tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46832036285520365492024-03-21T02:03:06.504-11:00Racky RacksRaquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-62212781493299371622011-09-11T06:43:00.000-11:002011-09-11T06:43:54.255-11:00knitted pumpkin<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Last night, my daughter wanted to "be alone" in her room and play, so that gave me some free time! It's rare to have free time on the weekends, ever! So I took advantage of the time and made this little pumpkin. I used the infant sized hat round loom and garter stitched the stem and leaf. I used a little bit of fill from an old pillow and stitched it all together. I took about an hour to knit and assemble! Now, to make a whole bunch of them to decorate the inside of my house!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I altered her directions slightly and this is what I came up with. (Click on the link to get directions). I used Lily's Sugar 'n Cream, natural on size 6 needles.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Kara, my daughter, has her own library key card and a designated bag (that she picked out herself) to take with us when we go. The librarians greet Kara by name every time too. Most of the librarians have known her since she was a few months old. It feels so good to have such a great rapport with our local library. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Today's visit was like no other, except that we ran into her grandmother and aunt tutoring a couple of local boys. Kara was first confused, then happy to have seen them there. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> Kara has a library routine, so to speak. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">First, we always greet the fish in the fish tank. Her favorite one is which ever one is the smallest one for the week, so it varies. Then we go downstairs to the children's section and she picks out her books to read there and then, when she is ready, she picks out the ones she wants to take home. Now THIS is the part that melts my heart. She walks over to the children's computer area. She piles her books, sits down, and picks up the mouse. She takes the first book, opens it to the barcode and "scans" the book with the mouse. Once she sees that the red light coming from the bottom of the mouse glows onto the book, she closes the book. Then she proceeds to type some random letters and press the shift key. She repeats this until all of her books are "checked out" by her. Finally, we check out, for real this time. The funny thing is, that the librarian does the same thing, she scans, types something, and then presses the shift button. She has been paying attention all this time! She knew exactly what to do! That truly made my day. The best part is what she is associating books and reading to. She loves to read, make up her own stories, and act them out for us. What can I say? I am such a proud mama!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">3. <a href="http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/easy-baby-knitting-patterns5.htm">Baby lace dress</a></span>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-52044988301685588422011-07-28T10:27:00.000-11:002011-07-28T10:27:51.400-11:00Bandages, Bandages, Bandages<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">My daughter has recently become allergic to the adhesive and the latex in bandages. So when she gets a boo-boo, we have to wrap her in gauze. After a while, it got a little bit too expensive! There had to be a cheaper, greener way. And there is! Knitted bandages! I'm making her a few kits for home, school, and her traveling bag. So far I've made 3 lengths. One to wrap around once for small boo-boos, one to wrap around twice and one to wrap around three times. I'm also in the process of making some small finger sized bandages. The best part about these bandages is that they are totally washable so they can be used again and again.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I used size 1 double pointed needles. You can use regular needles as well. I like to use double pointed needles with small width projects because it's easy to take along with me. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">At first I used mercerized cotton yarn like some websites suggested when making bandages. I felt that for what I needed them, it was still too thick. So I went with crochet thread instead. It was the perfect thickness that I needed. Here's a picture of it. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8iZOu63DlXphv3VLVGISoDCJcTJmPH0m1QvDUTVxcT5PKoWJAJFkm3SssVFcVsTho6E6Uv09U6hE4aJrvlq8HWtLv65GKtg05xEALqSOqKIWReaLL95o26v_neq-fWdMdJsGO49R_a3r/s1600/Images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8iZOu63DlXphv3VLVGISoDCJcTJmPH0m1QvDUTVxcT5PKoWJAJFkm3SssVFcVsTho6E6Uv09U6hE4aJrvlq8HWtLv65GKtg05xEALqSOqKIWReaLL95o26v_neq-fWdMdJsGO49R_a3r/s400/Images.jpeg" width="214" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I cast on at 27 stitches, garter stitch, which made it about 2 1/2 in width, the typical width of rolled up gauze. It was the perfect width for a 3 1/2 year old. </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Here is what the final product looks like. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStw7PenLLEGxe7_2u_IVhAbMOExJ51jhUW3CNHtP9ZI-p4mDcPig-Rp3G0Lq4iMjOghpVumXO332Cvr5k6IbBFsR1VoYVKo1vBWWTrcC0eH0ZGKhEdflLtIC5dj5qlvk-c6Pprnzn7d3v/s1600/IMG_20110728_165726.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgStw7PenLLEGxe7_2u_IVhAbMOExJ51jhUW3CNHtP9ZI-p4mDcPig-Rp3G0Lq4iMjOghpVumXO332Cvr5k6IbBFsR1VoYVKo1vBWWTrcC0eH0ZGKhEdflLtIC5dj5qlvk-c6Pprnzn7d3v/s320/IMG_20110728_165726.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Here's a close up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDrzJYnE4dBylA2KURWTGdHJ7CKRXWEqM6NtIDRlo9VrSA1sp8E_mZ827i07gjidjA9iEB90B3Z-sRNG918hUZMjqsytor-2wiWWwDNiame9qy4wdclnBIquKz6cOI1Zt4H7uPpcjD9VG/s1600/IMG_20110728_165742.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEDrzJYnE4dBylA2KURWTGdHJ7CKRXWEqM6NtIDRlo9VrSA1sp8E_mZ827i07gjidjA9iEB90B3Z-sRNG918hUZMjqsytor-2wiWWwDNiame9qy4wdclnBIquKz6cOI1Zt4H7uPpcjD9VG/s320/IMG_20110728_165742.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Here it is rolled up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaX9SEtCzmCJMcaDlZmd2eAsZeLYKrZMCfg1jT41P5XgTPhK3jv1nv1uxfcq3SDcUh7ysC0QJd4MGCdKGB50ad9SRrFxb9fVpdbwRz4lfG6uwcVIUfHlRospe9ec7tI7kYJJj0c7sdJfQ/s1600/IMG_20110728_165809.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaX9SEtCzmCJMcaDlZmd2eAsZeLYKrZMCfg1jT41P5XgTPhK3jv1nv1uxfcq3SDcUh7ysC0QJd4MGCdKGB50ad9SRrFxb9fVpdbwRz4lfG6uwcVIUfHlRospe9ec7tI7kYJJj0c7sdJfQ/s320/IMG_20110728_165809.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Here's my little munchkin modeling it for me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLxuN_JiIAlQCS03URWlMij7MEYFVeNIs9b_sl0jKlggJ1l6o2ErTu5NQ5k7-PH2i1-dFvSHh9xHeCrI45DOhnCUUMbtfamj_1iF1PfSxmpk-JxboUAfW2PJELcWRvhw9PD2aTckVMMpn/s1600/IMG_20110728_165858.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLxuN_JiIAlQCS03URWlMij7MEYFVeNIs9b_sl0jKlggJ1l6o2ErTu5NQ5k7-PH2i1-dFvSHh9xHeCrI45DOhnCUUMbtfamj_1iF1PfSxmpk-JxboUAfW2PJELcWRvhw9PD2aTckVMMpn/s320/IMG_20110728_165858.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">First, I spread antibiotic ointment to the boo-boo area. Then I put a little piece of gauze on top. Then I roll the bandage on her and safety pin it. It's pretty stretchable and breathable too. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">She loves getting all of the extra attention with her special bandages.</span>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-715160784172787472011-06-07T08:20:00.000-11:002011-06-07T08:20:46.655-11:00Apple Dishcloth pattern<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Here is an apple dishcloth I designed. I'm making a set of 3 in red, as a gift for my daughter's teacher as a thank you for all the hard work she has done all year. </span><br />
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font-size: large;">row 10: k6, p5, k3, p1, k3, p5, k6</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 12: k5, p5, k1, p3, k1, p3, k1, p5, k5</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 14: k4, p5, k1, p2, k1, p6, k1, p5, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 16: k4, p5, k1, p1, k2, p6, k1, p5, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 18: k4, p4, k1, p2, k1, p8, k1, p4, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 20: k4, p4, k1, p11, k1, p4, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: large;">row 34: k4, p3, k1, p9, k2, p2, k1, p3, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 36: k4, p3, k1, p13, k1, p3, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 38: k4, p4, k2, p3, k3, p3, k2, p4, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 40: k4, p6, k3, p3, k3, p6, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 42: k4, p10, k1, p10, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 44: k4, p6, k3, p1, k1, p10, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 46: k4, p4, k4, p2, k1, p10, k4</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 48: k5, p2, k4, p4, k1, p8, k5</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 50: k6, p2, k2, p6, k1, p6, k6</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 52: k7, p15, k7</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 54: k</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 56: k</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">row 58: k</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">60: cast off</span></span></div>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-28528939836713333442011-05-28T08:21:00.000-11:002011-05-28T08:21:31.576-11:00Fourth of July Headbands<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I am so excited to share my headbands with you! Please don't forget to like my page on Facebook as well.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knits-for-Charity-by-Raquel/106761856013854">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knits-for-Charity-by-Raquel</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">And here we go! If you are interested in purchasing any of them, please contact me at raquelparker25@gmail.com. All net proceeds will go towards my team's goal for this year's Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0mv3BrI-M_9WKashyhT5WZJ9NUa5S3GmXA_X5KW4muqYSA1tmsjNaJEahoJzzLi9s1PpVFJG_00jSLPMr5S7cAdKcQnO2IhcBX5wPE8rjO4XqE3ecB57ViwbEEi3RcArz0Flg9RfaL_y/s1600/IMG_20110528_143901.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0mv3BrI-M_9WKashyhT5WZJ9NUa5S3GmXA_X5KW4muqYSA1tmsjNaJEahoJzzLi9s1PpVFJG_00jSLPMr5S7cAdKcQnO2IhcBX5wPE8rjO4XqE3ecB57ViwbEEi3RcArz0Flg9RfaL_y/s320/IMG_20110528_143901.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-4073002162878495662011-05-23T10:00:00.001-11:002011-05-23T10:00:32.448-11:00Hula Hoop Rug<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I saw this on a Facebook post from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/treasuresfortots">Treasures for Tots</a> and thought it was way cool! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">All you need is old t-shirts, a hula hoop, and a pair of scissors.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Click <a href="http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/hula-hoop-rug-995304/">here</a> to get to the link.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy!</span>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-84635478235773323702011-05-19T11:12:00.000-11:002011-05-19T11:12:08.101-11:00Hats for CHOP<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">With the help of a round loom, I've been cranking out little infant hats for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. It's really quite easy and I can make one hat in about 30 minutes. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">you can read her blog <a href="http://www.river-girl.com/">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yesterday, during our regular knitting time, we briefly spoke about giving back to the community, as a group. We thought that it would be a great idea to donate caps/hats and other baby items to CHOP in honor of the newest little bundle of joy. It would mean a lot to my dear friend and it will mean a lot to all of us, sort of like a full circle moment. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So I am putting this out to the universe and see if I get a response! We are reaching out to the Central Jersey Community and all of the blogger community as well. For Central Jersey, we will designate a drop off place where we will have a basket of some sort. For the blogger community, if you live too far, we would love to receive items in the mail as well. If you would like to help us, The Bordentown Knitters, please email me <a href="mailto:raquelparker25@gmail.com">here</a>. We will find out soon what they will accept as far as donations go. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I will keep everyone posted!</span>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-61703909419052277462011-05-03T05:16:00.000-11:002011-05-03T05:16:58.247-11:00"Babies"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">If you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, a caregiver, or if you plainly just love babies, you MUST watch "Babies".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">It's a documentary, of 4 families across the world. They follow the lives of the families from birth to a year. From The U.S. to Japan and Mongolia to Africa. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Now, this is not an action packed movie, but more of a film on the human spirit. It goes to show you that even though we come from different places, we are all the same in the end. </span><br />
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<div class="p1"><b><span class="s1" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>I recently taught myself how to make knitting patterns on graph paper. Other than headbands, I've been addicted to knitting dish/wash cloths. As a cool project we can all do together, I've decided to start a sort of mystery cloth. No pictures, just a few directions once a week. It's a pretty simple pattern, just knit and purl. You can use them as washcloths in the shower or when giving your child a bath. You can also use it in the kitchen as a dishcloth, towel, or cleaning rag. They really are so versatile! </b></span></b><br />
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This has been the best recipe by far. Usually play-dough will dry out quickly and crumble, but not this one. My friend Susan from my last preschool job shared this one with me, and I want to share it will all lf you!<br />
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Ingredients.....<br />
2 cups of flour<br />
1 cup of salt<br />
2 to 4 teaspoons of cream of tartar<br />
2 tablespoons of oil<br />
2 cups of water<br />
food coloring or koolaid mix (the non sugar kind)<br />
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In 2 cups of water, mix in the food coloring or koolaid (it is easier to mix the color in the water than in the dough itself).<br />
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In a big pot, pour in the flour, salt, cream of tartar, oil, and water mix.<br />
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Put the stove on MEDIUM heat (it is very important that it is on MEDIUM heat) That's half way to all of you non cooks!<br />
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As it is cooking, stir and stir and stir. Use a tablespoon because the playdough gets really tough! I used a wooden spoon and it broke on me so beware! lol<br />
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It will look like slime at first but then it will get lumpy. Once it is lumpy, you will see the dough come together and start looking like playdough.<br />
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Once it becomes solid, take it out of the fire. Place on counter to cool.<br />
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As it cools, kneed the playdough. This step is very important!<br />
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Keep kneeding every 10 minutes until it has cooled down completely.<br />
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Once it has cooled down, store the playdough in a air-tight container.<br />
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Make sure there is no water or that it is humid.<br />
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It is very important that the playdough is really cool because once stored in a container and it is warm or hot, condensation will happen and this will ruin the playdough!<br />
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Try this at home and let me know what you think!</span>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-31975662790909573162011-04-19T15:21:00.001-11:002011-04-29T16:58:20.064-11:00Charity Rocks<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I started knitting recently. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy it! I decided to use my newly developed skills into good use. Every year, I raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I participate in their Light the Night Walk. Last year, my team raised over $2,000. This year I personally want to raise $500. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">I started making my daughter headbands to match her dresses. I would take my knitting stuff and knit while she was in dance class. The other mothers were curious as to what I was doing and when I showed them, they literally started throwing money at me so I can make some for their daughters. Before I knew it, I had requests for more headbands. I felt kind of guilty taking people's money but they insisted. So I did the next best thing, I decided to donate it to my favorite charity. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Check out my facebook page I made for all of my knitted creations! It's called Knits for Charity by Raquel. Follow the link below and don't forget to "like" my page!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knits-for-Charity-by-Raquel/106761856013854">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knits-for-Charity-by-Raquel/106761856013854</a>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683203628552036549.post-62997107840717207372011-04-19T14:56:00.001-11:002011-04-29T16:58:37.265-11:00Hello!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Thanks for stopping by my blog. My name is Raquel, a stay at home mother of one. I started this blog to post some of my creations that I have made or am making. I also like to post information and events for parents out there.</span>Raquel Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04567835235483536837noreply@blogger.com0