As the granny blankie I am making my bff (for a housewarming present) is well and truly on its way, I am reminded of a line from the film Julie & Julia:
Chocolate cream pie! You know what I love about cooking? I love that after a day when nothing is sure and when I say nothing, I mean nothing. You can come home and absolutely know that if you add egg yolks to chocolate and sugar and milk, it will get thick. That's such a comfort.
After a fractured week of frayed nerves and flagging confidence, the knowledge that a few balls of wool, one crochet hook and a few sweet loop-de-loops will produce a lovely granny square -- and that, eventually, all these granny squares will form a beautiful snuggly blankie -- well, that certainly brings comfort!
It's also probably the only way I force myself to sit down for half an hour.
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Oh I love that quote too... and since I'm no cook I related it to hooky pleasures of the yarny variety too.
ReplyDeleteYour squares are looking good.