Not a Chocolate Egg in Sight!

My chef is preparing Gingerbread Waffles. I'm drooling....

Last night he was whizzing around in our 70's stylee Brown and Yellow kitchen while I fought with a crochet hook.

This is what he made:






Stuffed Mushrooms - crunchy on the outside, moist, garlicy, butteriness on the inside...













Cherry Tomato and Asparagus Pizza -
All made from scratch.....










Oatmeal-Raisin-Chocolate Chunk Cookies -
All warm and gooey, straight from the oven.
(Look on the inside of the Quaker Oat tub lid for basic recipie, then just add tonnes more stuff than they suggest!!!!






While he made all that, I made this!






The beginnings of a collar for the never-ending cardi for Marlene....
I still consider myself as a novice crocheter as I haven't done that much of it and I much prefer knitting.




























I did manage to put these together though. A month or so back, I crocheted a couple of potholders for the Chef to match the kitchen.

























Little Miss Spoilt loves pizza, especially the tomato sauce, so much so that her nose is tinged a nice shade of orange from being dipped into her own bowl of goodness!









One of the other, many, undocumented projects I've got going at the mo is from the new Heartfelt book by Kim Hargreaves.
When I first saw the picture of this hat I thought it was knit so that the ridges were horizontal. I planned for it to be in stripes of Teal and Lime, but when I knit the swatch it became clear that the ridges were vertical and my plan for a vertical striped hat were put on hold... It looks nice in solid Teal. I can live with it.



It's not all been sitting around, eating homemade deliciousness and playing with yarn though...
Last weekend was so gorgeous that even lazy old me wanted to get out and enjoy some fresh country air.
We jumped into the little yellow car and headed for the Pennsylvania countryside. I should've listened more closely to the weatherman as I really didn't need the long johns, hooded sweatshirt and jacket and I really didn't need the fleece top and wool thermal that I'm still wearing in this picture!!
It was a lovely hike and I look forward to a long and sunshiney Spring and Summer.
Happy Easter, wherever you may be.