Cookies

In between too many projects waiting to be finished, and tons of housework to be done, I cooked some cookies for the craft party I was going to attend today. The recipe is very simple.

All you need is

• 125 gr fine sugar
• 250 gr butter
• 520 gr all purpose flour
• 1 egg

First you beat sugar and butter until it is creamy. Then you add the egg, and the flour. Don't add all the flour at once, as the amount might be too much depending on the other ingredients. Knead until you have a stiff enough to be rolled cookie dough. It wasn't mentioned in the original recipe, but I chilled the dough for about 30 minutes in the fridge. Then, flatten it 1/2 cm thick and cut into shapes. I got my lovely cutters from Vienna a few years back and used them for the first time yesterday. Shame on me for not putting them into use for so long. Aren't they adorable?

For those who can read Turkish, the original recipe is here.

Crochet Christmas Wreath Tutorial Part I

This is my first time trying to write a tutorial, so please excuse my probable mistakes in advance. I hope you find my instructions clear enough :)

I started with the base, which I used exactly the same stitch numbers as Lucy's Springtime Wreath.

Then I started working on the "pretend-branches". Chain 20. Sl st into the 18th chain. *Ch 19, sl st into the 18th ch* repeat as long as you get the desired length depending on your yarn and hook choice.

When you finish crocheting the branches, start sewing the long line made of a few zillion chains on the base starting from the inner circle.

Go on sewing until your "pretend-branches" chains tour around the base 3 times.

If you're new to crocheting you might take a look at this website for basic crochet stitches.

And please feel free to upload your crochet or knit Christmas ornaments to the Crochet or Knit Christmas Ornaments Flicker Group .

Christmas Wreath

Since the day I noticed the Springtime Wreath at Attic24, I've been planning to make something like that for Christmas. And here's my version of a crochet Christmas Wreath...

I started making it yesterday morning, and in the afternoon it was finished. I used exactly the same numbers of stitches in Lucy's tutorial. The only difference I made was not to change colors in every other row. For the rest of it I'm planning to add a tutorial tomorrow if the light is good enough to take pictures. And hopefully I'll change the picture in this post as well because I couldn't capture the exact colours of the pretend branches and holly leaves due to poor sunlight.

Kitties test driving

Kitties seem to have approved the quality of the new blanket without I've been able to finish it properly.



Although I call it the new blanket, I started doing it about 3 years ago. At firt, I was very eager to finish it, but then I didn't like the color combination, so I neglected it until one day I remembered having it around when it suddenly got really cold here. It's not my favourite blanket, but it serves its purpose well for the time being. Until I finish my other and "favourite" one, I'll have to keep myself warm under it while watching TV or correcting papers. Happy Monday y'all!

Sneak Peek

I just can't take my eyes off of especially these two photos. Don't they look so yummy?

Back to life, back to reality

After being away from the hustle and bustle of the city for about 3 weeks I'm back home again.

During these 3 weeks I've done many things including crochetting-surprise (NOT!)-, gardening, eating tasty stuff-putting on weight as well-, improving my yoghurt making skills-yes I can make yoghurt from scratch-, and spent quality time with my parents.

I have lots of things to show and tell about my holiday. But first I need to settle down. There's a huge pile of clothes and bed sheets waiting to be ironed, and a complete room to be re-organized. I'll also be showing some of my finished projects for the shop update. Soon, very soon I promise.

Holiday

The last 5 weeks have been soooo hot that I haven't been able to upload anything here. I was hoping to start a few new projects this summer, but obviously I didn't foresee that a summer could be this hot in this city. It was either 29 or 30 C at night, and with the help of humidity 36 C felt 50 C something during the day. I couldn't saw, crochet or knit anything at all.

Enough with complaints! I'm off to the sea for 20 days this afternoon. After a long journey-a 14-hour-bus trip- I'll be swimming in the bluest and cleanest sea ever in my country. Will be back in 2 weeks. Till then take care of yourselves and don't give up checking here, because I'll be back with "sneak-peek" pics of my new shop updates.