Another week… another Friday…and joy of joys, it is snowing in Pittsburgh this morning. Yes, that’s right… snow! On all the tender new leaves. On the lilac blooms. On the magnolia blooms. Sigh.
Today is day four of my 100 Day Project and these moments of creatively stitching have been rays of sunshine in my day! You can follow my journey via Instagram, which I think is the perfect platform for sharing my days progress. I am happy that the plan in my head is flowing beautifully into my stitches.
I will begin the first clue of Larissa Brown’s Lunar Fade MKAL later today AND!!! Clue Two of Romi’s MKAL will drop today as well! And tomorrow the final clue of Coopknits Nimue socks will be out so this weekend will be all knitting, all the time!
To avoid any new temptations, I have been **trying** to avoid Ravelry this week. Key word…trying! LOL It seems that it was a “cloudy” week there! Did you see Cloudesley and Cloud Cover? Yeah…they are awesome, and both have been rattling around my head a bit. I also cannot get Mary’s inky navy sweater out of my head and I might have identified a “hole” in my warm weather wardrobe! However, I have not begun looking for any inky navy yarns…yet.
It was a week of lots.of.baking! Yesterday I made these brownies…and yowza, they are so good! And today I am baking my first loaf of sourdough bread! (I have my fingers crossed that it rises!)
If you, like me, are doing all kinds of Zoom get togethers… I found these tips and tricks to be exceedingly helpful!
I listened to an excellent Life Kit this week all about focusing while reading, which has been a huge struggle for me recently!
That’s all I have for this week! Have a good weekend (and Happy Easter, if you celebrate!) See you all back here next week!
Happy weekend Kat! And Happy Easter. I’m hoping for some jelly beans – lol.
Love Cloudesley – gorgeous!!
Crazy weather, huh? The roller coaster continues.
Your brownie photography is beautiful! Brownies are #1 for me….I’d take them over cake or cookies ANY day. Well, they may be a tie with pie 🙂
Thanks for all the good stuff, Kat! I’m finding that the 100 Day Project is providing a good push for me to knit every day, whether I feel like it or not. And once I start, then I want to continue. I look forward to seeing your stitching every day! You’ve also provided dessert for us tonight. I’ve got chili in the crockpot and will be baking corn bread, so it just makes sense to put a pan of brownies in, too! Enjoy your mystery knitting weekend!
I’m hardly ever on Ravelry – I guess that’s good because I’m not tempted to start a lot of projects – but it’s also not good because I don’t see and get excited about new knitting patterns. I’m baking sourdough bread today, too! It’s my second time and I’m feeling more confident.
I woke up to over a foot of snow this morning. 🙁 Boo-hiss!
This post is full of lovely links!! I LOVE Cloudesley – thank you for bringing it to my attention. Your brownies look divine and I can’t wait to hear about the sourdough bread.
Have a great weekend!
Brownies are my favorites — and those look really great, Kat! The only good thing about snow in spring . . . is that it doesn’t usually last long. Hope your weekend is lovely, and that you have plenty of time for knitting all the things. XO
I am so glad you linked to the brownie recipe! We’re definitely going to try it, though we’ll probably do the variation with semisweet chocolate, as that’s what we have on hand. I think we’re also going to try our first sourdough loaf, so if yours works out well, I hope you’ll share the recipe you used and any tips you have!
Yesterday I wen to my baker (thank goodness she can be open) and picked up a bunch of treats! I have SO much chocolate and many yummy cookies, too. (Eating GF isn’t all that bad!)
Smitten Kitchen always FTW. Those brownies are The Best! (and thank you for the Zoom tips!) …and p.s. KnitPicks is shipping again and that inky navy lindy chain could be at your house this week! (I’m contemplating another Lindy Chain sweater … maybe in white? or BRIGHT pink?!)
Nothing says comfort like a warm brownie. Smitten Kitchen has great recipes. Happy Easter! It was a cold one here after an overnight thunderstorm and hail we had snow flurries this morning.
Sadly I am cutting out sugar…(boo) and the salt (double boo) and one day I will have an awesome brownie! That is my goal 🙂
Mmm brownies!! We are trying very hard here not to bake! There’s lots of cooking going on, though.
That was an excellent video about Zooming. I had to chuckle as I think of my “cell phone tower” that I use when I’m video chatting with my sister — boxes and books and containers (whatever I can lay my hands on) stacked up and topped with a little phone holder. Sometimes it’s precarious! It was more so I didn’t have to hold my phone the whole time, but even MORE so that I could use my hands while we talked!
When you do go looking for inky yarns, may I suggest Blue Moon Fiber Arts Raven Clan yarns? It is a group of 23 blackish yarns, and BMFA yarn is scrumptious.
https://www.bluemoonfiberarts.com/newmoon/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19_158&zenid=utpv2ieu7oajnfa6gvi8n561k3