Waitress Admires Sweater
A knitting story: I was in a restaurant having lunch, when the waitress asked me where she could buy a sweater like mine. Alas, you can't, I told her; I made it myself. No! Not possible!
I live for moments like that.
And it turns out she knits, but it hadn't hit her that she could use the craft to create the kind of thing I was wearing, the cover sweater from Knitting the New Classics, edited by Kristin Nicholas. I love this sweater. The silk-and-cotton yarn makes it perfect for spring and fall. In fact, I've knit it twice; when I first made it I weighed 100 pounds more than I do now, and instead of getting rid of the sweater, I took it apart and redid it in my new size. Took one hell of a lot less time than it did originally. Good reason to get in the daily walk.
So I gave her all the information she needs to find the pattern and yarn. I love moments like that. Ambassador for knitting, that's me.
On the subject of weight loss, though, here's a treat!
I remember this era of Weight Watchers very well. The company's saner now. I remember a thing called "cheese danish" -- the quotation marks were part of the title -- which involved mixing cottage cheese with no-cal sweetener and cinnamon, spreading it on a piece of toast, and broiling it. Nasty. Also "roasted peanuts," created by mixing a drained can of button mushrooms with salt, and roasting them in a low oven for hours. Also nasty.
On the other hand, I learned a method of using leftover fish I still use and even enjoy. (There was always an abundance of leftover fish in the refrigerator, if you were on Weight Watchers in the 70's, since you had to eat it 6 times a week, not counting breakfasts.) One takes a slice of bread, toasts it on one side, spreads a TINY bit of mayonnaise on it and then flakes the leftover fish and spreads it on top, and then broils it. Oddly edible, and a good breakfast. I call it "fish toast," and still eat it regularly in the morning. However. My husband, who can cheerfully eat Orkney Herring Pate out of the can, has to avert his eyes at breakfast when I have fish toast.
Anyway. The Weight Watchers recipe cards are just lovely. Thanks to Pound for providing them.
I live for moments like that.
And it turns out she knits, but it hadn't hit her that she could use the craft to create the kind of thing I was wearing, the cover sweater from Knitting the New Classics, edited by Kristin Nicholas. I love this sweater. The silk-and-cotton yarn makes it perfect for spring and fall. In fact, I've knit it twice; when I first made it I weighed 100 pounds more than I do now, and instead of getting rid of the sweater, I took it apart and redid it in my new size. Took one hell of a lot less time than it did originally. Good reason to get in the daily walk.
So I gave her all the information she needs to find the pattern and yarn. I love moments like that. Ambassador for knitting, that's me.
On the subject of weight loss, though, here's a treat!
I remember this era of Weight Watchers very well. The company's saner now. I remember a thing called "cheese danish" -- the quotation marks were part of the title -- which involved mixing cottage cheese with no-cal sweetener and cinnamon, spreading it on a piece of toast, and broiling it. Nasty. Also "roasted peanuts," created by mixing a drained can of button mushrooms with salt, and roasting them in a low oven for hours. Also nasty.
On the other hand, I learned a method of using leftover fish I still use and even enjoy. (There was always an abundance of leftover fish in the refrigerator, if you were on Weight Watchers in the 70's, since you had to eat it 6 times a week, not counting breakfasts.) One takes a slice of bread, toasts it on one side, spreads a TINY bit of mayonnaise on it and then flakes the leftover fish and spreads it on top, and then broils it. Oddly edible, and a good breakfast. I call it "fish toast," and still eat it regularly in the morning. However. My husband, who can cheerfully eat Orkney Herring Pate out of the can, has to avert his eyes at breakfast when I have fish toast.
Anyway. The Weight Watchers recipe cards are just lovely. Thanks to Pound for providing them.
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