Thrumming Along

Quick Thanksgiving recap: I baked a new dessert for me, a nutmeg-maple cream pie, recipe via smitten kitchen, and oh wowee wow was it awesome! My nephew almost ate half of it by himself. Definitely a winner. And EASY. You see, I've established myself among the ranks of family bakers as the "pie girl" and I had never made this recipe before so I was all nervous about how it would come out. And compared to fruit pies of past where I've chopped apple upon apple, pear upon pear, sugared cranberries, etc, making a little custard was no big whoop. Super easy, in my baking arsenal, forever more.

With Thanksgiving over I relaxed with my mum, over coffee and biscottis, listening to my Bing Crosby Holiday Pandora Radio Station. I could barely wait to here my buddy Bing again, and Pandora is officially brilliant. But, music aside, I started on my brother in law's Christmas prezzy today. A new knitting adventure! Thrummed mittens:

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For those not in the know, thrumming is the process of adding a looped and twisted piece of roving to your mitten every few knits, so that you get a poofy wonderful layer that keeps your hands warm. I've never done it before, but I happily found that it's a lot easier than it looks. I'm using a very friendly tutorial via Yarn Harlot's Thrum FAQ. Aside from the new knitting technique, these are the first mittens I've ever made as well - so we'll how it goes. So far, so good.