Emptyknitster

The Chick received a bread making machine for Christmas and was interested in this recipe: Cinnamon Sunrise Regular loaf                            Large loaf 3/4 c               Water                1 1/8 c 2 1/4 c            Flour                 3 1/3 c 1 T                 Dry Milk            1 1/2 T 21/2 T            Brown Sugar     3 T 3/4 t               Salt...

Socks: 26 pairs Sweaters:4 Clogs: 5 pairs Mittens: 1 pair Fingerless Mitts: 2 pair Hats: 8 Baby Items: 3 Scarves/Shawls/Cowls: 4 Dishrags: 6 Project bags: 12 (Mitered Square Sock Blanket: 186 squares) Grand total of knit items for 2013: 53 plus (186 squares) and a dozen project bags Favorite Item: Beautiful yarn given to me by Yarn Lovin' Lizzy creator of Vice Yarns Craziest thing knit this year: Socks for my brothers Spider Socks Old/New Griz Socks Favorite photo prop for knitted item: Daisies Favorite hand dyed item: Socks in the Poolside Bitch Colorway

A first: The California Dreamin' Gal has been singing the praises of Kombucha for quite some time. It is an acquired taste and on the last visit it finally happened! I like the fizziness and when it is a batch that has been brewed for a short period of time there is less vinegar flavor - delicious! SO this Christmas I received everything needed to start brewing my own Kombucha: The "mother" arrived. I let it brew for three weeks, mostly because I knew the bottles were wrapped and under the tree! Yesterday was the bottling day! Sterilized bottles: There's now a new batch of tea with mother and baby safely inside: Just a sip or two for tasting, a little tart for my taste - but three weeks in the brewing! My first Kombucha off to the refrigerator! Another six bottles next week! And a last: Usually when I start a project I stick with it until it's done. This one was rather frustrating, I envisioned the finished project differen...

Sadly, this year I didn't follow my own favorite advice to Grammas - I didn't have the kiddos decorate the Christmas Tree the night before they left after Thanksgiving. So, instead, the night the kiddos arrived for Christmas holiday the decorations went up! Now, it's time for the family to leave and it just doesn't seem right to take the tree down after such a short amount of time. BUT next year it's back to Gramma's Favorite Piece of Christmas Advice!

Earlier in the fall the NorDak PurlGurl and I had a great sewing session making these sock project bags for the gals in my knitting classes:   I appreciate the help that DD gave me and it made me realize just how much I needed a new sewing machine!

Just loving doing my own hand dyeing! The colorway is "Poolside Bitch" because at our retreat last June I took a skein that was all tangled. I was just going to cake it later but Darlene and Jo spent 3 hours one evening getting it done. By the time they were through words were flying and the name just stuck! From this:  To this: This pattern is with the Fish Lips Template but I used my new stitch pattern book and found a pattern I liked, WHAT FUN! Yarn:Knit Picks Bare - Superwash Wool, Nylon Fingering Weight Colorway: Hand dyed by Emptyknitster in Poolside Bitch Colorway Amount: 1 skein Needle size: US Size 0

Over a year ago The Chick bought some yarn to knit herself a pair of clogs. She'd worn out the original pair I'd knit her and truthfully there isn't a slipper out there that is any warmer.  The pattern is a little difficult and the Chick never did get very far on them. When I began singing the praises of the pattern Easier Clogs for Men and Women she asked if I'd knit a pair for her.  They're now done and keeping her feet toasty!