitting, music, sex, hiking, eating, sleeping, smoking, reading, writing… these are a few of my favorite things. I suppose they all have pretty equal parts in my heart. So currently I’ve embarked on the perfect way to knit a tube. If you knit a tube, you unlock a door of new knit creations. Socks, sleeves, hats, neckwarmers, sweaters!!! A sweater would be so easy. It could be made of soft and chunky gray yarn and you would not even need to decrease your stitches too much as you work your way from one end of the tube to the other end. TUBES are great!!

Alas, I will humbly start with a sock. You can even try on the sock as you go on knitting a tube. Unfortunately, I bought a $10.75 set of 24″ circular needles. What kind of tube could you make that was 12″ wide? What is 12″ wide? Not my foot. Not my ankle, calf, thigh, waist, bust, shoulders… humm, I guess my head might be 12″ wide… but I prefer a roomier hat. Oh and a good roomy sleeve could easily be 24″. Therefore, I will keep my 24″ circular needles. I will also go back to the store and purchase an 18″ set which is far more appropriate for socks. In the meantime, I’ll get started on ear warmers.

The most difficult part about “knitting in round” is getting the two tips to be connected. It’s very tricky and I have great trouble. I need to purchase “Knitting Without Tears” by Elizabeth Zimmerman. Miss Zimmerman is a passionate knitter. The title of her book’s first chapter is “The Opinionated Knitter”. You know it will be good!