Monday, March 10, 2025

Good enough for gummint work and other thoughts

I finally got around to some sock darning and even found a scrap of matching yarn to do it with.  Just a workaday darn, nothing fancy today.



As they say, gefgw 

And now they're in action again 

The darn is under the foot, so you don't see it in use 

I finally made the red lentil flatbread for lunch with sardines in olive oil. 


This worked better than doing it yesterday as originally planned, because I soaked the lentils overnight, one part lentils to two parts water.  This causes it to ferment and work better.

Then I blended it all, using the soaking water, to a creamy consistency, pinch of pink salt. I used olive oil from the sardines to cook it, and it was fine. 

You need several minutes per side, a bit longer than pancakes. 

Today I'm awaiting some handy workaround tools to use when Hippolyta, the hip formerly known as Helen, is in place, including a hopeful request on Freecycle. I probably need to practice using everything.

Tomorrow I hope to have a date of surgery to plan on.

Happy day, if possible!




40 comments:

  1. They’re like brand new.
    I hope you get surgery soon and heal quickly

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    1. Thank you. Most of my socks wear out under the foot, so you can't see the repair, good thing.

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  2. Those lentil pancakes were a revelation when I learned how to make them. We make them thin like crepes and use them as wraps (rolled up sarnies).

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    1. That was funny -- wrap is a common term here, and I had to look up sarnie!

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  3. The red lentil flatbread would be a treat. You can keep the sardines in oil.

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    1. I think sardines are a niche taste! Come to think of it, maybe red lentil flatbread is, too!

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  4. My grandmother always darned socks. She was never idle and darning was her way to relax in the evening.

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    1. I like having darned rather than the actual darning. Were they socks she'd knitted?

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  5. I went to look for my darning egg a few weeks ago and couldn't find it. It is somewhere in that sewing dresser. I swear it is.
    Those socks are joyful.

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    1. I used a box of playing cards this time. I've used my phone too. The darning egg is a bit small for these extensive repairs.

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    2. I have a darning "mushroom", but haven't darned anything in years.

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  6. Judging from that photo, you have very petite feet! And "Hippolyta" -- PERFECT!

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  7. Credit to Mitchell for Hippolyta!

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  8. I am an awful person. I know it. But...I refuse to darn socks. Luckily for the RC he knows how and does his own. I'd far sooner knit a whole new pair than darn them. Awful....awful....person.
    Afriad you can keep the sardines too. Grew up eating them mashed in a sandwich and I hated them.

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  9. Those flatbreads look quite crumpety. Now, a question, Boud. I keep seeing that T***p has signed executive orders to do this that and the other. Is that all he has to do? Isn't there any other sort of government overseeing that has to sign off on his crazy schemes?

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    1. I'm too distraught about everything to get into a long answer. Briefly, no, there's pushback all over.

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  10. You are a very practical, no nonsense person. It just came to me yesterday as I was cleaning the bathtub, that it would probably be a bit of a problem post knee surgery to climb in and out of a clawfoot tub to use the shower. I will have to do some thinking.

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    1. There are videos on YouTube explaining a lot of this, and your physical therapist will probably advise you, too

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  11. Someone else who will pass on the sardines. I used to buy them for the cats, until they decided they didn't like them, either. I use a lightbulb for darning. It works well.

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    1. It seems there's no competition for the sardines. All mine! I've never had a cat who liked fish. Other than tuna.

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  12. Lukas loved sardines, absolutely ape shit over them! Love the colorful socks!

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    1. So the only other candidate for them on this blog is Lukas! I'm in good company.

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    2. And me! Sardines for breakfast this morning!

      Chris from Boise

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  13. Good for you on the sock repair...I am in need of a few long sessions thanks to an awful moth event last year. I may be the only person who uses an actual egg for a darning egg. I have two inherited wooden ones, but the real thing is always in a known location so I don't get derailed from my task by poking around in the sewing/knitting stuff.

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    1. A literal egg! Yes, I guess you know where to find one at a given time.

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  14. I like those socks and I'm glad you have them a longer life with your repairs! I like sardines too, for what it's worth. I used to eat sardine sandwiches when I lived in Morocco. I'm not sure why I haven't more recently! :)

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    1. You can share sardines with me and the late great Lukas!

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  15. Cute socks! I don't darn and never have. I don't want sardines either.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. The thing about handknitted socks is darning. They wear out, so it's a commitment.

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  16. Does the darn affect the underfoot feel? I am afraid that I am no darner and socks tend to lose their elastic before they wear out for me. I also live in a part of the world where woolen socks are useful for a handful of nights only. Red lentil flatbreads, however, I can really get on board of. I grew up inland so sardines were something that came in a tin at Grandma's and her cat LOVED them. I must try them one day. Maybe.

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    1. The darn is comfortable underfoot, because there are no knots or bumps. If you do it right.
      I like the tiny canned sardines not those giant things in oval cans with tomato sauce. And they're nutrition powerhouses. Don't get me started!

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  17. Do you have a picker upper and a sock assist tool? Those I remember fondly. Still use my picker upper all the time, and gave away my duplicate.

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  18. That's a very pretty pair of socks.

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  19. Never have had knitted socks or repaired any. You are multitalented! :)

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  20. Have you played with lentil tofu yet? Fun to make.

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