Turkey Time [SF Recpie]

So its turkey time again where I live.  I am expecting a lot of sweets that my wonderful husband wont be able to eat so I decided to whip him up a pie.

Frozen Banana Whipped Pie (can also be a cream pie in the fridge)

Light and Fluffy Frozen Banana Pie

2 (4 1/2 cup) box of Banana Sugar Free Pudding (I used Jell-O brand, you can also sub for a flavor you like better)
3 cups Milk
1 precooked crust (I used a store brand Gramcracker crust as it has the least carbs and sugar.)
1/2 tub Sugar Free Whipped Topping (I used Fit and Active brand because we didnt see the 'Cool Whip SF') (refrigerated it so its easier to stir in)

In large bowl, add milk.  Slowly sift and stir in pudding mix one box at a time so you don't gets lumps.  It should be starting to set up, so whip in the 'cool whip'.  Whipping till no white streaks are left, then fill pie shell and freeze!

Option #1 for a 'cream pie' just pop it in the fridge.   
Option #2 for a more 'ice cream' pie omit milk and use 2 full tub's of SF Whipped Topping
Option #3 if you have silicon cup cake tray you can make and freeze mini pie's just add mix first then layer the top with Gram crackers or any other low carb/sugar treat.  Let freeze 4 hours then turn them out to serve.

        
Something neat I learned the plastic cover that helps the pie shell keep its form also doubles as a lid when flipped over.  Its so stupid I never noticed that before and always tossed it and had to cover pies with plastic wrap.

After all is said and done 1/8th of the pie is about 15-20 carbs.

Belated Batman Superman Logo Blanket [Pattern]

Batman/Superman Blanket Graph Patter

I have been meaning to put this up when I finished making the blanket for my very patient husband. Its been moved to my WIP back-burner unfortunately, as I burned myself out on it. I only have to finish the epic wing span. 

Its over 12 feet both ways at this point.  I made sure to adjust the graph so it will only produce a 6-8ft blanket depending on the hook/yarn used.  I was using a Tunisian J-hook with Read Heart Super Saver in Cherry and Black.  I used far more yarn then you will,  6 1/2 skeins of the Red, and  10 skeins of Black, but again my blanket came out twice the size of this graph so you should (SHOULD I am just estimating) only need 4 red and 6-8 black.

A month and a Day Early

I think it is safe to say she likes her vest!  She put in on when she got here and only took it off when we got indoor's and it got to warm.  She managed to get it from me a whole month and a day before her birthday.

Birthday Gift for Mom FINISHED

So I have been working on this project off and on for the past month.   Its a pattern my mom posted on facebook asking me to make.  I gave my standard answer for projects that are blanket sized -- buy the yarn and I will make it.        
              
She bought the yarn (well 1/2 of it) and I got started.  Let me tell you first and formost, the finished item --looks great, the pattern... well that is using the term pattern VERY loosely leaves a lot to be 'free form'.  I dont know about you but if I am paying $6.50 for a pattern, it should be 1) Readable 2)Not contradict itself (point in case she has hand drawn charts showing one thing but the writen directions saying something else) 3)SHOULD NOT tell you to free form any part -- its a pattern --..... I am going to stop my rant here about this and get on with the post!

This photo was taken before I blocked the piece.  That is streached across my queen sized bed, just slightly hanging off the edges.  I realize that the space was not large enough to block the whole vest in one go so I broke it down and pinned out the center and steamed 1/3 of it at a time.

This is the tip of the edge and I think it took to the steaming well,  I was happy it did a nice point.  Since the yarn was acrylic I was not sure if the edge points would steam and stay pointy.

Here it is after I finished steaming and pulling out the pins.  Sorry for the blurry photos the camera on my phone did not want to focus on all the colors, hopefully I can get a good action shot of it on my mom at some point with a better camera.

So this pattern made me so frustrated, I am going to write my own 'boho style' circle vest.  At some point. 

If you want the pattern you can find it here Bohemian Vest.  Be forewarned even though its just a load of treble crochets and chains, the writer over complicates things, leaves things out, contradicts her pattern/chart, and tells you to free form parts.

The Final 51 (photo heavy)

Here are the photos of the final 51 pieces of amigurumi that will be shipping off to RESOBOX as soon as they send me my consignment number.

Not all the ami's where photographed as I had a few repeats.  We opted to just photograph on 'set' of each type since they where exactly the same.

 I made a lot of the sweets, strawberry's, cookies, donuts, cupcakes this year.  I also did quiet a few of my mini octos which killed my hand so I hope if they find new homes there new parents love them.

You can see some new patterns I worked on mixed in here (mostly the sweets), and only one item that was from a pattern I did not write, the African Flower Hippo.

I have to give a big shout out to my photographer -Photos by Linda.  They look so much better then me shooting them on my phone!

My RESOBOX gang!

I will be sending these guys off to the RESOBOX Amigurumi event at the end of Oct.  I might sneak in one or two more ami's before then who knows.

A few of the note worthy ami's that are new; Big Sheep, Cardinal,  Gargoyle (adapted from my Chibi Dragon), and some sweets including chocolate dipped strawberry's, chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies.  As well as a lot of my old favorites.

Lacy Fingerless Mitts [Pattern]

 Lacy Fingerless Mitt's

Just in time for my Christmas crochet madness.  These beaut's work up with less then 100 yd of light weight/fingerling yarn.

 Here I used just under one skein of Paton's Silk/Bamboo blend in Sapphire, and about 2/3 of a skein of Red Heart Boutique in Parrot. 

They should be fairly easy to adapt to smaller or larger sizes but the pattern is writen to fit an adult med/large.  The design leaves them with alot of stretch so this size should fit most, but you can easily drop down/up a size by dropping/adding a row of dc.

The pattern can be found here in PDF form.

If you enjoy the pattern please feel free to send a donation my way to help keep me writing and working on free patterns!