It makes me immensely happy to have, within two days, uploaded my three favourite knitting podcasts onto my nano: Sticks & String, Lime & Violet, and Knitty D & the City. Three hours of fun knitty entertainment.

I’ve also been enjoying a few new podcasts, or old ones I’ve decided to try. CrochetCast is of the latter category and the first few eps were pretty good. Purl Diving contains short ‘meditations’ and is very soothing and calming. Sleepy Eyes Knits is fun and lighthearted. I’ve enjoyed the first few eps of The Knitting Cook, too.

So I have plenty to listen to while my hands glue and unglue themselves to my needles. It’s heading rapidly toward 34c today, and 35c is forecast for tomorrow. And after a small respite over the weekend it’ll be even hotter next week. So I whipped up my favourite heatwave busting recipe just now.

Lychee Icypoles

Take 1 can of lychees
Blend/pulp
Strain into a jug, squeezing with the back of a spoon
Pour into icypole moulds (you can usually get them at supermarkets)
Freeze

I’ve made sorbet before, and it involved adding sugar dissolved in water, and I can’t be bothered with the whole reblending and refreezing thing. The beauty of tinned lychees is they’re already plenty sweet. That’s probably the syrup, but it sure makes this an easy recipe to make when it’s so hot you can’t face the thought of going near a stove.

I really must try this with canned berries…