About a month ago, my relatives invited me to a local restaurant, the Alehouse, where we supported my cousin's brewing ventures. During this event, I incidentally won a giant jug of wart with two packages of yeast. After receiving great advice on preparing the wort, my beer brewing destiny began. Yesterday, Joel and I sanitized all of our equipment and successfully bottled the beer. I plan on making more in the future, however from scratch next time.
Tonight my honey and I are going to make Budino. My friend, a desert manager at a local restaurant, introducted us to this wonderful desert, and recommended a recipe for us to make it ourselves. We even went out and bought some good whiskey for it yesterday. I hear the better the whiskey, the better the budino. It will be amazing!
This afternoon I have a friend's baby shower to attend. Figuring that she would have plenty of blankets already, I decided to crochet a little bunny instead. It took me about a week to complete, and I just finished applying the eyes, nose and mouth this morning. I tweaked the pattern a bit, and used a thicker yarn instead of the recommended yarn to get a larger doll. I figured an amigurumi doll was inappropriate for a newborn infant, and I wanted something larger. I also made the ears differently since the bulky yarn did not turn out the way I wanted it to with the original pattern. I would have attached buttons instead of the crocheted circle eyes, but I didn't think buttons were safe for a baby either. And even though you can't see it, there's a small blue tail on his rear too.
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| Credit goes to Lion Brand Yarns: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/60480A.html |
