My Sock Drawer

Well, as I said in my last post, I was knitting a pair of socks and although I had made a pair a few years ago I was having problems because my needles were too long so I have treated myself to a set of KnitPro needles; beautiful needles which arrived after I had finished knitting my socks. It seems rude to have the needles just sitting there so it is only right that I knit another pair of socks. Maybe another two pairs to truly wear in my new needles. Or even a whole drawer full. Really as long as my feet are warm and snuggly in gorgeous hand knitted socks I am happy.
Here is the pair of lovely socks which I knitted according to the pattern I found here in a blog I read http://winwickmum.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/basic-sock-pattern-and-tutorial.html

Here's time for the big confession. With my OH away learning all sorts of important things on a course JR is glued even more firmly to my ankle like the most awkward ankle bracelet ever and after a very long day of sock knitting I decided to aid the creative process by baking brownies the super fast way in the microwave. It was a deeply indulgent evening that no exercise regime can combat but the munchkins and I were all very happy with the result.

150g butter melted in the microwave,

stir in 65g cocoa powder and 200g sugar

beat 2 eggs and stir them in to the mixture along with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 100g plain flour.

Place in a buttered microwave dish and cook on high for 5 minutes (the more powerful your microwave the less time it needs) then let it rest for 10 minutes before eating. I added 100g chocolate chips which made the brownie even more gooey and we had vanilla ice cream.

I think this evening will see me starting another pair of socks using my beautiful new knitting needles and maybe have a glass of wine or maybe a raspberry-tini made with my home made liqueur.

Hugs from Haggis Land,

Jx