spinning

My Shetland fiber is now all spun up into singles.  Tomorrow I will start to ply it.  I am planning on plying them into 2 sets of 2-ply  and then plying the 2-plies together to make a 4-ply yarn.

sock knitting

The start of pair number 21.  I probably won't make my goal of knitting 30 pairs of socks in 2012 but I should at least get pretty close :)

frozen yogurt

A few months ago I bought a Hamilton Beach soft serve ice cream maker at a Goodwill.  Tonight I decided to give it a try.  I didn't have any cream or half & half but I did have some yogurt so that is what I went with. I also had some coffee creamer that needed using up so I added some of that as well.  Have to say it was right tasty - my husband even went looking for seconds and doesn't even like yogurt.

My frozen yogurt "recipe"

3/4 cup plain whole milk yogurt
1/4 cup baileys coffee creamer - Toffee almond cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons agave syrup

Mix all ingredients well and add 1/2 to pre-frozen ice cream maker bowl.  Securely place lid on bowl and turn on for about 10 minutes.  Repeat with other half of mixture.

acrylic painting (ampersand)

Worked on my acrylic painting today.  I added an ampersand, blocked it off with wax and then added a layer of blue paint around it.  It doesn't look like its quite finished yet.  I think I will need to build up the ampersand a bit.

soy milk

Tonight I made some organic soy milk.  It was actually very easy.  I just dumped soaked soybeans & fresh water into my nifty new soy milk maker and turned it on..... 20 minutes later - fresh soy milk.

knitting

Worked some more on my ribbed socks.

sketch

A 5 minute pencil sketch.