Cookies

Last week I made two batches of almost-perfect chocolate chunk cookies.

This week, I tried it again, and ended up with the first batch way overdone, and (because I was twitchy after the first batch) a second batch that is slightly underdone.

Since last week's was just a bit too sweet, I substituted half a cup of semi-sweet chips for half a cup of the dark chocolate buttons (half a cup out of 1 1/2 cups). That's toned down the sweetness, but I wonder now if it's toned it down too much.

I will try again in another week, and hopefully this time it'll be more like my first attempt at cookies by myself (beginner's luck!) rather than this week's :-)

Projects

I'm very gleeful right now *_* Close friend of mine has asked me to do a pair of mittens for her. I still get a bit squirmy when making things to give, because I'm not sure the victim recipient will want it, so I'm stoked that she actually asked! And not in a way that's incidental and all "hey I heard you knit now why don't you knit me something" in a way that's clear that they're going to forget about it even before I start a project for them? She's all enthusiastic about it which makes me all enthusiastic *G*

I'm a bit meh about the vest for my grandpa because (and I just realized the difference) this one is my mom asking me to make something for him, so it's got all these strings of familial obligation, and importantly, I don't know if he even wants it or anything like it. So I'm stuck on this project :(

I'll give it a go soon-ish, but first mittens. I have never knit mittens before, only fingerless gloves :D I'm EXCITED.