Stick to your socks

Socks... I think I can say I made it through the worst part. After Aarons godmother showed me how to do it I finished one heel (with lots of very wide stitches). Then again, I got that far with my first pair in school but never made it past the second heel. The other thing that kept me from finishing my socks was three beautiful skeins of chunky purple which I found on sale on Monday and which quickly wanted to be turned into a warming cowl. Only I was too lazy to find a good pattern and just cast on what fitted onto my needels. Three skeins turned out to be not very much for the nummer of stitches I cast on. The cowl became too loose but small in rows. And I really wanted something to cover my ears because I don't like hats. So, I did some folding, a few stiches of sewing and born was my very unique and cosy cowl...

This weeks tea was a memorial to my late grandmother who died last week. She and my granddad lived in the north of Germany, where I also grew up. The tea they drank every day is called "Ostfriesentee". Its a strong black tea to be drunk with sugar and cream. The special part is that you don't stir the tea after adding cream and sugar, so the tea becomes very sweet towards the bottom of the cup. The tea cups I used my grandmother gave to me a few years ago, she wanted to make sure my sisters and me wouldn't fight over her stuff when she was dead...

The book I discovered on Amazon last week has exhited me a lot so far (despite some not so new projects when you are already part of blogging country) Some ideas sound so much fun I want to share them with you soon.

Now, Wednesday morning has turned into lunch time, my boy is hungry and tired, I have to go to work soon and I am very happy I can use my new cowl! I can't wait to check out your projects tonight.

Happy knitting with Giny!