A simple & colourful necklace !!!

I had some yarn leftovers in my basket …. mmmmm …..
I saw this Never-ending chains crocheted necklace …. mmmmmm ……
I had some grey yarn from my new shawl ….. so …. I started to chain!!!!!

Well, very simple indeed !
I've used a 4mm hook with my starting chain (grey) : I crocheted 1310 chains with it (!!!!!!).
Then I changed hook (2,5mm) to crochet with the red : I started with a slip knot on the hook and a single crochet/SC (US crochet terms!) in the last stitch made in the grey chain!
I chained 7 with the red, to form little arches (total : 262), and joined with the grey chain every 5 chains, as you can see

I repeated the above pattern till I reached the end of the grey chain (concluding my work with a SC).
This is what I got

I know that I could stop here, but instead I went on!!!
I repeated the same pattern crocheted with red using, this time, some hot pink, crocheting on the opposite side of the main grey chain

It was quickly done !!!!
After the last SC, I looped the chains till I obtained the desired length and I just made some knots, that I covered with another yellow chain (111 chains with a 2,5mm hook)...

You may have a look ….

…. in my basket there is another colourful project on the go … !!!!!! ……

…. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;oD

xxxx Alessandra

Today I join : Link your Stuff ! and Craft Schooling Sunday !!!!!! ;oD

Crochet knot necklace!!!!

I grouped some colourful cotton yarns...

...then I took a 2,5mm hook and I started to crochet a stripy strip (!!!!!)....

...when completed, I had to trim a lots of ends....boring....

...but I like the neat look of this roll....

....just a quick blocking with sprayed cold water (before that I added a red border in single crochet!)...

....a knot and the necklace is ready to lay around your neck !!!!.....

.....the rainbow with you, anytime, anywhere!!!!! ;oD

xxxx Alessandra

Today link : Craft Schooling Sunday!

REMEMBER MY GIVEAWAY!!!!! STILL TIME TO ENTER!!!!! 

Two nice little things...

The first one is my "fish necklace"...

....I made this as a little present .... hope the recipient will be pleased with my own version of "Nemo"!!!!

The other nice little thing is that yesterday I WON A GIVEAWAY!!!! The first one since I started to blog!!!! You may find more details HERE and HERE !!!!!
When I read my name on the winners list I couldn't believe it!!! Then I was dancing with a big smile on my face!!!
After a while I started to panic.....I had to develop my idea, write down a pattern, test it.....!!!!!
So, last night, with some colourful yarns, a 5mm hook, my ideas and a pencil (!), I started to work on my future "oval table runner with scallop edging"....

...at the moment, the scale is really small, but it allows me to understand where there are errors and to improve my scallops design (it's working!!!)......Maybe I'll try even a version with dc, instesad of sc!!!
We'll see..... ;oD
Thank you so much Maaike, I'm so honored to be part of this little team ( Marie-Therese is the other winner!), who will test with you the new Catania Grande!!!! YAY!!!!

xxxx Alessandra

Today Link : Creative Friday !!