A Violet by any other Name...

Time marches on and it's time to blog and post more knitting pics again. (not to mention update and spruce things up) And here you thought I was gone...

...Pink Lambie!

Some months ago I wrote about working on gifts for my cousins new baby girl.

Carry bag, washcloths, blanket, bib, soft little hat, booties and Pink Lambie!



Ok I admit it... I was so taken with Pink Lambie... I nearly kept her.

My cousin was thrilled with her gifts for the baby!

Special thanks to Capricia for Pink Lambie's photo shoot!

Ok, while this is a knitting blog, I decided to blog the recipe of my favorite square! Why? Because in a world full of special treats this is one of my favorites. I don't want to lose the recipe either.

Mary's Party Cake. (by Diane Pearson from an old book in my mothers stack of cookbooks bought from schools, teams and hospitals for fundraising- Now long out of print.)

1 1/2 cups fine wafer crumbs
1 tbsp. flour
1/3 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup melted butter

Butter 8" square pan. Preheat over to 350 F. Combine crumbs, flour and brown sugar. Drizzle with melted butter. Mix well. Press into pan and bake 10 minutes.

Next:

1 15oz can sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 cup chopped candied pineapple(red, green, yellow)
2 1/4 cups flaked coconut

Combine milk, lemon juice, pineapple and coconut. Mix well. Pour over baked crust, and spread evenly. Bake 20 to 25 mins. Cool.

Last:

1/4 cup soft butter
1 1/2 cups sifted icing sugar
1 tsp warm cream
1/2 tsp vanilla

Cream thoroughly, tint with a pastel green or pink and spread on cooled cake.

Karen's notes:
Candied cherries work in it too. I prefer the icing to be pastel blue.
Oh yes, this is not a diet recipe!

I followed the pattern a little more closely when I did Yellow Market Bag.
http://www.plymouthyarn.com/index.php?nav=cPatterns.freePatterns&pattern_id=000016

... Well, I must confess I did double up the yarn at top and did a few extra rows, and made the handles and extra five stitches longer.

I'm very pleased with how it turned out!

Now for some pics!


Special thanks to Capricia yet again for the pics of my creations! What would I do without her.

It's Market Day and that brings me to a whole new topic! Market bags!

I love them! They are fast to knit and look pretty! Plus they use up cotton yarn from my stash freeing me up to buy more yarn!

Now for some pics!
Introducing Red Market Bag!


Red Market bag's inspiration came from a couple of free patterns on the web that I modified as I went along.


Special thanks to my dearest friend Capricia for taking these pics for me!
One last one...