Ornaments and Chistmas Lights

          There's a cold front blowing in that's supposed to drop the temperatures here to the 40s and 30s and bring rain to boot, so Mom and I are going to spend today inside putting up the Christmas decorations. (and baking cookies)


    After many tries and several site changes I finally got a good picture of all three of my knitted roosters. It was almost impossible to get a photo that wasn't too far away and still showed their pretty tail feathers and the rest of them, at the same time.

      I ended up having to get my mom to hold a branch from or tree while I took a photo. And spreading a bunch of gauzy fabric under my window with some between the roosters and my window to make the sunlight less harsh.    

   As you can see the black rooster in the picture has green eyes. He is a Christmas present for my mom and she said she wanted it to have green eyes. Unless someone orders a custom color the black roosters will have yellow eyes.  After this I will also be gluing an extra long tail feather she found while feeding the roosters onto mom's rooster. She was born in the year of the rooster so this is a good luck charm for her, too.   

 Here's a link to the listing: https://www.etsy.com/listing/169909098/rooster-ornament?

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Colorful Boucle Cowls

I've got a new listing! It's my 43rd. And like everything else in my shop ships for free within  the US if ordered before midnight 12/4/13 using Promo code FREESHIPPING.

I love this cowl. Unlike my feather and fan stich cowl it only takes about 6 hours to knit. Last time it took 8, and about 20 extra rows. It was like a horror movie I kept knitting and knitting but it didn't get any bigger. I think I was knitting too tightly. I'm giving a couple to my mother and will be keeping a few of the prototypes for myself. Anyway here's the listing:

These boucle hand knitted cowls come in a verity of colors to fit any skin tone or color preference. Buy one for everyone on your list (and don't forget yourself). 

  Each cowl is 10" square and knit so that it stretches to be worn fashionably loose, but still fits snugly against your face and neck when things get chilly. Stylish, functional, and oh so soft. A truly unique gift; Due to the nature of variegated yarn no two cowls will look exactly the same. Each cowl is signed with a small 'J'.
    Available in A Lighter Shade of Green (green and cream), Turquoise Sea, Ocean Blue (mix of light and dark blue), Berry Purple, Fade to Black (shades of white, grey and black), A Forest of Green (different shades of green), Cosmic Colors(black with stripes of different colors), and Magenta Pomegranate.   
  They are made in a smoke free environment from a soft 88% acrylic and 12% nylon blend yarn that feels wonderful against your skin. Hand wash and dry flat.

Click here to order your own: https://www.etsy.com/listing/171658076/colorful-boucle-cowl


Note: Last Tuesday I told you I was making pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, and green bean casserole for Thanksgiving. I didn't burn anything! The cranberry sauce was good. And I mixed two different pie recipes to made a good pie. With enough pumpkin left to make three more pies. The green bean casserole was pretty good, but it was just frozen green beans, mushroom soup and onions.

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Thanksgiving

   Next Thursday is Thanksgiving. I doubt I will write a blog post that day. Just so you know. I will be making the green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and a pumpkin pie this year. The green bean casserole is almost fool-proof, but the other two are a different story.

  Last year, after seeing a recipe in the 'Chronicle' for real cranberry sauce. I decided to buy a bag of cranberries and try it myself. I burned it, but the non-burned part tasted pretty good. Apparently making cranberry sauce is more like making candy than jam, if you turn your back for a moment at the wrong time it'll burn.
  
 The store had pie pumpkins for a dollar, so this year I'm making pie out of a pumpkin. Last weekend I quartered the pumpkin, put the pieces in a cookie sheet lined with tin foil, covered them with tin foil, and roasted them in the oven at 350F for about two hours. This is my first time making a pie like this this could end horribly. I'll let you know. Wish me luck.      

     Happy Thanksgiving!

   Bats Bizarre is having a Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sale! From 11/26/13 through 12/4/13 use coupon code FREESHIPPING for free domestic shipping.
  
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A Present for Lobo

  I'm a still under the weather, but the weather is beautiful today. It's been raining on and off all day, sometimes with the sun shining so the rain drops sparkle on the leaves. That being said I'd better get over this soon; Mom's getting sick of doing my chores, and I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. Not to mention Thanksgiving next week which is going to take a lot of work.

   This is Lobo enjoying his belated Birthday/Early Christmas present. It's really a bath mat that was on sale, but he doesn't seem to mind. Mom wasn't sure about it because it's white, but I pointed out that we can always dye it after he stains it too badly.

    Of course the cats tried to take it over and we had to chase them off. Lobo is too nice to the cats. But I suppose that's good, because otherwise he probably would have killed the little jerks a long time ago. He sleeps there every night and looks so cute.


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