Jeepers Creepers Fingerless Mitts - Charts

These gloves were inspired by my friend's daughter's love of Minecraft. I knit these wristers with a Fair Isle technique. The tubular cast-on and cast-off were a learning exercise, but I really like the stretchiness and polished look they provide.  I used Madelintosh's Tosh Merino Light in "dirty panther" and "leaf."  Gauge using size 0 DPNs was 10 sts/in and 10 rows/in in the Fair Isle pattern.

The top circumference was 8 in, and the length was 7 in.  If you need to make a smaller size, I'd try removing some of the black stitches on the side, between the front and back.  There should be plenty of wiggle room there.

I CO 60 stitches in green using the tubular cast-on, and did double knitting for four rounds, resulting in two rows of green border at the bottom.  The wrist is K1P1 ribbing in black for 2 1/2 inches.  Then I increased the stitches to 80 and started working the charts, replacing the red stitches with the thumb chart.  After finishing the charts, I did 2 rows of K1P1 in black, then four rounds of double knitting in green, and a tubular cast-off in green.

For the thumb, I picked up and knitted stitches in black for three rounds.  Then I K1P1 in black for two rounds, and then the same four rounds of double knitting in green, and a tubular cast-off in green.

There are three charts: the left hand, the right hand, and the thumb.

Bazinga's ChocoBananaHoneyOat Muffins

My two-and-a-half-year-old is a picky eater, like many toddlers.  But she asks for "uffins," so I feed them to her.


1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 banana
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 tb honey
1 3/4 cups oats
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup unbleached flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon



Directions:
1.  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Line muffin pan with paper liners.
2.  In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until well combined.  Add banana and mash well.  Add buttermilk, oil, vanilla extract, and honey.  Whisk until all ingredients are combined.
3.  Whisk in the oats and chocolate chips.
4.  Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together.  Add the dry flour mixture to the batter.  Whisk until just combined.
5.  Divide the batter between the muffin pan cups.  Bake for 20 minutes.  Do a toothpick test to make sure they're done in the middle.
6.  Cool pan on a cooling rack for 20 minutes before taking the muffins out of the pan.