new olympic event: tattoo/knitting cross
travis had two tattoo sessions last weekend, one on friday and one on saturday. when marie started tattooing on friday, i sat down to knit and i decided that i'd start a hat and race her to see if i'd finish before the end of his session saturday. i won with about a half hour to spare! i made a stockinette hat with a 2x2 rib brim in fisherman (off-white) lion jiffy. my goal was to make an exceptionally warm hat and it worked. i really like the lion jiffy. it's a great cheap yarn. i used michelle's hat knitting tricks and they helped me get a great fit. thanks michelle!i gave the hat to marie. she's such a sweet person, and a fabulous artist.
i didn't get a picture of the finished hat, but the photo above is her sister that i'm knitting for myself. i need to get more jiffy to finish it.
on the plane, i made some progress on tank girl, made with the recycled yarn.
tonight i'm home by myself and felt like making some cookies. i didn't have any vanilla, so i substituted natural orange extract and made orange chocolate chip cookies (vegan, of course). they are crumbley but they taste yummy.technorati tags: tattoo lion jiffy knitting cookies
posted by jen at 9:16 PM
6 Comments:
So I looked at this earlier, but I was on the phone, so I couldn't comment then. I open up your page to comment, and I see the cookies again and all of a sudden, it's almost 12 and I need cookies! Those look super good. That's good to know about the extracts -- I have lemon and coconut that I hardly ever use. And your welcome for the "hat tricks" -- I am in the process of finishing another hat for myself!
I think that's a great olympic event -- like a tie - keeper to see who's really boss!
yummy looking cookies! You sure got a lot of knitting done too. I'm a little confused, is that gorgeous cherry blossom tattoo on you? Or is it someone else? It's stunning!
those cookies are yummy, especially with the orange extract. thanks jen!
I'm glad to hear the Jiffy works well for a hat, I've got some super bright red Jiffy I might have to try out!
I was craving brownies, but it may have just shifted to a cookie craving! Yummy.
your tattoo is gorgeous. and the cookies... yum! I actually like a good crumbly cookie :)
oh my goodness, that is the most beautiful tattoo i've ever seen!
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