Saturday, January 9, 2010

Tea Devil Egg


I managed to take picture of these devil eggs before they are all gone!
The one in the front is made with tea egg and these tea devil eggs taste devine.
I used eggs, patato, mayonaise, salt and pepper, red bell pepper. The red bell pepper clogged the tip of my pastry tube. That's why these eggs looks not so party-perfect.
I used only half of the egg yolk to mix with mashed potato.
Here's the tea egg recipe:
The egg white of tea egg are flavorful and the brown color with marbled egg crack lines are totally wicked.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Single crochet daisy


This stitch makes a fairly tight fabric with a little lacy look.
Maybe a stiped scarve or neck warmer.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Popcorn stitch pouch


This is the first time I've crocheted so many popcorn stitches in one project. I found out that there are different ways to crochet popcorn (or bubble) stitches. I use the following method:
In the same stitch, *yarn over, insert hook into stitch and draw up a loop. Yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook,*repeat from * to * 5 times. Then yarn over and draw through all 6 loops on hook.

Popcorn stitches and the ruffle gave the pouch a romantic look. It was sent to my partner for a swap.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

beach dude


We found a small craft store while walking around Taichung train station one August afternoon. We realized the store's deeper and had more stuffs than we originally thought. Carl Jr. and Carol came to me with some amazing amigurumi kits they dug out around one corner. The kit included crochet pattern, yarn, and some felt to finish it. The only tool you need to get is a crochet hook. Carl was so inspired that he said he'd crochet Patrick star himself. I had to persuade him to let me do it. I'm very happy with the result and got more yarn in Chia-yi. I like Patrick's blissful and innocent expression.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

yarn-collage scarf


Making the yarn ball is half of the fun for this project. I cut the yarn from my collection of yarns and tie them together randomly. The result makes me so happy.
Then I crochet the scarf using double crochet with a single crochet frame around.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Carebear


The fresh color of light yellow frosting is what I was looking for when I went to the store.
I got Red Heart Supersaver and I'll never make the same mistake again.
The color is right, but the yarn is too stiff and fuzzy. It's a pain to crochet with.
A very important lesson well-learned.
But I am not grumpy when I finish Carebear this morning. She is so cute and amazingly cheerful even though part of her comes from Red Heart Supersaver!