Friday, May 25, 2012

Yea, I made this...

I have been working on this vest for not quite 4 weeks. I loved the pattern (mondo cable vest/shell from Ravelry). And considering I have been knitting for less than 6 months, I think it turned out pretty well. There are some mistakes along the arm holes and the shoulder seams, but you really can't tell. The yarn I used is from Knitpicks.com and it's called sugar bunny. Doesn't it sound like it would be soft and fuzzy. Well, it is. It's a very soft merino angora blend. However, I never expected it to shed so much. I wore it yesterday with a white t-shirt underneath. The white t-shirt was COVERED in purple fuzz... as was the straps on my backpack and some other things. Also it is starting to pill a bit... after only one wearing.

Moral of the story... I am going to check yarn reviews on ravelry before I purchase a yarn. I still love the pattern and I will make another one (probably out of a superwash merino or cotton blend) after I make 3 or 4 other things on my knitting list.


Sorry the picture is kinda' "eh". I took it with my phone and I barely have enough time to blog (because I am always knitting). I definitely don't have enough time to edit pictures to put on the blog.

And I haven't forgotten about the selling my cricut story. I will get to that.

Have a great weekend!!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Another Yummy Recipe

So most days I don't even think about blogging. I'm not sure why. I really want to. But the days come and go and run into each other. I am sure I have plenty of things to blog about. Since my last post I have completed 4 shawls. One I hated and turned it into one of the other ones. I knitted a sweater (just have to block it and weave in the ends). I have made countless meals, snacks, and desserts. I have had families and large crowds over for meals. I have gone to a homeschool conference. I sold my cricut (more about that in another post). I am sure I have something to blog about.

 Today I am going to share another yummy, healthy dessert recipe: Chocolate Coconut Cream Pudding (you can also use it as pie filling). I made this one up based on a coconut cream recipe from Bruce Fife's "Cooking with Coconut Flour".

 Here goes:
 2 cups coconut milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
mix together and bring to a low boil

 1/2 c coconut milk
1/4 c arrowroot powder (can use corn starch)
 mix this together and add to the other coconut milk

beat 4 egg yolks (keep the white and make macaroons. Have I shared that recipe? Yummy!!)
mix some of the warm coconut milk into the egg yolks and then add it all back in to the coconut milk 

when it thickens a bit add:
1/4 cup chocolate chips
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 Tbsp vanilla
2 cups coconut
remove from heat and put in another container (or separate serving dishes) and refrigerate for a couple hours. You can put plastic wrap tight on the top to prevent a skin from forming. You can eat it like that or add whipped cream. Yummy!!

If you make it, let me know how you like it. You can probably eliminate the sugar and it would still be good.

Enjoy!!