Parts & Pears
Latley all I want is pears, not like in a bad have to have them kind of way, but a pear taste pretty darn good. I actually have 2 pears we bought well over a week okay and we bought them not ripe on purpose so I would have it for later in the week. How the heck long does it take a pear to rippen?? These suckers are STILL hard! It's okay though because I got some more that wern't hard.
So check it out, massive progress (even if it's a tiny/easy knit) on the little Debbie Bliss baby cardi. I have as you can see in the photos completed a sleeve, now I have one sleeve on the needles which is about 2/3rds complete. I am so close to the end I can taste it. I'm tempted to start seaming but I want it to be as clean as possible so I am leaving these guys pinned over night. I've never actually blocked anything beyond using an iron, I'm not sure if this will actually do anything or if I'm supposed to mist them or something. I don't really have any thing to mist them with however. Recommendations are welcome! It's a silk/wool blend.
Comments
Wendy says;
Pears? Sounds reasonable. There was a time when I was expecting that all I wanted was tuna salad or anything from a deli. Then I remember when I couldn't deal with any kind of chicken. Years later, like five years later, I'll finally eat it again, but it took me a long time.
Best of luck and congratulations!
Leslie Terry says;
To help a pear soften up put it in a brown paper bag and wait a few days. This also works for avacados.
Wanda says;
You know you can always ripen pears. Get a brown paper bag and put the pears in it and fold down the bag. Give it 1-2 days and they should be ripe. It works for lots of stone fruit.
Anne says;
Can't help with the blocking I'm afraid (I've been knitting for over 30 years, and I'm still really rather afraid of blocking...)
But the pears - they always have a tendency to go straight from underripe to rotten in the space of about 10 minutes here - I usually put them in the fridge - they keep for ages there, and tend to ripen within a day or so of being taken out.
Lori says;
Try putting the pears in a brown paper sack. It's supposed to help them ripen faster. Cute baby cardi!
Shannon says;
Baby cardi looks great, can't help with the blocking as I am terrible at it and usually end up not blocking. (Bad knitter, huh?)
But, with the pear? Put it in a brown paper bag and set it on top of the fridge for a night. You'll be amazed at how fast that stuff ripens that way. ;-)
Mel says;
If you want pears or peaches to ripen faster, put them in a paper bag with the top foled over a couple times, and place them on the counter. They will ripen up within a day or so. It has something to do with a certain gas given off by the fruit and the paper bag. I just know it works.
jenifleur says;
Well if the pieces weren't wet when you pinned them out, you need to either wet them with a spray bottle or steam them with an iron or steamer and then re-smooth and flatten them. Just pinning them alone isn't going to do anything. After you do that, leave them pinned until they're completely dry and you're ready to seam.
You're soooo close!
Alison says;
When I was pregnant all I wanted was fruit.... for nearly 40 weeks all I ate was fruit.... to the amount of $35 a week...
So I feel your pain - at least you aren't craving bon bons!!!
:-)
Bea says;
If you like crunchy pears, you should try the big Asian pears you can get at the big Korean grocery store in the Atlanta area. They are shaped like apples, but taste like a pear and have a very yummy flavor. The baby cardi will be so cute when it's finished!
DebbieKnitter says;
Awwww baby Pixie is gonna have a GORGEOUS cardi, you need to mist is with water first though while it is pinned and then let it dry that way, just pinning it will not do anything except pose for a nice photo ;)
Yummy, I love pears, all fruits really...better then what I craved, I craved salted avacados LOL whao on the calories!!
Delia says;
it is the ethanol released that helps to ripen the pear and if the ethanol is not dissipated (bag), it has this snowball effect on every cell in the fruit and suddenly every cell starts making ethanol, then it ripens.
another trick (as if you need to know of another) is to fill a small sterilite box with rice (uncook, noninstant type), then submerge the pear in it. that's how i ripen persimons :)
mmm yummy!
pretty blue!
Allegra says;
I am in love with apples these days. Like two a day. And finally I can eat bananas again, (after 10 weeks of not being able to go near them) and boy do they taste good. I am looking forward to gobbling up tons of fresh produce from farmers markets this summer!
Levin says;
Ooooh - you brought back lovely memories for me - when I was pregnant with my first child I wanted pears too - in the same sort of way. It wasn't a full on 'I need a pear and I need it now' but more of a perfectly satisfying thing to eat.
Donna says;
I've been loving pears lately, too! I put my under-ripe bartlet pears in a bowl with an apple. The apple gives off some kind of gas that causes the pear to ripen. The brown paper bag trick is another good one.
When I was pregnant, I craved ham salad sandwiches from the deli of the hospital where I worked at the time. Had one of those sandwiches a couple of years ago and it was AWFUL!!
Peg says;
Pears - try Bosc Pears. They are also called winter pears. They are 'brown' in colour and last a long time - I am a pear lover too.
I just spent the afternoon with you listening to your first three podcasts, as I sat and knit Elizabeth Zimmerman's simple baby sweater in the back yard.
Keep up the good work, as I am really enjoying your first ones and know you will do a great job of keeping me informed on new yarns, techniques, etc.