I did it!

 

For a long time now I have wanted to knit a pair of socks.  I was always hesitant about it because I have always heard how difficult they were.  Well last November I decided to finally just do it.  I went to a lovely yarn shop called The Little Red Mitten and I bought some yarn and a book on sock knitting and preceded to teach myself how to knit socks.  The book I bought is called Teach Yourself Visually Sock Knitting.  There are some errors in this book so if you choose to use it search the book title in your favorite search engine (I used Google) and you will find the corrections. I also found some how to videos on YouTube helpful.  Here is my first attempt at knitting socks on 5 needles!



 

 

 

Changes are coming...

Kneedleworks By Deb, new blog name, new look.  What do you think? Life is always changing and with this in mind I have decided to make some changes in my life and with my blog.  These changes and this blog are works in progress and I am excited to be doing some new and challenging things with my life and this blog.  I hope you all will stay tuned to see what changes are coming in 2013. 

Finally Finished!

 

I finally finished knitting the slippers that I started last year!  You can read about them here. I didn't get them finished for last Christmas but I plan on giving them to my Mom for this Christmas. 

More Baking

Last Saturday my family got together to celebrate my oldest sister's 65th birthday. It just happens that her granddaughter's 5th birthday was on Friday so I made this cake for them. I think it turned out rather cute.

Final Cake Class

Friday, June 22 was the last class for the Wilton Basic Cake decorating class that I have been taking. Our assignment was to bake and ice a cake at home and come up with a theme to decorate it. My youngest boy graduated high school this week so I thought a graduation cake was in order.

Cake Class

Last night was the third class of the Wilton Cake Decorating Course One class. There are four classes altogether. Next week we get to design our own cake. Last night we learned how to fill, ice and decorate cupcakes. I decided to make gluten-free cupcakes because I wanted to share them with my co-workers and two of them have gluten issues. We also learned how to make a pom-pom flower, a shaggy mum, shell borders, bead borders and leaves. I didn't get any photos in class because I wasn't sure if the teacher would mind but I did get a picture of some of the cupcakes I took into work this morning.

What I have been doing lately.

I have not been blogging much but I have been busy. My priority has been looking for and hiring a new home support worker for my adult autistic son. This has been a challenge and after six months of looking we have finally hired someone. That is one thing I can check off my to do list. My best friend's daughter is getting married this July and I have been working on her gift. I started making a lap quilt, sorry no photos. It was suppose to be a shower gift but now is going in with the wedding gift if I can finish it on time. I was able to sew two sets of pillow cases to include with her shower gift one pair will match the quilt. Again didn't get any photos of those either.

And as if I needed one more distraction, I started taking a basics cake decorating class. It is only 4 sessions of 2 hours each. First class we took plain sugar cookies to decorate. I found a wonderful recipe for cream cheese sugar cookies at Lisa's Kitchen. Lisa is a wonderful cook and has a great collection of recipes on her blog. Click on the link in my sidebar to have a look. The second cake decorating class we brought an uniced cake to class to torte, iced and decorate. The first picture is the one I started in class and finished at home. I took it to a family gathering for my mom's 83rd birthday. The second one I made Saturday morning to also take for my niece and nephew-in-law and their two girls who are moving to the Ottawa area at the end of the month.