Misfits, paneer, sock separation

 I didn't show you the recent Misfits box, so here it is, from last Saturday

You've already seen what became of the leeks, peppers and apples. But here's the over the top extravaganza Fall decorating being done by the pumpkin before becoming soup along with the acorn squash 

Too much, do you think?

And I was out of baked goods, so I thought I'd try cream cheese cookies. This involved making the cream cheese, aka paneer

You bring whole milk to the boil, add lemon juice, let it separate the milk into curds and whey, then scoop out and drain the whey. 

The resulting cream cheese is ready to use ss a spread or here an ingredient. I saved the whey for the pumpkin squash soup to come.

Then I got to make the cookies

And had one with a cup of tea. Very nice, rich, tangy, worth the effort. I need to make more paneer for a spread, since I used all the current output for the cookies. First time I'd used milk powder for paneer, and it worked fine. 

Meanwhile I'd been out walking while the cookie batter was chilling, and found someone had tossed out their cherry tomato vines, which were in the sun and the green tomatoes had ripened. 

I left some for the squirrels and birds, also I saw a groundhog hanging out, so he might like some, and brought home a few

Another neighbor has been redoing his patio, removing blocks and edging and making accidental art

It's a cityscape!

Then for the separation of the conjoined socks, which went successfully, patients both doing fine.

Remember the different colored knitted rows across the middle of the project? That's scrap yarn, to be removed like this

This leaves the two parts separate, and you see the green yarn running along both edges

Those are lifelines, running through the live stitches, holding them so they can't unravel. You slip your needles into the stitches to continue knitting. Later you pull out the lifelines and you can't tell where they were.

Now to knit a second toe. Then a second cuff.

Now all that's needed is heels for both

This involves sliding out the  lifeline yarns across the middle there,  and putting the live stitches on the needles. 

The lifeline goes halfway across the sock, same half as the toe lifeline, see right sock, to make sure the heel is in the right place in relation to the toe. 

So heels will happen today. They're starting to look like socks now. I'll be wearing them soon.

There, your questions answered. I think.

You did get the rabbit typo for rabbi joke then? A lot of people automatically read it as rabbi because of the association and can't see the joke!

And leaving you with this truth

Happy day everyone, make your art regardless, smash the patriarchy. I've voted, I make my own food and clothes,  I'm powerful, hear me roar!!