cloths and cookies
i have been on the search for the perfect sugar cookie recipe for awhile. i have made two different recipes in the past few days to use up some soon to be expired eggs and butter. the first one (pictured here), not so good, although they looked cute. the second batch, which i made last night, was from the martha stewart christmas cookbook. they were so yummy. you see, the key for me is, they shouldn't taste like shortbread. so many sugar cookies end up too crisp and too shortbready (i know that isn't a word, but you get what i mean). this recipe was for cut out cookies, but i did them as drop cookies. this one will be added to my expanding list of 'good' recipes.
not too much knitting has been happening here. some time back i started making dishcloths when I was in between projects or as a way to take a break from a major project (in this case the entrelac stole and the flower basket bag). i am on my third one now. i have to say that cabling a dishcloth seems like a waste of time and energy, but i will persevere.
no, i don't normally keep them hung on a fake clothesline for decoration. just trying to make the shot a bit more interesting! here is an up close with the cable cloth in progress
i bought some sale yarn this last week and decided to post it on ebay (rowan cotton braid and jaeger celeste). i listed it for what i paid as well as ebay/paypal fees. the deals aren't great, but they aren't full price either. if they don't sell, i will just keep them for myself :) now the real treasure was some noro cotton kureyon i came across! i believe it to be very discontinued and almost as much of a treasure as the pink chibi :) but i decided to list it on ebay as well. i did keep one ball for myself (a different color than the ebay listing). i don't want to advertise my ebay listings here (because seriously the rowan and jaeger isn't that great of a deal), but if you want to see the infamous cotton kureyon i am sure you know how to find it on ebay :)
tonight is my meetup knitting group, yeah!
p.s. i joined the bead it stitch marker swap, see the link in my sidebar. what a great idea! i have been making lots of polymer clay stitch markers lately so this seemed right up my alley!
not too much knitting has been happening here. some time back i started making dishcloths when I was in between projects or as a way to take a break from a major project (in this case the entrelac stole and the flower basket bag). i am on my third one now. i have to say that cabling a dishcloth seems like a waste of time and energy, but i will persevere.
no, i don't normally keep them hung on a fake clothesline for decoration. just trying to make the shot a bit more interesting! here is an up close with the cable cloth in progress
i bought some sale yarn this last week and decided to post it on ebay (rowan cotton braid and jaeger celeste). i listed it for what i paid as well as ebay/paypal fees. the deals aren't great, but they aren't full price either. if they don't sell, i will just keep them for myself :) now the real treasure was some noro cotton kureyon i came across! i believe it to be very discontinued and almost as much of a treasure as the pink chibi :) but i decided to list it on ebay as well. i did keep one ball for myself (a different color than the ebay listing). i don't want to advertise my ebay listings here (because seriously the rowan and jaeger isn't that great of a deal), but if you want to see the infamous cotton kureyon i am sure you know how to find it on ebay :)
tonight is my meetup knitting group, yeah!
p.s. i joined the bead it stitch marker swap, see the link in my sidebar. what a great idea! i have been making lots of polymer clay stitch markers lately so this seemed right up my alley!
3 Comments:
I love doing dishclothes but my hands dont like it at all.Isn't knitting dishclothes just plain relaxing?
your dishclothes look good.
I havent tried polymer but it is on my list of things to do.
is there anyway you can get bloglines added on? it would be great to add you to my list
cara
earth mother
Another great sugar cookie recipe is from Joy of Cooking--I believe it's called Sugar Drop Cookies with Oil. They're also a drop cookie, but I've made them for years as cut-outs. I LOVE the cake plate you've displayed your cookies on...I have a few but would love to have more! And your dishcloths are very fun.
I am curious about dishcloths. I realize there are patterns for them (and they are so easy, why bother, right?), but do you just use kitchen cotton or some other 100% cotton and just start knitting? They're so nice...
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