There are so many of you out there making Girasoles with our KAL and I wish I could invite everyone to a Sit & Knit one night to work on them! (Never mind that we couldn’t contain all of the KALers here at Loopy Central if you all came on the same night. This is just me, thinking wishfully wishfully thinking contemplating how fun it would be.) See this little circle? It’s the start of Knitting Daughter’s KAL. She and Elf Donna talked themselves into making one and I’m really happy about that. Donna is using Cascade 220 and KD is using Cascade Heritage. KD has knit plenty of socks and scarves, but this is her first lace project and her first chart-reading project. I think being a Loopy Elf for the summer is getting to her….
Thanks for weighing in (snicker) on Brownie Batter Blizzards. I’m glad that it’s a limited edition flavor and that it will be going away soon. I have a better option for all of us. Remember when I blogged about Marlon and her amazing knitted pastries back in February? As soon as I saw them, I was trying to figure out how to get some, as they are just too cute. I told her that she really ought to set up an Etsy shop so that I could buy 
some other people could enjoy her beautiful work, too. And she did! As soon as she opened, I hopped over there and bought these two – the Fruit Tart and the Chocolate Strawberry Cake. They arrived in a cute package, and got here lickety split (when you consider that she shipped them from Amsterdam). I thought that I’d set them out on display in our kitchen at Loopy Central, but I have kind of been enjoying them in 
my office for too long, now. I don’t want to give them up. (Check out the latest pastries in her shop. The whipped cream cracks me up! And the Poached Pear in Wine Sauce? Rhubarb Pie? Carrot Cake? sigh.) She plans to continue to add a few new ones in most every week, so bookmark it and keep an eye on things there.
My contest question for you this month: If you were knitting up your favorite dessert, what would you be knitting? (Not a fan of desserts? What other food item do you think would be fun to see knit up?) Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll draw for the winners next week. Since Marlon used Wollmeise Rhubarb in her Rhubarb Pie, I think we’ll use Wollmeise yarn for the prize in the contest. That seems fair.
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I think I’d like a Pineapple Upside Down cake. YUM!!
Well, I’d also like an Apple Crisp with Rich vanilla ice cream drizzled with caramel on top. Yum again!
Also there is Turtle Cheesecake that would be yummy.
Apparently, I’m gonna knit an entire dessert bar :-).
Anything chocolate. Every year for my birthday, my MIL bakes this fabulous chocolate cake – made with buttermilk, and homemade chocolate icing. It is fabulous. My FIL also gets it for his birthday. That’s the only two times a year that she makes it. Unfortunately for us, our birthdays are in the same month. So that means we have to go 11 months with no fabulous cake. 🙂 Maybe I should knit a piece, don’t you think?
I would love to see coconut cream pie…yum!
I love desserts but they don’t love me….
Ellen
I absolutely love tiramisu and would love to knit it or buy it from that very cool Etsy shop, seeing as I can’t eat it. 🙁
Thanks for a very cool giveaway!
Hot fudge brownie sundae! Yum!
chocolate swirl cheesecake! or hot fudge sundae…. i’m getting hungry reading all these comments!
My absolute favorite dessert is a simple little shatteringly-thin anise flavored pizzelle. Maybe it’s because I only make them at Christmas, and once-a-year treats are always special. To knit it, I would use some golden, butter-hued silk and knit a tiny Girasole pattern.
It is a toss up between a few. I love Dove Dark chocolate, but for knitting it would be either Spice Cake with Butter Brickle Icing, because I can’t find the icing anymore or Chocolate Croissant, because the only good ones of these are in Europe.
I would be knitting fresh apple cake. YUM!
Heavenly Pie….that is a meringue base with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. YUM!!
I think I’d like to be able to knit up ice cream novelties like a dreamsicle or a strawberry fruit-a-freeze. Non-melting!
I’d knit strawberry shortcakes- mostly because I just recently made this (http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/05/strawberry-shortcakes/) recipe and it was to die for. And since it’s not good for me to eat this every night, (maybe every other night though), I could at least look at the knit version and still have that same warm fuzzy feeling about the dessert.
Ice cream, hands down! I *really* love the Oatmeal Cookie Chunk flavor from Ben & Jerry’s. 😀
Pretty much anything from Cafe Latte – http://www.cafelatte.com/desserts.html – but specifically the Turtle Cake. Yum!!!
Chocolate fudge cake with fudge icing and of course ice cream to go with it.
Cheesecake with blueberries on top. Yum!
I think it would have to be a knitted tiramisu!!!
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Tin Roof Sundae!!! The little spanish peanuts would really be a challenge!
Oh gee whiz, I wish I could just be happy looking at potato chips and not wanting to eat them. Would much rather have starch and salt than something sweet and gooey. And my waist line is showing the result! So a plate of chips would be perfect to sit beside my computer at work.
Love those knitted pastries. Too cute!
cupcakes! i love knitted cupcakes. i love eating them too, but they are very cute knitted.
I would knit up vanilla toffee-bit cupcakes with a toasted cream cheese frosting… mmm. Now I am hungry!
My favorite, Strawberries shortcake!
I would love to see regular, all American , Apple Pie a la mode. It’s my favorite.
Marion is really talented – thanks Sheri for introducing us to her.
Fresh strawberry shortcake! Yummy! Marion is wonderful– what fun!
I would knit Pecan Turtle Cheesecake! But actually, I will just make the edible kind because it’s what I want for my birthday next week.!!
Nanaimo Bars! I get homesick thinking about them. Then a knitted cup of espresso with a twist of lemon – hmmmmmmm-mmmmm.
One of my favorites Better Than Sex Cake would be my top choice. There would be no calories, yes. Some Turtles would be nice too.
I would love to see Tiramisu knit up!
Beautiful chocolate cake would be the dessert I would knit up. Yummmmmmmm!
Wow! Tough question. For me it’s a toss-up between Boston Cream Pie and my grandmother’s gorgeous six-layer coconut cake. Not sure what yarn you’d use for grated coconut, but it’d be fun to try and figure it out.
Good luck to KD on her Girasole and first attempt at chart reading. I’m also cranking out a Girasole at the moment (although not an official KAL member) and I have to agree that this pattern is a wonderful introduction to lace. What else would we expect from the BTweed-man himself?!
Anything that involves chocolate is my favorite!!!
Cherry Pie with a lattice crust..
Greek yoghurt and honey is my favorite dessert. I’m not sure it would look good in a knitted version though 😉
Chocolate covered strwberries. Yum! Or, a Reeses PB Cup. No, wait! Creme Brule. Oooh, oh , a chocolate cake with a raspberry creme. Yes! Man! Now, I’m hungry!
How about black-bottom banana cream pie? Mmm…and can you make the crust gluten-free? With a chocolate curl on top?
I love desserts! The idea of a knitted dessert item is really great – no calories LOL!!
I would love to see a box of chocolates knitted up – I think that would be so cute. Really anything chocolate would just be wonderful – if you can’t tell I’m a huge chocolate fan!!
My favorite dessert is actually brownies, really sinful ones with walnuts. However, I do not think a knitted dark brown square would be very appetizing. So as far as what would be fun to knit, and pretty, I’d have to go with a banana split! Which I do enjoy from time to time as well. 🙂
Definitely would like to see a cannoli from Mike’s Pastry (in Boston) knit up. Yum!
How about Chocolate Raspberry Torte—-my friend makes it for special occasions. In fact, her daughter chose that instead of a traditional wedding cake when she got married. It was delicious!! Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are great, too! Mmm chocolate and anything!
I would love to have a strawberry milk shake with whipped cream and a cherry knit up. Just thinking about it makes me want to whip out my blender and mix one up.
Oh, I love dessert too much to pick just one!
My favorite desserts are ice cream based, but I don’t think that would be terribly exciting on its own. So, how about an ice cream cone with a bite taken out.
As for savory foods, I think I would need to knit a samosa. They are a perfect snack food and I really should make myself some, because I’ve been thinking about them for days!
I would knit a creme brulee, although now that I think about it that would be rather hard to knit. How would one simulate the crackly sugary coating? Perhaps that is why I would rather eat one than knit one! Or perhaps just a dish of ice cream with some crushed up Joe-joe’s and peanut butter. That is my other favorite dessert.
I would love to see a BLT sandwich…think it could be interesting as a knitted item!!
I can’t personally eat ice cream (sigh), but now I’m thinking how much fun it would be to knit a banana split!
I love dessert, especially anything with chocolate, but it always comes back to the comfort of homemade chocolate chip cookies and ooey gooey hot fudge sundaes. Yum!
You’re going to be busy, reading all of these comments, but that won’t stop me from leaving one…
I love doughnuts, so I would like to see a bear claw (complete with three dollops of whipped cream topped with maraschino cherries) like the kind I remember from my childhood. I lived kitty corner from a bakery growing up (oh the smell–I can smell a neighborhood bakery from miles away now) and they had the best bear claws…
Of course, a knitted pina colada with a little umbrella might be fun too 🙂
OMG! So many great desserts! Lately we have been loving the ice cream treats at coldstone creamery. My favorite one there is “coffee lovers only” in one of those chocolate-dipped waffle bowls! That would look so cute knit up! And lots less calories too! :o)
Mmm, I would have to go with a berry cobbler (warm of course) with vanilla ice cream. Yum. =)