To make such a garland is very easy. Start by making one circle by chaining x and closing the circle by making a slip stitch in the first stitch (you can decide on how large the circle to be by chaining more or less stitches). I believe that in my case I chained 10 stitches. After making my circle, I started crocheting around it: I first chained 1 and then continued with single crochet in the circle. Make enough single crochet around to obtain a flat surface. Close the circle when you are happy with how it looks and continue to the next one. Note that I left 2 stitches between circles and I finished my second circle on the “wrong side”, that is, near the 2 stitches I left in between. So I needed to slip stitch half circle to get to the good side, where I could continue working toward the third circle. And then repeat. And that’s it. Depends on you how long you want to make the garland, if you want to make it one color or if you want to combine more colors. Wash and block the circles to stay flat. Enjoy :)
Remember the colorful curtain I made last summer? Well, I received a question about it, actually regarding the crocheted garlands that I neglected to talk about. I managed to find some very bad photos of the garlands hanging (sorry about that) and also a better one that I took while I was making them. To make such a garland is very easy. Start by making one circle by chaining x and closing the circle by making a slip stitch in the first stitch (you can decide on how large the circle to be by chaining more or less stitches). I believe that in my case I chained 10 stitches. After making my circle, I started crocheting around it: I first chained 1 and then continued with single crochet in the circle. Make enough single crochet around to obtain a flat surface. Close the circle when you are happy with how it looks and continue to the next one. Note that I left 2 stitches between circles and I finished my second circle on the “wrong side”, that is, near the 2 stitches I left in between. So I needed to slip stitch half circle to get to the good side, where I could continue working toward the third circle. And then repeat. And that’s it. Depends on you how long you want to make the garland, if you want to make it one color or if you want to combine more colors. Wash and block the circles to stay flat. Enjoy :)
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I do not have patience to block the blanket, I want to share it with you first! It was a rewarding project and also easy to do :) I just needed to crochet and join 30 granny squares. For joining, I used a flat braid method. In case you do not know how to do that I also inserted the link to a website with a good explanation. And that it is! I always wanted to make a granny square blanket but I could not find a good reason to make one. Now that my brother and his wife are expecting their first child I got my reason to make one! I checked the stash and chose some warm colors because the baby will be arriving somewhere in autumn. So, here is what I have after 5 days of work - the diagram included. I hope to have the finished blanket tomorrow - joining those 30 squares really takes a lot of time and patience! What am I working on lately.. two things: a stool cover and a knitted blanket. Progress? Well... still working... But I hope I can finish the second stool cover this weekend and then I can focus on that knitted blanket. But until I have the projects done and the pattern ready I thought to share with you some pictures. Enjoy and let me know what you think :) Here it is: my first crocheted blanket made from pure sheep wool that I bought from Romania. I am very happy with it: is warm, is pretty and static electricity is a thing of the past. And that only means that is more or less free of animal hairs! Yeey!! Happy me! I hesitated a lot what to do with the pattern. I thought I could offer it for a low price on Etsy or Ravelry and get some money to send to the animals shelters I support. But then I changed my mind because I want to believe in the goodness of people. So I make the pattern of this blanket free to download. I just hope that among those that find inspiration from my work some will also consider making a small donation to one (or both) of the two animal shelters from Romania. This said, enjoy the pattern and let me know if there is any question! In December 2012 I discovered crocheting. I started making dolls and I was over the moon happy with my new found hobby. Next I discovered Pinterest and Ravelry and lots of crocheting blogs. A new world opened to me, a world of creative people sharing their projects with the world. I was happy that these people decided to publish their projects online - it was so easy to learn from them the tricks of the trade. And so I decided to do the same: wrote on this blog about my hobby's and new found love for yarn. And of course, share my patterns and ideas for free. After a year I am happy to have invested my time into this blog - I received such wonderful messages from people that felt inspired by my projects and that was a reward in itself. So to all of you who dropped by and left a message, thank you! And come back again, I would love to share with you what I do :) End of the year, the magical period when work seems to just pile up and free time gets less and less and less.. :/ That is my story and the reason for the silence on the blog lately. But I did work on some projects and now I find the time to post about one easy, cozy and fun project, perfect for this time of the year: crocheted slippers. With felt soles, to be more precise :P The ones you see in the video tutorial are made for my husband who chose the color combination. He wanted a fun pair of slippers :) Well, he has them now! Like the title of the post sais - I made my first hat with a pattern created by me. Because I have a weird shaped head and I wanted something custom made for it :P So I had to create my hat from scratch. The experience I had with making crocheted dolls helped. And I also learned a new stitch: the front post double crochet, which sounds more complicated than it is. All in all: a good project with a nice warm hat as a result. Just in time for the winter :) Did you ever crochet in back loop or front loop? I did not until now but then I tried and I discovered that the textured effect that you can get is quite nice. I experimented with half double crochet (hdc) in back loop only and it looks a bit like knit which I thought that was pretty cool. Here are two items I crocheted using the hdc in back loop stitch: two cowls, a smaller and a larger version. Just to give you an idea, for the small cowl I chained 31 cm of chains and for the larger cowl I chained 55 cm. Then I worked the pattern - for the small cowl I worked till I had around 46 cm and for the large cowl 88 cm. Easy to do in front of the TV, just for some relaxation in between more complicated projects. Following up on our cat house on the balcony I was busy these days with making cozy stuff for the inside. One easy project was to transform an old plastic litter box into a sleeping basket. I used left over yarn combined into a bulky thread which I crocheted to make a cover. Turned out very nice I think and based on how the cats were busy testing it, I think they liked it a lot :) If you feel inspired by this simple recycle-DIY-project, I took some photos to illustrate the process :) |