I also like to cook

Sometimes, I really like to cook pastries too. This picture that you are seeing is a kind of dessert that I made last Saturday to take to my friends house.
These pastries are called facturas Argentinas, and they are very typical in my country, we eat them, for breakfast, or tea time, and very often for mate time.
It takes a long time to prepare, because the dough needs a lot of time to rest.
I made this batch to take to my friend's house last Saturday, she was having party and we had them as a dessert with coffee. They really liked them, I made a total of 37 pastries and in 15 minutes they were all gone!
My mom passed me the recipe, and I keep it as a treasure.

I will have my Owls

Owl sweater by Kate Davies.

On Sunday afternoon I decided to bring my needles out of the dust and start a new project for me. I’ve wanted to knit the Owl sweater by Kate Davies. I just simply loved this pattern since the first time I saw it, and since I have the perfect yarn for it “Suri Alpaca and Extra-Fine Merino Wool Yarn, I went for it! I bought this yarn on December of last year at a great price! The texture of this Suri-Merino is wonderful, so soft and light.

My plan is to finish this project on time to go to Argentina this July (winter time down there). I know that we are just at the end of April, but on spring/summer I slow down a lot on my knitting, simply because I have a lot to do, who doesn’t. I love being outside, talking my dogs with my husband, going to the pool, my Yoga classes, hanging out with my hubby and friends, going put for drinks, making jewelry, cooking sweets, and on rainy days knitting!!

Since I’m not very skillful on circulars needles it takes me a little longer to progress on my knitting, but so far so good, surprisingly I’m knitting much faster now! Finally! And since I haven’t knit anything since last February this project feels good. I can see energy sparkling off of my fingers tips!

Changing the subject, I have been reading a lot lately. I’ve already read 10 full books. My challenge is 30. Yesterday I finished reading “Water for Elephants”, it was fantastic and with a very unexpected ending. Now, I’m reading book #11 on the list, its called “Tatiana and Alexander”.

Something interesting: I use this website www.goodreads.com and it’s great because you can keep track of every book you have ever read. They also have giveaways yes for free! I got lucky sometimes and so far I’ve won 4 books! In on day I won 2!!!

Well friends, I have to go now. You have a wonderful day and I’ll see later,

A big hug for you!

Well, hello there!

My dad

I know, I know, I am sorry! I got lost... to much going on around here. I couldn't keep up with everything. But know I am back again.
Since last time I wrote I left for Argentina. The trip was awesome! I got to spent almost a month with my parents. I was able to take care of my dad while my mom was working, we had fun. I did everything so my mom could rest when she came from work. I will show you the photos later I promise. The only though part of the trip was that I really miss my husband. Three weeks and a half is a long time to be apart!
When I got home my father was no doing too well, he spent most of the time on bed, he wasn't able to shower by himself, he couldn't shave by himself, or cut his meat nether walk. My soul was crushed when I saw him, I didn't imagine to see him so sad. My mom was so happy to see me and we both planned what to do to bring him back on track again. My mom said " you are the only one who can help him, you have some kind of power on him that makes him better, he listens to you, you are the light of his eyes, together we can make him fell better", I hug my mom and I started to cry and she said don't worry "angelito" (liitle angel) I won't let anything bad happen to him, I promise. Well, since day one I started to take care of him, I started to spend lots of time with him, I will only leave the house to go buy groceries while he was napping, I took him to therapy, I cooked for him, I shaved him, I listened  to him, we drank mate together, I made him walk little by little, I made him sat outside on the sunshine. On the 4th day... he was able to walk a block with out tumbling.
On the 6th day, he was able to take a shower by himself. On the 8th day, he was up all day only going to bed for two hours in the afternoon for napping. My mom couldn't believe it! The last two weeks my dad was my normal dad, of course he only walks with a walker, but he walks! He was happy, and bright and talkative. He help me cooking and set in up the table, we went everyday to wait form my mom to the bus stop.
 He was him again.
So making a long story short, my trip was a miracle trip! I am so glad that I went in the perfect time.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for following me even though I was away for a long while.
Your support makes me want to keep reading.
Ohhhh I almost forgot to tell you, my mom loved the scarf!!!!!!! She took the letter I made with the scarf to her work and all the coworkers that read it cried! hahaha, they said it was so sentimental and deep that they couldn't content themselves. The only thing that I did forget and that I can't forgive myself for is that I did not take no One picture of the complete scarf!!!!!!! I know, don't mention it! But if I go back in July I will take plenty this time.
Oh my that I had a lot to say.
I will talk to you later
many hugs for you
Sabrina

I painted my parents apartment

My brother and me

I got this beautiful flowers for Valentine's Day 

from my dear husband

Candy

My dad and I

My dad and I

My mom and me

I got these roses from My hubby for our Anniversary

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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A new camino is starting for us.
and today I sent you a big nice hug!

PS: my trip to Argentina was and success! I will be talking about that on my next post.

This is the story of my scarf

For me every item that I knit has a meaning at the end.

When I started knitting the scarf I felt invincible, because even though it was a difficult pattern for me I decided to make it. Well it was not easy.

I started the scarf about 6 times, and it was always something wrong. I was about to give up, to start another project easier. I was angry with myself.

One day I called my mother and she was not having a good day, things were getting complicated with my dad, she said to me: “ I don’t know what to do or from where to get more strength to keep me going, but I do know one thing hijita, I’m not giving up, I must keep going for him and for me, everything is going to be all right”.

After that conversation I realized that this scarf needed to be perfect and it needed to be done on time to take it to her.

Yesterday I finished the scarf for my mom. I can’t explain to you the satisfaction I felt when I cast of the last stitch, I felt proud because I didn’t give up, I did what my mother taught me, I kept going.  I have to start blocking it tonight when I get home.

 Today I wrote a story to my viejita (mom) about what that scarf represents to me, and besides all the content I wrote that I won’t share there is a part of it that I do want to share;

All the yarns over forming holes represent all the moments my mother needed me and I needed her and we were separated for thousand of miles, the bubbles represent happiness and each of it its full of happy memories!

Red is her favorite color and for me represents faith and strength. I choose a complicated pattern because it represents all the difficult moments that we went through with my dad and because we were all united and strong as a family he is doing better. I decided to make for her a scarf because when she’ll wear it will be close to her heart.

This is Me, a dreamer, a warrior and maybe this story might sound weird for you because you might have never associated your knitting with moments but remember that everything is related to everything.

I am going back home next week; I will be there for a month so if you don’t see me now you know why.

Hugs to you and thank you for stopping by and remember thing do get better.

Sabrina

Knitting Lace

 Happiness:

What wonderful day today! My dad is doing better yay!!!. He has started to walk a little by himself again ladies! I know that this has nothing to do with knitting, but I had to share this with you! You have not idea how happy this news made me!

Knitting:
Yesterday I started to knit the Lily of the Valley Estonian Lace Scarf, OMG!!! I forgot why I didn’t like Lace projects! I had to start the scarf 3 times! I know, what an idiot right? Well let me tell you something this is me knitting lace stitch, Ha!

Well the thing is that after the 3^rd try I master it! Yay!!!! And I was able to complete 36 rows without any mistakes! So tonight I will continue with that same goal, no making mistakes!

                                                       Here is how my Nupps looks

Oh, I wanted to tell you that last night while knitting and watching TV with my husband, he asked me if I could please make him a matching scarf for the Passion Hat II!

He designed it and everything, well he told me how he wants the colors to go together, and the length! How about that? So today I started knitting the called matching Passion Scarf, for him. I’m using US 6 because he likes when the feeling of the knitting is tight “without holes”, so it’s going slow!

A lot to knit and not enough time!

Hugs to you

Sabrina

New year, New projects!

Well, Happy New Year for everybody!

This is the first post of the year, for that reason I want to start with something fresh, something new. I want to talk about the Estonian knitting technique and all the fabulous shawls that you can make following this style. I discovered this just the other day, and I was fascinated by it. They use so many different stitches on one piece, so many details to pay attention to. I had to learn how to make the NUPP (Estonian word for bubble), and the lace weight yarn that it looks gorgeous once the project is done, but it’s tedious to work with! Everything looks so complicated and different. I said to myself “ Sabrina… you have to try this, you must try to love lace technique and lace yarn”.

I felt attracted for a new challenge.

They are two shawls that I really like and I plan to make, well one of them is actually a scarf and the other one it’s a shawl.

The scarf is called: Lily of the Valley Estonian Lace Scarf / Estniska liljekonvaljer by Helene Wallin. This designer went to Estonia exclusively to learn the techniques and all the secrets to knit the Estonian shawls! I thought it was so cool.

Well, the shawl I want to knit is called: Echo Flower Shawl by Jenny Johnson Johnen. It is so beautiful!

Since I have never got into such a complicated lace project, I want to start with the easier one, I will make the scarf for my mother, and then I will make the wonderful shawl.

The thing is that I get distracted very easily when I knit lace and I mess up the stitches so that’s why I try to avoid it all the time, but now it’s time to grow up and focus.

In my opinion knitting lace makes you grow as a knitter.

So here I go today I started the scarf and I also started to love lace!!!!

I also wanted to share that I already started and finish two projects for 2011!! Yay the first 2 of the year!

This is what happened: Remember that I told you that I was making a hat (Passion Hat) for my husband with the baby alpaca? Well I did finish that hat for the 31^st of December, so he was able to use it for that night, as I wanted it. He completely loved it; he loved the colors, the feeling of the yarn and the fit not so much, because it came out a little to loose. But he was so excited that the hat was so warm and soft that he used it.
                                                    Here are some pics of the Passion hat

                                                                          Up look

                                                           Close look so you can see the yarn

Well, On January 2^nd, I started another hat  (I called it Passion hat II). I started and finished the same day! OMG it was a lot of work, I knitted all afternoon, but by 9:00pm it was ready and it was perfect! He couldn’t believe that I made another one so quick. I asked him “ Do you like it?”

He said: “ I love it, more than the first one, because it fits me perfectly, Thank you so much, I love you!” So there he is using the Passion Hat II all the time!!!!

Hugs, everybody

Sabrina