Choosing colors for my craft projects is not easy, I admit!
Lately, I’ve been making blankets. It seems that I am inspired by my favorite coffee mugs ☺
Here are the two
Juan Gris mug (it came as a present, with a jar of perfect coffee …)
And these two mugs have been my best mugs for some time now, no wonder the blanket wears their colors ☺
The pattern is wonderful, I use it for all the blankets lately!
And what is your inspiration ?
Enjoy!
Martha
Most of kitties were made for fundraisers, I so loved creating their lovely innocent faces ….
Enjoy!
Teddies are ready, so are other items, including jewelry made by Claire, and lovely little toys made by Rebecca ☺ – our auction will start in a few days, we are raising funds to help Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan and the other refugees. Join us!
Click here to see the Auction Album
*Claire’s album will be visible once the auction is open.
Claire, Rebecca & Martha
Nowadays everything can inspire me, even a pair of shocking pink sneakers …
Now meet Katarina
Katarina is my niece, very modest almost 8 years old girl. We went to the big shopping mall and all she picked was a pair of pink sneakers. And an umbrella, but that is another story.
We tried to find something that matches the sneakers, but we had no luck. So that afternoon (deep to the night) I made a matching … well almost matching little purse for her 🙂
Complete purse was made using single crochet stitch, worked in continuous rounds. The belt was reinforced with a ribbon to prevent stretching.
Double lining, made by my husband (I can sew … I can! But he does it better, I admit)
it fits of course!
Sweet detail for owl loving Katarina, and my label 😉
ta-dah!
♥
*details are everything!
Now I need a day or two to rest my eyes, as neon yarn makes my vision alternate all red colors to brick orange.
But it is worth. The biggest compliment from Katarina was her one word: WOW.
Tanja
If Road Trip Scarf (RTS) was ‘THE little black dress of 2014’ amongst crocheters, Rally Scarf could be one of “THE Gems of 2015′. I think the pattern hasn’t been properly discovered.
Yet.
Both patterns were designed by Zelna Olivier of Zooty Owl . I like her designs – because they are all simple and truly unique. One look, and you know ‘It is Zelna’. I make my ‘Zelna’s’ without famous braids, and they are still ‘Zelnas’.
For Rally scarf you’ll need 50 to 100 grams of yarn, eventually two buttons, and that is all. If you haven’t used the V-stitch until now, you missed a lot!
About this particular yarn … how do I say – it is … ummmm … ‘light, but heavy’? ‘It drapes nicely’ is probably better way to explain 🙂
With every new yarn I make a little ‘test circle’ because I need to see how it feels and behaves. (And because I ♥ taking photos of my yarn! LOL!)
Anyway, few hours later, the scarf for Isabel was finished and ready to play with the camera.
THIS is how one is supposed to wear it 😉
… but it can be a head scarf too, according to Isabel… I wish mannequin knew this, before the scarf popped into a box to cross the big pond! 😉
Enjoy!
Martha
And again, links for the Rally scarf pattern – on Ravelry and on Zelna’s blog :
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rally-scarf
http://zootyowlcards.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-rally-scarf.html
or ”How this wool traveled from UK to Serbia – and back!”
When we visited our friends Rhianon & Richard in Hereford last summer, they took us, well, everywhere! I could write quite a long story about that journey. Maybe some other time, I do have loads of photos …
Among the other places, R & R took us to lovely Welsh town of Hay, known as Hay-on-Wye … and did I find this shop …
… and did I discover that yarn …
Oh, yes … the softest merino & bamboo mix… Yummy! But only one skein in ‘autumnal’ was available. I bought few skeins of double knitted merino wool in blue/green, though, but that is another story. The beauty of hand-dyed yarn – every skein is unique …
I really loved that thinest thin autumnal yarn, I made a pair of mittens with it.
… And I wanted more …. Me being me … I tried to find The Wool and Willow Shop online, but no success. Luckily, I found the designer, lady who dyed that particular skein, Mrs Jenny Cook (Kingfisher Cottage). And Jenny dyed few more skeins for me, in a similar colour scheme!
Who else could I make a shawl with that new yarn for, but Rhianon!? 🙂 As of today, the yarn is back in UK, crocheted into a shawl … 2,000+ miles journey! And I can finally post photos! YAY!
It was a pure joy to crochet this shawl, with this yarn, I must say!
That is all for today …. ummmmm, almost all! If you don’t block, you are missing an important step.
And the important link – shawl pattern: Seems Like Old Times by Michele DuNaier. NB – I made few changes, as the variegated yarn doesn’t like too many different stitches.
Enjoy!
Martha
