Socks!

I finished my very first pair of socks yesterday. I've made single socks in the past, but never finished an actual matching pair. I'm a pretty impatient knitter, and I'm not great at following patterns, so these were knit on big needles with big yarn. They come from several cobbled together patterns, but they worked out. They're very puffy, so maybe I can wear them as hiking socks or something. I'm sure I'll only get to wear them once or twice a year since I live in the desert, but it was good practice. This weird picture is of my feet propped up against the kitchen wall, because if I tried to take a normal picture of my feet on the ground, this is what would happen...

That's Georgie and she's a camera hog. very vain. ooo, do you think I'm making a bad impression by mentioning my cat on my second-ever post? I'm not a knitting cat lady. I promise.

Brand New Blog

This is my new blog called Marmalade. I'm not sure that the blog will have a theme, but I plan to write about the things I do and see in my life here in Tucson. I've been doing a lot of baking here lately because I'm trying to avoid my thesis. This cake has been one of our favorites.

I made a buttery cake batter and poured it over big fat blackberries and peach slices arranged on the bottom of an 8" springform. The fruit stays on the bottom and makes a nice contrast to the rich cake. We eat it with vanilla ice cream.

So, I suppose this will be how the blog will go. How does one start one of these without feeling like a dork? I feel like I'm writing "dear diary". You know, I'm addressing a post to an anonymous (and probably nonexistant) audience, but I still feel like doing it. I have all kinds of crafty ideas all the time and I'm too inspired by blogs like my sister's not to get in on the game. So there it is. I'm a blogger.