bread

It was a snow day today so Julia and I made bread. Not the bread in the you-tube video above, but Challah bread. I've never made it before, but I was inspired by my friend Judy who makes it all the time. Hopefully it tastes as good as hers.

Next I want to try the artisan bread in the you-tube video. I just need to get the dutch oven. We have a cast iron frying pan with a cover, but I think that is too shallow for bread. Maybe I can find the pot that goes with the same cover.

I have knitted some more on the brown and white mittens. I just love the feel of that cormo wool. The noro scarf is done. And a pair of toast mitts. I want to use them to wear over my leather gloves on those really cold days when I need more warmth than gloves could ever provide. Need to block.

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It is so cold that I am knitting up mittens and also a toast to wear over my leather gloves while I wait for the train in the morning. It is cold like it used to be around here when my kids were really small. You'll notice there are two different mittens started. That is because I started the red pair from some stash yarn and in the meantime ordered some wonderfully, squishy soft Cormo yarn from Martha's Vineyard Fiberfarm that I just had to start using. I dug up some brown sock yarn from my stash for the contrast color

On top of the mittens, I've been contemplating starting a fair-isle yoke sweater that has been on my to do list for a while. It is from Elizabeth Zimmermann and it entails alot of mindless stockinette in the round for the body of the sweater. Something good for the train.

I love this comment by the Yarn Harlot... I am soooo totally there!