Had an interesting week what with bathroom repairs progressing to the point of having bath and shower removed and the room prepared for new ones. All this has made daily routines trying .
Went to the Contemporary art and domestic craft course n Tuesday and carried on with my stripey knitting for the Shelter exhibition that the group is planning for next year. They hope to have about 100 blankets in an installation and they will be later donated to the Red Cross, who will pass them on to refugees or the like. To encourage wider community participation in this somewhat daunting project, seeing there are only 5 or 6 in the group we decided to go public and stage a knit-in in the library on Tusday after our Artstation session. Lots of my workmates came and looked and it was a very pleasant place to carry on with our knitting. The public managed to assiduously avoid looking at us, but hey better luck with interest and participation next time.
On Wednsday evening I attended a seafood tapas evening at the Seafood School down at the Viaduct. This was organised through wortk and was fun. We watched demonstrations by the chef of the Duxton Hotel prepare mussel fritters (with grated courgette and carrot) , olive and anchovy cheesey biscuits and prawns in a spicy Thai broth served in little glasses, all very yummy. He also did choritzo in red wine, marinated olives, almonds in egg white and toasted in the oven until crunchy and arranged it all on a platter for us to sample. Then we prepared the first 3 things ourselves in groups of four, made our own platters with them and sat down with a glass of wine and savoured them. Am looking forward to replicating them at home some time before I forget how to make them.
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