Apple Crisp Cheesecake!!!!

This cheesecake is a mix of craziness including: cheesecake, apple pie filling, crumb topping and some broiler action.

Ingredients:

• 2 c. graham cracker crumbs
• 1/4 c. butter, melted
• 3-8 oz. cream cheese packages, softened
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1/4 c. sour cream
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cans apple pie filling
• 1 c. flour
• 1 c. brown sugar
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/4 c. butter, softened

How to:
Preheat oven to 350*. Mix crumbs and butter together. Press into the bottom of a 10 inch spring form pan. Beat cream cheese until creamy, slowly add sugar. Then add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan. Carefully spoon the apple pie filling on top of the cheesecake layer. Mix flour, brown sugar, spices, and softened butter in a bowl until it resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle all of the topping onto the pie filling. Bake for 1 hour. After 1 hour, turn your broiler on high for 2 minutes to firm up the topping. *warning* this will make the topping crunchy and hard to cut through, so you can skip this step if you want!! Turn oven off and let cheesecake rest in oven for an hour. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for another hour. Refrigerate.

How to make 'Funeral Potatoes'.....

Believe it or not, “Funeral Potatoes” is not actually their technical name–it’s usually something like Cheesy Potato Casserole. But these are often found served with ham on Easter dinner tables as well as luncheons following funerals which, shockingly, is how they got their name.

So you’ll need a bag of shredded hash brown potatoes from the freezer section (thawed), a can of cream of chicken soup (or cream of mushroom if you’re going vegetarian), shredded sharp cheddar cheese, sour cream, an onion, a few cloves of garlic, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, and a little butter.


Preheat the oven to 350 and then, in a large skillet, melt a tablespoon or two of butter over medium heat. Add a chopped onion and 2-3 cloves of chopped garlic and saute until the onions are translucent and the garlic is fragrant.


Remove the pan from heat and add the thawed hash browns…


some (okay, a lot of) sour cream…


the cream of chicken (or mushroom) soup…


and some (okay, a lot of) shredded sharp cheddar cheese.


Toss in some kosher salt and freshly ground pepper and then combine the ingredients well. Spread them into a 9×13″ (or similarly sized) dish.


Now, there is a serious, relevant, and ongoing debate about whether or not Funeral Potatoes should have a crunchy topping. I am firmly in the “no topping” camp–I love these because they don’t necessarily have to be served immediately and because they make awesome leftovers. When a crunchy topping is involved, both of those virtues fly out the window because the topping gets soggy. HOWEVER. If you want a crunchy topping, you can add crushed cornflakes, seasoned bread crumbs, or even crushed saltines to the casserole before you bake it.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly throughout and the casserole is hot in the center.


You can serve this as a main dish (kind of like mac and cheese, right?) with a salad and fruit or serve it alongside pot roast, ham, or roasted chicken. The funeral is totally optional.
Funeral Potatoes  Recipe by Our Best Bites (and church kitchens around America)
Ingredients:

• 1 small-medium onion, diced
• 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 28-oz. bag shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 2 c. sour cream
• 1 10-oz. can cream of chicken (or cream of mushroom) soup
• 2 1/4 c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 3/4 tsp. kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

OPTIONAL: Crushed cornflakes, seasoned bread crumbs, crushed potato chips, or crushed Ritz or saltine crackers

How to:

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant. Remove from heat. Add the thawed hash browns, sour cream, cream of chicken soup, cheese, salt, and pepper and combine well. Add additional salt and pepper if necessary.
2. Spread the mixture into a 9×13″ (or similar) dish and bake for 50-60 minutes or until the casserole is hot in the center and the cheese is bubbly throughout. Serve as a main dish with a salad and fruit or alongside roasted ham, turkey, chicken, or beef. Makes 6-8 main dish or 10-12 side dish servings.

The Internal Scaring of Emotional Abuse

by: Mary Rogers

Emotional abuse is one of the most difficult types of abuse to be diagnosed and recognized because the marks this abuse leaves on a person are often not physical, but mental scaring. Emotional abuse is a behaviour used to control and subjugate another individual. It includes, but is not limited to: verbal abuse, manipulation, put-downs, constant criticism and intimidation.

Emotional abuse has often been called "brainwashing" because of the way it wears down the victims confidence, self-worth, and causes them to question their self-concept and perception. Emotional abuse affects the very core of who a person is and its consequences can leave a person scared much longer than those of physical scaring.

Emotional abuse is not easy to spot in the eyes of an outsider or even by the person being abused. Many people who are experiencing this form of abuse are ignorant to the fact that they are in fact being abused, this may be because the abuser will work hard to manipulate the victim into thinking this is normal or deserved behaviour through put-down or intimidation. It is important that individuals are educated in all forms of abuse so they can recognize the signs, and prevent its prevalence.

If you or someone you know suspect or are experiencing emotional abuse, please visit Yes ICAN's anonymous support group online. These support groups are facilitated by trained individuals and are 100% free of charge. The link below provides the schedule and topic for these support groups. Please note that except for the female and male groups, each topic is merely a suggestion.

GOD BLESS!!!

Philippians 2:4
Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

The Ultimate Wedding Vow

Bread and Butter Surprise Pudding

Try this delicious Bread and Butter Surprise for your pudding. 

Recipe devised by Kate Morris and Sally Brown.

This should take about 45 mins
You will need:

• 25g soft butter 
• 2 slices day old bread 
• 2 tinned pear halves 
• 4 dsp (60g) milk chocolate drops 
• 1 egg 
• ½ cup milk (125ml) 
• 25 g caster sugar 

What to do:

1. Weigh and measure the ingredients.
2. Use a small amount of butter to grease an oven-proof dish (about 400ml capacity), then put the dish on a baking tray. 
3. Spread one side of each piece of bread with the remaining butter using the knife. Cut each slice from corner to corner, to make 4 triangles, making 8 in total. Arrange a layer of 4 triangles of bread in the bottom of the oven-proof dish. 
4. Now, using the scissors or a knife, cut the tinned pear halves into bite size pieces on your work mat. Put half of these pieces on top of the bread and butter triangles in your dish. Sprinkle two dessert spoons of the milk chocolate drops over the top. Arrange the four remaining triangles on top, to hide this layer of fruit and chocolate, and then sprinkle the top with the remaining chocolate drops and pear pieces. 
5. Break an egg into a cup and stir with the fork, add two dessert spoons of caster sugar then add ½ cup of milk. 
6. Stir the egg mixture well, then pour it over the top of your bread layers. Press the layers down gently with the fork to make sure that there are no dry pieces of bread. 
7. Put in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (fan oven)/200ºC/Gas 6 for 25-30 minutes until golden on the top. 
8. Serve ¼ per person with extra pear pieces and yoghurt.

Love the people God gave you........

"What if you didn't have 'one more time'?

"If one day he didn't come home, would I have to live with regrets of how or what I did (or didn't do) for him?"

Just three months later she writes (Nicole),"I'm not even sure that I have the words to say... On Thursday, December 13th, I received a phone call that forever altered my life. I got a call from my husband's business partner saying that a tree had fallen on him while he was working. I hurried down to the job only to find that he was already with Jesus." 

A sobering thought, isn't it? It could have been me, it could have been you, it could have been any one of us. Life is too short to take our loved ones for granted and Nicole realized that before he was gone.

I asked Nicole if I could share her post with you--the one that she wrote just three months before her husband Chad went to be with the Lord.

What if You Didn't Have 'One More Time'?
This is a topic near and dear to my heart. I could have easily lost my hubby to a work accident a little over a year into our marriage. While that opened my eyes to how short life can be, I still fell back into a pattern of selfishness after he healed. We had some very hard years following that time. It always fell back to finances, which were frequently non-existent. We were aware that our fights almost always fell back to a money issue, but I think I also liked to fight because I had this insatiable desire to be right (and be in control).
My need to be in control (of everything) was causing me to base my treatment of my hubby on works (what he did for me or how he treated me). I'm not even sure when it hit me, but one day I had a realization. 

If one day he didn't come home, would I have to live with regrets of how or what I did (or didn't do) for him?

For example:

• Would getting up to pack his lunch be a big deal?
• Would I long to rub his back....just one more time? (He has back issues due to the accident and I too often gripe about this never ending task)
• Would I find the energy to 'have fun in the bedroom'....just one more time?
• Would I drop what I was doing to help him with whatever....just one more time?

I have to be careful because these thoughts can cause me to fall into a state of constant worry that something will, indeed, happen to him....but keeping this perspective has taken so much of the laziness or irritation that sometimes pops up at bay.

I cringe when I hear women griping about having to do this or that for their hubby. I just think, "What if he wasn't here. What would you give to be able to do that for him one more time?"

I used to get so mad when my hubby didn't act how I wanted him to or do what I wanted him to, but when you are just thankful for one more day with him, it makes the little things seem so unimportant.

Yes, I still occasionally whine about rubbing his back. I still grumble to myself when I pick his dirty clothes up off the floor or put his dog collar chargers away (for the millionth time)....but in my mind I constantly hear "be thankful for this stuff to do because it means he's still here with you".
Perspective is everything!
There will always be things that bug you about your spouse, but in their absence...would those things actually be that bad? 

This is Nicole with her dear husband and high school sweet heart Chad. Please keep Nicole and her children in your prayers. And while you do, perhaps you'd like to visit her blog to leave her a note of encouragement? Be gentle with her heart and love on her as Jesus would have us to do.

Here's a link to her blog: I'm Staying Home With My Mom

Thank you for your encouragement, Nicole. You have taught us all a lesson in love that we won't soon forget. 

Grilled Bananas with Chocolate and Toasted Coconut Flakes

Grilled Bananas with Chocolate and Toasted Coconut Flakes (Photo by Jaden Hair)

Deceptively simple (but showstopping!) dessert from Jaden Hair's Steamy Kitchen Cookbook.

Ingredients:  (Serves 4)

• 4 bananas (leave peel on)
• 3 oz. (85 g) dark or milk chocolate bar, broken into pieces
• 1/2 cup (40 g) sweetened coconut flakes (or other toppings of your choice, like chopped nuts or chopped fruit)

Directions:

1. Lay the bananas sideways. Carefully slide the bananas open (cut through the skin and through the banana itself) without cutting through the bottoms or through the ends. You're creating a pocket for the chocolate. 
2. Tuck the chocolate inside the banana.
3. Set them on a grill preheated to low heat and grill 5 to 7 minutes, until the bottoms start to turn black and the chocolate has melted.
4. While bananas are grilling, heat a frying pan over medium-low heat. Add the coconut flakes and stir continuously until golden brown at the edges. Immediately pour onto a plate to stop the cooking.
5. When the bananas are done, top them with with some toasted coconut or other topping of your choice.

Cornflake Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• 125g butter, chopped, at room temperature
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup self-raising flour, sifted
• 2 cups cornflakes
• ½ cup sultanas
• ¼ milk choc chips

METHOD:

1. Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease and line 2 large oven trays.
2. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Fold flour, 1 cup cornflakes, sultanas and choc chips through mixture. 
4. Roll tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls and roll into remaining lightly crushed cornflakes. Arrange on trays about 4cm apart.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden. Cool on tray for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 

TIP:Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Riches You Didn’t Know You Had

by: Jane Powell - Meditations for Women

“You’re richer than 75% of this world.”

Many of us have dreamed of winning the lottery or fantasized about how happy we would be if only we had great wealth.

Compared to the bulk of the world, you are already enormously wealthy. You have possessions that most people only dream of, and access to opportunities that many women can hardly fathom. You have food in the fridge, clothes on your back and a roof over your head.

You have the wealth that others desire.

So, as you go through your daily tasks, treasure and appreciate everything you have. You can’t help but feel blessed when you look at your life through a window of gratitude.

Today’s Affirmation: I treasure and appreciate everything I have.

Becoming a Woman of Influence

That's what was featured on the cover of the magazine. The fifty faces of women who've been recognized as having significant influence. A truly impressive collection.

So I don't know why it had this effect on me, but I looked at those 50 women and immediately felt small. Inconsequential. Unknown.

A nobody.

Because, of course, my picture will never be on the front of that magazine. Not that I've ever aspired to such a place. But still...

I was somehow struck by my insignificance.

I know it's not right - or even reasonable - for me to think this way. Yet it managed to stir up so many of my insecurities and self-doubts that I began questioning whether I'd do anything meaningful with my life. Ever.

After all, who am I? No one really.

The dark, defeating doubts swirled around as I brewed a fresh pot of coffee for my husband and continued with me as I trudged up the stairs to his home office. I poured him a cup and then began pouring out my pitiful-me thoughts before him. Poor meaningless me. I jabbered on and on about how I never amounted to much and probably never would.

When suddenly and unexpectedly my pity-party came to a complete stop.

I realized that my husband wasn't paying the least attention to me. He wasn't really listening at all, but smiling at something in front of him. What? What was distracting him?

Then I saw it. Right smack in the middle of his desk sat a nicely framed photograph of his beloved wife.

Yes, that would be me.

Nobody else. Not one single photo of the Fifty Women of Influence was placed before him. Just little, simple, wifey me.

And then came the moment of revelation: I am a woman of influence.Tremendous influence. You see, it's my face that's featured on the cover of his life.

Because amazingly enough, the Lord has chosen this woman to be that man's wife. Which means it's me - and only me - who completes him.

• Who recognizes his strengths.
• Who balances out his weaknesses.
• Who builds him up. 
• Who understands him like no one else.
• Who encourages him when he's down or discouraged. 
• Who sleeps by his side at night. 
• Who stands behind him. 
• Who brings out the best in him. 
• Who loves him for who he is.It had never occurred to me before, but I'm becoming a woman of great influence.

But you know what else? So are you.

You also are a woman of consequence and have a powerful role to play in your husband's life. You are the most influential woman in his world. And to my way of thinking, that is one of the highest honors and privilege a woman can hold.

So it looks like I am significant - even if it's only in the eyes of one man. Yet it's the one man who matters most in my life. My photograph is placed prominently where all the world can see it. Or better yet - where he can see it.

One woman of influence. That's me. And that's you. Congratulations.

Little Girls Dress.....

 

SIZES

DRESS

To fit chest measurement

6 mos 17” [43 cm]

12 mos 18” [45.5 cm]

18 mos 19” [48 cm]

Finished chest

6 mos 18” [45.5 cm]

12 mos 19½” [49.5 cm]

18 mos 21½” [54.5 cm]

Beret: To fit baby’s head sizes 6/12 (18) mos

MATE RIALS

Patons® Beehive Baby Sport™ (100 g/3.5 oz; 328 m/359 yds)

Dress

Sizes 6 12 18 mos

Main Color (MC) Baby Grey (09045) 2 2 2 balls

Contrast A Violet Mist (09309) 1 1 1 ball

Beret

Sizes 6/12 18 mos

Baby Grey (09045) 1 1 ball

Size 3.5 mm (U.S. E/4) crochet hook or size needed to obtain tension. 4 stitch markers. 3 buttons.

TENSION

18 dc and 10 rows = 4” [10 cm].

STITCH GLOSSARY  

Approx = Approximately Beg = Beginning Ch = Chain(s) Cont = Continue(ity) Dc = Double crochet Dcfp = Yoh and draw up a loop around post of next stitch at front of work, inserting hook from right to left. (Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice. Dc2tog = (Yoh and draw up a loop in next stitch. Yoh and draw through 2 loops on hook) twice. Yoh and draw through all loops on hook. Hdc = Half double crochet Inc= Increase(ing) Rem = Remaining Rep = Repeat RS = Right side Rnd(s) = Round(s) Sc = Single crochet Sc2tog = Draw up a loop in each of next 2 stitches. Yoh and draw through all 3 loops on hook. Sl st = Slip stitch Sp(s) = Space(s) St(s) = Stitch(es) Tr = Treble crochet Yoh = Yarn over hook

Instructions

The instructions are written for smallest size. If changes are necessary for larger sizes the instructions will be

written thus ( ). Numbers for each size are shown in the same color throughout the pattern. When only one

number is given in black, it applies to all sizes.

DRESS

Note: Dress is worked in one piece beg at neck edge.

Center back has an opening for buttons, then Body is joined into rnd.

Slightly puffed short sleeves are worked in rnds.

With MC, ch 48 (52-58). Do not join. Working in rows (all RS) to create

center back opening, proceed as follows:

1st row: (RS). 1 dc in 4th ch from hook (counts as 2 dc). 1 dc in each of

next 6 (7-8) ch. (1 dc. Ch 1. 1 dc) in next ch – V-st made. 1 dc in each of

next 5 (5-6) ch. V-st in next ch. 1 dc in each of next 16 (18-20) ch. V-st

in next ch. 1 dc in each of next 5 (5-6) ch. V-st in next ch. 1 dc in each of

last 8 (9-10) ch. Break yarn. 54 (58-64) sts. (Note: V-st counts as 3 sts).

2nd row: (RS). Join MC with sl st in top of ch 3 at beg of last row.

Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 8 (9-10) dc. V-st in next ch-1 sp.

1 dc in each of next 7 (7-8) dc. V-st in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next

18 (20-22) dc. V-st in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 7 (7-8) dc. V-st in

next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each dc to end of row. Break yarn. 62 (66-72) sts.

3rd to 6th rows: (RS). Join MC with sl st in top of ch 3 at beg of last row.

Ch 3 (counts as dc). (1 dc in each dc to ch-1 sp of next V-st. V-st in next

ch-1 sp) 4 times. 1 dc in each dc to end of row. Break yarn. Do not break

yarn at end of 6th row. Join with sl st to top of ch 3 at end of 6th row.

94 (98-104) sts.

Join in rnd and inc for sleeve: 7th rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). *1 dc in

each dc to ch-1 sp of next V-st. (1 dc. Ch 1. 2 dc) in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc

in each dc to ch-1 sp of next V-st. (2 dc. Ch 1. 1 dc) in next ch-1 sp. Rep

from * once more. 1 dc in each dc around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3.

106 (110-116) sts.

8th to 10th (11th-12th) rnds: As 7th rnd. 142 (158-176) sts. Do not

break yarn.

Divide Sleeves and Body: Taking yarn from opposite end of working

ball, cut 2 lengths of MC 12” [30.5 cm] long. With RS facing, join 1 length

to first ch-1 sp of last rnd. Ch 4. Join with sl st in next ch-1 sp. Fasten off

(underam chain made). Make a 2nd underarm chain in rem ch-1 sps.

Next rnd: Return to working ball of MC. Ch 3 (counts as dc). [1 dc in

each dc to next underarm chain. 1 dc in each of next 4 ch. Miss next

33 (37-42) dc (Sleeve)] twice. 1 dc in each dc to end of rnd. Join with sl

st to top of ch 3. 80 (88-96) dc.

Body: Cont on these 80 (88-96) dc as follows:

Next rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 8 (9-10) dc. *2 dc in

next dc. 1 dc in each of next 9 (10-11) dc. Rep from * to last dc. 2 dc in

last dc. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 88 (96-104) dc.

Next 2 (3-4) rnds: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around. Join with

sl st to top of ch 3.

Next rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 9 (10-11) dc. *2 dc in

next dc. 1 dc in each of next 10 (11-12) dc. Rep from * to last dc. 2 dc in

last dc. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 96 (104-112) dc.

Next 2 (3-4) rnds: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around. Join with

sl st to top of ch 3.

Next rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 10 (11-12) dc. *2 dc

in next dc. 1 dc in each of next 11 (12-13) dc. Rep from * to last dc. 2 dc

in last dc. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 104 (112-120) dc.

Next 2 (3-4) rnds: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around. Join with

sl st to top of ch 3.

Next rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 11 (12-13) dc. *2 dc

in next dc. 1 dc in each of next 12 (13-14) dc. Rep from * to last dc. 2 dc

in last dc. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 112 (120-128) dc.

Next 2 (3-4) rnds: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around. Join with

sl st to top of ch 3.

Next rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each of next 12 (13-14) dc. *2 dc

in next dc. 1 dc in each of next 13 (14-15) dc. Rep from * to last dc. 2 dc

in last dc. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 120 (128-136) dc.

Next rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around. Join with sl st to

top of ch 3.

Rep last rnd until Body from underarm chain measures 10 (11-12½)”

[25.5 (28-32) cm].

Next rnd: Ch 1. Working from left to right, instead of from right to left

as usual, work 1 reverse sc in each dc around. Join with sl st to first sc.

Fasten off.

Sleeves: 1st rnd: (RS). Join MC with sl st in 3rd ch of underam chain.

Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in next ch. (1 dc in next dc. 2 dc in next dc)

16 (18-21) times across Sleeve sts. (1 dc in next dc) 1 (1-0) time. 1 dc in

each of last 2 ch. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 53 (59-67) dc.

2nd rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc). 1 dc in each dc around. Join with sl st to

top of ch 3.

3rd rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in same sp as last sl st. *(Sc2tog) twice. 1 sc in next

dc. Rep from * to last 2 (3-1) dc. (Sc2tog) 1 (1-0) time. 1 sc in last 0 (1-1)

dc. Join with sl st to first sc. 32 (36-41) sc.

4th rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in each st around. Join with sl st to first sc.

5th rnd: Ch 1. Working from left to right, instead of from right to left

as usual, work 1 reverse sc in each sc around. Join with sl st to first sc.

Fasten off.

Heart Pockets (make 2). (See diagram on page 4).

With A, ch 5.

1st rnd: (2 tr. 4 dc. 1 tr. 4 dc. 3 tr. Ch 2. Sl st) all in 5th ch from hook.

2nd rnd: 2 sc in side of turning ch-4. 2 hdc in top of turning ch-4. 3 hdc

in next tr. 2 hdc in next tr. 1 hdc in each of next 3 dc. 2 hdc in next dc.

(1 hdc. 1 dc. 1 hdc) in next tr. 2 hdc in next dc. 1 hdc in each of next 3 dc.

2 hdc in next tr. 3 hdc in next tr. 2 hdc in last tr. 2 sc down side of ch 2.

Join with sl st to first sc.

3rd rnd: 1 sc in each of next 2 sc. 2 sc in next hdc. 1 sc in next hdc.

(2 hdc in next hdc. 1 hdc in each of next 2 hdc) twice. 2 hdc in next hdc.

1 hdc in each of next 4 hdc. (1 hdc. 1 dc. 1 hdc) in next dc. 1 hdc in each

of next 4 hdc. (2 hdc in next hdc. 1 hdc in each of next 2 hdc) twice.

2 hdc in next hdc. 1 sc in next hdc. 2 sc in next hdc. 1 sc in each of last

2 sc. Join with sl st to last sl st of 2nd rnd.

4th rnd: Sl st in each of next 3 sc. 1 sc in next sc. 2 sc in next sc. 1 hdc in

next hdc. (2 hdc in next hdc. 1 hdc in each of next 3 hdc) twice. 2 hdc

in next hdc. 1 hdc in each of next 5 hdc. (1 hdc. 1 dc. 1 hdc) in next dc.

1 hdc in each of next 5 hdc. (2 hdc in next hdc. 1 hdc in each of next

3 hdc) twice. 2 hdc in next hdc. 1 hdc in next hdc. 2 sc in next sc. 1 sc in

next sc. Sl st in each of last 3 sc. Join with sl st at base of first sl st.

5th rnd: Sl st in each of next 3 sl st. Sl st in each of next 2 sc. 2 sc in

next sc. 1 sc in each of next 19 hdc. 3 sc in next dc. 1 sc in each of next

19 hdc. 2 sc in next sc. Sl st in each of next 2 sc. Sl st in each of last 3 sl

st. Fasten off.

FRONT

FINISHING

Neck edging: Mark positions for 3 button loops on left back opening

edge, having top loop ½” [1 cm] below neck edge, bottom loop ½”

[1 cm] above joining rnd and center loop evenly spaced between.

With RS facing, join MC with sl st at base of center back opening. Ch 1.

Work sc evenly up side of left back edge to first button loop marker.

Ch 6. Sl st in last sc – loop made. (Sc evenly up to next button loop

marker. Make loop) twice. Sc evenly up to corner. 3 sc in corner. 1 sc in

each rem loop of foundation ch of neck edge. 3 sc in corner. Sc evenly

down right back edge to base of center back opening. Join with sl st to

first sc. Fasten off.

Sew buttons to correspond to loops. Sew Pockets in position as shown

in picture, leaving tops of Pockets free.

BERET

Note: Ch 3 at beg of each rnd counts as dc. (See diagrams on pages 4

and 5).

With MC, ch 4.

1st rnd: 9 dc in 4th ch from hook. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 10 dc.

2nd rnd: Ch 3. Dcfp around ch 3 at beg of last rnd. (1 dc in next dc. Dcfp

around same dc) 9 times. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 20 sts.

3rd rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in same sp as last sl st. Dcfp around post of dcfp.

(2 dc in next dc. Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join with sl st to top

of ch 3. 30 sts.

4th rnd: Ch 3. 2 dc in next dc. Dcfp around post of dcfp. (1 dc in next

dc. 2 dc in next dc. Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join with sl st to

top of ch 3. 40 sts.

5th rnd: Ch 3. (1 dc. Ch 1. 1 dc – V-st made) in next dc. 1 dc in next dc.

Dcfp around post of dcfp. (1 dc in next dc. V-st in next dc. 1 dc in next

dc. Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 60 sts.

6th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in next dc. V-st in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next

2 dc. Dcfp around post of dcfp. (1 dc in each of next 2 dc. V-st in next

ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join

with sl st to top of ch 3. 80 sts.

7th to 9th rnds: Ch 3. 1 dc in each dc to next ch-1 sp. V-st in next

ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. Dcfp around post of dcfp. (1 dc in

each dc to next ch-1 sp. V-st in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp.

Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 140 sts

at end of 9th rnd.

Size 6/12 mos only: 10th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each dc to next ch-1 sp.

1 dc in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. Dcfp around post of

dcfp. (1 dc in each dc to next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each

dc to next dcfp. Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join with sl st to top

of ch 3. 140 sts.

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Size 18 mos only: 10th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each dc to next ch-1 sp. 2 dc

in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. Dcfp around post of dcfp.

(1 dc in each dc to next ch-1 sp. 2 dc in next ch-1 sp. 1 dc in each dc to

next dcfp. Dcfp around post of dcfp) 9 times. Join with sl st to top of ch

3. 150 sts.

11th rnd: Ch 3. *1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. Dcfp around post of dcfp.

Rep from * around. Join with sl st to top of ch 3.

Both sizes: 11th (12th) rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 5 dc. Dc2tog. 1 dc

in each dc to next dcfp. *Dcfp around post of dcfp. 1 dc in each of next

5 (6) dc. Dc2tog. 1 dc in each of next 5 (6) dc. Rep from * to last dcfp.

Dcfp around post of last dcfp. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 130 (140) sts.

12th (13th) rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 5 dc. Dc2tog. 1 dc in each

dc to next dcfp. *Dcfp around post of dcfp. 1 dc in each of next 5 dc.

Dc2tog. 1 dc in each of next 5 (6) dc. Rep from * to last dcfp. Dcfp around

post of last dcfp. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 120 (130) sts.

13th (14th) rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 4 (5) dc. Dc2tog. 1 dc in each

dc to next dcfp. *Dcfp around post of dcfp. 1 dc in each of next 4 (5) dc.

Dc2tog. 1 dc in each of next 5 dc. Rep from * to last dcfp. Dcfp around

post of last dcfp. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 110 (120) sts.

14th (15th) rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 4 dc. Dc2tog. 1 dc in each

dc to next dcfp. *Dcfp around post of dcfp. 1 dc in each of next 4 dc.

Dc2tog. 1 dc in each of next 4 (5) dc. Rep from * to last dcfp. Dcfp around

post of last dcfp. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 100 (110) sts.

Size 6/12 mos only: 15th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. (Dc2tog)

twice. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. *Dcfp around post of dcfp. 1 dc in

each of next 2 dc. (Dc2tog) twice. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. Rep from

* to last dcfp. Dcfp around post of last dcfp. Join with sl st to top of

ch 3. 80 sts.

Size 18 mos only: 16th rnd: Ch 3. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. (Dc2tog)

twice. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. *Dcfp around post of dcfp. 1 dc in

each of next 3 dc. (Dc2tog) twice. 1 dc in each dc to next dcfp. Dcfp

around post of dcfp. 1 dc in each of next 2 dc. (Dc2tog) 3 times. 1 dc in

each dc to next dcfp. Rep from * 3 times more. Dcfp around post of next

dcfp. 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. (Dc2tog) twice. 1 dc in each dc to next

dcfp. Dcfp around post of last dcfp. Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 86 sts.

Both sizes: Next 5 rnds: Ch 1. 1 sc in same sp as last sl st. 1 sc in each st

around. Join with sl st to first sc.

Next rnd: Ch 1. Working from left to right, instead of from right to

left as usual, work 1 reverse sc in each sc around. Join with sl st to

first sc.
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