Dinner

Pork Chops with sauerkraut and apples

Drain and rinse a quart of kraut. Brown flour-coated chops (the kind with the bone in them) in a hot pan.

Slice 2 apples.

Place kraut in a layer on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish, layer the chops, and the apples.

Dust with brown sugar and cracked black pepper.

Bake at 400 for 1/2 hour to 1 hour til done.

Breakfast

Medium sized Dutch Baby

9" fry pan. Preheat oven to 425 and melt 1/3 cup butter in the pan.

Blenderize 4 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour.

Pour into pan and bake 20-25 minutes.

Serve with fried apples, brown sugar, Powdered sugar on top.

Winter Wondercat

Hmm. What is that stuff?

Row Marker

I made a row marker to keep track of a 4 row pattern. Not sure if the edges of the rings or where I wound the wire will catch the yarn or not. . .

Prez Day 2008

Ok I made a few things over Christmas that I didn't post because they were gifts.

Today (a glorious holiday!) I've finally finished my lab coat. Used this gizmo to set the snaps.
So between classes and work, this took over a month to make! Literally, one seam at a time.
Normally I buy the school scrubs at school since they offer them at cost. But I couldn't find a lab coat that fit right.

Chevron Socks

Now that the summer of sewing is over, it's time to pick up the knitting again ;-) I left off with my SSS (second sock syndrome) socks. It's pretty much a heel thing with me. This is my first and probably last attempt at the forethought heel as talked about in the book "Sensational Knitted Socks" by Charlene Schurch. The heel is in green and in this picture is ready to be Kitchener stitched. Then the red temporary chain is ready to be let out and those live stitches picked up and knitted for the foot of the sock.

Here's one sock done on a sock blocker I've been playing with, instructions found here

Summer of Sewing Officially Over

Well, It's been awhile. . . I know. I started X-ray school and now have very little time -- for anything! I'm still working my 20 hours a week.

So I did manage to finish one project recently (actually it was more gluing rather that sewing!) It's a bulletin board.