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| My sister's doll with the little satchel I crocheted for it. |
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| One of the hats I crocheted. The brim on this one had a unique stitch called a linked treble crochet. |
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| My crocheted earrings. I have crocheted several earrings before but they all used crochet thread. This pattern used three strands of sewing thread, which was interesting to work with (by interesting I mean difficult). |
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| My other crocheted hat. I am sorry you can only see the front of it in this picture but you can get the drift. |
The other evening I had the privilege to go contra dancing with my sister and a few of my cousins. I had been a couple times before two years ago but apparently I had forgotten more than I thought. To say I didn't have fun would be a lie, however to say it wasn't oftentimes confusing would also be a lie. Contra dancing, is a partnered folk dance. Normally there will be more girls than guys so a girl can do the guys part by wearing a tie, which the providers of the dance will normally supply. Where I danced, there were an excess of girls so I ended up playing the guy all but two dances. Once I got used to the guy part, it actually wasn't that hard. The most difficult part of it was I was leader so that meant I was doing all of the guiding and if I guided my partner wrong we messed up. That happened several times. Everything is difficult when you first start out or when you are trying to get back in to the swing of things, so I hope when I go next time (and hopefully there will be a next time) it will be much easier. Contra dancing is available in most of the 50 states of the U.S.A. so if you are interested in trying it search around on the internet and see if there is one near you. It is definitely the most fun form of getting a workout.
Perfect Peach Pie with a touch of Spice
Pastry for 9-inch pie crust and
top crust of cookie cutter cut shapes
¾ cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
¼ teaspoon nutmeg or
cinnamon Dash of
salt
5 cups sliced fresh peaches 2 tablespoons
butter
Line 9-inch pie plate with
pastry. Combine sugar, flour, spice,
and salt. Add to peaches; mix
lightly. Fill pie shell. Dot with butter. Dash with extra spice if desired. Roll out additional pie dough and cut out
desired shapes with cookie cutters.
Lay these shapes on top of your pie to form a crust. Bake at 400˚ (375˚ if using glass pan) for
40-45 minutes.
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Apple Crumb Pie
Mix together 3/4 cup sugar, 1
tsp cinnamon, and 5-6 apples and place in a crust lined pie pan. Dot with 1T buter.
Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2
cup butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 cup flour. Sprinkle topping on pie.
Bake at 425˚ for 50-60 min. If using glass pan bake at 400˚
Pie Crust
1 C flour 1/4 C vegetable oil
3/4 tsp. salt 2 1/2 T ice water
Sift together flour and
salt. Pour oil and cold water into
measuring cup. Do not stir. Add all at once to flour mixture. Stir lightly with a fork. Form into a ball. Roll between two 12”
squares of wax paper. Peel off top
sheet of waxed paper and fit dough, paper side up, into pie plate. Remove paper. Trim edge and flute by pressing dough with
forefinger against wedge made by finger and thumb of other hand.
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