Pomatomus, Mermaids & Pond Scum, oh my!

My current knitting project involves all of these things.

• Pomatomus--the original sock pattern which begged to be fingerless mitts
• Mermaids--the name of the fingerless mitts that inspired me
• Pond Scum--the name of the Blue Moon Fibers colorway---the yarn I am knitting with

I came across the beautiful fingerless gloves titled Mermaid on Ravelry. They were knit up by Craftoholic who was inspired by Cookie A.'s Pomatomus sock pattern on Knitty. I hope you are following me...a little confusing. Try knitting them.



I am following the pattern chart for the Pomatomus sock, but I changed the ribbing to a picot edge for a more femine look.

Onions! Belated T-day Pics

Onions! Onions! and more onions! My family really likes their onions. We always seem to run out of them at the holiday table even though it feels like we cook more each time to avoid running out of onions. Heavens no!

So this year we cooked nine, yes nine, packages of onions. All different colors...white, yellow and purple. Very colorful indeed. All of these onions were fresh so therefore all of these onions needed to be peeled. Lots of peeling, but everyone is willing to chip in on this task despite the potential tears.

Here they are peeling away. (I was helping, but put my knife down to take the picture---what a photo op.)

Two full cookie trays of onions went into the oven to roast with a little olive oil, salt, pepper & fresh thyme. Yummy! One spoonful of onions was all that was left over. I think we might have finally found that right amount of onions for our family. Nine bags for 18 people---you do the math. And a hint...not everyone eats them. Talk about onion breath!