a psa or three

 It's just about the 1st Saturday in February again. 

Hello!  International Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

  

which as you know has 3 simple rules: 1) eat ice cream 2) for breakfast 3) before noon on the 1st Saturday in Feb. We'll have a spread simliar past years, like this or this. You? 

And, as long as I am being helpful, can I warn you against googling "cute booties"? I had something like these not those in mind, thankyouverymuch.

 

Pattern: The Better Baby Booties

Needles: US 3 

Yarn: Cascade 220, a little Plymouth Worsted Merino in white and some deliscious white angora for the trim

Notes: A quickie knit if you aren't having a lot of distractions going on like...a super cute newborn baby in the house.  Which, I think, explains why the stripes are placed differently and the variance wasn't noticed till they were blocking. Whatev! You think a 10 day old will care? Or her sleepy parents will notice?

These are V.2. Thanks to bad row gauge, the first pair came out too long. I modified the pattern: the bottoms are only 20 rows long, and the cuffs only 28 stitches. I picked up 10 instead of 15 stitches along the sides when switching from flat to circular. (it'll make sensewhen you're in the pattern).

 

So we're set for 1 year old foot coverage, too.

oh, one more warning: definitely don't google "BigAss Granny " . Because I didn't get my own blog with my very large granny square in progress. Nuh uh, I got an eyeful.

(You're welcome.)

a requisite update

I'd feel remiss if I didn't give an Ice Cream for Breakfast Day report. Some day I'll photograph it beautifully, using some care to light and compose. But, this year (and, um, every year up till now) I prefer to just jump in and celebrate the holiday in the only way it can be.

You may notice that pink jar of heavenly goodness that is Norma's rose petal jelly, a gift as I left her place last week. She kind of mentioned it's "nice" on ice cream. Understatement! New favorite of the crowd. It's like eating the smell of beach roses as you walk toward the waves with an ice cream cone.

 

Vanilla bean ice cream with sliced bananas, walnuts, rose petal jelly & whipped cream.

Need I say more?

scoops ready?

First  Saturday in February, you know what that means, right?

ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST DAY
Rules here. You can do it. Believe me, it's easier than finding 7.5 hours to sleep.

No idea if they'll be celebrating at this joint.  No idea if they really are world famous at all but I can vouch for their fine egg & cheese sandwiches.  If you're ever near Howard University on Florida Ave in DC, stop by. The collard greens looked good too.

Knitting & other adventures next post.