When I got up this morning, this is what it looked like:
I had stepped outside the night before and noticed the drop in temperature. Apparently it was enough to give us some frost.
The roofs were all white…
As I looked across the street at the pond, I saw this…
It was a beautiful way to start the day.
I subbed at my favorite high school. The classes were short to accommodate the half day. I managed to finish these:
Bernat Baby Jacquard Knit Ruffled Hats
The hats are for Soccer Chick’s physical therapist/sports trainer. He is an amazing guy and really helped us out when she was rehabbing her knee. He and his wife are expecting twin girls in a couple of months, so I thought I would whip these out for a Christmas gift.
The pattern is free and located here. There is a version available for crocheters. I used Bernat Baby Jacquards. The colorways are provided below each picture:
Colorway - Boys and Girls
Colorway - Berries and Cream
The pattern is given for knitting the hats flat and seaming them, but I don’t like to seam, so I used Magic Loop instead. This left me with a hole at the top, so I added a pom pom to each hat.
I have to say that the yarn is FABULOUS to knit with! It’s ultra soft but still manageable. I only used 30g from each skein, so I have plenty left over. I’m thinking about making booties to accompany the hats.
Another project that is just about done (just have to mail them) is the mini-stockings for the troops. I had given the stockings to a friend who had asked to fill them. She returned them to me yesterday. Here’s a picture:
The pattern can be found here. It’s free and was created by a KH member. I used a variety of I Love This Yarn colorways.
With Thanksgiving being tomorrow, I’ll be busy cooking and trying not to burn myself in the process (did a number on my thumb this evening), so I probably won’t have much time to knit (nor the energy). The pre-Thanksgiving meal that I cooked up for the family was a hit. I made Chicken Piccata, fettuccine, and salad. “Guy Friend” and Soccer Chick made the salad.
Guy Friend's Salad
For dessert, I made Chocolate Chip Cake…a recipe posted by Sunshine’s Mom over on KH. I’m copying her post (hence references to “me” are actually “her”) here:
Duncan Heinz Butter cake mix
1 small package Jello instant vanilla pudding
1/2 bar grated chocolate (I usually use German chocolate – it’s in a green package)
chocolate chips
1 cup oil
1 cup milk
4 eggs
A bundt pan
(Let me just say to start – grating the chocolate is the most time consuming part of this cake. I’ve found that using a zester instead of a grater works so much better. In any event, grate your chocolate first before doing anything else and you’ll be happy you did.)
With mixer, beat together cake mix, vanilla pudding, oil and eggs. Fold in grated chocolate. Put half of mixture into bundt pan, add enough chocolate chips to your liking, put rest of mixture on top (and maybe a few more chocolate chips?) Make sure chocolate chips are pushed into the top layer of cake mix. Lick the spoon, bowl and detach and lick the mixer blades, seriously. It’s that good.)
Bake at 350 deg. for an hour or until inserted knife or toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool in the bundt pan (I can’t stress this enough!). Once cool, tip over onto plate and cover with powered sugar if you wish.
AuburnChick speaking again…
Instead of the milk, I used water because Mr. AuburnChick and I are lactose-intolerant. I don’t do soy, and supposed “lactose-free” products still hurt our stomachs.
The cake was a huge hit! Here’s a picture of what was left over:
Yeah, I know. Nothing. The family (plus Guy Friend) inhaled it.
We went to see Madagascar 2, and on the way home we stopped at the grocery store to pick up boxes of cake mix and pudding. I’ve been requested to make another cake for Thanksgiving Dinner.
I’m off to check on my eggs…
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