Slow-Cooking Love.

I used to have a 3 litre slow cooker (aka crock pot), and when the control knob broke off after many years of faithful service, I was a bit distressed! Not only are slow cookers a life-saver when you have littlies, but they are also quite energy-efficient, particularly for long cooking periods, when having your (electric) oven on really sucks the power. Of course, if you have a slow-combustion wood stove (like my Mum), you know how blessed you are, so please don't rub it in ;-)

Never fear though, my slow-cooker deprivation was alleviated when I was presented with a humungous 6 litre cooker at the next gift-giving occaison.


"The Whopper" as I affectionately call it, is currently bubbling away in the kitchen, the contents being a (local, organic, free-range) chicken vegetable soup, which I will serve with fresh, crusty french bread for dinner. Ah yes, my eco-halo is glowing ;-)

Really though, the main reason I have needed to rely on my slow cooker so much lately (apart from the usual getting-back-into-the-school-routine stress), has been this:


Ta da! My very first knitted garment. Once I started the bolero, I just couldn't stop! LOL. Unfortunately, it's too big for Miss 6 (hence the jacket being modelled by My Dining Room Chair), but that's not such a bad thing, as it will fit her nicely next winter, so she'll get more wear out of it.


It's certainly got lots of flaws (the main one being my pathetic "mattress stitch" sewing), but on the whole I am pretty happy with it. I even managed to knit the trim without too much of a drama - although I did need to unravel a reasonable section of it when I got cocky and tried to knit in front of the tv ;-)


It won't win any awards, bit Miss 6 loves it, and it has certainly left me hungry for more projects. Hmmmmmm, lets see, I know I saw some fabulous sock patterns somewhere...