I finally took the plunge into circular knitting last week. For some reason the mere sight of 'circular needles required' in a pattern made me shiver and get goosbumples. Now that it's all over, I am in love with circular knitting and cannot wait for more!
I found a really interesting and friendly website called The Purl Bee, it has amazingly beautiful patterns for knitting, crochet, embroidery and some of the most thorough and pretty(if that's possible) tutorials, for every imaginable obstacle you could come across.
This is where I found the perfect pattern I had been searching for, a lovely shrug.
It knit up like a charm and the wool is so soft, yet thick enough to keep my arms warm if a slight spring/autumn/Icelandic breeze should blow.
I needed the shrug, as I am taking a trip back to Eire for a week in May. My sister is making her confirmation and seeing as it will be 4 years(to the day) since I last visited the motherland, I thought hey, why not? Courtesy of my fabulous parents of course ;)
Anyhoo, the dress I will wear is a sleeveless one and as I am unsure of the rules of the church these days, thought it best to cover up ;)
Here are a couple of photos of the shrug. I have not blocked it yet, so the lacy cuff part is curling over, when it's blocked it should lay out flat.. I hope!!
The wool is Aran, from this post, this wool was also the first time I have had to deal with a hank of wool, meaning I had to actually wind it up into a ball myself! Considering how much it bloody well cost, that's quite a cheek!
This next item, is a long sleeved top that was so badly made, I could never wear it. I found a very cool project on Cut Out and Keep. Here is my version:
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Peach Cobbler and Homemade Poptartys
I have been a busy bee the last few days. It feels quite good when you are being creative like that, especially in my case when it involves either finishing old knitting projects or re-using something that previously had no use!
The knitting project I finished was a little knitted kitten that I started a few months back, with this random ball of wool my mother brought over last March. I knit it up real quick, but had misplaced my darning needle.. so off to UFO corner it went. I was rummaging in my knitting bag yesterday when I found the darning needle and quickly grabbed the kitten parts and seemed her up.
She is not perfect, but is now a nice little desk buddy for Stephen, who insisted on calling her Caren.. So far Tara the real kitty has left her alone.
Last week on our day off, I baked a peach cobbler. My friend Wendy had been talking about making her own and it really made me crave some. She passed along the recipe and I whipped it up. Along with some delicious vanilla ice cream, this was so good. I am not a huge peach fan, but in this pie they were scrumptious. Also the way the cobbler forms is quite cool.
This evening we were both craving something sweet, but there was nothing in the kitchen, so I scoured my bookmarks for something tasty. I found these homemade poptart things. Using this site for the pastry recipe, I whipped up three of them using Icelandic blueberry jam and marmalade. They were so delicious! I still have a lot of pastry left over, so I will definitely be making more of them. Great for a quick snack.
The knitting project I finished was a little knitted kitten that I started a few months back, with this random ball of wool my mother brought over last March. I knit it up real quick, but had misplaced my darning needle.. so off to UFO corner it went. I was rummaging in my knitting bag yesterday when I found the darning needle and quickly grabbed the kitten parts and seemed her up.
She is not perfect, but is now a nice little desk buddy for Stephen, who insisted on calling her Caren.. So far Tara the real kitty has left her alone.
Last week on our day off, I baked a peach cobbler. My friend Wendy had been talking about making her own and it really made me crave some. She passed along the recipe and I whipped it up. Along with some delicious vanilla ice cream, this was so good. I am not a huge peach fan, but in this pie they were scrumptious. Also the way the cobbler forms is quite cool.
This evening we were both craving something sweet, but there was nothing in the kitchen, so I scoured my bookmarks for something tasty. I found these homemade poptart things. Using this site for the pastry recipe, I whipped up three of them using Icelandic blueberry jam and marmalade. They were so delicious! I still have a lot of pastry left over, so I will definitely be making more of them. Great for a quick snack.
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