Imagine my surprise when I turned on Jeopardy today and saw a knitter! Not just any knitter, but Kmkat who has been a loyal reader and commenter lo these many years! I first spied the knitting, of course (the picture below is from yesterday’s show, which I missed due to knitting group 🙁 ). Kathryn wore a knitted sweater today — Tappan-Zee, to be exact. Congratulations on your winnings and for show casing knitting on national television!! It was so fun to see you!
I have been knitting and baking and entertaining, so quite busy like everyone else. Last week I finished a sweater. I thought it took forever but it only took about a month — even with time off for boredom!!
It is Ebbetts by Elizabeth Doherty. It is the sister of Woodfords, a favorite of mine, but knit in worsted weight. Woodfords was knit in LOFT, Ebbetts in Blackstone Tweed.
The new sweater should be very wearable. Woodfords is super cute but because the yarn seems more fragile, I don’t wear it a lot. I am not going to baby Ebbetts!!
I bought the book Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion. I made the basic white dough and used it for simple dinner rolls Christmas Eve – people liked them a lot. Today I used up the remaining dough:
I did a simple braid and an egg wash. It tastes amazing!! Maybe even deserving of a Paul Hollywood handshake!! 😉
Wow, I did see her and immediately said to my sis watching with me, “She’s knitter! That’s a hand-knit cowl.” And today the sweater. They looked great Kmkat, and I was so proud of your Jeopardy play. Way to represent knitters!
Susan, the sweaters and the bread look so yummy.
Comment by annie — December 29, 2018 @ 1:11 am
Goes to prove that knitters are SMART. And that it pays to record Jeopardy:-).
Comment by Chloe — December 30, 2018 @ 8:28 am
You made a challah!
Comment by Renee Kaplan — December 31, 2018 @ 10:47 pm
Wow, thanks for the shout-out! I totally was not expecting that. And Ebbetts looks like a great, wearable sweater. A workhorse.
Comment by kmkat — January 7, 2019 @ 5:11 pm