brownies, reading, & knitting

If you are a chocolate lover, I must recommend that you head on over to Amy's for a fabulous brownie recipe. These are the richest, and most chocolately, and I have been eating way more of them than I should. I just enjoyed one with a cup of English breakfast tea ~ yum!

I have finally found a copy of Country Home Holiday with Matthew Mead. Lots of great ideas for Christmas crafting and baking, and if you go to his website you can download gift wraps, tags, and labels.

The guys are off hunting this weekend so I have been trying to finish a pair of fingerless gloves for myself. I made a pair of cranberry colored ones for Stephanie, and since she's been wearing them each day I haven't yet gotten any pictures. They are really cute though, and I promise some pictures soon of the finished project.
These are mine, in Andean Silk cinnamon...

Today my sister and I had a great time at an antique co-op, and I came home with some vintage buttons, fabric, & linen. Then my Superbuzzy order arrived in the mail with the hedgehog fabric I have been eagerly awaiting, so I promise some pictures soon.

Have a great weekend!

Lettering for the T,E project

Here is the practice lettering and so far sooooo! ok

Not sure its working the squares are 30 by 30 so quick to knit up and the pattern is just on maths paper.

But they still keep pulling tight and I am trying all different types of twisting the yarns on the back to prevent this.

So hopefully its parctice make perfect. My Is is more like a 15? Maybe I should send it to Jamie and he can hang it in his kitchen?

Socks inspired by a Catalog, No. 2

Here's another pair of socks I did inspired by some Eddie Bauer socks. I couldn't do the nifty snowflakes because I used thicker yarn but I do like the colors I used, especially my favorite yarn color of all time, Nature Spun Butterfly Blue (the periwinkle color next to the heel).

All this knitting apparently bores Peaches to death. She sleeps with her eyes open but you can tell she's snoozing because her ears are back. The only time I ever see her close her eyes is when she's in a bright patch of sunlight.