If anyone knows how to get this post back into it's original place, please let me know!
I was planning on posting on January 2nd, because I wanted to show all the stuff I had been working on in 2010. Despite all the plans and ideas I had, I just didn't get to writing it all down.
So here I am, sort of again, trying to get into the blogging thing.
With a very very busy week at work, I didn't do much baking or crocheting.
I'm working on this Granny Square blanket:
Its' slowly evolving into a real blanket. I'm still not sure how big to make it. It's made of cotton, which in hindsight isn't the best material for a blanket. This also means that if I make the blanket to big, it's going to be really heavy. Baby- or kids size would probably be better, but then I need a baby or kid to give it to, and with all the work that I've put into it, I'm not ready to let go of it just yet...
I tried to bake a cake today. The library had this great book: 'The Delia Collection - Baking'. First of all, Delia's books are all great, but I've got this thing with baking (sweet stuff in particular). It's a great book with lots of yummy-looking recipes. I took the day off and went to the market to get the necessary ingredients. After some relaxing (which was what I took the day off for) I started stirring together the ingredients and everything. The pecan and apricot cupcakes I made first came out of the oven like little rocks.
I figured I had done something wrong with the recipe, and without thinking I put this great cake (dates, sultanas, prunes, condensed milk) into the oven. Turns out I don't quite get the oven in our new house. I used the combi-function (microwave and oven) instead of oven alone. I totally ruined two bakes...
Ah well, this is probably better for my body, especially because I've been to lasy to work out lately.
I'm getting back to my blanket, hoping to finish it before the weekend so that I can get a second try at baking something out of Delia's wonderful book!
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