My goal this year was/is to post exclusively from my mobile devices - whatever I had on hand at the time - phone, tablet. Just not on the computer. But since I keep on forgetting to charge my mobile devices, I think that tonight I'll make an exception - otherwise it will be days and days before I post.
My DH & I watched the Superbowl yesterday and my super plan was to get the heels turned on my pink socks. I had one done, so I just wanted to get the other one done so I could move forward to the ankle and cuffs while I was commuting this week. Best laid plans, though...
I thought I did a great job on the heel - it looked like a heel, but when I looked at it again this morning, I found out that it really wasn't a heel at all - it was more of a pocket. A pocket with a missing side.
So I ripped it out and did it again.
I figure that's not too bad considering that the last time I knit a pair of socks it was actually 5 times knitting for 1 pair of socks. This time it's only been 1 1/2 times knitting a pair of socks. Now that I'm on to the ankle and cuff, I feel pretty confident that I'll actually just zip on through without having to rip the whole thing out again.
I've even been eyeing my next ball of sock yarn and contemplating what they'll look like. I guess I just like tempting the fates!
Other things going on...there's a yarn crawl coming up. I'm helping with the advertising for it - sending announcements out to newspapers and such. It looks like fun, but I don't think that our truck would be able to make the journey. So while I'm enjoying helping out - I find it really ironic that I probably won't get to go! More savings for Rhinebeck!
I haven't finished spinning up my little bit of wool that I got at Rhinebeck this past year. I keep plugging away at it on the little slicker brushes that I got, so about 1/10th of a 1/10th of an ounce at a time. My DH says it looks like I'm picking out each individual fiber and brushing it. That's pretty accurate. But it was supposed to take a long time to do, so I guess it is fulfilling its purpose.
Oh, I made the steak sandwich for the game, but just did veggies and dip. No brownies, no nachos. Very basic. It was wonderful. We both enjoyed the sandwich - a lot! Our little pup even had a piece of steak. She was very well behaved for the entire evening after that - until the last bite of sandwich was eaten, then it was back to normal.
I'm actually on a quest for a better brownie recipe made with cocoa instead of chocolate. Last week I tried the one that I used to make when I was just learning how to bake. It was horrid! Cakey, dry, not much chocolate flavor. Today I whipped up the Joy of Cooking brownie. We'll see how it rates tomorrow.
To go along with the brownie, I'm testing frosting recipes. Actually it was the frosting testing that spurred on the brownie testing. My friend, D-, makes a fantastic frosting. He says it's so simple and gave me the recipe. I tried it last week. If I had stuck to his directions, I would have been glueing sand to the top of the brownies. I added extra water to get it to come together. I think he left something out. So I'm on a quest for that as well - a terrific mocha buttercream recipe. I made some modifications and have a new one to go with this week's brownies. DH thinks it's pretty good. I thought the initial texture and flavor were okay. We'll see how it holds up.
See? This is why I'm on the mobile platform. All this blathering on and no pictures. So dull.
But I'll continue a bit anyway. I got the town to let us use the town hall for a gardening lecture series. I'm giving the first one on winter gardening. I'm the first to admit that I am not the best gardener in the world, but I do know some great gardeners. My DH is already nervous for me! He thinks I need to prep and practice. I mentioned that I might just show up in my gardening togs - dirty jeans and a t-shirt. I thought he was going to have a stroke right there on the spot.
One way or another it's happening 2 weeks from now. Maybe if I don't advertise it?
Just a thought...
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