Easter Treats

Today and most of this week, I have been making chocolates for easter. With having four children easter can get really quite expensive.

So with a little time I have been melting chocolate buttons and making some yummy treats.

I got the mould from Spotlight, one has biscut section! You fill it about 2/3 and then press a biscut in. I have been using oreos.

Now that most of the yummy treats are done I can get back to my crochet!

On the hook.

As of late, I've been crochet up a storm.  Making a granny sqaure vest with Spotlights Gelato wool.

Here's a link to the pattern.

http://grandmotherspatternbook.com/?tag=free-vintage-granny-square-womans-vest-pattern

Even thou Gelato isnt a worest weight yarn I just made the squares to measure.

Happy Hooking!!

Something New For Tea

 


Roast Capsicum Pasta Sauce (feed 2 adults and 4 children)

3 Large Roasted Red Capsicum
2 Large Handfuls of Mushrooms (sliced)
1 Small Onion (finely sliced)
2 Cloves of  Crushed Garlic
3 Rashes of Bacon (finely sliced)
1 Tin of whole Tomatoes (Drained)
2 Tbl Spoons of Red Wine
3 Tbl Spoons of Thick Cream

Puree Tomatoes and Capsicum set aside for later. Saute theOnion, Galic and Bacon in frying pan, until Bacon is crisp. Then add the Tomatoes and Capsicum puree to the pan, mix through. Add Mushrooms and Red Wine, simmer until reduce (about 10mins). Season to taste (add a little sugar as the Tomatoes are normally bitter). Remove heat and add Cream.

Serve over cooked pasta :D

Crochet open lace top.

I had some Nerine from spotlight and I thought I'd wiz up a sleeveless top.

I used a cluster pattern of *dc skip one chain treble in next chain 3 and treble in the same place and then skip one chain then repeat from the *.  The top of the top is a long chain that fits around me above the breast.  Then I dced 2 row and then trebled 2 rows.
I worked the body of the top using the pattern base *dc skip one chain treble in next chain 3 and treble in the same place and then skip one chain then repeat from the * when reaching the end I chained 3 and turned.  Dc in the top of the 3 chain loop. The treble in the lower dc, 3 chain and then treble in the same dc.
This was the pattern thought out.

I hope to make up a chart but at the moment I haven't done so :)

Weddding Mayhem

Its 6 weeks to go and I'm going nuts. I have so much to do but cant really do to much until the week of. I did my trial again and I think it turned out quite well.

Its scary as I am doing my own hair plus the flower girls and Bridesmaid (all of which are my kids).
I also still have so much to buy!

Needles and hooks!

I've been in a bit of a dilemma of late with crocheting and knitting. I'm fairly average in both but I seem to be ignoring my needles more and more.
I haven't knitted in ages. I have tort my eldest to knit. Which is getting really good. She only purls instead of garter but she a lefty.

Probably the main reason I haven't knitted is finding a pattern I like. Most are to long or to fiddly. I did make a Charlie Bear for my youngest but it was ummm odd. As you can see. I have a habit of doing this.

Maybe I should just crochet :P

Winter Needles!

That's right its cold and I have had my hooks and needles out! I knitted a 15cm square for Fine & Sunny (love that little shop) and I have also hooked up some baby beanies in  Cleckheatons Cotton, set of mitts and a beautiful scarf in baby alpaca and silk (which I left in Melbourne).
This week has been trying thou. I believe the fates are in a mood with me. My DD operation went well but she popped the centre stitches and now we have a hole in the skin. They didn't want to sew it as it would most like pop again. Then on the way home to Mildura, Melbourne bagged left my case behind. I cried all the way home. My only saviour was Eat, Pray and Love (which I am reading).
Now we are back home and the fun begins on get back in to a normal routine, and maybe learning to spell. Thank the goddess for spell check and family!