As always, for those of you who want to see how I did this project, all the details are found on the Patterns section. I am happy with the result :) Do you like it?
My last project: a wall organizer. Dutch houses are small, and our apartment is no exception. One needs to find ways to keep everything organized. This little project is meant to help me do that :) Plus, it is a fun project to make. I had some granny squares that I made long time ago but did not use them - perfect for this project! And as a method to hang it to the wall I improvised and used a clothes hanger :P As always, for those of you who want to see how I did this project, all the details are found on the Patterns section. I am happy with the result :) Do you like it?
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Uriel enjoying the first cushion :) In a previous post I wrote about recycling old sheets. Now is the time to show you what I made from some of them: two cushions for my one and only wooden bench on the balcony!
I used the moss stitch to make them: fast and easy stitch that does not require much attention. Obviously the cats were the first ones to test the cushions. The general reaction was positive, now all I have to do is to buy another bench for myself and make some more cushions, because those 2 are taken :P (bad cats thinking that they own the place ....) Curious how I made the cushions? Find the document with instructions here.
In between working on my couch cover I made this little purse as a gift for my colleague. I guess is very clear from the choice of colors that she likes purple :P Well, she has a purple bag so I thought a purple etui is appropriate. The finished purse measures 26 cm x 10 cm, perfect for those little annoying things that end up everywhere in the handbag: memory sticks, painkillers, IPhone headset. I am curious if she will like it, I hope she does :) Meanwhile, i also prepared a tutorial, in a Pdf file, easy to download and print. I hope it is also clear. If there are things that need more explanations do let me know :) Fibonacci was a great guy. Mathematician. He introduced some very cool stuff to the western science: Arabic numbers and also a sequence of numbers that is named after him. It goes like this: 1 1 2 3 5 8 etc. The trick is that each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers. What is cool about this Fibonacci sequence is that is the most famous sequence in nature! It's everywhere (see this video from ScienceShow for more info). So why not also in a crochet project? Like this scarf I made for those warm yet windy Dutch spring days. I used 4 colors and the Fibonacci sequence to control the number of rows from each color. 240 stitches long and worked only in filet mesh stitch: my Fibonacci scarf :)
In a previous post I showed you a project for a spring wreath featuring (among others) this flower. While waiting for my statistical software to estimate stuff I wrote down the tutorial on how I made it. My inspiration was a beautiful flower that I found on this Russian blog. There were some photos showing how the lady that writes there made the flower but it was not very clear. After some time spent trying to decipher the pattern this is with what I came up. The finishing is not the same but I think I got the general idea right. I am so happy! The spring wreath is sold and I was able to make the first donation from my hobby to Sos Dogs and The Friends of Cats Association :) If you enjoy my work, know that I am sharing it with all of you with the hope that I can also raise awareness for the situation of street dogs and cats in Romania, and more specifically, those from my native town Oradea. Any donation or help for the two associations I support (or for that matter, for any association trying to solve the problem of street animals in Romania) is very much appreciated. Yesterday I was working on a new project. And I wanted to make a butterfly for it. But I wanted a special butterfly, a bit different than the average butterflies that you see online. And because I am Romanian, I can fairly easy understand all Latin based languages. So, i searched not only in English but also Italian and Spanish. The result: this beautiful butterfly pattern on a spanish blog. However, there was a trick : the diagram had a really bad resolution, was almost impossible to read :( But because I really wanted to make this butterfly I did my best to decipher it. Long story short, this is the result :) Not so bad in my opinion. I also made some pictures and wrote down what exactly i was doing, and I thought to share it with you, in case you want to make this pretty crocheted butterfly too. I am new at writting down patterns so do let me know if you have problems following the instructions. Yesterday I posted some examples of crocheted flowers I was working on. Today I will show you what I did with the flowers that I made: I used them to decorate a spring wreath! I am very pleased with the result. It is such an easy thing to do and so easy to adapt to your own color taste :) Then, the internet is full with nice free patterns for flowers, butterflies, bunnies, eggs, little lambs or whatever you want to use on your spring wreath! So, how did I do this spring wreath? If you are interested in finding out check the photos bellow that document the process :) I already wrote about the flowers that I used in a previous post. Only one flower has no patter at this moment, but as soon as possible I will fix that. Spring is here! Well, almost (at least in The Netherlands). And what better way to welcome it than by crocheting some simple but cute spring flowers. Here are some flowers that I made, all based on free patters that I found on the internet or that I have improvised myself. I hope you find something you like! Lets start with daffodils. Beautiful flowers, love them. There are a lot of pattern variations available, also free versions. The one you see in the image is made by me using this free pattern. Collection of simple spring flowers that allow for endless variations. The ones with 4 petals I made using this pattern for crocheted flowers, which is really easy to do. The flowers with 5 petals I improvised like this: to start I chained 4 and with a slip stitch in the first chain I made a circle. For the first round I chained 1 and then single crocheted in the circle till I ended up with 10 stitches. With a slip stitch I joined the circle. Making the petals: repeat the sequence between * *x5 *in 1 stitch do: dcx1, tcx3, dcx1; slc into next stitch* Note: dc = double crochet ; tc = treble crochet; slc: slip stitch Simple crocheted roses, very easy to make. Again, many patterns available, for making the two roses you see in the picture I used this pattern for making simple roses. Depending on what type of yarn you use and how many chains you use as start you will get a bigger or smaller rose. The secret is to chain multiple of 3 stitches. I love this little flower :) The one in the picture is my own combination of colors using this picot flower tutorial. For a touch of randomness the Mollie flowers are perfect. Combinations of colors are endless. The original pattern has 6 petals but I made only 5. Like the title says: I am a beginner in the art or crocheting and I made my first clutch purse. With a little help from internet it was a easy one day process. It was actually more difficult to decide on the stitch to use. In the end I used just a basic Tunisian stitch. It is a simple stitch, not really the main point of attraction of this project. The beautiful blue colors and the little spring-like flowers are. Or at least, that was my idea when I designed this little clutch. So, how did I do it. I used the following tutorials: - tutorial for the basic Tunisian stitch (see useful links) - tutorial for inserting zipper and lining (see useful links) - tutorial for crocheting the sweet little flowers What materials I used: for the clutch I used three types of blue acryl yarn Scheepjes Roma and a hook size 3.5. For the flowers some left overs white yarn. I sew then to the clutch using some left overs yellow yarn to create a nice accent. A zipper and some left overs fabric for interior. |