Wintery Knitting

Here's a work-in-progress post for Kim.  This is the little Norwegian sweater I cast on for my cousin's mountain man baby.  Good thing it's a quick knit or he'll outgrow it before I even get it done.  Good incentive.   I totally screwed up my math so when I got to the patterning I had to completely change it and come up with my own.  I pulled out the graph paper and started fiddling.  I learned something.  Norwegian patterns are much easier to do on and odd number of stitches.  Of course I had an even number.  Grrr.   I'll share the chart I did in a future post.  You can just make out the column of green on the upper left that will serve as my stitching line when it comes time to cut.

I was supposed to meet an Elann friend for lunch yesterday but they closed the roads down on post and the boys got yet another snow day home from school.  I would really have liked to go meet T but I have to admit... our backyard is beautiful as a winter wonderland.  You can't even see the houses behind us.

Yesterday was a perfect morning for fresh warm muffins.  These blueberry muffins are FABULOUS!  I just beat the butter and sugar by hand instead of pulling out the Kitchen Aid and they were light and airy and perfect.  I happen to have the book and love it.  It's chock full of excellent recipes.  You can also find the recipe here.

Comments

[Diane]

All looks good from here. Btw, is that a Pampered Chef muffin pan? I make tons of muffins and with the price of muffin papers, I'd break even quickly, for the price of the pan.

[Heather]

all this color work on all these blogs....I think my knitting is trying to tell me something! The backyard shot is beautiful!

[Kim]

That snow kept me in Texas for another day! It is beautiful though, isn't it? Yum......I LOVE blueberry muffins!

[Mia]

I love the photo of your backyard. I love how it looks like the stairs are leading to a secret knitting spot in the woods.

[Wool Winder]

Nice save on the sweater. Good thing you were able to work out a new pattern instead of having to start over. Looks good!

[margene]

Oh yum...must make some muffins soon!