Ding ding ding

If you are new to my blabbering then you might want to read this and get familiar with my last poultry incident. Last night was the rematch. In this corner.. fresh from Albertsons. A free range chicken who can't wait to KO me once again...

Notice the new roasting method. My friend Lindy gave me a belated b-day gift on Monday at the knitting guild meeting. I am now the proud owner of a Spanek Vertical Roaster. Of course I was a little leery of letting a whole chicken get the best of me again... but I can't live in fear! It was a little creepy to see it standing up in the pan. I felt like it was going start taunting me with some sort of chicken dance. I tried to not let that distract me and  even remembered to season it and put beer in the dish...

Look at that super cool Pyrex dish. Well, it's cool to me. I collect Pyrex from the 50's and 60's. I hate to admit that my addiction to Pyrex is as bad, and almost worse, than my addiction to indie dyed sock yarn. Really, it's true. I have fifteen full boxes of it in the garage and even more in my kitchen. There's no quicker way to my heart than a set of vintage Pyrex nested mixing bowls. Not that I don't already have at least two or three sets of each pattern already. OK, on with the chicken.

So do you have a feeling who won the chicken match? Did you think I could really screw up twice in a row?! I was victorious...

   

No smoke, no fireball, no nothing, just a roasted chicken! It's really sad that I was so proud of myself for doing the most simple of cooking tasks. But it's a step in the right direction. So a big thanks to Lindy for saving me and my family from a possible house fire. Let's just hope we don't get salmonella. Who knows if I really cooked it long enough. You'll hear about it if I didn't. But it was absolutely delicious!

Now that the big news is out of the way.. I cast on a pair of socks Monday afternoon during a KIP outing at Fashion Island. It was so much fun. The group of us sat in the shade knitting, talking, eating/drinking and watching the beautiful Christmas tree start to get decorated for the holiday season...

The tree is HUGE! I can't wait to go back and see what it looks like all lit up. Sock knitting by a Christmas tree is a great way to spend the day. The sock ended up being frogged though. Thankfully I only had the ribbing and two leg rows done. I have since started it over and plan to do the Garter Rib pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks. The yarn is really busy so I needed something very simple but not boring stockinette. Honestly, I'm not sure what I think about the yarn. The colorway is umm.. interesting. It's the Christmas sock kit from WoolGirl. Has anyone else started them? I LOVE the story as to why the yarn is the colors that it is... but not so in love with the look so far. You'll have to just wonder about them until the pair is done. You need the shock factor with no WIP pics. It will be so much better that way.

I almost forgot.. I need to spread some Knitzi love. I don't know how I lived without it. It's probably the best knitting gadget out there right now. It's genius!

Here's to interesting sock knitting while on a chicken roasting high! Woohoo!

Comments

[flutter]

Look at YOU!!! I am so excited for your chicken cooking abilities

[Cayli]

Nice job on the chicken. The progress photos of it just crack me up.

Oh, I can not wait to see the finished sock as I love that yarn and if you frog it again I want to see photos before you do.

[Jill]

Yea! You did it!! (Funny, I was just telling DH about your last chicken story--he got a kick out of it LOL) Uncooked whole chickens aways kind of creep me out, too. Even if they're not standing!

I think the Pyrex collection is cool. It looks like a piece my mom has, but man, those things really last! And I just checked out the Knitzi yesterday...you'll have to get a pic or two, o.k.? I'm excited to hear that you like it. I may have to put it on the Christmas list...

[Jerry]

The chicken looked great...set an extra plate, I'm coming for the next one!

I wanna see the sock!!! I need to see that yarn worked up ;)

[Stacy]

That chicken looks fantastic, I am drooling. I WANT TO SEE THE SOCK! (stoomping my feet) lol
xoxo Stacy

[Jen]

The chicken looks tasty! I cook chicken like that as well, but I take a half-full can of beer and stick it up its rear. Yummmy...beer can chicken. So good!