My crochet week !!!!

Just little things done for a couple of events in school !

On Tuesday : Hippie Day …

On Friday : International Week …. (not only the Europe bunting !) ….

Following a couple of patterns (here and here), I crocheted a headband with a flower  for myself (in the picture above, the green headband is at the top right corner of the picture)…

… before taking this pic, I was having a little discussion with Tobia … see the happy faces ???

 some flags on big safety pins …

On the closed side of the pin, I used a 4mm hook to work 12 single crochets to start the flag; then for each colour, I crocheted 6 rows using half double crochets. To have a sturdy flag, I worked using 2 threads of same colour for each section.

For my boots, I crocheted a classic granny square (of 3 rounds) to decorate the left boot, while around the right boot, I knotted 3 chains (green, white and red) …

In the meantime, I started to crochet some granny squares (colours chosen by Tobia), for a blanket …

…. little things that kept me busy …. and happy !!!! ;oD

happy weekend, xxxx Alessandra

Today links : Link your Stuff ! , Craft Schooling Sunday and Busy Fingers Showing Off #62 !!!

The Europe Bunting !!!

I wrote a photo tutorial to follow in case you want to crochet a circle in a rectangle (here and here), because I needed some rectangles (with circles in the middle!) to prepare a bunting for the upcoming event in school, that is International Week!
Not just a colourful bunting, but one dedicated to Europe …. and I did it !!!
This morning I completed it …

I needed to embroider 12 stars (the real flag has 13 stars on it!) on each flag …. I have 16 flags, so I decided to work the simplest stars ever, just using some straight stitches, some yellow yarn and a yarn needle…. yesterday afternoon I completed this task ! ;oD

This morning ….

…. I started to join the flags : with the royal blue yarn and a 4mm hook, I crocheted 100 chains, then I picked my first flag and I continued to crochet into the top of the top stitches (using single crochets). At the end the flag (so for all the spaces between two adjacent flags) I crocheted 15 chains ….

…. and I completed the work, crocheting other 100 chains after the last flag ….

Because of the weight of the bunting (and to break the monotony of the blue), I decided to add an extra row of single crochets, using the same bright yellow, that worked beautifully for the stars before ….

…. Tobia had some fun in taking a couple of pictures of me while crocheting ….

…. then the camera was back again in my hands ….

…. and the bunting was made ….

I'm really happy about this bunting, that is effective ( and eye catching!), I think!!! ;oD
Tomorrow morning the school PTA will see it for the first time …. I just cross my fingers !!!!

xxxx Alessandra

Today links : Link your Stuff!, Craft Schooling Sunday and Busy Fingers Showing Off !! #61 !!!!