I was doing a knitting but then
This is an easy, mindless stitch pattern, once you get going on it!
CO 34
Knit 4 rows
Row 1: Knit 3, *P2, K2*, repeat to last 3, Knit 3
Row 2: Knit 3, *K2, P2*, repeat to last 3, Knit 3
Row 3: same as row 2
Row 4: same as row 1
Repeat these 4 rows until you have a square or for as long as you like then,
Knit 4 rows plain.
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This is a riff on a recipe that bubbled up on my FB timeline. It was a video tutorial that made me watch a god damn 2 minute ad so I’m posting my version of the recipe here so I don’t have to go back there again đ
Tex-Mex Chowder
1 can refried beans
1 can Ro-Tel
1 can black beans
1 can corn
1 box chicken stock
optional: leftover taco meat from last night
Put everything into the Instant Pot and set it for 5 minutes. Serve with corn chips, sour cream, avocado, cheese. SO YUMMY. All the menfolk had 2 servings, which is a ding-dang miracle since the boys aren’t usually soup eaters.
I’ve been using Witty in the City’s Man-Pleasing Chicken thighs as the basis for a few different chicken dishes and they always turn out so yummy! Here are some possible combinations:
Mustard + Honey
Mustard + Maple Syrup
Sriacha + Honey
Any BBQ sauce
Mix up your sauce in the bottom of your baking dish, coat the chicken thighs and bake at 450° for 40 minutes.
Happy New Year! I wish I could say that 2014 was a stellar year for my knitting, but honestly for much of the year my heart just wasn’t in it. I did do a little bit, however, and I am feeling much better about knitting in general after Christmas knitting and finishing a few things. All of the information for the pictured finished objects can be found on my Ravelry page, of course.
Not pictured is the stack of dish towels I started back in June as a kind of motivation to keep me knitting (and also to use up a bunch of scraps) which actually worked haha! I made 4 since I created the project on Ravelry and I’m probably just going to keep the project going to see how many I can make. It’s a fun pattern, quick to knit up and very portable, but my favorite part is since you are knitting in wedges, it has a lot of stopping points along the way so you can put it down any time, or decide, like often I did, to knit just one more section.
Also not pictured is the Teeny Tiny Santa I made for T’s tree this year, for which I somehow completely neglected to create a Ravelry page or even take a picture! You’ll have to rest assured it is exactly as cute as the one I made back in 2011.
So that was my knitting year. Not too horrible, I think, and I definitely got more done in 2014 than in 2013. Well. If you count the stuff that I’m not counting for this post haha. Oh well. Here’s to a great 2015!
Check it out, I made a sweater! Maybe I am getting my groove back?
It’s a winter coat for my toddler! She might even get to wear it if the temps ever drop below 75° (which is the point at which I start to feel cold. Yes, I am a tender-footed Floridian now, apparently). I’m so happy with the way it turned out, even though it felt like the damn sleeves were cursed. I had more trouble with garter stitch in the round than I thought I would. Silly.
I really like how the flower turned out:
The details are Raveled.
I said goodbye to 3 more beautiful yarns today but there are lots of lovelies still available:
If you’re interested, please check out my Instagram for details and read the info under the photo with the text “Sale Terms”.
My destash sale got off to a pretty good start! I said goodbye to 6 pieces:
But I still have some lovely yarns left, including all of the Yarn Pirate:
And even a couple of Wollmeise skeins. Check out my Instagram to get yours.
