stool cover

I made one big granny square ,
which is very easy to make as you can see here
and pulled a long crochet chain trough the last tour.

last day of September

 September was a wonderful month,
with the most beautiful weather possible,

and a very special day .............
miss Amy 's 7th birthday !

Miss amy knows best....

leftover bits of yarn

Enjoying myself with leftover bits of yarn.
Making a cushion cover of the little squares is what I am planning now,
but I might end up with something different though.
....to be continued...

Did you say .......treat ?

Doesn't Miss Amy look sweet on my latest granny-blanket creation ?
I choose  a sunny collection of yarn shades of the 60 colours to choose from by Stylecraft .

...what makes you happy....

spoiling myself..........
      Flow magazine 
and a present from  Beaudeco in Alkmaar

.....have a nice weekend you all.

the fruit always ripe...

If it could only be like this always — always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe... ~Evelyn Waugh

unconditional love

A dog will teach you

 unconditional love.

 If you can have that in your life,
things won't be too bad.

Robert Wagner

dried in the sun

Laundry day.  And there's nothing better than clothes dried in the sun.

 Piglet quotes  

candy from our garden

Fresh from our garden,
raspberries .....
added to Griek Yoghurt,
 they make a delicious  dessert.

guess where I am...

Miss Amy in a attempt to hide herself .

a granny a day....

A granny day
keeps the stress away.

last minute crochet

Just quickly crocheting a tiny scarf for Koningsdag tomorrow .

Happy Easter

Moving from the South to the West

On the move again
and getting my new studio ready .

What's on my hook Wednesday

There are no lines in nature,
 only areas of colour,
  one against another.

        Edouard Manet

houten hartjes

Vandaag gekocht,
houten hartjes...
Met wat katoen en een haaknaald moet er toch iets leuks van te maken zijn voor Valentijn ?

Bought today,

wooden harts...

With some yarn and a crochet needle I'm sure I'll be able to make something nice out of it!

....everything is softer and more beautiful

Christmas waves a magic wand
 over this world,
   and behold,
    everything is softer
      and more beautiful.
Norman Vincent Peale 

Christmas Mod podge fun

....still in love with Mod podge,

so I had a little more fun with it.

I just used some paper napkins and some ribbon ,

and there you are.

To finish it I crocheted a little red heart,

for which I used this pattern here .

Christmas stars crochet tablecloth

This is the pattern I used ,

you can find it here on my Pinterest page.

        Have a wonderful weekend !

update on the gloves

When you end off after crocheting your gloves, be sure to leave enough yarn so that you can 

 sew the side seams together (leaving an opening on each glove for the thumbs) 

To make the thumbs ,

crochet 4 rows of single crochet round the bit you left open for the thumb.

 row 1 : 22 sc

row 2 : 20 sc

row 3 : 18 sc 

row 4 : 17 sc

Make sure you fit the glove while you are crocheting so you can adjust the stitches to make a perfect fit for yourself. 

Crochet 2 rows of 28 sc round the wrist side,

 to finish of the gloves .

Happy crocheting !

crochet fingerless gloves tutorial

For these gloves I used 

Stylecraft Special DK

 and a crochet hook 3,5

CH 29

(or a chain that is the length of your desired glove) 

Row 1  - SC in the second chain from the hook and in each chain across.  = 28 SC

CH 1 and turn.

Repeat row 1, 23 times or until the glove wraps snugly around your hand.

You can make them just one colour or make stripes or do some tapestry crochet  .

This is what I did :

6 Rows Burgundy

1 Row, 2 SC Burgundy, 2 SC Mocha,

1 Row, 2 SC Khaki, 2 SC Mocha,

15 Rows Khaki

to be continued

crocheted fingerless gloves

Just finished crocheting these fingerless gloves.
I will tell you how I made them real soon.

Deer stag

This is my latest creation.

It's all about stags and deer this autumn.

I used the tapestry crochet method, 

find out more here .

To make the pillow the right size,

I crocheted several bands of single crochet 

to achive a nice block pattern,  

'patchwork like' effect.

It matches the rest of my cushions.

The left one, I made earlier.

The right one is from Ikea.

I designed this stag for the tapestry crochet.

Feel free to use this grid for whatever project you like,

however I would really appreciate it if you linked back to my site to show where you got it from.

And of course I'd love to see what you made of it.

Happy creating!

Friday afternoon fun with Mod-Podge

I have never tried it before,
but I really enjoyed working with Mod-Podge.
This is what my daughter made;
she glued on the dog (cut from a magazine) 
and pinned the little black and white bow onto the candle.
Crocheted this lovely heart,
click here for pattern
and cut out a heart out of cardstock with a craft punch
and Mod-Podged the clothespin. 
click here for tutorial
Doesn't this make a lovely gift ?

What's on my tray Tuesday -

Last summer I bought a big stash of cotton yarn,
Catania and Phildar .
Together they are good for almost 80 different colours .
Plenty to choose from , so I was able to combine a nice autumn palette
to crochet lots of pieces.