homemade@myplace

It all started with this little guy, made a couple of years go ... He has similar friends, who populated my blog in various periods ( a  fox and a  matryoshka , just to name a couple), but today I'll talk about this choco bunny only! After I made it, I had the idea to develop it differently, but it was put in a box, instead, and I forgot about its existence until .... Two weeks I was cleaning my "studio" (that is the dining area, where I actually work everyday) and in a box I found that choco bunny : I didn't have any excuse to put it back in where I found it and then pretend I didn't see it, so .... I kept it on my "working" table in front of me for some days and eventually I decided what to do with it! First try was to crochet a big granny circle, just following this free pattern ... My idea was really simple : from a coaster (first choco bunny) to a placemat (my new experiment) good for the table of Easter m...

….. It has been a long time without a patterns or photo tutorials from me…. Sorry for that, but I didn't have honestly the time or the mind set for all that !!!! ;oD Today I can show you what happened to my  colourful and stripy piece of fabric  …… … Yes !!!! It turned out as a bright and cheerful placemat ( Tobia and Matteo want one both!) …. I didn't put down a proper pattern to follow, but I can give you some directions, if interested !!! Using a 2,5 mm hook, I decided to chain 110 chains+3 more (as my first double crochet for the beginning of the first row) for the foundation row and the first 2 rows (in red) are made of double crochets (please remember that I follow US crochet terminology!). Then I added pink at the beginning of the 3rd row (without cutting the red thread) : with this colour, instead, I worked 2 rows of single crochets. At the end of the 4th row, I cut the pink thread and reused the red one, working other 2 more rows of double crochets! The...