Fingerless Gloves for my Twin 12 year old neices

I made these for my two little neices, Emma and Isabel for their 12th birthdays. Slightly different in the pattern but same yarn.

Apricot Jam

Apricot jam is fabulous if you add just a teaspoon or two to regular plain oatmeal. It's so yummy and I've been having just that for breakfast for the past week or so. It's so good!

I sent a jar of this and the cutie marmalade to my twin neices on their 12th birthdays. I hope they like it.

Cutie Marmalade

M doesn't like clementines. Five pounds of cuties is a lot to eat on my own. So I decided to make some marmalade with them. The color is beautiful. Next time I'll make more. I was cautious because it was my first marmalade. I didn't add any butter. The ingredients are just cuties, water, sugar and a pinch of salt.

So we start with these little guys.

Peel them up.
Get all the segments into the Cuisinart and put it on full whack!


Slice up the rinds.

Chuck all the pithy parts. They don't taste good anyhow.

Boil up the rind. Add juice, boil again. Add sugar, boil again. Then put them in jars! Then water bath and ta da! Cutie Marmalade!

Bath Salts for Christymas!

I made Bath Salts to give to my sisters, cousins and nieces for Christmas. I made them on Christmas Eve morning. It didn't take long, but here's my suggestion: warm the oil then take it off the heat and dump in the tea. The green tea kind of burned a bit. But it still smelled okay so I used it.

Mary Janes or Irish Dancing Shoes?

Do these look like Mary Janes or Irish Dancing Shoes to you? It all depends on your point of reference. I gave these to my girlfriend Michelle at her baby shower and she immediately declared, "Oh! They're little Irish Dancing Shoes!" Tara and I looked at each other, smiled and said, "it's all on your point of reference." They really DO look like Irish Dancing Shoes, and it's so cute to think of them that way. I tried my best to get a good picture but sometimes it's hard when the item is black, so I had to do some modifications before posting here. They didn't take very long either. Well, an evening, so you tell me if that's long. Heh heh.

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Girlie Moebius Cowl Pattern

This pattern was inspired by Haley Waxberg's Easy Moebius Cowl.

Girlie Moebius Cowl



1 skein Homespun Lion Brand Yarn or ~120 yds of another Chunky Yarn
47” US 10 Circular needle

Use the Cast On procedure as described by Cat Bordhi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVnTda7F2V4

Cast on 66 stitches.
Place a marker after you cast on and join. Be sure not to twist stitches.
One round is when the marker appears again on the top needle.

Knit four rounds.
Purl one round. Eyelet round: [P2tog, yo] repeat to marker. Purl 2 more rounds.
Knit four rounds.
Purl one round. Eyelet round: [P2tog, yo] repeat to marker. Purl 2 more rounds.
Knit four rounds.
Purl one round. Eyelet round: [P2tog, yo] repeat to marker. Purl 2 more rounds.
Knit four rounds.


Picot edge bind off

Remove stitch marker.
Cast on two stitches, using the cable cast on.
Knit one stitch, then knit a second stitch. You will have two stitches on your right needle.
Cast off the first stitch by pulling it over the second stitch. You have now cast off one stitch.
Repeat this and cast off four stitches in total.
Then repeat from the beginning, by casting on two stitches using the cable cast on. Cast off four stitches and repeat until you are at the end of the round and all stitches are cast off.

Cut the yarn and pull through, weave in the ends and you’re done!