Gold Rush Kettle Korn--The World's Best Kettle Korn!
A touch of sugar, a dash of salt, and a whole lot of pop!
Ronan tries one of many samples while Oliver admires the nectarines and plums.
Root veggies--I swear that exposing my kids to this plethora of lovely colors will one day inspire them to love veggies. So far, no luck. We're still in the steamed broccoli, corn on the cob, and baby carrots rut.
Yummy samples. These oranges were so sweet!
Every week there are performers at the market. Sometimes we get to see Asheba, our favorite local kids performer (see more on Asheba at: http://www.asheba.net/), and this Saturday there was an instrumental jazz group and a vocal group. Both were great, but we really enjoyed the vocal group, despite the questionable set choices of "Rehab" among others. Hey, there were kids there; I mean, really. I LOVED their version of the Jackson 5's "ABC, easy as 123" (or whatever the title is). It was fun sitting and listening to them while munching on kettle corn.
Oliver loves organic produce and he asks, "Mommy, how come the tomatoes we grow don't look like this?" I wonder, too. I also want to know what "dry farmed" means, 'cause I want to try it.
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For that pattern:
if you can do garter stitch, you can do this pretty easily. You'll have to learn to purl but it's no problem, check out www.knittinghelp.com. It's basically the same thing but the loops of yarn are thrown inward instead of outward.
This is also in the round, which makes it easier. Not a lot of finishing and you can do the knit stitch every row (it's like doing garter but loops are thrown in the same direction with every row)... you'll need a circular needle for this. If you end up knitting a lot I would recommend the "options" needle kit from knitpicks.com since after you buy this you'll never need needles again.
For the gathered area at the top, all you need to do is "k2tog" or knit two stitches together, this is a way of decreasing to make less stitches.
This is a really good pattern for a beginner. Don't do it in any yarns that are heavy, like the 100% cotton sugar 'n cream you find in the chain stores. After you wash it, the tank will feel like a dishrag. Knitpicks makes a good cotton / rayon blend called Shine Worsted which is lighter and with good drape. This would look very good on you, and since you are in California could wear it year round (completely jealous on your warm climate there).
First time you knit for yourself you'll be tempted to make it a little larger than your actual size, don't do this because it will end up looking like a shapeless potato sack. You're probably 32 or 34 inch bust so don't make it larger than that.
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