I sent my Annetrelac socks to the Texas State Fair and was pleased as punch that they won Honorable Mention. I was super excited to win because after I finished them, all I could think was how mohair must be the most unforgiving fiber on earth.


When J took a niece to the State Fair, he was nice enough to snap some pics…which I really appreciated because the last weekend of the Fair snuck up on me.
Socks raveled here

This baby hat is ALMOST finished. I just need to sew on the flower, but as I’m too busy following the election happenings on twitter to sew it on, I’m blogging WIP Wednesday and saving that for another day.

This is the Lion Brand Yarn free pattern Cloche with Small Flower. I just learned what a cloche is – a fitted, bell-shaped hat invented by Caroline Reboux in 1908. The name is from the French word for “bell”…but, you probably already knew that.

Mine raveled here

Ps. Check out what other folks are working on at Tami’s Amis.

I made pretty cowboy cookie mixes in a jar as prizes for the baby shower and they were a big hit, so I thought I’d share what I learned.

Step 1: Print the recipe from allrecipes.com and buy all the ingredients.
tip: Smooth glass jars are more attractive than regular canning ones if you can find them.
tip 2: Colored sugar kicks it up a notch and lets you color coordinate with your theme more easily than M&M’s.


Step 2: Buy coordinating fabric and 3/8″ grosgrain ribbon. As of right now, Chevron prints are IN. I like to share these bits of info. on the rare occasions that I am in the loop.
tip: Get Fray Stop for the edges of the fabric and ribbon.
tip 2: Use a compass to trace a circle in pencil on the back side of the fabric so you can cut out a perfect circle.

Step 3: Pack the ingredients in the jar in this order: flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, white sugar, colored sugar, chocolate chips, nuts (optional)
tip: Use the back side of an ice cream scooper to pack down the jar so things don’t shift around. I spent more time than I am prepared to admit figuring out what I could use to really pack these down. Yes, I went out and tried to buy a pestle.


Step 4: Print out the recipe and label from bakerella.com.
tip: you can stick this to the jar with ribbon tape (like you would use to stick ribbons on handmade cards), but regular double-stick tape doesn’t work.
tip 2: If your color scheme includes black or gray, you can just print the labels in black and white and you’re good to go.

That’s it!