Pumpkin Sunrise

Yesterday I finally got around to making the millet patties from the Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook .  I took some liberty and changed some of the ingredients.  Instead of green onions I used celery and I used lots of spices because it was a little bland for me.  I must say that they were tasty!  I also really like that I did not have to worry about an egg being completely cooked through because there was not an egg in the recipe.  Do check out their website- They has some delicious items listed on their recipe page. I also made a peanut sauce (from the same book) that my husband loved.  The sauce was supposed to be served with the steamed kale.  Well.......I over steamed it!  So that did not go over well.  Also my husband informed me that he does not like kale.....I did not know that and I am amazed that I missed the information at some point during other meals when I served it.  I think I need to put on my listening ears. Anyways back to the peanut sauce...he loved it!  I

Forgive me for putting up so many photos....I like each one for different reasons.  Well it is finished!  I managed to have a personal photo shoot with the shawl and myself.  Self portraits are difficult for me but it does get me thinking outside the box and that is good for my age, ha ha The ravelry notes are here .  I used Malabrigo sock yarn and it was wonderful to knit with.  I highly recommend the yarn for a lace project.  It's springy and the dye variations are beautiful! The pattern is Alcyone  by Romi Hill .  The directions are written out perfectly.  There is charted as well as written out directions.  I always go for the charted.  It is so much easier to "see" the pattern on a grid for me and I think I knit faster. It was my first time knitting a shawl from edge to edge and I did like that type of construction. Blocking the shawl really brought out the lace detail especially the border.  Although I never memorized the pattern, I did get into a

I've decided to start another baby cardigan like this one . The yarn is Cascade 220 and I think it is nearly a full skein.  My husband and I know two couples who are expecting babies and I cannot remember when they are due.  I have a feeling it is sometime in the spring so yesterday was a good day to cast on a quick easy project.  I finished the sprouts shawl  and it is still drying in the guest bedroom.  I think today will be its photo shoot and the post will be tomorrow. My other knitting projects, periwinkle frost shawl and the hawthorne cardigan  are still on the needles and have been progressing very slowly.  I apparently have a hard time dividing my attention equally. I finished The Kitchen House  this past week and it was a very good book and I would recommend it.  The whole storyline was sad and contained frank realities of pre civil war slavery.  I really enjoyed how the author did not go into graphic detail to any of the violent scenes (and there were many).  I a