Slouchy Beret, Try #2
Words can not describe how happy I am to be finished knitting this hat.
It probably has some ill will knit into it, along with the few kitty hairs, but it is done and cute, if I do say so myself.
It took three whole days to dry without the help of the radiator. I kept this little guy very far away from any heat after the disaster last time.
But, it is in the mail to Heather, completing my blog giveaway knitting and my holiday knitting at the same time!
No Burning!
I’m not frantically knitting at all hours of the night to finish anything. So, August 1st is a completely acceptable time to start your holiday knitting.
Maybe it is because all the snow that fell in Chicago last week has melted, and it is about 40 degrees out, but I am not reveling in this accomplishment because I don’t feel like Christmas is next week. I’m sitting about 2 feet away from my Christmas tree, sure, but that is the only evidence I’ve got that Christmas is looming.
Cookies!
Not even the baking I’m doing is triggering Christmasy feelings, since I kind of bake a lot.
Cookie Logs
You know when you see a recipe that combines two things you don’t think should go together, dismiss, but then can’t get out of your mind?
Ok, yes, that sounds a little extreme. But if I said that about a pair of shoes it might not sound so wacky. And cookie baking is a much less expensive thing to get obsessive about.
Ready to Bake!
I saw the recipe for Earl Grey Cookies on Food Loves Writing and Kate in the Kitchen before I was sold. I love cookies. I love Earl Grey. But together?
Together they work. These cookies are light and buttery. I followed the recipe almost exactly, too, which never happens. I traded oranges for tangerines, and I wish I would have given it a squeeze into the batter before I ate it because a little more citrus would be welcome.
Roasted Eggplant Pasta
I love to eat them after meals like this; roasted eggplant, broccoli, and carrot pasta with white wine sauce and Parmesan cheese.
Roast the veggies in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes, meanwhile cook the pasta as directed, heat garlic and seasonings in oil, add white wine, add drained pasta and veggies, toss. Cover in cheese. Eat.
How fancy do I sound? Following up a meal like that with Earl Grey cookies. This is one fancy girl over here. One with no more presents to knit and a whole house full of yarn.
Look out.
