new year=new yarn

Happy New Year everyone! What better way to greet the New Year than to acquire more luscious yarn? My “local” yarn store is a good 30 minutes away, but it’s worth the trek. I couldn’t resist these two:
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The one on the right that looks like it is woven with those plastic shimmery strips they used to stuff packages with is Trendsetter Aura.
And in baking, I made brioche dough last night with my new mondo Kitchen Aid. It slapped that dough silly! I was going to make the brioche tart from Baking with Julia that made Julia Child weep on the television show, but I didn’t have all the ingredients. Instead, I made a brioche loaf.
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I was hoping the brioche would rise up impressively while baking, but alas, it did not. It’s cooling right now!
Thanks to everyone for their well wishes concerning my insane brother. They caught the leukemia very early, and he is healthy, so I think he will be okay. He’d better be, because I don’t know anyone else I can call and harangue with insipid computer questions!

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9 Responses to new year=new yarn

  1. Jessica says:

    Your brioche looks wonderful. I made brioche once. When it got to the phase of adding the three tons of butter to the teeny-weeny bit of dough, I was sure I had done it all wrong. (It was fine.)
    You need to make yourself a perfect mug of hot cocoa to dip bits of brioche into. Ahhhh…

  2. Kitty says:

    I’m keeping my fingers crossed for your brother. By the way, is Megan ok? No posts lately. I sent a hat to her workplace – hopefully she got it.

  3. Em says:

    Early detection is good and it’s amazing that medical science has caught up to this disease. My very best wishes for Insane Bro.
    That brioche loaf looks like it would cure any ills. Can you make one with chocolate inside?
    Happy New Year!

  4. Meg says:

    Man, what a brother. Mine gets impatient with computer questions fairly easily. He’s built a couple from parts garnered from big honkin’ ‘puter shopper catalogues, but doesn’t enjoy the beasts so much. His latest machine he bought from Dell.

  5. Susan says:

    Brioche = YUM! 🙂

  6. Kerstin says:

    Oooooooo, some brioche to go with my brioche! It looks amazing!

  7. Amy says:

    My sincerest good wishes to your brother, Mariko. I’ve been following his blog here-and-there, and read about his recent bouts of fatigue and medical testing. Sounds like he’s going to be using a “take-no-prisoners” cancer drug, though!
    Yummy brioche. Your KitchenAid mixer rocks (or maybe, could break rocks?)

  8. Rachael says:

    Oh, my gosh. If I were at Mom’s, I’d be getting in the car right now to try to snag some of that left-over brioche! (if you had any left-over, that is…..) Best to your bro.

  9. Jennifer says:

    The brioche looks so good! I never used my mixer much to knead bread, up until now. 🙂 Good to see that you are getting such yummy results. Keep the pictures coming!

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