The Story Girl

The Gimli Sweater

It is finished! I actually finished this at the beginning of the month but it’s been pretty busy around here and so I’m just getting to blog about it. I don’t know if I mentioned it before or not, but this is my first ever completed sweater! The pattern is from Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitting Around. Chris really likes it and it keeps him very warm.

I made it with his homebrewing in mind. He brews beer in the garage with the door open and last time he did so, it was 36 degrees all day! So he needs something to keep him warm while he’s out there for a whole afternoon.

The sweater is a little bit long so it doesn’t expose his back when he leans over, and the sleeves kind of grew… and grew… Elena showed me an easy way to make the sleeves shorter. I was going to try that but Chris says he likes rolling them up, so I’ll leave them long.

This was knit with one of my favorite all purpose yarns, Plymouth worsted. It knits up nicely and doesn’t pill very much at all. Last year, I made him a pair of mittens with it, and it’s the same yarn I used to make this cowl. This weekend I’ll take some photos in the shirt I made him for Christmas. I know, lucky Chris, right? Sweater and shirt handmade by yours truly, pretty nifty. Haha! Well it’s about time I made him a shirt because he picked out the fabric over a year ago. More on that later

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My New Favorite Cereal

I am back to eating oats again. I kind of overdid it on the smoothies. They were soooo good but I found that there was just too much sugar in the fruit and not enough complex carbs to keep me going for very long. I would love to give smoothies another go, but it’s time for something a little different.

One of the best things about this cereal is that I can buy all the ingredients in bulk. I’m pretty excited about that because it means less waste and less recycling. You can mix up the ratios to fit your tastes. I prefer things that aren’t very sweet, so I only put in a little coconut. The dried goji berries are crunchy and if you don’t like the extra crunch, you could hydrate them or substitute with a different fruit such as cranberry or currant.

Yummy Cereal

• Organic Oats
• Dried Goji Berries
• Chia Seeds
• Nutritional Yeast
• Almonds
• Shredded Coconut

See it’s pretty simple! You just mix it together and put in your milk of choice and eat it. Which is what I’ve been doing all week (just for breakfast, I promise!).

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