Cupcake hats

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I’ve been working on these for a couple of weeks and finally got around to photographing them. I think I still want to add some sparkle with small beads.

The bobbles are different. The pink hat has half the amount of bobbles as the purple hat. Too much time elapsed between making them and I didn’t remember how I placed them.

They will fit the twins and I don’t have any small heads to model them so you will have to use your imagination. If I’m lucky, I’ll get some pictures of them wearing the hats.

Cupcake Pattern: Chile Con Yarne

Cherry on top: Cherries are the Bomb

Yarn: stuff from my stash. Lion Brand tan heather for the ribbing, Caron Simply Soft Strawberry for the pink hat, Red Heart Super Saver Lavender for the purple hat, Lion Brand dark green heather for the cherry stems, and some unidentified red yarn for the cherries. I over stuffed the cherries but I’m not removing any.

Pie crust machine

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

My mother was intimidated when it came to making pie crusts. She bought hers from the frozen foods case in the market. They were good.

Mr. Aitch’s mother was a great pie maker so when I got married, I decided that I should make my own pie crust. It didn’t seem like it should be all that difficult. Sometimes they were tough. Sometimes they were chewy. Sometimes they were perfect.

I rarely make pies any more. Except at Thanksgiving. Mr. Aitch likes my pumpkin pie better than his mother’s. He likes my stuffing better than hers, too.

A couple of years ago my daughter brought her pie crust making machine to our house to help me make pie crusts. It was so wonderful that I bought one for myself.

Do you have one of these?