First Fingerless Mitts

I finished the fingerless mitts a few weeks ago but never posted in hopes of making a pair. That never happened! I was excited about doing cables for the first time, and they came out right! I used a lot of help from the discussion board on Rav. I'm not sure what I would do without that site. Unfortunately the photos of the cables were all blurry so I posted the best one.

There is only one mitt though. When I started I knew I didn't have enough yarn for the project, but I really just wanted to get started on the mitt. I used one pink and one grey skein of yarn. It was incredibly simple but somehow I made a mistake on the thumb. Where the hole is, I have a strand of yarn going across the middle. I figure it must be the way I cast back on to create the hole. I suppose I have to learn a new technique.

I am having a difficult time finding simple fingerless mitts with a thumb for my daughter so I think I'm going to try and make it as I go along. Here is my sole, fingerless mitt.

Sticky Brown Rice

I have been dying to have sticky rice. I LOVE sticky rice. It's really simple to go to any number of Chinese restaurants in my immediate area and order some rice. I could even solve my craving by going to Wegmans and buying some sushi. I decided to eat a little healthier so my new rice of choice happens to be brown.

All the joy of brown rice. Not only is it healthier but it also takes almost twice the time to cook. And apparently, not many people get creative with brown rice. Perhaps I should add a segment to my blog, "Creative Brown Rice" and share what will be many blunders in making new dishes with brown rice. BUT at some point, I will get it right. Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough.

Any recipes I have found for "sticky brown rice" pulled up sushi dishes, one recipe large enough to make 8 cups of rice and one that had NO recipe. The recipe for sushi required 1 cup of rice and 6 cups of water. I have come to the conclusion that sticky rice requires more water and although brown rice requires more water than white rice, I am not going to jump off this bridge and use 6 cups of water for 1 cup of rice.

Instead, I used 1 cup of rice and 2.5 cups of water. The recipe on the bag said to use 2 1/4 cups of rice. I know it's not a big difference but worst case scenario, I have normal brown rice. If it's wrong I will increase the water by half a cup each time.

THE RESULTS:
My sticky brown rice turned out mushy, with just a tiny bit of recognizable rice grains. It was a bit watery after 45 minutes so I left the top off to let the water evaporate, only then did it become sticky. Sticky, mushy brown rice. I didn't know what to do with it so I fell back on the sweet rice that the kids love. I added some milk, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and butter. There you have it, sticky, mushy, sweet rice. I'm glad I did not use the 6 cups of water. I will have to work on non-mushy sticky rice the next time.