What's For Dinner??

Chicken and Dumplings! Yum!! I followed this recipe except I substituted turkey for chicken b/c that's what I had on hand. It looked sorta like this when it was done!




Here is where I got the recipe from!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk

1 cup frozen green peas and carrots

1 cup cut-up cooked chicken

1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed creamy chicken mushroom soup

1 cup Original Bisquick® mix

1/3 cup milk

Paprika, if desired

How to make Chicken and Dumplings

1. Heat 1 1/2 cups milk, the peas and carrots, chicken and soup to boiling in 3-quart saucepan, stirring frequently.
2. Stir Bisquick mix and 1/3 cup milk until soft dough forms. Drop dough by 8 spoonfuls onto chicken mixture (do not drop directly into liquid). Sprinkle with paprika.
3. Cook uncovered over low heat 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer.

I Do Knit!!

And I finished these socks!!

NaBloPoMo

Hmm... the last time I tried this, I disappeared for a year! lets see If I can give this another try!!

A few weeks ago, I finished my 2nd cardigan. I loooove it so much! It feels likes I'm wearing a hug, if that makes any sense!


Here's a view from the back. Here's a link to my Ravelry projects page with all of the details. All in all, it was a great knit and I'm already working on my next cardi! Woo hoo!!

Rhinbeck 09

I went to the NY State Sheep & Wool Festival over the weekend. The hubby and I had a blast!! I ended up scoring a few more skeins of yarn, lots of cheese, pasta sauce and a few other goodies!

The food at the fair was delish! Last year, I didn't get a chance to try the chicken pot pie. The line for it last year was 2 hours long!!! That is waaay too long to wait in line for food IMHO. On Sunday, I made bee line to the chicken pot pie booth and waited about 3 minutes in line for it!! The crust of the pie was soo flakey and buttery!! I'm glad i decided to have it for breakfast! LOL!

Ont the way out, we passed by the auctions where we saw the cutest cashmere goat! She was trying to eat the papers out of her handlers hands!!!

ahem.. is this thing on??

It's been almost a year since my last post, and I figured, now is as good a time as any to get back on the ball! I really missed blogging this past year, but sometimes, life gets the best of ya! This year has been packed with wonderful events and I hope next year is the same.

In the past year, I :

• purchased my first home (and i even have a craft room!! yippee!!)
• had my very first party
• had a family reunion at my house
• got a puppy
• planted my first garden
• and added a ton of yarn and other craft supplies to my craft room!!
• and went to Rhinebeck!! (NY Sate Sheep & Wool Festival)
  

There's more too come!! I'm getting the next post of my Rhinebeck experience started now!!

Day 14

I did it!! Here's my score of Wollmeise from TLE update!

Day 13

Nothing new here. I still haven't knitted a stitch all week. It's been that tough. That is all.

Day 12

I made a Loopy Ewe Wollmeise sneak-up!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!! I will post pics of the most delish yarny goodness as soon as it arrives. Hopefully, it will arrive this week!

Day 11

this is too funny!! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rb8aOzy9t4

Day 9 & 10

wow! it is hard to consistantly blog! i wonder how other people do it every day? i have to figure something out.......

Day 8

This is so terrible. Please keep them in your prayers.

Day 7

i spun yarn!!! go me, go me! here's a look!

Day 5,6

im super busy! the new wheel is wonderful and i can't wait to spin more!

Day 4

Rock the vote! Did you vote?? I sure did!!!

Day 3

This yarn will become the next pair of socks for myself. Since they are the "Grumperina" colorway, I was thinking about making them Jaywalkers. It's not like I don't have 8 socks already on the needles, what's one more, right??

Day 2

I GOT A SPINNING WHEEL!!! I'm too excited. My hubby is great!!!!!!!!

My new baby!!!

NaBloPoMo

It's that time again!! It's NaBloPoMo and I'm sooooo going to try my best to post every day. Tune in tomorrow for some great updates!!

So I Kept You Waiting...

For some really good stuff! I have been working and knitting, knitting and working and there's so much to show for it! Since I have a lot of down time at work, I like to bring socks to knit. I work on several different socks at one time and usually, I'll get 3-4 pairs finished at the same time. I really want to finish these socks ASAP because I purchased a few sock kits. More on those later.

First up is a single Jaywalker. I have casted on for the mate, maybe I'll get around to finishing it some time next week.



Next up is a single purl-less Monkey. I'm sure you guys know where to find the pattern. It has been linked several times :). For some reason, these were a super quick knit and only took me about 4 hours from start to finish. More details when I finish the mate.



So, I tried knitting the Nutkin pattern with different yarn and it came out spiraling like all heck. I tried knitting them toe-up and it has been lovely since then. I also changed the pattern and reversed it to come up with a wavy cable and also used Wendy's heel formula from this pattern. These will be finished tonight at work :). More details when they are finished.









Last week, Grumperina posted about a super unique yarn made from the colors she chose. I totally jumped on it and ordered some along with a set of sz 2 needles (these are my new fave!!!) and I can't wait to get into these!


Ok. So you made it this far. I really wanted to get my hands on some wollmeise and after missing TLE sneak-up with it, I decided to order from Yarnissima. Take about super fast shipping!! I ordered on the 4th and it was on my doorstep 7 days later! I've ordered from yarn shops in the US and they took longer!! The kits I ordered were Spina de Pesce and La Digitessa.


OMG. This yarn is soooooooo yummy. I can see why everyone is going crazy for it. I'm glad I ordered it. I have to finish knitting the other socks in progress before I get into these. Her patterns are so detailed and in depth that I just might knit on these socks alone.

I hope this was worth the wait! More goodies tomorrow!!!!

Ahhhh!

I've been knitting and working like crazy! I have tons of new stuff to post about and some super additions to the stash! Stay Tuned!!!!

It's A Trend!

My blogging drought is officially over!!! Yay!! So.. moving on, I finished one of the Yarn Love socks at work last night. The yarn is really nice to work with and I can't wait for TLE to update with more.



Next up, Jaywalkers! I can't get enough of this pattern! I'll have this sock done tonight!




Happy knitting!