So, I needed a bit of a blog break... I had nothing to say for a few days, then I've just been so tired I just wanted to crawl in bed. Tomorrow I'm having an EKG to try to determine what, if anything, is wrong with my heart. I may have blood drawn too, just depends on how I'm feeling. I hate having blood drawn.
Anyways... I have one last installment of Christmas Stockings for the year. This weekend the 'Design your own Christmas Stocking class I taught finished up. Check out these awesome stockings we designed!
I also started up a class that's a hat pattern designed to use any size yarn with no gauge swatch & that's sized to fit as you go. I have knit myself so many hats that didn't fit. When I came up with the pattern for this hat I was just so pleased to finally have a hat that stayed on my head. I am currently working on refining the class notes & writing up the pattern.
The first hat was knit with 2 ball of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Chunky~
The second one is knit with 2 hanks of Noro Silk Mountain for the brim & Alpaca w/ a Twist Highlander for the crown.
I've already started on a third hat with Socks That Rock Heavyweight, one of my students is using Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran, and another is using a worsted weight wool blend, so I think we've got a pretty good spread of gauges tested.
In other news, I received my Bottle Swap package today from the Sock of the Whenever group. My pal (I'm so sorry, I left the card at work & I can't remember your name) really overdid herself. She made me these amazing note cards & send some great spa soaps & lotions. I absolutely loved it!
As a last thought I'll leave you with a view of the amazing Banana bread I baked last night. I ran out of some ingredients, so I improvised a bit. I only had half the needed brown sugar, so I used regular sugar as a replacement. Then I added a few dashes of cinnamon, used 1/2 olive oil & 1/2 vegetable oil, then since I was a tad shy of the needed about of bananas I used a bit more milk. I don't know what did it, but the bread was so good. I think from now on I'm definitely using the cinnamon & the olive oil.
Comments (3)
That's some fanstatic gifts your pal sent. Hope your appt. goes well, you'll be in my prayers.
Posted by SP9 | December 12, 2006 7:49 AM
Posted on December 12, 2006 07:49
I went thru some similar issues a while back...I was told Dr. Haq was a dynamite cardiologist. He's based out of Sparrow (or at least he was 3 years ago!)
Hope all goes well! Love your hats and that bread looks yummy!
Posted by Bezzie | December 12, 2006 9:37 AM
Posted on December 12, 2006 09:37
I'll be thinking about you-hope all goes well.
Those hats are so cute-wish I had known about the class(yeah-get my head out of my butt-but this time of year the only thing in my head is what is left to do for Christmas)-so I will be looking forward to the pattern or another class after the holidays.
Again, don't worry, you probably just need iron-or vitamins-or to take care of yourself!!! Keep us posted on what you find out.
Posted by Pat DeLeeuw | December 12, 2006 3:37 PM
Posted on December 12, 2006 15:37