Spicy Red Capsicum Dip & Another Baby Item Finished

Well we finally had some nice weather on Saturday, so nice in fact that Miss Fish and I set up the out side lounges and watched Mr CLI work lol.

 

So for lunch on Saturday I fancied some dips. I made Lorraine Elliot's tuna one from her site Not Quite Nigella.

 

Then I wanted on a bit spicier, after a search on the Internet I came up with this one.

 

Now if you don't want to use the mayonnaise you could replace it with 1/2 cup of raw nuts and blitz till chunky.

 

Spicy Red Capsicum Dip

1 red capsicum with core removed and cut into chunks, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, several drops tobasco, 1 clove garlic peeled, 2 tbsps grated Parmesan , 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 dessert spoon lemon juice, 12 sundried tomatoes

 

Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz till smooth.

 

 

Also I managed to get another item on my to do list completed. I started this blanket for Miss Le Coiffure's baby while she was pregnant.

I picked the colors before I knew the baby was going to be a girl, but Miss Le Coiffure likes the colors so I continued on and finished it.

 

 

Pattern for Easy to Knit Booties

I hope everyone had a good weekend. I spent most of the weekend knee deep in my sewing room tidying it. So of course to tidy you have to pull everything out to sort and repack into new baskets I bought to put into 2 news sets of shelves I got from Cheap as Chips. So there are pockets of tidy surrounded by piles of mess. Lol

 

Now I thought I would post this pattern because it is a very easy bootee pattern using 8 ply wool. You could probably get them knitted and sewn together in under an hour.

Basic Bootee Pattern - variegated wool pink blue and mauve left side in picture

Cast on 35 stitches.

Rows 1 - 8 - knit

Row 9 - Knit 15 , knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 15

Row 10 - Knit 14, knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 14

Row 11 - knit 13, knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 13

Row 12 - knit 12, k it 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 12

Row 13 - knit 11, knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 11

Row 14 - knit 10, knit 2 tog, knit 1, knit 2 tog, knit 10 (25 sts)

Rows 15 & 16 - knit

Row 17 - knit 1 "yrn knit 2 tog" repeat to end

Rows 18 - 22 - knit

Cast off knit ways.

pink bootees - I knitted in stocking stitch up to last decrease row.

Row 15 - knit

Row 16 - purl

Row 17 - as above

Row 18 - purl

Row 19 - knit 1 * yrn slip 1 knit 2 tog paso, yrn knit 1* repeat to last 5 stitches yrn slip 1 knit 2 tog psso yrn knit 2 tog

Row 20 - purl

Row 21 - knit 2 tog * yrn knit 1, slip 1 knit 2 tog psso * repeat til last 2 stitches, yrn knit 2 tog

Row 22 - purl

Cast of knit ways.

Aqua, pink and green variegated wool was done in garter stitch, k 1 , p 1.

Every row and when you do the decreasing rows knit the decreases and make sure you knit or purl next stitch as required to keep pattern correct.

If you have any questions just send me a message and I will try to help you.

Now I had better get back to my sewing room.

 

Show & Tell - Very Little Knitted Cardigans

A bit of humor to start the day off.

Help comes in all shapes. Lol

 

I have a bit of show and tell today , some photos of cardigans I have knitted for our Grandaughter , who is due at the end of September. Only 8 weeks to go.

 

To us it seems like a long time, but to Miss Le Coiffure, it seems like forever.

 

Till tomorrow, have a good day.