Knitted Pork and Lo Mein Stir Fry

I have been busy knitting quirky stuff lately so the writing has been minimized. In fact, I've just finished a knitted pork and lo mein stir fry in yarn all packed up in a take out box (the box wasn't knitted). The pattern was taken from Susie Johns' book: Twenty to make Knitted Fast Food. My finished version includes the multi-coloured pork, tan mushrooms, spring onions along with green and red pepper slices.

And this is what I was hoping to make it look like, a photo of a real plate of pork with lo mein noodles. If you want a recipe to make the real thing click on the link.

Back to the knitting. The noodles are very easy to knit; one just knits an I-cord. The video is four minutes long, but if you watch just past the first minute you'll see the essence of what needs to be done to create it. And to get the characteristic twists and turns of a noodle, I just wet the I-cord and wrapped it around a pencil to dry. I then removed it while it was still slightly damp, the cord will look more like a noddle and less like a curl.

The spring onions are also I-cords with a colour change. The mushrooms, red and green pepper slices and roast pork are all knit with increases or decreases appropriately placed. And of course the take out box helps identify the entire project. (I bought the boxes in Seattle a few weeks ago. Jamie, I have an extra one if you need it.)

Now that I have this dish out of my system, I might actually be motivated to finish the sushi that has been on my to do list for months. It seems appropriate to follow up on this theme.

P.S. -- So the recipient of the knitted pork and lo mein stir fry decided it would be good for lunch and sent me her photo. She may be a messy eater just pouring lunch on the desk though, don't you think?

Note how pretty the take-out box is with a phoenix and dragon

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