homemade@myplace

A friend of mine asked me to crochet her a cover for her terracotta water dispenser .... I never did that before .... I checked on Pinterest to find some inspiration ... almost nothing ... I asked my friend to take some measures (circumference, diameter and height) and knowing that she loves the blue&green combo, I started to crochet a circle for the top ... I've been using some turquoise yarn from my stash and a 4mm hook and my design involved some filet crochet !!! As the subject was "water" (and because of the colour selection), I decided to consider some fish to crochet on the cover ... The fish pattern was taken from Betty Barnden's FILET CROCHET and I adapted it (on a piece of paper with small squares) accordingly with my needs (number of stitches, groups and spaces) ... ... and after some rounds, I started to see the fish ... The thing is that, because starting to crochet from the top to the bottom, you have to ...

When in Italy for the Summer Holiday, I bought some (!!!!) books and one of them was  150 Scandinavian Knitting Designs  by Mary Jane Mucklestone … Well, maybe one day I will KNIT something from this book, but at the moment I just CROCHETED a single motif (on page 114) …. I was still in the second-last apartment and my yarn stash was very limited, so that's why the colours combo…. you know, I'm not a great fun of yellow, but I used it for this scandinavian pixelated experiment … While thinking about a proper border for the Scandinavian lady, I was distracted by another project, simple and really decorative for the home (they are all hanging now from the closets knobs in our new flat!) … …. our  actual closets are white, but in both cases (on black/on white), the decoration really pops out some more colourful versions … …. a group picture with the Scandinavian lady … Eventually, I decided for a simple scalloped e...

Hi my Dears !!!!! I'm here for a quick "Hello!" and just to say I'm fine and that last week we moved in the temporary flat… I had to put away most of my yarns, but in the meantime I crocheted a little bit …. 2 mini blankets are right now off my hooks and a new little project is on the way… I found some variegated yarns in my boxes and drawers and I decided to use them in a granny project… … and this is what I came up with … The yarns used were all bought in Jakarta, little by little, just after I learnt how to crochet… I'm not a huge fan of variegated yarns, but sometimes is really good to try something different… What I liked about working with this yarns was that I didn't have to change colours after each round of a granny : the yarn itself did this job for me !!!! Less ends to cut and trim : so relaxing!!! ;oD The project was really quick to complete, as I was working with a 6mm hook and I decided to crochet just a lap blanket, to keep on the...