cookies and HELP!

we made cookies last night!

this is a new recipe. we keep trying different kinds of cookies because my son has low blood sugar issues and is not supposed to have white flour or sugar! we love cookies! so we keep experimenting with different recipes and combinations.

these are oatmeal chocolate chip cookies from the Clean Food Cookbook by Terry Walters. the recipe called for white flour or brown rice flour. we used whole wheat pastry flour and they were great. you are supposed to use carob chips or dark chocolate chips as well. we used the dark chocolate. they were great. crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle.

WARNING! they were difficult to roll into balls as the directions instructed so i just kind of mushed them onto the cookie sheet and we baked them 14 minutes instead of 16. at 16 they were burnt around the edges. kids don't like burnt!

VERDICT: the boys loved them. i loved them. and the hubby liked them eventhough they contained coconut. we will be making these puppies again.

NOW i need HELP. i am making the Anne Elliot Spencer shrug. my sister-in-law doesn't want the girlie picot edging around the neckline. but without it the neckline is going to curl up.

so here is what i need...

what kind of edging can i add on later or do now to solve this dilemma?

please help blog world!

cheap clothes

i went to some rummage sales this weekend and this is what i found.


corduroy blazer : $4.00
swingy garter stitch sweater : $25 (ok, not rummage sale but still cheap [sort of])


trousers : $2

new outfit : priceless

Project : Garter Stitch Swingy Sweater by Jenn Pellerin

started / completed : 27 feb - 2 may 2009

yarn : Knit Picks Comfy (6 balls)

Needles : US7

Mods : none

see notes on my rav projects page.

love the details on my new blazer.

french seams.

pocket detailing.

american eagle.



spinning progress.

bfl singles.

one more set of singles to go and then i am going to ply the two batches together. and then they are yours julia!

more spinning and a new friend

well i got tired of plying my yarn as i went and wanted to try making some singles to ply together later. this seems to go so much faster. when i have two batches of singles i want to make a 2ply of this fiber to see what it will look like and how thick it will be.

this spinning thing is still new to me and i have a feeling that i will be experimenting for quite awhile.

the next picture is of my finished 3ply BFL. the twist was set and then a small skein was made.

this is about 61 yards. it came out great (i think) for my first attempt at spinning and plying.

i also made a new friend today! i love the blogging world and like everyone else i love a good giveaway. i enter the ones that show up on the blogs that i read. i don't go crazy searching for them just to be entering for a chance to win some goodies. well i happened upon a link to some giveaways on a blog that i read regularly and in the excitement of possibly winning a nice needle case entered the giveaway without paying close attention to the end date.

but the lovely julia over at in search of contentment e-mailed me for a little exchange and she became my first "follower" ( a great blogspot option that i don't use enought). well i am thrilled to be making an exchange with her and am so excited at having a new amiga in the blog world. thanks julia!

what i've been up to

spinning...
this is so addictive! this is turning out to be about a sport weight. that is my guess anyway. not too bad for my first time spinning. i still have a ton of fiber to go. i am debating on using some of what is left to spin two batches of singles and making some two ply later. i am curious about what it will look like. so more on that to come.

knitting...

slowly plugging away at Anne Elliot Spencer for my sister-in-law. if it wasn't on such small needles (US1) i would be done by now. all things aside, it really is a nice knit and will make a really cute top for her.

finishing...

awesome buttons for my swingy sweater. it is hard to tell but these are a deep pink with gold marbled through them.


they are going to look great on this...

after it is blocked and the ends are woven in.

roving

superwash merino

color : venice

from : natural obsessions

can't wait to use this.

but i am going to have to.

i want to spin it into fingering weight.

back to practice.

While I was sick...

I read this...

There are some truly wonderful projects in here. You need to get ahold of a copy.

I got this in the mail...

my merino/bamboo roving from knititup.

here it is upclose. it is glorious. i can't wait to try and spin it.

i also read this...

so that i could spin this...

merino superwash in Hydrangea. fiber addict enabler sent along with the merino/bamboo by knititup! how wicked!

so i spun it into this...


merino singles! my first spinning attempt!


so i bought some of this...

BFL from Fearless Fibers in a color called deep space.

and i plied-on-the-fly this...

3 ply BFL. kind of thick, but wow this was super easy.

so i tried for thinner...

and then plied-on-the-fly again...

comparison.

verdict: spinning with a drop spindle...

fun.

spinning super thin 3 ply...

hard...

but fun.

ply-on-the-fly is so nice. i can spin and ply all at the same time which means knitting it up sooner, but how do i get it nice and thin?

i am hoping to get more of a fingering weight.

more practice i guess.

wondering

do you ever just sit and look at your stash in the sunlight?

do you ever just sit and look at another's stash on ravelry?

right now i am drooling over sourcherries and abacus' stashes?

their handspun and regular stashed yarns are so gorgeous!