A Stitch in Crime (30 page)

Round 1: Chain 1 and do 18 single crochets in the ring. (Mark the first single crochet with safety pin or stitch marker.) Slip stitch to marked first single crochet.

Round 2: Chain 1, single crochet in the marked stitch from the previous round, * chain 3, skip the next two single crochets, and single crochet in the next single crochet. *Repeat *to* 4 times. Chain 3 and slip stitch into first single crochet.

Round 3: Slip stitch to move the yarn to the next chain 3 space *(single crochet, double crochet, double crochet. Triple crochet, double crochet, double crochet, single crochet).* Repeat *to* in the 5 chain 3 spaces for the petals. End with slip stitch to first single crochet. Fasten off. Weave in ends.

Tack flower or flowers to front of pouch purse.

Flowers can also be attached to pin backings and worn as a pin.

 

Note: Flower can also be made in Red Heart Designer Sport yarn.

Using a P hook (11.50 mm) and white Red Heart Baby Clouds yarn, yarn over and put hook through chain stitch, pull yarn back through, yarn over, go through 2 loops on the hook, which leaves 2 loops on the hook; yarn over, go through stitch, pull yarn back through, yarn over, go through 2 loops on hook; which leaves 3 loops on hook; yarn over, go through stitch, pull yarn through, yarn over, go through 2 loops on hook, which leaves 4 loops on hook; yarn over, go through stitch, pull yarn through, yarn over, go through 2 loops, which leaves 5 loops on hook; pull yarn through all 5 loops. Chain 1.

 

Note: Adele is still trying to figure what to do with the stitch.

 

Put butter and milk in a heavy saucepan and bring to boil. Add the flour all at once and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the mixture no longer sticks to the side of the pan. Remove from heat and cool ten minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating with the wooden spoon until the egg is completely mixed in.

Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a buttered cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for about 25 minutes, until the puffs are golden. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut off tops, fill and replace tops. Makes about 30 appetizer-size puffs.

 

 

 

Place approximately 1 tablespoon sour cream in puffs and garnish with approximately ⅓ teaspoon caviar or 1 chopped olive. Replace the top of the puff. Makes about 15 savory cream puffs.

 

Other savory options: ham, cheese, lox and cream cheese, creamed spinach, crab salad, egg salad, chicken salad.

 

 

Place about 1 strawberry in puff with about 2 tablespoons of whipped cream on top. Replace the top of the puff. Makes about 15 sweet cream puffs.

 

Other sweet options: pudding or custard, other kinds of fruit, ice cream

 

Place chocolate on graham cracker halves. Roast marshmallows so they are golden on the outside and molten on the inside. Put roasted marshmallows on the graham cracker half and chocolate combination, place the other graham cracker and chocolate on top. Squeeze gently so the heat of the marshmallows melts the chocolate.

 

 

Molly Pink’s crochet group has a new mystery on their hands when they find a paper bag with a note that speaks of remorse, a diary entry on the sorrow of parting, and a complicated piece of filet crochet that offers an obscure clue in pictures. They immediately set out to find the owner of the bag, but things get even more complicated when they find the talented crocheter-murdered by a box of poisoned marzipan apples. Now they must pick up the stitches before a killer creates a deadly pattern.

 

Three Needlecraft Mysteries From
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Crewel World needlework shop owner and part-time sleuth Betsy Devonshire has a knack for stumbling upon dead bodies—and it’s entangled her in more than one knotty situation. Here in one volume are three of Betsy’s adventures as a not-so-seamless investigator.

 

 

Free needlework patterns included!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelly’s friend Jennifer is a top-notch knitter—and a bit of a party girl. But she’s always stayed one step ahead of trouble, until the night a stranger follows her home. As Jennifer recovers from the encounter, she leans on Kelly and her close-knit group of friends for support.

 

A ranch retreat in the mountains, stitching and talking, is exactly what Jennifer and the gang need. But they’re all in for a shock—because the owner of the ranch turns out to be Jennifer’s attacker. When the man is found dead a few days later, Jennifer is the most likely suspect. Now, Kelly has to pick up the stitches before things get out of hand.

 

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The Mystery Reader