Blitz

It has been one project running right after another today and I am so excited.  Here's my breakfast masterpiece, created using the Muffin Method in Alton Brown's I'm Just Here for More Food.  I threw in some fresh blueberries and strawberries and sprinkled some sparkling sugar on the top - I love the crunchy crunch.

After that, it was time to get going on the mosaic stone. I've never mixed concrete before and there are hazard warnings all over the box, so I was pretty nervous.  The not quite 2 cups of water the instructions called for was not quite enough and I'm not sure I got it mixed well.  I'm a little worried the result might fall apart after one season.  (Note to self - bring the stone in during the winter.) I'm also worried the glass isn't secure in the stone either, but nothing I can do about it now.  Here are the fresh handprints.  I underestimated how much space they would take up.  Hopefully it doesn't look too crowded. Since the prints and the name were the last thing I added, I couldn't really modify the design at that point.

Having got the stone done, I set to work on my socks.  I thought I was going to get finished with these two days ago, but as much as I worked, the end continued to be just out of sight.  Finally today, I put the final stitches in - and Kitchener stitches are actually pretty easy.  They are super comfy, and now I am totally jazzed about homemade socks. 

I MADE THESE!!! ALL BY MYSELF!!!

So jazzed that I went straight to my office and pulled out another ball of yarn to make some socks for my daughter.  This is the second attempt.  Once I cast on the stitches for the first pattern and started to work them, it was pretty obvious they'd be too small.  So I went for a more reliable looking pattern (the first one didn't even say how to distribute the stitches around the needles) and am now started on child's medium Basket Check Socks. These will probably be too big, but she'll grow.

I'm using Patons Kroy Socks Yarn, Sweet Stripes on size 3 DPNs

I snapped this of the stone just a little while ago.  It looks like it's setting well, but I could have done a better job getting the concrete level before I started putting the stones in.  In another hour or so I have to go scrub the residue off the stones with a toothbrush (not exciting) and then the color will show through better.  Tomorrow afternoon I get to dump it out of the mold and it'll be ready for my garden!