http://twistedstitches.net Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:36:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Learn-to-Row Day came and went this spring, reminding me that the rowing club that I belonged to last year would soon be starting its 2008 summer season. Of course, as soon as the ice broke and the raging water from the snow melt had passed, there were scullers and ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/learning-to-love-my-erg To celebrate Cliff's accomplishment of taking closed circuit rebreather diving to the next level, I created him a pair of boxers to wear under his dry-suit while exploring his first caves. I lovingly called them "No-Bends Boxers" in the hopes that my hand-made talisman would bring him back ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/no-bends-boxers I found this recipe tucked away on a card in my recipe box, and recently traced it back to an old issue of Vegetarian Times. I can take no credit of my own for it, but I swear it is the best 'slaw you'll ever taste. A more ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/the-best-coleslaw-recipe-ever I am a woman with curves. I have nothing against my voluptuous hourglass figure, except that as a newbie seamster, I have such a hard time getting home-sewn garments to fit correctly with the first or second attempts. So, with the huz's help, we created a duct tape ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/duct-tape-dress-form I can confidently say that I now consume more tea than water. Most of the time I brew up a variety of Japanese and Chinese green teas to suit my mood, but every now and then I crave something a little different. On those occasions I break out ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/how-to-brew-tiguanyin http://twistedstitches.net/archives/iron-goddess-of-mercy While tagging along to the guitar store a few months back, I fell in love with a bubblegum pink (Hello) KittyCaster. Yeah, it's a cheap, Fender-sanctioned-Stratocaster-knockoff with a horrible pickup, but with something that obnoxious smiling at you from the guitar stand across the room, how could anyone resist picking ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/pretty-in-pink I never thought that Cliff, my huz and avid Capital Grounds French Roast coffee drinker, would ever turn me onto a new tea. We had stopped into Dobra Teahouse to blow some time and Cliff found this gem on the menu: GYOKURO KYOTO: An excellent, very distinguished Japanese green tea. ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/gyokuro-precious-dew The straight "Polka Dotty" skirt was the first garment that I sewed with my Grandmother's sewing machine in twenty years. Following the Sew What! Skirts directions for turning my measurements into a pattern was a cinch. I didn't have a zipper foot, and was too crazed to leave ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/free-loving-polka-dotty Yesterday I got stuck for the ump-teenth time with my brand-new Yaris. This has been the winter from Hell, but I’ll admit that the Yaris wasn’t a wise choice for me. I knew it in the beginning, but figured that 40-mpg would be well worth the trade-off. ... http://twistedstitches.net/archives/california-dreamin