Taco's for Santa or "Blessed are the Cheese Makers"

Episode 30

1. Production Scheduling
   1. Production
   2. What's in my teapot
   3. Material's Sourcing
   4. After 5
2. Production
   1. Ruffled and Ruched Scarf by Pam Powers Last week I ran out of yarn for this scarf. I have side B torn back and bound off. Side A is next I had a brain dead moment this weekend and had myself convinced the because of the provisional cast on I wouldn't be a able to tear back side A. Earth the AJ the cast on is in the center!
   2. Christmas Kitting: I think it's finally sunk in that there is only 21 day to Christmas this week. My Christmas knitting has gotten a ton of love.
      1. Mohawk Hat by Darlene Dale provided free on www.caron.com the body of the hat is complete with the ear flaps attached. I have the base of the mohawk strip crocheted and I'm in the process of attaching the fringe which is a pain in the keester. The pattern calls for 6 eight inch strands of the mohawk fringe to be double and pulled though one stitch and fastened by passing the ends through the created loop. That's a ton of yarn to be fitting though one tiny stitch. I'm about a ¼ of the way through and the strip is starting to curl. I'm beginning to second guess myself. I may take a second stab at this step and see if possible adding the fringe in 2 or three rows is better.
      2. The Incredible Custom fit Raglan Sweater y Pamela Costello www.woolworks.org/patterns/raglan.html I'm using this pattern B's horse sweater. I finished a sample of the Loopy the Appaloosa Cloth by Rhonda K white. I used the cloth sample as my gauge swatch to get the stitch counts to enter into the worksheet for the raglan sweater. Even in my semi brain dead state today I was able to get the neck for this sweater cast on. I do not care for how the neck looks on this sweater. I don't mind the dropped front but the edge looks unfinished. I think i when I'm done I'll go back and pick up the neck stitched and put a more finished edge on it.
      3. Uber secret Christmas project. I had a lot of time to devote to this project this week and wouldn't you know it I managed to screw it up. I was out and about town this weekend to it and was knitting on this a lot. SO much in fact I ran about an inch over the point where my pattern shifts to another section. So I had to tear back an inch. And rather than tink back 8-10 rows I pulled it off the needles. Big Mistake! The yarn is really splitty and I'm having a heck of a time getting it back on. SO as of now it's cooling it;s jets until I can find ,my magnifier glasses and get back into the right frame of mind to tackle it. I was almost in tears earlier...
   3. What's in My teapot
      1. Joe's Choice this week is Passion from Tazo tea. A few weeks back Joe suggested that he choose the tea in the tea pot. Which I didn't mind because it makes me try things I wouldn’t normally buy.
         1. So Joe picked passion by Tazo and I asked him “What made you pick this one?” In true Joe style he said “ It says passion on the box. There's nothing bad in this equation for me.”
         2. Tazo Passion Back of the box.
         3. Berry, Juicy, Wine Like, Merlot, Sweet, earthy, and dense.
         4. Pretty good. I don't taste mango, I do taste berry but there is a really sour note. I checked the ingredients and I see there is extra citric acid added. Not a fan of the citric acid but otherwise pretty good.
3. Materials Sourcing
   1. Still working on Nantucket from Copperpot Woolies. http://www.etsy.com/shop/copperpot. A lovely mic of merino and corriedale in peacock colors.
   4. After 5

1. Nate, B and I got the chance to be in an upcoming web series. It won't be out until February or March so I'll post links to it when it comes out. B has a small line he said thank you to a nurse, Nate “puked” in a bucket, ( I was taking B home while his scene was taped so I missed it! I here it was excellent and they got it in one take. I was originally just an extra I was tot to sit in the waiting room and knit. Sweet! That I can do. This is where I over shot on my Christmas knitting I have about 4 hrs of straight knitting time on it. It ended up that I got a line and a short scene where I hep up a man on crutches who gets knocked to the floor.
2. Christmas Cookies. It's that time! Time to dust off the kitchen aid and get baking. I started a thread on the Ravelry board for Christmas cookie recipes. Posted up right now is the recipe for the toffee bars my mom makes and that I hide from the family when they enter the house. :) I also posted that I'm looking for a recipe for a cream cheese dough cookie. I think I found the recipe for the dough on www.bigoven.com. I made a test batch tonight and boy are they bland! They defiantly need the brandy glaze. But the dough may be right... Worth more testing. Feel free to share any holiday recipes in the cookie thread.
3. Christmas memories Contest is still running winners will be drawn on 12/31/11 the video cast will be more of a post holiday round up which will give me time to focus on the family and still get everything together for prizes and all the things necessary for me to go video. bThere are some really great memories up on the thread one or two had me looking for my Kleenex. Keep those memories coming!
   1. So In that vein another holiday memory. Christmas at the photo studio.
   2. Tacos for Santa.
4. Knit group today was Sunday brunch with the Knit group. I was able to finish my Loopy the Appaloosa swatch during Knit group. My winning Mojo was back in effect and I won a door prize! Woohoo a crochet a day calendar. No sooner did I open my calendar I reach over to grab ,my coffee and the cup smooshed in on it self a bit and I spilled my coffee all over my leg and down the project back of the lady sitting next to me. T Once again I humiliate myself in public. I carried sippy cups in my bag for years for B until just recently maybe it's time to start carrying one for myself.