Work has been even more than usually busy this week, so I haven’t had much time for knitting–I even spent most of Tuesday’s lecture working out what I wanted to say in lab meeting instead of working on my mitten. I did, however, knit through the orchestra concert I attended on Saturday with Anj. The ladies sitting on our left seemed fascinated by the relative complexity of our knitting (Anj’s cabled scarf, my ribbed mittens on dpns). When, on Tuesday (ye gods, that was yesterday! it’s been a full week!*), I noticed a pair of purls in one of my k4 ribs, I left it, deciding that they would serve to remind me of a lovely evening. Besides, I didn’t have a crochet hook with me, and they’re not painfully obvious. :)
I now know what I’m going to bring to the next SnB after Jackie’s: mandelbrot. I just finished making a batch for the lab party Angela’s hosting tomorrow. The idea was for everyone to bring something traditional from their background, preferably a food that other people wouldn’t be familiar with. Angela’s making something Slovak and maybe something Italian, Thomas is making something German, Arati’s making something Indian, Li and Hong are making Chinese food, Masahiro’s making something Japanese…and I’m bringing mandelbrot. Mmm, almondy eggy cookie-ish-ness. I’m hoping they’ll crisp up a bit as they cool, since they’re supposed to resemble biscotti (and, well, they are cooked twice…), but they taste so good. It’s a sad thing for fellow potluck attendees that I was turned off from making mandelbrot after trying to do so in the French House kitchen five years ago. Miniature ovens are just bad. I’m so glad to have a full-sized kitchen.
*I think part of the fullness of the week is that, in addition to having stayed at work ’til 8 on Monday (and not gotten home ’til midnight, due to chorus rehearsal and an anti-Valentine’s party) and working from 8:30-6:45 yesterday and 9:45-7:45 today, I was at work both days of the weekend. The plan for this weekend: no work on Sunday, just knitting and housework.
