March 2018

Farewell March. I really am hoping to get another podcast done fairly soon. Once the fade cardi is actually finished, and perfect I might show it off.
In other news it was National cupcake day and I made these:
I also made a batch of lime marmalade.

I also think to get my reading in I need to go back to knitting while listening to an audio book. Especially while knitting hats, although all the hats were given out on march 21st, so at this point I am either working on stashing a bunch for next year, orrrr donating them to other charities. I have considered selling them, but I would need to come up with a plan of for ever 1 purchased one would get donated. But then at least they would pay for themselves.
I did have to share these fish as well, because they clearly have something more exciting in the water than just water.

Another exciting FO for the books is I finished an art piece!! I have even got the frame chosen and everything, so got me! 2 huge projects off the books.

FO's:

1. Comfort Fade Cardigan
1. So I finished it GO ME!!! However, the collar bit is too wibbly, and pointed at the front for my tastes, so I am going backwards, again. I want it perfect, and now I know, so here goes tinking with the best of them. 
2. On March 25, 2018 I finished it for the second time and it fits perfectly!!!!!!
2. 10 ish hats

I think next I will tackle the final quarter of the hue shift, as I know just getting it done will be a huge relief.

WIP's:

1. Tardis Afghan
2. Sexb-omb (name of the yarn) Socks
1. I want to reclaim this yarn and use it for something else. I never think to wear my knitted socks. I want to put this into something I shall wear.
3. Lestrange Cloak
1. I had to cast this on because I needed more yarn for my Fade Cardigan :)
4. Hue Shift 5 colours
1. 1 quarter to go!!!
1. CO is 18 stitch maker CO 17 with a CDD (I keep forgetting what my cast on is, so here we go, never to forget)
2. The sad part about this is if I just sat down and got on with it I would have the last quarter done in a week, the edging would take a touch longer. 

Languishing WIP's:

1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
2. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
• The 4 year sweater...it was cast on in January of 2014

Future Cast On's:

1. Camp-side Cardigan
2. Touch the Sky Cardigan

Books:

1. Moll Flanders
2. Worlds of Ink and Shadow
3. DragonFly in Amber
4. Gone With the Wind
5. Curtsies and Conspiracies

Colouring Book Page:

Cupcake Time

I would not say I am the queen of cupcakes, but I do go a little overboard when it comes to decorating them. Although, if I do remember correctly these had a cheese cake filling that I put in before they were baked, giving the centre a super moist sweet surprise when they were bitten into.

I think these look far superior to a cupcake that just has a dollop of icing circled onto the top, and with the shimmer they just have an extra touch of elegance.

 Now, don't get me wrong a dollop of icing works if you need to decorate hundreds upon hundreds of cupcakes in a day, but really once you get the hang of a rose they really do not take that much longer....

Recreating this rose look isn't as hard as you would suspect, grab a piping bag and a tear drop tip that is curved. The curve faces inwards, and the largest part of the drop faces down. Then make a pyramid in the middle of the cake and work out from there creating each individual petal.

 The cupcake below, is one of the first I ever decorated as a flower, and it is more of a daisy, carnation-esque type flower and you can probably tell from the plate it was on that it was Christmas time.

GIANT CUPCAKE TIN!
Note to self, always make enough icing the first time so that you can decorate the whole cake.

Now go and decorate a cupcake :)