Baileys Salted Caramel Chocolate Pie (plus knitting)

I made a pie today ^_^

Its a Baileys Salted Caramel Chocolate Pie. And yes, it tastes just as amazing as it sounds. Not that I’d know or anything, I’d never taste the filling before running water in the bowl ~_^ (it was extremely tasty, heehee)

Super quick, super easy. I wasn’t quite sure how much 6oz. of chocolate chips were when measured by cups – I was getting several different answers online. I ended up putting in about a cup and a little bit. Melted the chips in the microwave – nothing special there.

Whipped together some sugar and heavy whipping cream, added the Baileys (which my dad picked up for me at a Spec’s), whipped it some more, then added the melted chocolate. Put it all in a pie crust my mom had gotten, sprinkled some salt on top, then stuck it all in the fridge! Where it is now sleeping, haha. It shall be eaten tomorrow… I can’t wait to try it ^_^

I’m so loving not having to go to school every day now ^_^ I have time to make pies and blog more and knit and sleep late and so many awesome things ^_^

In the knitting world, I cast on a sweater (because I could, haha) On… Monday, with some Brooklyn Tweed LOFT I had gotten in the Homemade Jam colorway (First maroon sweater, woot!) with the intention of making Reverb by Tanis Lavallee.

So I cast on, got my 2 and 3/4″ of the collar and was about to start the cabling. Then I realized… that Reverb is actually a worsted weight sweater. Why I had thought it was knit with LOFT, I have no clue, haha. It was definitely a laugh-at-myself-heartily-moment, haha. I’m so glad I caught that before I continued on though, this cable pattern is no joke.

It was frogged, and I cast on holding my LOFT double (thankfully with the 7 skeins I got and holding it double, I should end up with about 62.5 yards left over. We’ll see about that, haha) and I’ve made definite progress!

My main reason for casting this on was to do the Must Stash Podcast’s sweater KAL thats going on this month through the end of June, I think. Steph and Stacie are two of the sweetest people ever. Their podcast is definitely one of my favorites now. If you love knitting, laughs, and knitterly inspiration – this podcast is definitely for you. Ohhh yes, it is for you.

When Wool People 5 was released, Reverb was the one that stood out to me the most. I *had* to cast it on, haha.

I’m really excited about the yarn, despite the fact that I goofed and got LOFT instead :-P, the color is just so amazing. I like that its very true to its name – it’s got little flecks of darker purples and browns.. just like how homemade jam would. It would have little pieces of strawberries that were a bit darker than the jelly part. Brooklyn Tweed always has the best colors. So natural and rustic looking, ahhh.

Now I’m sitting at a coffee shop, enjoying the sounds and smells (coffee *and* rain. ^_^).. now its time to get a little knitting in ^_^

Oh man, do I love the summer.

FO!: Wendy – the Peter Pan Collar

Upon which I have an FO, and I feel really good about it.

This is called “Wendy” by Malia Mather. I used some Knit Picks palette in white…

I saw it in an ad on the sidebar of Ravelry, and there was an immediate need to cast it on and wear it, haha.

It was uber easy and quick! I love the detail of the icord edging; it adds a nice polished edge to it. The lace was really easy to keep track of.. There is both written and a charted lace pattern :-)

Definitely plan to make another one in a different yarn… That’s one of the great things about this pattern and this type of accessory. You can make it in different kinds of yarns and get a totally different result every time. I think it’d be fun to have the icord edging in totally different yarn or color just to spice things up ;-P

Peter Pan collars are quite awesome – they can dress up any kind of shirt. I definitely recommend knitting this. Its one of the most perfect accessories you can make ^_^

A&M Knucks

So, I’m really excited about going to College Station this fall. Like, kinda really really excited. So excited that I may have an A&M blanket…

Which, in reality, it’s just a piece of polartec at the moment. It’ll eventually have a piece of white polartec on the back… but I was just so excited when we got it, that I had to start wrapping myself up in it. It’ll get done! Then it’ll be even more amazing ^_^

But, like I mentioned yesterday, because College Station is a bit more nippy than Houston is (music to a knitter’s ears – “It’s a bit nippy” or anything that has to do with it being cold, haha) I’m creating a list of knitterly accessories/sweaters that I must make at some point… so I can stay warm ^_^ These items may or may not require techniques that use more than one color (i.e. maroon and white)

So, to begin my adventure on knitting all the knitterly things that are awesome (which is basically everything, haha) I started with a pair of Knucks! (free pattern on Knitty, woot woot!)

This is a learning experience, as I have never done a pair of mitts with the fingers before. After typing that out, I just thought of knitting a pair of toe socks.

Anyway, so they’re light grey. It’s Imperial’s Columbia yarn, the sport weight. Then I plan on putting “Texas A&M” (cause it FITS. WOOT!) on the fingers, in maroon.. of some sort. I am quite excited.

Or, I might add some stripes… somewhere? Maybe? I don’t know. We shall see ^_^

Goodbye, freshman year. Hello, summer

I’m back! Finals are over, hallelujah! I have successfully finished my freshman year of college! Now, the summer is getting ready to happen – its stuffed full with so much fun stuff, I can’t wait for it start ^_^

I do apologize for my absence these past couple of weeks – school is not kind to a regular blogging schedule, haha! But now it’s over with for the summer (well, till June – I’m taking French 1 this summer!) so we can get back to normal :-P

I also really appreciate everyone’s kind words while I was finishing up; it was so sweet of you guys… it really meant a lot <3

Knitting has been happening, despite the hectic schoolness! Slowly, but its happening :-P

Just divided for the fronts and the back a couple days ago on my Pomme de Pin cardigan by Amy Christoffers

I ended up going a little bit (like, half an inch… not much) past the 17″ mark that I was shooting for. When I found out I went over, it was quite exciting… It had seemed like forever till I was going to make it long enough :-P

I am planning on making it long sleeved (shocker!). This fall I am headed to College Station (Wooohoooo!!!), to A&M. I am quite excited, to say the least ^_^ But! I”ve heard that its a bit chillier than it is here in Houston.

What a perfect excuse to knit myself an entire new winter wardrobe of accessories (this may or may not be one of the reasons why I’m so excited about going there, heehee!)

Because of this, I’ve been creating a list of things I want to make for the colder temperatures of College Station. The list is over here, on my Ravelry page. I’m not sure if you need an account to view it – if you do, don’t worry… I’ll be blogging about the things on the list soon ;-P

Now my time has been freed up, my mind is just going crazy with knitting plans – I want to knit ALL the things!!

Musical Monday!!

One final done today, two more to go.

Regular blog posts coming back after Wednesday :-)

Musical Monday!!

FO!!: Audrey in Unst

I have an FO, everyone! A sweater FO, at that… which hasn't happened in forever.

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Took me long enough, haha. I cast this on as my NaKniSweMo. Christmas kntiting got in the way, other knitting got in the way, I started my second semester of college… Life happened, haha!

But now that I’ve gotten it done, I’m thinking I should have gotten it done earlier… cause there was hardly any left on it. Just the sleeves and edgings.

. Such a delightful pattern, it was a joy to knit. So quick and simple, yet there was enough to keep me completely interested the entire time.

So, this is the Audrey in Unst Cardigan by Gundrun Johnson

The yarn that I used, I got in London while we were there last year… it’s Patricia Roberts Lambswool No. 2. It’s a really amazing yarn, it reminded me a lot of knitting with Brookylyn Tweed’s LOFT. Its very airy and has a really nice looking drape. It was a little scratchy while it was in balls, but its definitely gotten softer during the knitting process.

Definitely is at the top of my favorite sweaters list, haha!

If you’re looking for a really simple sweater that you can easily modify to fit you – this is the sweater for you!