Entries from June 2009
That one time at the yarn store...
You all may recall some time ago when we had our first over night party at the store. Well it’s that time again! July 11th, from 7 pm to July 12th, 8am. Come stay up all night, eating, knitting, watching movies. I think Hannah is intent on getting some henna in there, and we’ll have a few door prizes for those lucky enough to get them. The cost? Just $10.00. We know that times are tight, so we’ve cut the normal price of attending down drastically so that even those of you who might not have come in the past can come on down. We do provide a place to set up an air mattress to bed down in, or you’re welcome to sleep at home and come back in the morning for a breakfast we provide! Dinner is a potluck, which as I said starts at 7 on the 11th. I hope y’all will consider coming, because it’s one of the most fun things we do here at the store and there’s not much funnier than a miscrossed cable at 4 AM (ask me how I know.)
- Rodger
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It may not come as a surprise to you that there are few things I love more in this world than a good cup of coffee. Hot, Iced, Drip, Espresso, you name it – I love it (within reason, I do have a certain level of contempt for certain mainstream, corporate coffee… but lets not go there).
Even though I considered myself the aficionado, nay… SNOB, I had no clue what cold-brewed coffee was. To quote a good friend of mine; “Cold-brewed? Is that even possible?!”. Why yes, yes it is.
Allow me to introduce you to Toddy. No, this isn’t like a hot toddy, there (sadly) is no alcoholic content. Don’t let that deter you, though… Toddy is infinitely delicious.
Wikipedia tells us:
The Toddy process requires grinding coffee beans at a coarse setting and soaking those grounds in cold water for a prolonged period of time (usually 12 hours or more). The grounds must be filtered out of the cold water after they have been steeped; therefore, the grounds can either be put in a bag-like filter before steeping or the mixture can be fed through a filter after soaking (similar to the Toddy system). The end result produces a concentrated coffee that is often diluted with water and or dairy, and served steaming hot, over ice or blended with ice and other ingredients such as chocolate.
The fantastic part about this process is that cold-brewing the coffee is EXTREMELY less acidic, thus making the coffee it self taste sweeter and richer. Part of the toddy process for us at the store is to select coffee with already naturaly rich, sweet tastes to make our toddy.
My favorite configuration so far is a large glass filled with ice, 2-3 shots worth of toddy, a pump of honey-sweetner and soy milk. Stir it up and ENJOY. My god, it is inconceivably delicious.
This has quickly become my summer drink-of-choice. Don’t make me responsible for drinking it all, come try it!
Love and Stitches,
David.
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WOW. WOW WOW WOW.
I still can’t quite get over the TREMENDOUS response we’ve had to Larissa’s Barn Raising Quilt Project!!!!!!!! Thank you all SO MUCH!
The influx of packages has slowed over the weekend, but last weekend we received several BOXES worth, so that more than makes up for it. I suppose I should note that the deadline has passed, but that isn’t to say we wouldn’t love to get more squares! Walking them in to the store is one of the better ways to go about this, but it’s still perfectly acceptable to drop it in the mail.
One contributor sent us a package that absolutely delighted me. A lot of you have taken a lot of care in how you send your squares in, but she took it an extra step!
She very carefully folded her square up, placed it in this box, and then put that box in a bubble-wrap mailer! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, was going to happen to her square!
So, over the coming pre-sock-summit weeks, we’ll be working on getting these stitched up! Drop us a line if you’d like to lend a hand, we’ll be happy to have you!
KEEP ON STITCHING!
-David.
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