Miss Silver project

I read "The Girl in the Cellar" and Miss Silver was knitting a baby item, a shawl, and a football sweater for a nephew. I noticed that several other people commented on the amount of baby items Miss Silver made up. I had started a baby blanket for a friend of mine and am almost done with it, so am hoping it counts as a Miss Silver item! I realize she would probably not have used some (and certainly not all) of the colors I am, but these are the ones the mom-to-be-picked.

MY MISS SILVER PROJECT

I actually did manage to get a project finished for the Patricia Wentworth mystery I read. I read Danger Point. AND as usual Miss Silver was knitting baby stockings.

So I knit baby socks. I thought I would "kill two birds with one stone" as the old saying goes because they are going to be a present for a new grandma.

I even knit two pair of baby socks. They should fit a 3 - 6 month old. I knit them using left over fingering weight sock yarn. The pattern is from my 2007 knitting page a day calendar. AND the best part is how easy they were.

AND here they are.
Of course, I am putting a few other goodies in the package.

Now despite the time I need to have something to eat and get back to packing.

Miss Silver Project

In the three Miss Silver books that I read she had been knitting either socks or baby items. In one she was knitting leggings for a baby and in another a 'coatee' for a baby. I made these for my sister's first grandchild. The colors might be a little bit brighter than those she had available, but she did seem to like to knit with blue yarn.

Coffee cup cozy

Here is my finished coffe mug cozy. It fits my starbuck cup pretty good. I ended up not following the pattern I was doing simply because it wasn't tall enough. But I'm happy with my cozy. I think Miss Silver would appreciate a nice gift like this. What do you think? lol

For the buttons I used 2 knitting charms. the top one says I heart knitting and the second one is just a ball of yarn with needles.

Miss Silver Recipe Number 2

Better with Butterscotch
Group Recipes is to cooking as Ravelry is to knitting. While recently exploring all things butterscotch, I came across the following recipe and thought it would be a perfect Miss Silver contribution. I had read the Grey Mask (1928) already, and I recently read Anna Where Are You? (early 1950s). I thought the contributor comments here were particularly appropriate.

Butterscotch Pie From The 1920s
By Chefmeow
This recipe comes from my mother's collection. She obtained it from her knitting group in 1952. She said it had been around for years at that point. She is guessing that this is a recipe from the 1920's.

Cook Time: 20
Prep Time: 10
Average rating 5 (dunno what this means)

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup water
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2-1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1-1/2 cups milk

Brown butter in pan. Add sugar and cook together stirring constantly until sugar is melted. Add water and stir slowly cooking until sugar is again dissolved. Combine cornstarch, egg yolks and milk then add to sugar mixture.Cook until thickened; then pour in baked pie shell and top with cream. (From http://www.grouprecipes.com/)

Miss Silver project

No cozies for me! In the book I read (The Case is Closed), when Miss Silver was first introduced she was knitting white socks. So here are my off-white socks (close enough), which I just finished for another KAL.

Joan in West Texas

Jacobean Socks