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Mom’s Birthday Brunch

June 12, 2010
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What better way to celebrate mom’s birthday than a delicious brunch. I think we can all agree the breakfast is the best meal you could ever eat so I did it up big for mom’s bday. Here’s the stats:Homemade Coffee CakeCarmel Rolls from scratchEgg BakeFruitDelicious Bacon from Everett’sAnd Scoops Famous Potatoes Have you ever made coffee cake from scratch? This was my first, and I realize that there is no other way to have a coffee cake unless you bake it yourself. So GOOD! I followed this recipe on epicurious and ended up with the most delicious coffee cake ever. My son now thinks he should have “Cake” for breakfast every day of the week. These things looked pretty awesome but only turned out OKAY. Not enough carmel!!!, I mean what’s the point? Seriously? My mom is one of the lucky ones who get’s to enjoy peony’s at every birthday. My new yard came equiped with one large peony bush that only wanted to make one small flower. These beauties came straight from the grocery store… Insert sad face here. And as promised, a fancy knit dishcloth. I followed this pattern from this very thorough and indepth dish-cloth-pattern site. So [...]

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Back on the Wagon

June 1, 2010
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OMG I did it, I did it. I got so bored I finally went and found a new project. I am officially back on the knitting wagon. After a few months of fixing up our house and starting new gardens I couldn’t fight the urge to make something. I just found an awesome dishcloth pattern (as far as dishcloth patterns go) and bought some yarn. I am in full on dishcloth mode, yep that’s right, so you better watch out. Everyone better be expecting to get at least one dishcloth. This is for serious. Maybe next I’ll make you potholders… you never know. Here is an example of the goodsphoto from tehrimon on flickr Anyone want to join me? Here is a link to the pattern Related posts:Sunburst Afghan RemixTutorial : Present Poms

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Better Late than Never

April 2, 2010
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So yeah, I just finished this pair of grey mittens. What can I say, work has been slow and I’ve had a lot of time on my hands (punny, ha!) and so far I haven’t thought of any knitted items to make that would be appropriate for summer wear. However, I will now be mos def be prepared for the winter. Excellent (said in the voice of Wayne Campbell.) If anyone else is interested in keeping their hands busy you can stop by freevintageknitting.com and whip up your own pair. Related posts:Sunburst Afghan RemixTutorial : Present Poms

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Mission Accomplished: Child’s First Sock

February 10, 2010
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Yay Me! I finally finished these socks!!! Wooohooo. I started the beauties back in November, got off track with other holiday knitting projects and finally I finished them last night. I do love these socks — they look amazing. They are actually too cool. I might have to wear some sort of skirt or something horrible in order to show them off. I am noticing that I somehow made the toes a little differently. I guess I should’ve taken notes while I was making my first sock, but I don’t think I anticipated it taking me almost 4 months to finish. I used a pattern from the book “Knitting Vintage Socks” by Nancy Bush. If anyone out there is interested in making socks or already makes socks but wants some cool patterns to use, please pick up this book. It is awesome. Right now I never want to knit another sock again, BUT I can not resist wanting to knit up all the patterns in this book. So here are the details:Pattern: Child’s First Sock (In Shell Pattern) from Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy BushYarn: Koigu Premium Merino in MustardNeedles: Size 1 View of the shell pattern from the side. [...]

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Why Can’t I Ever Finish Anything???

January 27, 2010
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So this is the stuff I have slowly been working on, I thought maybe if I posted something about it I’d give my self inspiration and motivation to finish it because I don’t know how else I’m gonna do it. These granny squares are destined to become a new pillow for my couch IF I ever finish them. I started my squares because I missed the ease and the speed of crocheting, now I have a new project on my hands. I do heart me some granny squares though. Always and Forever. For the holidays I made two pair of mittens, one pair for Colez and one pair for my Dad. I was jealous of these mittens and wanted to keep them all for myself. Now I am trying to make a pair for myself and what do you know… I can’t finish them. So far I have one mitten down and one to go. And lastly, the sock I used to love is the sock I now hate. I had one of these babies done in October, yes October, I know right? It’s been a long time. At the beginning of January I started the second of what will [...]

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