Hot pink

Just a quick snapshot of this crocheted bag I made. Never mind the surroundings, just needed to find a place where to hang the bag and this one had the most light. Love the hot pink edge even though it was not part of the original plan. I just ran out of the grey yarn... 

Pattern from Pierrot Yarns. There are a lot of lovely free crochet and knitting patterns in Pierrot Yarns website, and even more in the Japanese version of the site.

Crowns!

I have been thinking about making some crocheted crowns for a while now, ever since I saw some ideas in Pinterest. I've pinned a lot of crowns to my crochet board so I had to make my own version.

I used clear plastic headbands that were extras from Emma's birthday last year. They used to have cardboard princess crowns attached but I removed those. I knew it was worth while to save them! These are so simple to crochet, just pick any lace trim pattern you like and crochet around the headband. 

My model is a bit tired in these pictures, she has been quite ill with influenza. Now she is again full of energy, just in time for the weekend :)

Rebecca, again

Just wanted to show you this hat again, I finally persuaded (read: bribed) Emma to model it for me. I'm sorry to say but this hat, or the colours I used, is not my favourite. Perhaps in different colours, solids, not stripes? Oh, and the buttons, they are not perfectly aligned, even though I thought so before...

I've been really lucky!

I've been meaning to write this post for at least a month now but haven't just had the time to collect my thoughts. Now I am making time, since I really have been lucky and want to thank everyone involved. (I feel a bit embarrassed to have waited for so long to thank them, so sorry guys!)

So how have I been lucky? I won in five (yes, FIVE!) blog giveaways during a three week period. I think that is unbelievable, I usually never ever win anything.

First thanks go to the blog SILKKIÄ SAMETTIA. Petriina has a beautiful lifestyle blog full of lovely pictures. Her house is colourful and amazing, her thrift shop and vintage finds are awesome and her style is impeccable. Oh, and she is an amazing cook as well (more recipes, please, Petriina!). I won a beautiful kitchen towel from the Oh Little Rabbit Etsy store, I have been using it ever since.

Second thanks go to the blog Nappiterapia. Lisbetk's craft blog is full of her lovely crafts. She is a resourceful crafter who is not afraid to use any material she finds. She makes jewellery, she knits and crochets, she weaves carpets, she does everything. I won these snuggly warm wrist warmers, just perfect to wear at work during the chilly winter days.

Third thanks go to the blog KOTIPALAPELI. Rillirousku's blog is full of inspirational craft ideas and decorating inspiration. Her home is so stylish and colourful, just what I would want to have in our home! I won a Sylvanian families play set, and it has been played ever since. Emma loves it so much that she sometimes even sleeps with the tiny bunnies... While she still lovers her Ninjago Legos, the Sylvanian families are a new favourite and she keeps constantly asking me when we can buy her more Sylvanian families. Sigh.

Fourth thanks go to the blog Erleperle. Mette's blog gives me so much inspiration. She knits, crochets and sews amazing creations and her pictures are full of colour and beautiful things! I won a beautiful linen bag and have been using it ever since.

Fifth thanks go to the blog Rose Hip. Beata's blog has lots of lovely crochet projects and her amazing crochet trimmed pillowcases have been featured in Decor8, one of my favourite design blogs. I was thrilled when I won one of her beautiful pillow cases!

That is it. I must confess that after winning in these giveaways, I started franticly taking part in all kinds of giveaways but sadly, I think my luck has run out :)

More mushrooms

More random yarns and some basic mushrooms. Now I have moved on to something else :)

A slight obsession

I have tons of that red wool yarn and lots of different unindentifiable white wool blend or polyester yarns. I already made the Valentine's hearts with the red yarn and I might make avest of somesorts for Emma from it, but otherwise, I have no idea what to use it for. Hence, mushrooms. Lots of mushrooms. 

I think this will be my first own crochet pattern. We'll see, I am rubbish at instructing anything...

I am still making more of these. Cannot stop.

More hearts

I just could not stop making these hearts...

I think they will become tiny brooches, or pins, or perhaps some other kind of hair accessories.

It seems that I am not very skilled at making big heart shapes from tiny hearts :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I thought it would be fun to try lots of different crocheted heart patterns for this Valentine's Day. I had time to try four different patterns and they were all very easy and cute.

The first one, pictured below, is from Pinterest. I would have linked o the original source but this pattern comes from a blog that is for invited readers only. Quite interesting that you can pin pictures from private blogs...

 

 Granny heart tutorial

Simple and cute crochet heart pattern

 Tiny crochet heart pattern 

I found a lot of free heart patterns, here are links to some of them.

How to crochet a heart

Sweet heart crochet pattern

Free crochet heart pattern

3D heart

Heart pattern

Do you have a favourite heart pattern? Please let me know, I'd like to try it!

A mushroom

A crocheted mushroom. No pattern, remnant yarns - yet, endless joy to my daughter. She even took this mushroom to preschool on Bring Your Own Toy Day. She also promised her friend that I will make another mushroom for the friend for her birthday. Go figure.

Rebecca

Pattern: Rebecca by Drops Design

Yarn: Drops Fabel in Candy (901p), Drops Baby Merino in Cherise (08)

Needles: 3 dpns (could have used 3.5 dpns...)

This was an easy knit. I made this for myself but it is a bit small, or actually it is not as loose as I would like it to be, so I added this to Emma's hat stash. The buttons are aligned ok IRL, despite the evidence in the picture...