Saturday, December 16, 2006

Irish Soda Bread








Irish Soda Bread
  1. 3 cups flour
  2. 1 tsp baking powder
  3. 1/2 tsp salt
  4. 1 tsp baking soda
  5. 8 tsp sugar
  6. 1 /2 cup raisins
  7. 1 and 1/2 cups buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients and raisins together. Add milk and mix well. Place in greased pan at 375 degrees for 45 minutes (or less- my oven 35 minutes)


Friday, December 15, 2006

Beautiful weather in Pa

It is like spring today! I love this weather and can do without the snow and ice..
Got some Christmas shopping done at the local shops today in Narrowsburg ,Ny . I just have to walk a few minutes across the bridge and I am in NY. Actually I am done shopping.. Wooopeee!
I finished a hat last night , Now I think I need to get back to to the Log Cabin after I finish the lace scarf.
Tonight I am going to a Christmas party at my new knitting friends house. Knitting has been so good for me. Moving into a new community is not always easy but by signing up for this knitting class I have met four wonderful friends. Tonight is the first where all the husbands get together too. Should be fun.
I am making my Irish Soda Bread . It has been a tradition with my family that I make it every Christmas and of course St. Pat's too.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

pugs Say I love you/ lace pattern
















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIB79nLOlkE&mode=related&search this is so funny where the pug says I love you on Letterman.





All the pugs have found their own spot today.Buddy in front of the warm fire..Molly in her bed and Peek-A- Boo on the couch.
Peek-A Boo is sitting next to my blue lace project from New Orleans. Some times I can't concentrate enough to do this. ..had to frog a
lot last night because of big hole..I have it memorized now but still forget what row I am on or if I did k2tog already..duh I am such a slow beginner!
This it it:My Lace pattern given to my from Quarter Stitch Shop in New Orleans
(From my head-I am not even looking at the directions.)
yf= means put yarn in front (like a yarn over?)
Row 1: knit 5, *YF, sl1 , k1,psso, k1, k2tog, yf .k1* repeat from * end with k4
Row 2: purl the whole way
Row 3: knit 6,* YF, sl1,k2tog,psso,yf, k3* repeat till end where you will end with a k2( instead of k3) plus k4
Row 4 : Purl the whole way
That is it- just keep repeating these four rows but trying to remember which row you are on if you get distracted. The yarn is so fine and fuzzy that it is hard to read your stitches..But, it is good too because it hides mistakes with the fuzz(:
I bought size 4 needles at this store and I love them. Crystal Palace Bamboo.
The yarn is 2 skeins of Trendsetter Yarns AURA.( 100% nylon) I paid 15$ for each skein and bought enough to make one in green and pink too. Maybe I will be done by next year..It is going slow..

Monday, December 11, 2006

Christmas Presents

Another fingerless mitts set done while in Ne w Orleans. SmileyCentral.com


Working on small knitting projects to give as Christmas presents this next couple of weeks. My husband picked out yarn for me to make him a hat and fingerless mitts for his present while at the shop in New Orleans.
Planning to make 3 of the lace scarves for presents. I will post that later along with the pattern..
I am going to try making the Forest Canopy Shoulder Shawl next that was suggested on WendyKnits. Paid 6.50 for this pattern which is supposed to be good for a newbie to lace. It is designed by Susan Pierce Lawrence. I seem to get so easily distracted from one project to another with 3 or 4 going on at the same time. Log Cabin , sweater, and lace scarf are works in progress..This is so unusual for me. I usually follow steps one at a time . For example,I only eat one food at a time on my plate never mixing the foods.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

New Orleans Highlights

This made me very sad. Doreen used to play in Jackson Square and have big crowds around here. We listen to her CD all the time. Hardly anyone was there this time.
This lady was selling her hats by Cafe Dumond.She is a volunteer from Colorado helping out after the Hurricane.

Ellen De Generous(?) lighting the lights are Jackson Square in the French Quarter.I am sure she loves this photo.





The photo above is the Quarter Stitch yarn shop which I visited 2 times. I bought yarn to make a lace scarf which is my first lace attempt. The nice sales lady said it would take about an half hour to learn t he pattern. But, I am a slow learner.. It took 3 hours and halfway through the scarf to memorize it. I made several mistakes with one or two stitches off but just kept on going. It was too hard to fix my mistakes with all slip things. I will post that photo after it is completed.