Scarves and Cookery books

The grey scarf is off the loom.   I've twisted the fringe and it just needs a quick wet finish.  I may hold off wet finishing for a bit and just save up whatever I weave that needs to dry on a line or flat, until the weather warms up.   It will be much easier to dry them outside than find a place where the cats won't decide to sit on them inside.   It turned out quite nicely.  It was a fairly sticky yarn because it was loosely spun.  It didn't really cause an issue until the last bit of the scarf, when I'd woven about 3/4 of the scarf.   Then the fuzzy bits on the yarn started sticking together and I had to watch for skipped stitches.   The yarn is really soft and it drapes nicely, plus the greys are pretty neutral, so they should go with almost anything. 

This pretty blue scarf is an acrylic wool mix.  It's exceedingly lovely to work with.  It's soft, well spun, and the colour is nice.   I decided it had too much white in it though, so I'm cutting the white out of the weft as I'm winding the shuttle.  The white was washing it out too much and didn't make me happy.  The yarns feels really nice.  There is enough wool in there to make me want to touch it, which makes it a yarn that I enjoy working with.  I started dressing the loom almost right after the grey one was off the loom.   

We had a weather watch out for yesterday, but I think the system mainly hit someplace else.   There was a short bit of freezing rain, but by the time I needed to head out to the rug hookers meeting it was just raining.   Raining a lot actually.   People were getting drenched just coming in from the parking lot.  One of my friends there found this little book that she thought I might like.  It's a 1911 edition of Soyer's Paper Bag Cookery.   

This cookery book is touted as being ideal for flat dwellers, girls and women living alone in single rooms, clerks, typists and teachers.   It promises good results if you can but procure the new paper bags and remember to use a broiler.   This sounds more like a broiler pan, rather than putting the oven on broil! 

  So far it's been an interesting read, with recipes which sound fine to the bizarre, such as cooking 3 or 4 eggs in a cup of ketchup!   Also, for all these girls and women living in single rooms, what would you do with an 18 lb roast of beef?   It's a really interesting bit of insight into a kitchey little cookery book, that must have cause a few oven fires.  I'm totally enjoying reading it.  I'm starting to totally understand the lure of original cook books.  It's a tangible link to the past.