Friday, April 30, 2010
progress in Wool eater
i am loving it :)
one repeat of all the colors i am gonna use, may be i shall do total of three repeats, lets see how things progress.
Here is what i did today, made a zebra cake
this is really very tasty and kids love the design, got the idea from http://www.sailajakitchen.com/2009/09/zebra-cake.html
the basic recipe is mine, got it from a friend.
Recipe for cake
You will need
A) 4 eggs,
3/4th cup ( about 250 ml level on a measuring jar ) powered sugar
3/4th cup ( 250 ml ) refined oil ( one can make with same quantity of butter for richer taste )
B) 2 1/2 ( two and a half ) cups Maida ( flour )
1/2 tsp baking power
3/4 tsp Meetha Soda ( soda bi carb )
Few drops of vanilla essence ( 2-3 drops )
Optional 5 tsp cocco for chocolate cake.
Seive all the ingridents in B 3- 4 times.
Mix A together till frothy ( one can use forks or wisp or beater ) and slowly beat in B.
Pre Heat Oven at about 350 C or te setting for baking.
Put the dough in lightly oiled pan and bake for about 30 mins, check with a tooth pick to see if its done ( the tooth pick should come out clean )
This is where i use my knitting pins :)
Now for Marvel cake or Zebra Cake, divide the dough in to 1/2 or the wayu would want ur cake to be, more chocolate and less vanilla or viza viz
Put cocco in one part, about 3-4 tsp if chocolate part is more, and mix well.
For marvel cake u can put the major part of dough first in the pan and then later add the lesser dough ( say the one which has cocco ) hapazardly in zigzag fashion and put it in the oven
hope you make this super eas cake and love it :)
For Zebra cake check out the site mentioned above, i am lazy in typing :o
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
wool eater blanket
Well i have been busy swatching the wool eater blanket.
This is the second swatch with 4 mm hook, but there seems to be "holes" in my work now. looks good even with them. May be will make a airy baby blanket. I have to still think should I carry on or should I start again. Have asked Rufarocrafty ( from Ravelry ) help me out here and I am sure we shall work out on something :)
23 April 2010
I have progressed and am happy the way the blanket is coming out now, thanks to Rufarocrafty, i came to know my mistakes and now i am not repeating them :)
and the colors are cool, next will come cream and then 2 shades of blue, i have a green too, but i am gonna omit that, shall make ab baby set with that, as for this blanket, after the blue shades its gonna be repeat of the shades.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
wool eater blanket
I started this today, was on my wish list for long. its a easy pattern to follow esp when u get the hang of it, but i think i need to do it little more tighter as its beauty is in the boxed "lifted" look and in my work its more of flat finish, i have tried it with 5mm hook and now plan to start again with 4 mm hook as adviced in the pattern.
And these are the colors i am gonna use
After four rows :) and its looking good
this is where i am not comfortable with it, its too drapy.
Here is the progress of Opt Art baby blanket, started with 16 repeats of white, so its gonna be 8 ridges :)
Monday, April 19, 2010
My Merino Shopping
This is the hottest summer till now but two weeks back i did some wool shopping and I am glad that i did, coz now i dont think i would go to the market to do any type of shopping.
this is my Merino, I havent yet thought what i shall knit it into but its sure is priced possession.
Here is the address of the dealer in Delhi :
A K Woollen Industries,
1267 /1, First Floor, Sadar Bazar Delhi.
Phone 32964607
This is vardhman wool for wool eater blanket, coming up next to the OPt art baby blanket which is about half way through:)
I might make another star blanket with this, again Vardhman.... Jasmine with baby soft wool for sweater and cap
and here is what Opt Art Blanket looks till now
though it has grown few inches more than when the pic was taken. hopefully i finish it soon coz now i am getting impatient. I am at the repeat of Color A for 14 rounds.
