I am in knitting heaven, y'all! Not much going on around here except lots of knitting, reading blogs, catching up on emails. And writing up and translating recipes...
Here are the latest two:
Gestürzter Apfelkuchen which means Toppled Apple Cake - because you put the apples in the form first and pour the batter over them. It is a super-duper-easy recipe, promise!!!
Blaukraut - the red cabbage dish I brought to Knitch for the Thanksgiving lunch.
Both recipes are courtesy of Mama Lang. :-)
Right now I'm bundled up in my crafts room under a blanket, the fiber dogs curled up next to me, a nice cup of tea "sweetened" with Captain Morgan (thanks Jen!) at my side, and I'm knitting away on Jacquie's shawl. Well, I'll get back to the shawl when I'm finished with this entry. Believe it or not - I have only a few more rows to go, then I can bind off. I am very determined to finish it this weekend, maybe even tonight. And then I'll get going with my lace dress. WOO-HOO!
This is a picture of the shawl progress from last Sunday:
And there are a couple of FOs for this week - two Skull Isle Hats from Son of Stitch 'n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men:
Yarn: Rowan RYC Cashsoft Aran (2 skeins Gray, 1 skein Lime Green, approx. 95 yards per skein)
Needles: US 5 / 3.75 mm (16 inch circular)
Modifications: I cast on only 100 stitches (rather than the pattern's 208 for size large), since the yarn I'm using is a lot thicker. I also modified the crown decreases and left out the knit row between the decrease rows.
Yarn: Rowan RYC Cashsoft Aran (2 skeins Medium Blue, 1 skein Dark Blue, approx. 95 yards per skein)
Needles: US 5 / 3.75 mm (16 inch circular)
Modifications: I cast on only 90 stitches (rather than the pattern's 180 for size medium), since the yarn I'm using is a lot thicker. I also modified the fair isle pattern and left off the first pattern to make the hat shorter.
The hats are birthday gifts for two nice young men. ;-)
Hope you have a beautiful fall weekend!!!
Comments (2)
When I heard you talk about your red cabbage dish I was dying to ask you for the recipe, but didn't because I know some people don't like giving out family recipes, and I didn't want to put you on the spot. NOW I see you publish it for ALL to see! How VERY nice and now I can't wait to make it. The Apple Crisp also looks super yummy, and so does the shawl. (Yummy to touch, wear, look at, but I'm sure ya'll know what I mean. ) It's absolutely beautiful.
Posted by Phyllis | November 24, 2007 2:19 PM
Posted on November 24, 2007 14:19
The hats look great! They are the first I have seen... I hope my pattern was easy to follow. :)
Posted by chelsea | November 27, 2007 3:33 PM
Posted on November 27, 2007 15:33