N's Hand Woven Teacher's Scarf

N's teacher loved her Christmas scarf in school colors.  N used the 4-shaft Kessenich table loom and Encore yarn in gold and purple.  The scarf turned out so pretty!

 She did a great job weaving!  This picture is the scarf drying after hand washing it and before trimming the fringe.

K's Hand Woven Scarf for his Teacher

K's hand woven scarf turned out so nice for his teacher!  I love the colors, and it's nice and soft. 

K used the Structo 4-shaft table loom.  It was made in 1947, and I've restored it.  It works very well.
The yarn is 3 balls of Paton's Kroy Sock yarn FX with a size 12 reed (12 EPI).  The pattern is a basic twill pattern. 

K's Hand Woven Scarf for her Teacher

K did a great job weaving her scarf for her teacher!  She used the 8-shaft Kessenich table loom.  The scarf is made out of 3 balls of Paton's Kroy Sock yarn in Cameo Colors in a twill pattern.

The scarf is soft and very pretty.

Notes: 3 balls Paton's Kroy Sock FX 4 ply, Cameo colors. 50 g. 166 yards.  98" warp. 12 x 8 = 96 ends + 2 floats.  Twill pattern: 1,2,3,4. 24 heddles per shaft.  12 dent reed.  8" in warp.  About 7" wide finished.  About 60" long. 

Gingerbread Girl Hats for K and N!

Here are the girls in their Gingerbread Girl Hats.  K wanted a red bow on her hat, and N wanted a big pompom.  The pattern is from Repeat Crafter Me. 

Notes:
Ks Gingerbread Hat: I used the adult size. 66 HDC. Length 7.5” plus 1 round of SC. A little big. So cute! Added a little strip of crochet around the bow after taking yarn around the center of the bow. Strip of center bow: Chain 4, 3 sc in row, chain 1. Do about 5 rows and sew around center of bow. Tack well onto hat. Smile is Lazy Daisy stitches with needle and yarn. Top frosting is chains sewn down.
N's hat:  Adult size made smaller in length. Stop after Round 8. 60 HDC. Then HDC around until 7.5” long. Finish with a round of SC. N wanted a big red pompom instead of a bow. I made the largest size on my pompom maker. Cheeks: add 1 round of SC to finish the the cheeks. Use the tail at the end to sew onto the hat.

Icing on head: Make a long crochet chain. Use the beginning tail to sew the chain onto the hat. Use knitting safety pins to pin the chain in place around the hat. Take the beginning end down through the hat and overlap the beginning and end chain one chain.
I used a Daisy chain and tapestry needle to make the mouth. Cotton thread on the buttons for eyes.
So cute! N’s Gingerbread Girl hat from a few years ago is now too small, so this one will replace her old hat. H hook, Vanna yarn.

Blonde Brownies

Here's the recipe for Blonde Brownies that I brought to the guild holiday party which I promised to post on the blog.  It's from an old church cookbook from the 1970s and is a family favorite.

Blonde Brownies
1 cup butter
2 cups light brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 (12 oz.) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup pecans, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Stir the baking soda into the 2 cups of flour and set aside.
Beat the butter and brown sugar well.  Beat in the eggs and vanilla.  Mix in the flour with baking soda.  Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts, if desired.  Bake in a well-greased 9" x 13" pan for 25 to 35 minutes.  It will be golden brown on top.  Cool and then cut into squares.  Yield: 24 squares. 

N in her Shaun the Sheep Hat!

Here's N in her Shaun the Sheep Hat.  She loved the Shaun the Sheep movie, and she loves the Shaun the Sheep dvds.

The Shaun the Sheep face is duplicate stitched onto my own hat pattern that I knit for the kids.  Yarn is Vanna white and black.  Length 7.5".  Size 5 and 7 needles.

Pottery Class--Glazing our Pottery Nov. 28 at Rock Island Trading Post

We had a great time glazing our pottery pieces that we made on Sept. 26 at the Rock Island Trading Post in Rosebud, Mo..  It was interesting to see how the pieces had changed after John fired them.  The edges of my decorative dish shrunk down quite a bit, and Kathy S.'s pie plate's edges also shrunk down.  She made a pretty bowl, too. 

Doris also made a decorative dish, and hers has feet on the bottom of it.  RhonnaLeigh made a beautiful butter dish with a butterfly on top, and Debbie made a beautiful bowl on the wheel and also a spoon rest.  We used our extra clay to make small ornamental pieces for decorations.  Doris is using hers for the baskets she makes. 

Here's Doris glazing her pieces, and to her right is Debbie's bowl and spoon rest.  Doris was working on small pieces for her baskets.

Debbie is glazing her pieces a beautiful red color to match her kitchen.  RhonnaLeigh also glazed her butterfly butter dish in a beautiful red color, and she was working on some small pieces while Kathy S. was talking to her.

Here's RhonnaLeigh's beautiful butterfly butter dish.

Doris and I glazed our decorative dishes in mint green, which is a translucent color, with teal on the rim. We chose a lighter translucent color so the leaves we stamped in the clay will show through.

It will be really interesting to see the pieces after John does the final firing.  We had a lot of fun glazing our small decorative pieces.  I'm using mine for Christmas ornaments. 

 We've really enjoyed making the pottery together as a group and can't wait to see the finished pieces.  Debbie is bringing clay home to make more pieces for gifts.