Something different -- Homemade Ice Cream

There are some days when you decide to treat yourself.  A birthday is always a great reason so for my birthday I made myself some triple chocolate ice cream.  It is chocolate flavoured ice cream with both white and milk chocolate chips in it.

Ingredients

600 ml thickened cream

375 g tin of sweetened condensed milk

1.5 or 2 tsp of vanilla extract (depends on how strong you want it)

The above ingredients give you the basic vanilla recipe to which you can then add extras to give it more flavour.  I've added 

chocolate ripple biscuits to make a choc ripple ice cream cake

or fresh raspberries and white chocolate chips

These are just a couple of examples to add flavouring to your ice cream.  For the one pictured below I added a cup of chocolate topping and some white and milk chocolate chips.

To make your ice cream (no ice cream maker required)

1. Pour the cream into a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until thickened.

2.  Add the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla to the cream and mix again until it is thick.

If you are leaving it as vanilla stop here and pour your ice cream into a container to freeze, if not add your toppings and then freeze, you can mix those in with a spoon or spatula.

Enjoy and don't forget if you do use this recipe please leave a comment below and post your photos on the QuackersCrochet Facebook Page

Finishing a Latch Hook Rug

Today my order from Herrschners Inc. arrived including the iron on rug binding.  I needed two packets to cover all four sides of the African Elephant Latch Hook but the end result looks a lot better that trying to use sew on binding.  It is also a lot quicker.  This Latch Hook Rug has been finished as a wall hanging or a floor rug as I have also added the fibre lock to the back of it to give it a non-slip backing.  This latch hook is being donated for an auction prize at the 2017 Tintern Grammar Fair in April.

Koala Latch Hook

Another latch hook completed today.  Waiting for my rug finishing tools to arrive so that I can do the edging on them all.

Last count there were eighteen different ones waiting for the edges to be done.

Cake Decorating ...

Little Miss turned 5 today.  A big day for her and a big day for me too.  I have loved watching this little person grow into the independent big girl she is now (not allowed to call her a little girl any more).

I didn't make the cake but I did add the strawberries and smarties on top.  I am not a cake decorator. I still remember trying to decorate Miss 8's first birthday cake and it was so warm that the lollies almost fell off.

I hope everyone is having a great week.

Lisa

2017 - Another year of crafting

Every year I start the year off by completing a latch hook during our family holiday.  This year's latch hook is Wolves at midnight.  The latch hook took two weeks to complete.

Last year I completed an elephant, the year before it was dolphins.  They are compact and easy to take on a holiday instead of some yarn. Once the latch hook was completed I then made some small hats for Chance's Clothes Project, a local charity that I support.




I've found some patterns that I have designed previously but not quite sure what the item was at the end so they will be a mystery even to me!  Thank you for reading and have a great 2017.

When four year olds put in a request ...

The other day Miss Four asked me to "stitch her a banana"

so I did :)

I hope you like it.



Thank you for reading.

Plastic Bag Mats for the Homeless

The other week I was scrolling through Facebook and a post jumped out regarding these mats.

Plastic bag Mats for the Homeless.

What You Need to get started:
500-700 plastic shopping bags (for a person-sized mat, but can vary depending on what you're using the mat for)10 mm or larger Crochet hook Scissors

Instructions:

Flatten the plastic bag to best you can and straighten any of the bags creases

Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you're left with a rectangle. This can then be cut into four strips that become loops when opened up.

After you have lots of loops, hook them together with a basic larks head knot. This is done by overlapping two of the loops end-to-end, then pulling the top of one end through the middle intersection of the two loops. Repeat this step.

From here you can start to crochet! You'll need approximately 42 chain stitches, and then continue to crochet until you arrive at your desired length.

Recycle the scrap plastic at your local grocery store to ensure that nothing is wasted.

Approximate size of the finished mat is 3' x 6' or 90 cm x 180 cm.

If you would like to join the group here is the link

Special Thanks go to Deniz for starting this project, I am helping by making mats and spreading the word about this great initiative.