3/4c + 2-4T (198g-227g) water (enough to make a smooth soft dough)
4T (57g) butter
1t vanilla
2t instant yeast
2T sugar
1t salt
Filling
1 egg beaten
1/2c sugar
1T cinnamon
Instructions
-Combine all dough ingredients and mix and knead to make a soft smooth dough.
-Place dough in lightly greased bowl and cover, let ride for 60min, till doubled.
-Divide dough into 4 equal pieces, shape into a ball, and allow to rest for 15 min.
-On lightly floured surface, roll out one piece of dough to a 10" circle. Place on parchment paper, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle 1/3 of sugar mixture. Leave 1/4" perimeter bare.
-Roll out remaining dough balls to circles to same size and place on top of first. Repeat layering egg and sugar mixture. Leave top circle bare.
-Cut 16 pie shapes but leave the center 2-3" uncut
-Using 2 hands, pick up two adjacent strips and twist away fro each other twice so the top is facing up again. Repeat with remaining so that you end up with 8 pairs.
-Pinch the pairs of strips together to create a star-like shape with eight points.
-Transfer the star on the parchment paper to a baking sheet. Cover star and let rise until it becomes puffy, about 45min.
-Preheat oven to 400F
-Brush star with a thin coat of beaten egg. Bake for 12-15min until it is golden brown. Center should register at 200F.
-Remove from oven and allow to cool for ~10min before serving. Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm or at room temp.
In a mixing bowl, stir together flour and salt. Cut in shortening till pieces are the size of small peas.
Sprinkle 1 T of water over part of the mixture, and gently toss with a fork. Push to the side of the bowl. Repeat till all is moistened. Form dough into a ball.
On a lightly floured surface, flatten the dough with hands. Roll dough from center to edges, forming a circle about 12" in diameter. Wrap pastry around rolling pin. Unroll onto a 9" pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate being careful not to stretch pastry.
Trim to 1/2" beyond edge of pie plate, and fold under extra pastry. Make a fluted, rope-shape, or scalloped edge. Do not prick pastry. Bake as directed in individual recipes.
This is a reminder for me.. so I don't have to look up Kaylin's housing cost comparisons every semester.
All costs are per semester. Campus living is based on the cheapest room style (Goodnow traditional double) and weekly 12-meal plan. For Smurthwaite the meal plan is included in the cost.
Clovia
Smurthwaite
Goodnow
Sprg 24
2000 (a)
4315
2830+2195=5025
Fall 24
2951 (b)
4710
2950+2295=5245
Sprg 25
2951 (b)
4710
2950+2295=5245
Fall 25
Sprg 26
Fall 26
Sprg 27
Fall 27
Sprg 28
a-cost was originally projected at $2452. Clovia discounted due to spending down savings.
b-retention stipend of $1250 for the year. Original cost $3576/semester.
This was the fourth crocheted t-shirt rug from this series that I posted a while ago, in which I allude to the method but don’t provide much of an explanation.
I got the idea of using yarn to crochet around the t-shirt strips from Pinterest (of course) but felt that I could make things a little more interesting by experimenting with stitch designs..…. which was fun, but sometimes one desires a more mindless exercise. So I experimented with ducking the t-shirt yarn strip in front of and behind the stitch, and came up with a design that makes the strip form eye-pleasing rings of bobbles or nubs, or in the case of my most recent rug, stones on sand.
Crocheting around the T-shirt yarn in this way is soooooo much easier, neater-looking, and more economical than trying the crochet the t-shirt yarn itself. I always make my own t-shirt yarn, so it’s also better because it’s easy to switch from one ball to another with this method.
You need: A large amount of cotton or acrylic yarn (A skein of Caron One Pound usually gets the job done nicely, with some to spare)
T-shirt Yarn (I use home-made, but store bought works too!)
A 6.00 mm hook
Start by making a magic ring. 6 sc into the ring tightly. Sc into the first sc of the first round to begin a joinless, in-the-round crochet circle. *
*I will not be giving instructions for increases in the round because I’m making the assumption that the crocheter already knows how to handle this – just work them in the same proportion as you usually would or decide how many you need to keep it flat as you go.
In the second round of stitching, hold the t-shirt yarn flat against the last row and start to stitch the single crochet over the tail of this yarn until you have worked 3-5 stitches or have anchored it securely. Once you have secured the t-shirt yarn, you will begin weaving it in and out of the sc stitches.
This isn’t a picture of the second round, but you can see where I have begun the new strip by anchoring it within the sc stitching before I start weaving it in and out.
Continuing to work in the round (and adding increases where necessary), hold the t-shirt yarn to the back of your work and work a sc in the next stitch. Keep in mind that the t-shirt yarn should be completely to the back of the work so that the yarn is not held within the stitch at all.
*Tightening the sc after working it by holding the loop steady and pulling on your working yarn makes the rug nice and firm and helps the t-shirt yarn bobbles look neat.
Before you work the next stitch, bring the t-shirt yarn completely to the front of the work, so that you are working your next sc behind the t-shirt strand.
Work the next sc, tighten it down if necessary, then return the t-shirt strand to the back of the work – this will wrap the t-shirt yarn around the stitch you just made, creating a little t-shirt bobble.
With the t-shirt yarn at the back, make another sc in the next stitch.
Continue alternating holding the t-shirt yarn in front or back, until you get near the end of the strand or decide to change colors. Return the t-shirt yarn to the top of your work and work a series of several sc stitches OVER the yarn, so that it is trapped in the stitch again. Do this until the end is reached, then begin the next strand the same way.
I like to vary the proportion of bobbles in the front (i.e – bring the t-shirt yarn to the front every two stitches, every three stitches, etc) to provide visual interest, or alternate rounds of bobbles with rounds of t-shirt yarn carried along inside openwork stitches.
T-Shirt Yarn Rug Video Demo:
UPDATE 3/2020 & 9/2020: I did eventually make a video guide/tutorial for how I make these rugs! It covers the basic strategies of how I start the rugs in Part 1 (following the basic increases formula to produce a flat circle and then adding in the yarn and crocheting around it) and then how to finish a unique rug in Part 2 (goes over the tricks I use to freeform the outer rings of the rug to create decorative stitching).
…. which was fun, but sometimes one desires a more mindless exercise. So I experimented with ducking the t-shirt yarn strip in front of and behind the stitch, and came up with a design that makes the strip form eye-pleasing rings of bobbles or nubs, or in the case of my most recent rug, stones on sand.
