Design Dolcezza

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CO 200


R1 Knit

R2 Knit wrapping yarn twice around needle for each stitch

R3 Knit into double wrapped yarn once(don’t increase stitches)

Repeat Rows 1-3 until desired width.



To finish, K5, then BO the rest of stitches except for the last 5 which you will knit. Unravel the knitted stitches on both ends so you have loops. Knot each loop close to the stitches. I like to leave the loop, but you can snip them to make a fringe.

Tommaso slept in today....but then he had no nap....but he did go on the potty...so, er...emm.
Went to Mass at St. John the Evangelist, followed by yet another trip to WallyWorld! It was an overcast rainy day. (As I type this, it is thundering and being quite stormy.) We lunched on Spaghetti alla Sepia and dined on Chicken stuffed with asparagus and sun-dried tomato.

Tommaso spent the day running laps in the house and bonding some more with Frank. They looked at many big trucks online and practiced counting.

Tomorrow afternoon, we head on a loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg drive to my parent's house where there will be no internet access (wah!)

So much we wanted to do, but when you have a bambino around, plans always need to be flexible. Today we fed the fish in the pond some stale bread.

Well, we went to the fair today. I'll let the photos tell the story.

As you can see here, Tommaso and Frank had some fun on the swing. He seems to have really taken a liking to him! To toast Frank’s survival of Tommaso climbing all over him, we(the adults) had a shot of Crema di Limoncello made by our cousin Giovanna in Italy. TASTY!
For dinner, we had Spaghetti al Pesto di Pistacchio con Bacon(needless to say there is NO PANCETTA in Wayne County, PA) YIAM!

yet another example of Italian genius

It was a busy morning as we prepared for my road trip with Tommaso. We left the house at 3:00, survived the SUREKILL(er, I mean Schuylkill) and made it to Allentown,PA by 4:40. Early dinner at Chianti Italiano Ristorante
We had an Appetizer of Calamari Fritti
Awesome Bread…I think we had three baskets worth. The bread alone was worth the trip!
We had: Cheese Tortellini Bolognese(Frank), Veal Francese(Tom), Veal Marsala(AnnaMaria) &
Eggplant Parmigiana(Me)

No tears shed when we said goodbye to hubby. We had told Tommaso about the trip knew what was coming…he hugged Scimmia and announced all points of interest as we rolled along the Northeast Extension. A short pit stop at Turkey Hill Market(yes, Turkey Hill Ice Cream has a market and they sell gas, too!)
Quick bath for Tommaso at 10pm.and Butter Pecan Ice Cream for the grown ups.
Tommaso slept in his special travel bed till 4:30 then came into bed with me for a couple hours.

Tommaso is adding more and more words to his vocabulary. Just now he said mela, which means apple in Italian! So here is the official list of words my 19month old says in no particular order.

1. mela (apple)
2. grazie
3. thanks
4. please
5. bye bye
6. mamma (mom)
7. papa`(daddy)
8. nonno(grandfather)
9. nonna(grandmother)
10. Elmo[ugh]
11. uva(grapes)
12. uvetta(raisins)
13. si(yes)
14. yeah
15. no
16. fell
17. uh oh
18. hot
19. hi
20. dog
21. bus
22. all done
23. eyes
24. where is
25. here it is
26. book
27. pappa(pablum)
28. head
29. hat
30. ball
31. bubble
32. mine
33. duck
34. light
35. shoes
36. chair
37. car
38. cacca
39. clean up
40. boom
41. scimmia(monkey)
42. pesce(fish)
43. Gesu`(Jesus)
44. Jesus

He also blows lovely kisses to all those he loves!

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So, after having my breadmaker for just over a year, I've decided to take the plunge. Following the recipe on the KingArthurFlour website, I have mixed together sugar, water, yeast and whole-wheat flour(of course) in the hopes of catching ''wild'' yeasts and creating my very own sourdough starter. This is supposed to take from 2 to 5 days and if I take care of it properly, it should last for a long time. In fact, the one King Arthurs sells is over 240 years old!

So, so far so good...it's beginning to bubble....

Maybe if it actually works, I'll have some kind of contest to name my starter :)

Ooh, could i sell it on etsy too? I wonder.

Art Card has landed in an etsy treasury! Here's the link:
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