Hot cup of tea
Sorry for being away for so long, folks, but I’ve been eating. And tearing from city to city. And having endless cups of ginger and cardamom tea in what has been a smoggy and biting, yet glorious Delhi winter, to say nothing of gazing at crisp, sunny views of the great Himalayan ranges from Shimla and Kufri. Many of the items on the agenda posted last time have been successfully achieved and some pictures will follow, but here are some snapshots to start with. NSG, if you’re reading this, this photo of the gajar halwa my sister made on Christmas from these really blood-red fresh carrots is for you:
I also ate something I have never eaten before: Sattu ka Paratha, which is like a fried, Bihari cousin of the Marathi thalipeeth. Absolutely delicious.
Not much knitting has been happening, (so no red pullover progress) but the spouse has been enjoying the cups of tea at Ganga Dhaba and elsewhere in these:
Specs: Knitpicks Merino in Asparagus, just over skein was used, on size 3 needles. Basic glove pattern from Katharina Buss. As you can see from the other photo, I started off making the fingers really long, into tipless gloves, but abandoned that idea because he didn’t find them that comfortable. They’re very soft and comfy!
Regular blogging will resume soon, but in the meantime, I hope everyone is having a good holiday season, and my best wishes for the new year!
edited: to correct some basic grammatical errors!
You forgot to take me with you! I’m glad you’re having fun anyway. ‘Tis the season for fingerless gloves.
thanks for the vicarious pleasures!!!
The gloves look great! And the food…oh, I am so hungry now.
Oh man, those pictures are making me hunggrry! The mittens look great too (though they aren’t making me hungry, lol). Happy New Year!
Glad you’re back! Sounds like you’ve had a wonderful time. Welcome home.
Sangeeta
Oh, the gloves turned out so well! They’ve made me decide to give up my plan for colorwork fingerless gloves, and to buy plain yarn for a plain stockinette pair. That’s probably significantly more practical, anyway.
Welcome back, too?
Thanks, folks! Sangeeta and Spud, am still in India, travelling; will be back soon. Spud, recognise the sweatshirt in the mitten photo?! And I’d say go with stockinette, but try a finer gauge; this one, while snug, was a little too thick for my hands. I am planning to make one pair with Laura’s handpainted held doubled, probably on size 0s.
Now I must go eat some more…
Beautiful mittens and the food looks delicious!