They are amazing! And best of all, no skipped stitches or fabric catching in the feed dogs.
I'm so impressed with how nice my stitches came out.
Until this week, I had never heard of a "stretch" needle, only "knit" needles.
So glad I now know about them.
For my first try I used my favorite white bread recipe and followed cooking directions I found on line.
The bagels looked pretty but came out too thin and didn't taste like a bagel.
For my second try I used a recipe on you tube. They came out big and pretty but the texture was wrong. It was a little too light and fluffy inside instead of thick and heavy like store bagels.
I plan to keep on trying. The kids and I love eating toasted bagels.
I love my new tote and I love how my blocks stay flat and smooth and organized.
This month's block is finished and ready to be added to the tote bag.
We learned to make an apple tart and Profiterolles.
The class was small, perhaps a dozen students and two teachers. Jonathan was the youngest student which surprised me because it was held at Tech and I thought the class would be full of college students.
As soon as the class was over Jonathan wanted to go buy the supplies to make our own apple tart; which he took to work this morning.
Until I find a used tart plate at the thrift store I'll be making my tarts free form; and considering this was my first try I was pleased with how round mine came out.
Pour into a baking pan with sides. Be sure all the peanuts are sitting on the bottom of the pan. If you roast 2 cups at a time use a large baking pan so there's room enough for the peanuts to be in a single layer.
Place in a 300-degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes. The nuts need to be stirred every 5-minutes so they do not burn. I usually just shake the pan.
Bake until the peanuts are brown. Be sure to watch closely because the peanuts can and will burn very quickly.
The smell of roasted peanuts is wonderful. We like them plain but if you like salted peanuts simply place a small amount of oil, perhaps a tablespoon, in your pan; stir until all the nuts touch the oil; sprinkle with salt and roast.
You see, I have been roasting my own peanuts lately and used some of these in a recent batch of caramel corn.
Oh my, the home roasted peanuts added a wonderful flavor to my already wonderful tasting caramel corn.
I'm sold, from now on home roasted peanuts will be added to our caramel corn. The recipe can be found here; I added about 2 cups peanuts to the recipe.
I've been putting them outdoors so they can enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures; our box trap works well for keeping the chicks safe.
We have more eggs in the incubator; hopefully we will get a bigger hatching this time. 
The original recipe called for a sharp cheddar but I only had mild in the fridge; it worked very well.
This recipe made about the same size dough ball as the whole wheat cracker.
Because it wasn't necessary to roll out the cheese crackers as thin as the wheat crackers I decided to work with larger pieces of dough.
Rolling out was very easy. I took time to cut away the rugged edges before cutting the dough into squares but this turned out to be unnecessary because these crackers cook at a lower temperature and the edges do not over cook.
The original recipe suggest poking holes in the center; I used a chop stick for this;
However, when the crackers baked the holes disappeared. Next time I'll not bother poking any holes.
I was very surprised how nice the crackers puffed up since the recipe does not call for any baking soda or baking powder.
They tasted very much like a Cheeze-it but the texture was nothing like it. We will be making these again.
The original recipe came from 365 Days of Baking. I only used 1/2 teaspoon of Lawry's Season Salt instead of 1 teaspoon and omitted the 1/4 teaspoon of regular salt.
I recently made myself a "fancy" drawstring bag to carry just one or two skeins of yarn.
It's the perfect size for a small project when I'm on the go.
I liked the bag so much I made a second one for a friend. Oh, and I forgot to mention...both bags were made from scraps!
