Pope Cap

I finished the most beautiful hat ever the other day. I was knitting it for my girlfriend who lives in New York for her birthday and was so excited about it. You know how when you're making something for somebody you think about them and if they'll like it or wear it pretty much the whole time you're making it? Well I just KNEW she would loooove this one. It's the Natty Cap from Knit and Tonic and comes with a great scarf pattern to match.

I finished it in one day while watching a football game. Tweedy and I were sitting on the couch and I close off the top, give it my best TAH DAHHHHHHHHH and put it on my head only to find out that it doesn't even go past my hairline. NOOOOOOOO! I'm so mad. Tweedy looks over and starts laughing histerically and said what a beautiful pope cap I had created.

I know it's my own fault though and here's the formula: not using the right yarn + not using the right needles + not making a gauge = pope cap

Anybody know any 6 year olds with a cold head??



I just woke up so I'm not showing my face :)

Seasonal Obsession

Every year when it starts getting colder I start to...

1. knit random hats for everyone i know
2. try to wear flannel pajamas (always end up being too hot and changing to a t-shirt)
3. drink Russian tea!!

The Russian tea is my favorite favorite favorite. My mom usually makes it in bulk and adds a jar of it to her holiday goody basket that she delivers around to people along with her homemade bread, cinnamon rolls and pepper jelly. She sent the recipe to me the other day and I've been drinking it like crazy every since. Below is the recipe. I left it just as my mom emailed it to me because I love how she explains things to me in recipes like I'm 10.

Russian Tea

1 Jar Tang (l lb. 2oz)
1 Jar dry lemonade dry mix (Country Time only)
3/4 cup Lipton instant tea (or 1 cup if you want stronger. I usually like a lot more of the tea)
3/4 cup sugar (or you could use tea with nutrasweet above and you dont have to put the sugar in)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves

Mix up in a big bowl and then you can put in small jars and give for Christmas presents. You really cant mess this up. If you like more cinnamon taste put in more cinnamon. Don't put a wet spoon back into your jar when you are dipping out your tea or it will make your mixture get lumpy. (I used to always catch you doing that when you were little) Happy Holidays!!! Love Mom

HA! What she doesn't know is that I wasn't using a spoon...I would lick my finger and stick it in the mix and just eat it out of the jar like fun dip.

So I send Tweedy to the store to get the goods and of course he gets all the wrong stuff and I had to go back...he came back with those little plastic packets of instant tea that you would put in a water bottle and a 12 oz jar of Tang. Errr!! But he is sweet for trying!!