Land of Lakes and Volcanoes

It was a very productive craft night...  In addition to finishing off my hat, I tried out a new Epicurious recipe: Maple Tart Tatin , which is a take on the classic French apple tart tatin, but with the addition of some maple syrup.  It was incredibly easy and I highly recommend it.  I'm not a huge fan of just eating raw apples; for some reason they always make me feel more hungry after I'm done eating them.  Plus I'm not a fan of red delicious apples (I don't think they're that delicious), and most apples are too big for a snack for me.  However, I've been getting a ton of apples from the CSA, so this was a great way to use them.  The maple syrup is more of what Nj brought me, and Market Street Market had puff pastry so I could just stop and pick it up on the way home.  You have to cut out a round from the puff pastry, but I took the corners, baked them, punctured them with a fork and drizzled more syrup into them.  Also delicious. Photo courtesy Ashley Aye

Lauren went to Canadia, and brought me back some lovely kelly green wool yarn.  I used it to make a snazzy hat.  It took a while, but only because I'm so busy.  The actual knitting was pretty quick and the pattern works up quickly and beautifully.  I put a marker between each chart on my circular needle and then transferred two repeats to each dpn (4 total) once the hat was too small for my circular needle.  I used a medium sized pot lid to shape the hat and then today I wore it for the first time. I used the medium size, and I think it would have fit better if I'd gone with the small, but the measurements put me at a medium.  However, my yarn was larger than what was called for, so I think I got a little extra circumference because of that.  Either way, it's the first hat I've ever knit and I really like it.  Oh yes, this is the Brambles beret from knitty. These pictures really don't do justice to the color of the hat, but when I tried to adjust the color, I cam