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Snowdays Ahead

The flakes are coming this weekend but I have been way ahead.  I have been knitting this cute little ruffle scarf for the past two weeks.  There are three thousand, two hundred stitches across the final row after starting with one hundred.  It is knit out of Rowan Kid Silk Haze in pearl and is so fine and fuzzy its about like knitting snow.  The scarf is delicate but lofty and warm, however, if its not worn properly it looks like an Elizabethan collar.  It actually reminded me of a small intestine hanging by its mesentery, but I'm kind of gross...nevermind.   I'm trying to take my style in a little bit of a new direction.  I lost it for a while but I'm getting back into the swing of things and when making decisions on my attire and accessories I ask myself, would a French librarian wear this?  I say she would wear this scarf.  Now I need new shoes and a new bra to complete the effect.

I made these little earrings, too.  Want to know what they remind me of?  No you don't.  I felted them out of some wool roving I have and they are cute little snowballs that never melt.

My friend Lindsey got me this book for my birthday and I have been flipping through it since.  I made the Sticky Pear Walnut Gingerbread Upside-down Cake for Thanksgiving and it was very easy and so good.

I think I might make this sometime over the weekend, when we're covered in eight inches of beautiful snow.  I mean, chocolate soup with cinnamon sugar puond cake croutons?! Yes, please!!  I might even make the shortbread spoons to eat it with.  Thanks for this, Lindsey.  The pictures are just beautiful.  I am determined to make everything in this book and I will let you know which recipes are the best.  (P.S. I like your new glasses!)  

I've been a little on the sad side of things this week, feeling pointless, frustrated and lonely.  But I get my hair cut this afternoon and I am glad that I will have time to make soap and glittered ornaments, and to bake this weekend.  It is scientifically proven impossible to be down when glitter is involved.  So things are already looking up.

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Posted by Pam kittymorning

on : Thursday November 29, 2007 at 15:18

Love the scarf. Is that the one where you start with 100 and then just crazy add every row there after? With that pretty yarn was it hard? I made two of them, but it felt so tight on the needles, it was not easy to make. Yours is so much prettier than my plain ordinary green one.

Your Scarf

Posted by Aunt Bonnie

on : Saturday December 01, 2007 at 16:01

I love the scarf, 3,200 stitches- I would have lost count I'm sure. I want to see the hair cut. Oh and loved the dress. Your Thanksgiving dessert sounded delicious. I do not do the creative things you do when you are home - today your Uncle and I are defrosting the freezer. The elk meat and the venison arrived this week and well lets say there was not much in the way of room in the upstairs one. Take care. I also hope that the blues are only in a song for you. Can I help in any way? Love ya -

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Posted by rebekka

on : Monday December 03, 2007 at 21:12

BAKKAKAJAJAHAHA! I LOVE that scarf...would pay major bucks for it if I found it at a store.

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