So, someone asked me for the date and I realized that it was December 5th and I had managed to go a month without looking at my blog. Woah, I just don't know where that month went. However, it was a good month, lots of knitting and cooking. First off, I managed to get through all my KAL chaos projects, but not much else.
I finished my Winter Bloom shawl, in Tanis Fiber Arts's Orange Label (worsted weight merino/cashmere/silk) in Frost. Not only did I get a totally awesome, amazing shawl, but I also won 3 skeins of Sweet Fiber Yarn's Haven yarn (a new merino/silk aran-weight single) in Spanish Coin a gorgeous gold color.
Also I finished my Mooncrest Shawl in Tanis Red Label, another great base and awesome pattern. I wore it today and got lots of compliments.
Oh and I finished a third item for the Tanis KAL, but it is a gift and the recepient is just too web savvy for me to share the pictures up here. I will, after they are gifted for Christmas.
Also, I cooked up a storm from the new Smitten Kitchen cookbook a few weeks ago making the Apple Cider Salted Caramels.
I need to make a few mods when I make them again for Christmas.
Also, I made a batch of what I'm calling Slow Cooker Apple Sauce, or, Christina hates chopping apples Sauce. Where I stew apples in my slow cooker and then blend them with an immersion blender to make them into sauce. It means you get to keep all the nutrients of the skins and all you have to do is core and quarter the apples.
Of course November wasn't all rainbows, apple sauce and pretty shawls, I also changed my first tire.
I woke up on a Monday morning, with an hour's drive to work and I found this...
Turns out I ran over a nail but I managed to get the tire changed all by myself, and end up only 2.5 hrs behind schedule.
So that was November, well plus all the work, and assorted chaos that make up my life. I'm back into my knitting, although I did take last weekend off from knitting to try out a few different things I have let fall by the wayside, like Tunisian crochet, shuttle tatting, weaving and spinning. But if December even goes half as fast as November did, then I expect to resurface in January unsure of where December went.