easter preparations : part II
yesterday's knotty knitters meeting was great. we had wonderful food and lots of great knitting. i made up a smaller version of the cozy for your cadbury and took it with me to the meeting. i had printed out patterns and brought the yarn along in case anyone wanted to make some up.
i also brought along the scones i mentioned before and if you are interested in the recipe i made a pdf here.
my easter egg dying didn't go so well. the new dye doesn't use vinegar so it has oil in it. i can't believe how sticky it was, but yet it would only stick to a small part of the egg! i really love the swirly look, but just couldn't get it to work. so i went the old fashioned route and did food coloring. the result is the pretty pastel eggs above.
i finished up my easter baskets. my mom's includes a small knitted bunny that i was intended to look a little bit like a chocolate bunny. it turned out cute, but next time i use a yarn that you can actually see the stitches (vs. the ggh esprit that i used before) i would go down more than one needle size. when i stuffed it, you could see through around the neck (the bow seems to hide it well).
hope you are all having a great weekend!
6 Comments:
hey i love the chocolate bunny. by the way, i ran into that neck problem too. hence the bows.
The basket looks great, I can't get over the cuteness of your cadbury egg cozy!
Ahh! Cadbury cozy! Too cute. And the bunny you knitted for you mom looks great. Even if some of the stuffing peeks through the stitches!
Cute, cute, cute...I want to come to your house to play!
Is that chocolate butter in the basket? As in, chocolatey butter? Or is it buttery chocolate? I'm so curious!
I'm jealous you found oil-based egg dye. I can't find it anywhere. If you practice a little, the open spaces will be easier. It jsut takes a very slow, steady-handed dip. I used to do it when i was a kid so i bet you could get it in time.
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