Entwined Mar

I have been MIA for a while, enjoying everything that is outside of the cyber world, this was not to be forever but as a vacation to enjoy the holidays and of course the family that had time off from school and work. Starting this year I have modified a bit the blog to start afresh and also to give me motivation to create and tell you a bit more about it with a new atmosphere. Things that changed are: 1.- Blog theme 2.- Blogs I go to, to learn, to entertain & to discover. Also this year my word to live by came super late, just the weekend before New Year's,  •••embrace yourself••• •••this is an amazing challenging one••• FOCUS To be FOCUS is super challenging, I have so much to learn from this.  I have pride myself to be organize but now that this word came to challenge me, I see that there is so much to learn and improve. Things I want to accomplish... 1.- Involve myself a bit more with this new Volunteer job I started ( I have already finished all my studies...

I love Christmas.  It is part of my DNA, because of Christmas I am who I am. So many ways to celebrate, every single family that looks after this holiday has their own tradition, many involves presents and with that, let me give you a nice customized way of making your own personalized present to your love ones. At home we have a Silhouette Cameo for about 4 yeas now,  it is not new, we want to buy the Cricut Maker, that one is a beast, but for now we use what we have.  This machine cuts anything you want on paper, vinyl, light plastic and also writes anything you send from a computer with the right tools, which at home we have.  With the Silhouette we usually decorate the dinning wall for Thanksgiving/Fall & Christmas But you can also create all kinds of things, like a customized ornament.   This is my family ornament of last year that we brought back to our Christmas tree this year, They are not that hard to make, in m...

I want to apologize for the late post, supposedly I left it ready to load this morning, early but something went wrong and did not post - Quiero Disculparme por lo tarde de esta entrada, la programe para que saliera en la mañana, pero algo sucedio y no salio. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x This post is part of the Back to Blogger incentive.  This month with the letter  H I love hats, hats are my second favorite knitted accessory for Fall and specially for Winter.  They are so versatile and also you can make them with very little material.  Either in yarn or thread. I started one that I love, because you can use bits of left over and get an amazing combination. Sunset Hat on Ravelry I have not finished mine but wanted to share cause I'm knitting it with this palette that lately yarn clubs sell by bits. Updated - Actualizado  Finished hat - Gorro terminado This was a present for my nephew’s bday - Fue un regalo para mi sobrino en su cumpleaños  I also wanted...

One of the dessert that never fail in a birthday party, specially among kids is a dessert with gelatine. In Chile we have a very well known one called Bavoroise. Fluffy, light and very tasty. RECIPE  1 can of evaporated milk chilled 2 cups of gelatine, prepared as package instructions ( I usually make it with half of the water requested) 1 cup of heavy cream/whipped cream (optional) 1 cup of strawberries or any berry available (optional) Whip the evaporated cold milk with a kitchenaid mixer until it has double the amount, becoming very fluffy and thick.   Add whipped cream if you are adding this ingredient.   Once mixed and all becomes whipped and fluffier, add prepared gelatine, mixing well with a mixer.    With a wooden spoon or a spatula mix in the berries if you are adding this ingredients and set it in individual glass molds.   Let it rest in the fridge for al least 4 hrs but overnight is better. Garnish with berries or even min...

I always think that if I commit to something, I really need do my best to comply.  I know we do have life outside of this cyber world but I usually encourage my kids to follow true on their word. But boy, this month was hard for me on our back to blogger challenge, because I had nothing, nada, niet, rien...  I wanted to change things a bit, come out of my comfort zone and try something different, but not, here I am with my knitting. So without further ado, My fingerless mittens This was made with 49 stitches, 24 stitches on each side, one for the thumb with increases before and after that stitch, until desire size. Siempre pienso que si me comprometo con algo, realmente necesito hacer todo lo posible para cumplir. Sé que tenemos vida fuera de este mundo cibernético, pero generalmente animo a mis hijos a que sean fiel a su palabra. Pero wow, este mes fue difícil para mí el desafío de "back to blogger", porque no tenía nada, nothing, niet, rien ... Quería ca...

I have decided to make Tuesdays the day of sharing. Sharing something that I have seen or tried or I liked around the web. Then you can also give me your own recommendations, maybe a recipe, a pattern, a page, etc. He decidido hacer de los martes el día de compartir. Compartir algo que he visto o probado o que me ha gustado en la web. Entonces también puedes darme tus propias recomendaciones, tal vez una receta, un patrón, una página, etc. How excited I am to recommend a knitted bag pattern that I proof for a dear friend that I think is so worth to share.  She wrote the pattern thinking of all her gypsy boho close friends that love to dress comfortable and carry a bag that can fit all the nicknacks we ladies carry around.  Click the name to find the paid pattern, Entrelac Boho knitted Bag  - by Carmen Tye Estoy super emocionada de recomendar un patrón de bolso en ricot, que probé para una querida amiga. Ella escribió el patrón pensando en todas sus amigas gi...

our conversation started with...             me : are you ok? you look a bit pale             firstborn : I feel I can't breath             me : why? are you stress?            firstborn : I still can't come to terms seen you unraveling something you            have worked so hard all these past evenings.  I have seen you doing this            a hundred of times but it gives me anxiety just all the wasted work.             me : you are cute!, go make yourself a tea, maybe one for me too! This conversation we have had a whole bunch of times with my firstborn, she finds it uncomfortable seeing me unraveling a project that I have knitted and do not like the result I'm getting.  I'm a bit of a control freak and perfectionist.  I cannot see errors on my knits, I ...