Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Curry and Cornucopia





Curry
Husband and I recently decided to try out some Indian recipes for dinner.  One of my favorites is naan with cilantro chutney.  Husband found recipes for those dishes as well as one for a yogurt curry.  Everything turned out really delicious.  The main changes to the recipes are that we added green bell pepper to the curry and we made the naan on the George Foreman grill.  Yes, that's right, I did say George Foreman grill.  It was really easy to make it that way.


Here are some foodie pics and links to the recipes:

Delicious mushroom yogurt curry


Cilantro chutney

Naan






Cornucopia
For this week's craft, I decided to make the cornucopia pattern I shared last week as part of the Thanksgiving Roundup.  This pattern is offered for free on Lion Brand Yarn's website. 


 
The horn and vegetables/fruit were easy to make.  The one change I would make would be to increase the opening of the horn.  It was a challenge stuffing in the 4 food items...and the original pattern shows 5 foods.  The one item I didn't make was the squash.  In the pic below you can better see how the food items are practically bursting out of the horn.


I put away my witch, but here's the cornucopia with the other pumpkins.  (You can find the pattern links for the pumpkins and pie on my Pumpkin Roundup post.)



Monday, November 4, 2013

20 Free DIY Crochet Thanksgiving Decorations




I had another busy week, and I didn't really do much crafting.  So for this week I put together a list of 20 free DIY Thanksgiving themed crochet decoration patterns.  There are a lot of very cute free patterns.  Here are some of my favorites:


1.  Happy Thanksgiving wreath by Lily Sugar'n Cream
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2. Cornucopia by Lion Brand Yarn
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3. Turkey Coasters & Ornaments by Joanne Loh
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4. Tom Turkey by Lion Brand Yarn
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5. Turkey Placemat by Lily Sugar'n Cream
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6. Crocheted Fall Wreath by Sarah Zimmerman
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7. Pilgrim Pair by Rebecca J. Venton
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8. Indian Corn by Alicia Kachmar

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9. Pilgrim Billy Doll by Lily Sugar'n Cream
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10. Pilgrim Lily Doll by Lily Sugar'n Cream
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11. Pumpkin Jar Cozy by Yarn Twins
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12. Turkey Drumstick Dishcloth by Yarnspirations




13. Sugar'n Cream Pilgrim Dishcloth at Yarnspirations




14. Thanksgiving Pumpkin Coasters by Ira Rott
Free Halloween Thanksgiving Pumpkin Coasters Crochet Pattern



15. Crochet Turkey Hat by Squirrel Picnic



16. Crazy Cute Autumn Acorns by Lion Brand
Crazy Cute Autumn Acorns

17. Pumpkin Pie Mat & Coasters and Pumpkin Mat & Coasters by chezcrochet.com

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18. 3D Pumpkin Potholder by Priscilla Hewitt
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19. Gobble Gobble Turkey by Bitter Sweet Blog


20. Potpourri Pie by Priscilla Hewitt
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If you want more free pumpkin patterns, then check out my Pumpkin Roundup