homemade@myplace

….. I miss my crochet books a lot (especially the Japanese ones !), but I have to be patient and wait for our container from Indonesia, which is supposed to arrive on the 9th of October…. I was thinking about granny diamonds ( the same I used for  these projects  ) and their pattern was found on one of my crochet motifs' book…. Not having this book at the moment, I decided to have a look on  Pinterest , where I found this pattern (written in Dutch) :  here  by  Catherine . My starting idea was to translate this pattern in English for you, so I left a couple of comments in the comment box for Catherine, but she didn't reply to me. If you have any struggle with Dutch crochet terms, I suggest you to have a look at this  translation  from US crochet stitches ( what I usually follow) into Dutch terms and abbreviations !!! If you scroll down that  page , you can even find the correspondent  English crochet terminology !!! Following the pa...

....I love you, trees!!!! That's why lately I'm obsessed with them, quite a lot!!! I have different projects on the hook related with trees, but let's start with the first one.... ....a star and a granny diamond......only one???? ....obviously no !!! ...yes, above you can see all the pieces needed to complete a christmas decoration..... ....I'm only waiting for the right mood to start the sewing...... But I have other 2 project on the way!!!!! The second work has to be kept secret until the middle of November.....sorry !!!!!!! I can show you the third one, instead, ok? Good!!! ;oD Working with granny diamonds, gave me a new tree idea, but nothing to do with Christmas, this time!! I wanted a huge tree.... ....it measures 62cmx62cm, more or less !!!!! I started with the foliage, crocheting in total 14 granny diamonds and joining them with the "join as you go " method. Then, I made the trunk, starting with 3 comple...

.....with crochet!!!! In this moment I'm not really focused on a specific project, but I love to keep my hands busy, so my hook is always at work!!! .....I love to put extra colours in my world!!!! ;oD See you soon, xxxx