Knit My Dog

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I've got a blog to feed every now and then. I've been silent for so long that many blog-worthy events have passed by undocumented. Oh well, such is the life of a busy, working every day, stressed out by the holidays kind of gal. I'll just start from today (with knitting mixed in).

We've been in the house all day surrounded by blustery, wintery weather. I only went out to tromp down to my neighbor's house to borrow some yeast. Because I never got the memo that I'm supposed to buy milk and bread the day before a storm like everyone else in Maine, we don't have any bread in the house today and I wanted a sandwich! So breadmaking was in store. After securing the yeast, I made two kinds of bread: Anadama (pictured) and cinnamon swirl.

Norma's post had me craving cinnamon so I had to make it. I don't think I put enough cinnamon in though, because it's kind of weak in that department. Delicious, but not cinnamony enough. I cured that by sprinkling cinnamon on top of the butter I slathered on the warm bread. Yum, warm bread on a cold day

Onto my knitting. I had been working on this:

Tangled Yoke Cardigan from Interveave Fall 07. Then I realized Christmas is fast approaching, so I only knit the cardigan on the go, and had holiday projects while at home. I knit the body to the underarm, and am knitting the two sleeves flat at the same time. Last week I abandoned this project and am carrying a Noro striped scarf (another holiday knit) as my traveling project. It's about four feet long at this point, hopefully done soon.

Here's some of the holiday knitting I've been working on at home:

Four pairs of Fetching mitts for my bookgroup. A fifth pair for a coworker is on the needles.

Another pair of fingerless mitts. These are for my nephew who goes to school in Florida. He's in some computer labs and they keep the temp in the low 60's. He has been complaining that it's been so cold inside that his hands are always cold. I hope these help and they're not too goofy for a 19 year old college kid to wear.

I also have a hat on the needles for my sister, and another planned for a nephew. Do you think I'll finish everything in time?