Monday, October 22, 2012

Crocheted Boot Cuffs/ Boot Toppers

I was on Pinterest (probably during the last debate) and saw these suuuuper cute boot cuffs:


I found a link to an easy store where they were $30. Um riiiight. So I decided to make my own and I want to share the pattern with you -- it's quick and easy and you could make them in all colors!

[This is my in-progress boot cuff, still had 1/3 of the way to go but had to share it! That's why it's flaring out on the front -- it's not sewn shut yet!]

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I used Lion Brand Yarn, Nature's Choice organic cotton because it's soft and fluffy. I like thicker yarns for these. The off white color is called almond. My crochet hook was a size K.

SC=single crochet, CH=chain, TC=treble crochet, SL=slip stich

So here we go:

Chain 11
SC in second chain from the hook and remaining, total 10 SC. Ch 1, turn
SC next two rows for 10, then CH 1 and turn
----This is three rows of SC----
TC one row, CH 1 and turn
*SC three rows, CH 1 at the end of each row and turn
TC one row, CH 1 at the end and turn*
Repeat ** until you have appropriate width for your calf (I ended up with 7 total rows of TC)
Once it's wide enough, cut yarn about 12" tail, SL the first stitch, and using a large needle, sew the two edge together.

Voila! Boot warmers! And because the stitched are so wide, this project goes FAST!

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This was in the car on the way back from the UT Bama game with white yarn, not the organic fluffy cotton. :) Had to practice with something! 




Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Super Easy Shrimp

Tonight we tried a quick and easy recipe from Pinterest to cook shrimp at home! It was VERY good, but next time we will get bigger shrimp and more of them. After we both finished eating the shrimp, peas and fries (random) we were both still hungry :)

I think these shrimp would be GREAT served over linguine with the remainder of the butter sauce dumped on the noodles -- just like at Red Lobster.

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To make it -- get a bag of shrimp (uncooked), melt a stick of butter, dump a packet of italian seasoning in the melted butter, and add the juice of a lemon (or 1 1/2 TBSP of ReaLemon) and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Very yummy and almost filling -- next time it will be :)