Unphotographable

I started a sock a few days ago but I've had trouble getting a good picture.

Too far?

Too close?

Bad light!

Good thing I've got a lot more sock to knit. That'll give me more chances to get a good shot.

Green Things

I got a gift from my friend Nancy, who went on a trip to Mexico. She gave me this really cool bag:
Pretty neat, huh? It'll be perfect for revolutionary trips to El Safeway for tostitos. Viva la reusable shopping bag! I wonder if there are Mexicans getting good use out of Washington Crossing the Delaware tote bags? The bag also came with some mystery yarn:
There were no labels so I don't know much about it. It's a very fine 2-ply of what I think is acrylic. This may take some investigating.

Knitting Recap

Here's a quick summary of the stuff I've knit recently. There were a bunch of sorta slouchy brioche stitch hats:I also got sucked into the ruffly scarf trend.
They are quick and so deceptively easy. Also, here's my first finished object of the year:
It's my standard stocking stitch scarf in self-patterning Kroy sock yarn. Now if only the weather would cooperate and turn sufficiently wintry to warrant socks. I'm always disappointed by 50 degree temps in January!

Resolved

That was a very long blog hiatus indeed. I certainly didn't intend to be off the air for quite so long, but life events, anticipated and otherwise, got the better of me. I'm not in the habit of making New Year's resolutions, so instead I'll just call this is regular old resolution to try to blog a bit more regularly.

There was a wee bit of crazy baking over the holidays. Not as insane as at the height of my crazy baking glory, but still pretty respectable I think:
7 types of cookies spread over 9 sugary tiers of dessert goodness. From the top left:

1. pecan bars
2. Nanaimo bars
3. caramel heavenlies
4. more pecan bars
5. lemon bars
6. marble brownies
7. dulce de leche bars
8. more dulce
9. oatmeal caramelitas

The caramelitas didn't come out as intended. I tried making my own caramel sauce instead of using bottled topping. I substituted whole milk for cream, and, well, I got a reminder of why sometimes there is not substituting for the real thing. Ah well, still came out sort of caramelly, just not as creamy.