September Birthday's

The first birthday in September was my Brother-in-Law.

I made him a beanie. It's made using a Garter Stitch. (Foam Head Provided by Aunt Kristy)

The second birthday was my Aunt.

I made her a soda can cozy. She loves Diet Coke, so I thought she might like a little cozy for her soda.

I think I used a moss stitch, but I can't remember. 

Have a Creative Day, 

Cera 

July and August Knitting Projects

July was my Grandma's 82nd birthday. So I knit some squares and embroidered Grandma is Love on the squares. One letter per square. I then put them on a pillow case.

July was also my little cousins birthday. He turned two. So I made him some knitted blocks. He loves throwing them. Luckily they are soft.

August was my Uncles birthday and he is a Denver Bronco's Fan. So I made him a matching hat and scarf set. (Foam head provided by Aunt Kristy)

August was also my cousins birthday. He likes to go Hunting. So I made him a matching hat and scarf set, so that he can blend in and stand out all at the same time. (Foam head provided by Aunt Kristy)

April Birthday

My Grandma Kitty's birthday was in April and I decided that I was going to make her a blanket. Well it took longer to make than I had expected. I finally finished it in June. And I am now finally posting about it. You'll notice in the first two pictures that the bottom yarn is lighter than the rest of the blanket. Well I didn't realize that until I was almost done. I checked the dye lots on all the yarn I got and they were the same. The bottom just had to be different and stand out. My Grandma loves it any way. I used the Arrowhead lace throw pattern from Red Heart, the yarn I used was Red Heart Super Tweed Landshark, I used four skeins. Even though it was a lot of work I would totally make this blanket again, because the finished product is beautiful!

June knitting Projects

Well this Month is a big birthday month in my Family. There are three birthdays one after another. So I made them something. Well expect for my Dad I still haven't gotten his gift done yet.


For my cousin I made him a drink cozy and put it on a bottle of soda that he likes. I used a variegated yearn that was kind of a bright rainbow. My Dad helped me by cutting the buttons from a piece of Salt Cedar.

 For my Aunt I also made her a drink cozy with Salt Cedar buttons. This one was also made from a variegated yarn, and I think the yarn color was called Wildflowers.  I put the cozy on a water that she could use at work or while in her garden.

They both seemed to like the cozy's.

Have a Creative Day,
Cera

12 Egg Pound Cake

Yesterday I made a TWELVE Egg Pound Cake! Now you might think I am crazy, but I have twelve Hens and they give me LOTS of eggs, and I got tired of always making breakfast foods. Plus I don't like eating eggs all that much I really have to be in the mood for them. So I started my quest for any recipe that used a lot of eggs and I found this one.

Original Recipe from: Just a Pinch Recipes

Ingredients

1lb. Unsalted Butter, softend
3 1/2 Cups Sugar
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Baking Powder
12 Eggs
1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
4 Cups All-Purpose Flour, Sifted

 

Directions

1. In a large bowl cream butter thoroughly, gradually add sugar, beat until light and fluffy, add vanilla mix well.

2. In a medium bowl mix baking powder and salt with flour. Add 3 tablespoons flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture; beat well.

3. Add remaining flour and eggs alternating between the two until all the flour and eggs have been incorporated starting and ending with flour. 

4. Buttered and flour two 10 inch bunt pans. (I like to use a nonstick spray that already has flour in it) Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit  for 1 hour. Cakes are done when knife comes out clean from middle of cake.

This cake is very tasty and for me it is a good way to use lots of eggs without having to make breakfast food!

Have a Yummy Day,

Cera

Recent Projects

Okay so I am finally posting!!!!!!!!!!!! Well it's because I don't want my Aunt to have a bone to pick with me the next time I see her ;-p

Here's what I've made recently..........

A bag for my Niece's 8th birthday. I found a pattern here, Elisa Nest Tote. I made it my own though by using an Open Star Stitch.

A scarf for my Cousin's birthday. I used a pattern from the book The Knitting Experience: Book 1: The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville. I have also made a second scarf using the same pattern using  four different shades of  purple.

There are a couple more things that I have made, but I need to get some pictures to post. I've made a drink cozy, a baby blanket, and I am currently working on something for my Grandma Kitty's birthday. Although I think I will have to give her an IOU card because I started the project a little late and I don't know that I will have it done in four days...... 

Well I hope everyone has a great day,
Cera

Sourdough Dinner Rolls

Today I am experimenting with making Sourdough dinner rolls, by request from my Dad.

So far the experiment has turned out fairly well. The dough is proofing and it looks good.

I looked at a lot of recipes online and I was getting pretty frustrated, because all the recipes I was coming across used Active or Rapid-Rise Yeast! I don't want to use yeast because I am using a sourdough starter. So the search continued. Finally I found it! A recipe for sourdough dinner rolls that didn't call for yeast, only the starter.

I found it on Sourdough Companion. I used a tiny bit more milk then what is called for and my dough looked great! 

I'll post an update about this experiment with some pictures of the finished product later.

Have a Yummy Day!