Chocolate is awesome. The end.

Saturday was the Great American Afghan square knit-a-long day at The Spinning Room yarn shop, so I thought I'd make a treat to bring with me.
Dark chocolate cupcakes with a raspberry glaze.... Mmmmmm

My sister-in-law Anita gave me this gourmet cupcake mix for Christmas (thanks again, Anita!), along with some fancy cupcake paper cups and signs....

I made the mini cupcakes since I was sharing with so many, so didn't use the cups this time.  The cake mix indicated that it made 12 regular cupcakes or 24 mini cupcakes.  I filled my mini cupcake pans right up to the rim.......

.....and still had some batter leftover.  Maybe for one or two more.  So, I ate that while I waited for the oven to heat up.   What?  That's not bad.  Those calories don't count if it's not cooked yet and especially if there are raw eggs in it.  At any rate, I baked them and then I glazed them and then I brought them and then we ate them.  Chocolate is awesome.  The end.

Just kidding. I wanted to show you a picture or two of my shawl once it was off the blocking wires...

My Saturday Night Fever Stayin' Alive pose...

....and my creative attach-it-to-the-window shot.

I also finished my Downton Abbey Knit-a-Long mitts!

love, Love, LOVE them!  In case I haven't said it enough --- I love the yarn I used.  Cascade 220 Sport Superwash.  While a tad bit splitty, it is just so nice to work with and I love how it feels knit up and I love these mitts so much I want to sleep in them.

And finally, here is the last tiny project I was making as a sample for an upcoming class:

A Bunny Nugget! (click there for the FREE pattern) Cute, no?  Here's the back:

I made that pom pom with a fork.  Yes, a FORK!  I love learning new things.  

Stay tuned for more knitting progress and some pics from our one day vacation...