Cat Toys

Found this cute pattern for a cat whale toy here. Gary LOVES them, Bear has yet to wake up from his nap to check them out :) The toys were a great way to use up some scrap yarn I had laying around.



The toys are stuffed with polyfil and catnip. Overall a fun quick project my babies will go crazy for.

Mug Snug

I love love loved my latest knitting project. This Mug Snug pattern was super quick and easy and very fun to make. I'm going to take it for a test run tonight using some mint chocolate chip hot cocoa. I know it's not fall or winter but who says hot cocoa can't be a year round thing, eh?



The pattern can be found here on my absolute favorite knitting site, ravelry.com :)

Cabled iPad Cozy

In my attempt to learn a new knitting skill I decided to make an iPad cozy for my friend Matthew who is a busy news producer down in Birmingham. I found the pattern here. It was a bit more complicated to learn at the beginning since I've never knitted a cable before (the twisting part in the middle) but after awhile I figured it out. This was fun to make and rather easy considering I'm still a newbie at knitting.

I also made him a matching coffee cozy (they are currently my favorite thing to knit). They are super easy and quick to knit plus they look really cute on a grande cup of hot cocoa or a 20 oz latte - your choice! :p

Homemade Bread

Daniel loves his toast in the mornings so I made bread for the very first time in our new apartment. Needless to say it smells YUMMY in here! They turned out kind of short but I'm still proud of them. I'm about to help myself to a slice of bread with my mom's homemade triple berry jam spread on top:)


Here's my mom's recipe for bread...

Mom's White Bread

Mix:
1/2 cup warm water
2 TBS. yeast
1 TBS. sugar

Stir and set aside.

In a large bowl add:
1 3/4 cup warm water
2 TBS. sugar
1 TBS. salt
2 TBS. oil

Stir the both together and add flour, stirring in a cup at a time. When it is too thick to stir, knead more flour in by hand. Total of all flour is about 7 cups.

Knead 5 minutes and coat with cooking spray, cover with siran wrap and let it rise for 1 hour. Punch down and recover and let raise 30 minutes more. Punch down again and shape into two loaves place in sprayed pans and spray top of loaves and cover again with the siran wrap. Let rise to 1 inch above the pans and place in a preheated 425 degree oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Coffee Cozy

Anyone who knows me knows I don't drink coffee... hate the stuff. I definitely believe it's an acquired taste. However, I do love me some hot chocolate (any variation) and steamed milk (any flavor, but especially hazelnut). So I decided to knit a cozy for my coffee/hot cocoa ;) cups.

I found this pattern on ravelry.com but you can locate it here as well. I'm by no means an experienced knitter but I did find it rather easy. Plus it was only the second time I've ever worked with double pointed needles, so I guess that's saying something. :p

Now I have something to keep my cocoa warm while I "enjoy" these Minnesota winters.

Morning Stroll

It was the perfect morning to go out for a walk! Still nice with a slight bit of chill in the air. I loved it:)

Latest knitting project

Fall Scarf

You can find the pattern here...

Plus a look at my knitting bag :p