Luma

Luma from Super Mario Galaxy

I followed the patterns from this website .

Blue and Brown Stripes Hat

I followed the tutorial from Mikey by using round loom. His tutorials are very helpful.

White Hat

I used blue round loom. Brim 10 rows, hat 12 rows.

Elmo Hat

CO 66 stitches

k1, p1 - 8 rows

knit 25 rows

divided into 6 sections ( 11 stitches each )

Eyes

Chain 2

Round 1: 3 sc

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc (6 sc)

Round 3: 2 sc in each sc (12 sc)

Round 4 - 6: sc in each (12 sc)

Round 7: sc dec over 2 sc (6 sc)

Cookie Monster Hat

CO 72 stitches

k2, p2 - 8 rows

knit 28 rows

divided into 6 sections (12 stitches each)

Eyes

Chain 2

Round 1: 4 sc

Round 2: 2 sc in each sc (8 sc)

Round 3: 2 sc in each sc (16 sc)

Round 4 - 6: sc in each (16 sc)

Round 7: sc dec over 2 sc, 6 times (6 sc)

Blue and White Hats

Earflap Hat

I made this hat by using round loom. This lady on youtube gave me the idea.

Multi Colored Hats

I made this hat by using round loom. Wyatt stretched it real good.

I made this hat by using round loom as well.

I used red loom.

Brim 14 rows

Hat 16 rows

Bear Hat

I followed the patterns on this page .

Baby Hats

I have been crocheting and knitting lately. I started in April. I crocheted and knitted many hats. It all started when I saw newborn pictures. Some photographers use yarn hats, nest, cocoon and etc as props.

Shrimp with Snow Peas

Ingredients:

• shrimps
• snow peas
• minced garlic
• Hon dashi or salt
• olive oil

Directions:

1. put a little bit of olive oil then minced garlic
2. stir fry snow peas for about 2 min
3. add shrimps
4. add Hon dashi
5. stir fry until shrimps are cooked

Oyster Pancake 蚵仔煎

I made oyster pancake for my nephew.

Ingredients:

• small oysters
• vegetables
• egg
• flour mix for oyster pancake
• sweet spicy sauce
• olive oil

Directions:

1. put some olive oil in the flat pan or wok
2. put an egg in the flat pan or wok
3. add oysters
4. mix 2 tablespoons of flour mix with 1/2 cup of water and pour in
5. then add vegetables
6. flip to the other side when flour mix is translucent
7. cook til vegetables are cooked

Checkerboard Cake

I made two cakes; one for my friend Romalyn and one for my husband. They are French Vanilla and Devil's Food cakes. I usually use Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mix.

Ingredients:

• 1 box of Betty Crocker Super Moist French Vanilla cake mix
• 1 box of Betty Crocker Super Moist Devil's Food cake mix
• eggs
• milk
• butter
• heavy whipping cream
• vanilla extract
• sugar powder
• fresh strawberries
• canned peach and pineapple

Directions:

I used milk instead of water, I used butter instead of oil

Two Flavors Cake

I made two cakes for my nieces Cathy and Vicky. They are 1/2 French Vanilla and 1/2 strawberry with two fillings, taro and canned fruit.

sorry for my ugly writing ... hehehe

Red Bean Bread 紅豆麵包

Finally, my bread is soft!!! YEAH!

This was my 4th attempt and finally it tasted like the ones in the Chinese bakery. This is the Japanese style bread ( Tang Zhong 湯種 ).

I followed this recipe . However, for some reason, after mixing everything together, the dough was too wet, so I had to add more flour.

Ingredients of Tang Zhong:

• 1/3 cup bread flour
• 1 cup water

Ingredients of Bread:

• 2 1/2 cups bread flour
• 3 tbsp + 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbsp + 1tsp milk powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 120 grams tang zhong
• 2 tsp yeast
• 3 tbsp butter

Directions for Tang Zhong:

1. add water and flour together and whisk
2. after they are mixed together, cook low heat
3. stir consistently until thickening (then remove from heat)
4. divided into 2 equal batches (total weight is about 240 grams, and you only need 120 grams for the recipe)
5. cover with saran wrap on the surface to prevent from drying up

Directions of Bread:

1. combine all dry ingredients in a container; combine wet ingredients except butter in the mixer and mix well; add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients; knead until dry ingredients and wet ingredients form into a dough, then add butter; knead until dough is smooth and not sticky (you can test the dough by stretching it, it's done when it's thin and stretchy)
2. I left the dough in the mixer and cover with saran wrap, let it proof until the size is doubled. (if you poke the dough in the middle with your finger and the hole doesn't close back up, then it's ready)
3. divide the dough into equal portions / 60 grams each, cover them up with saran wrap and let them rest about 15 min
4. for the round red bean bread, I roll out each portion into a circular shape and put bean paste in the middle and close it up into a round shape; for the loaf of red bean bread, I roll out each portion into rectangular shape and put bean paste on it and roll it up and put in the glass container
5. let them proof again about 40 min and then brush surface with egg wash
6. red bean bread ( bake in oven for 15 min at 325˚F ), loaf of red bean bread ( bake in oven for 35 min at 325˚F )
7. when they are done, cool them down on wire rack

Pineapple Bun / Bread 菠蘿麵包

I like the crust but need to make the bread more softer. I'll try the recipe again.

Custard Buns 奶皇包

Daddy bought this stainless steel steamer for me on 12/5

Chocolate Strawberry Buns 巧克力草莓饅頭

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I was teaching my Niece Cathy to make buns. I asked her what kind does she want to make and she said 3 colors buns. So, we made chocolate strawberry buns.

Green Onion Buns 蔥花捲

Chocolate Buns 巧克力饅頭

I used the same ingredients as making buns 饅頭. For the brown part, I used milk chocolate powder.

Directions:

1. used 1 white dough and 1 chocolate dough and roll them out into rectangular shape
2. put white dough on the bottom and then chocolate dough on the top and roll them up
3. cut them into desire size
4. put 1.5 cups of water in the electric rice cooker steamer
5. steam until they are done and wait for another 3 minutes before taking them out