What a Riot

A month or so ago I bought two balls of luscious King Cole Riot from the UK and was anxious to start something straight away.  Thinking 'scarf' I decided on a knit pattern I've used before. Well, it was absolutely yuk !! After frogging about 8 inches, found another knit pattern - guess what? It was also yuk !!!! Disaster - what to do?  In the end I decided to try a crochet pattern and I love the result.

I need to find two one inch buttons to finish it off but wanted to show you how it eventually turned out. This woven look stitch really appeals to me and I'm sure I'll be using it again.

Another experiment was this Mobius scarf which will be going to charity. I used Carnival 8ply with a 5.00mm hook. Pattern can be found here and I started with 102ch.

I've been fascinated with these mobius scarves and have made a few but I think I might be 'over' them now - well for a while anyway.

Still working on a blue/white baby's blanket but its going oh so slowly.

Being a person who gets bored easily, I gave into temptation and started another blanket - this time in Tunisian.  Talking about temptation, it reared its head again this morning - look what the delivery man brought ....

Isn't it gorgeous. Needless to say, I can hardly wait to get my hook into that too.

Before I finish for today, I want to share this delicious recipe with you -

Date and Walnut Slice     

125g butter

1/2 cup dark brown sugar (must be dark)

1 cup chopped dates

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 beaten egg

1 cup SR flour (self-raising flour)

 Put 1st 3 ingredients in a saucepan and stir over low heat until syrupy, then cool a little before adding the remaining ingredients. Press into greased 28x18 cm slice tin and cook for 10-15 mins in a moderate oven. When cool, dust with icing sugar and cut into squares.

Bet you can't stop at one piece.