homemade@myplace

A new quote for this week ... .... I think you all know this young and brave girl .... ... have a great week, xxxx Alessandra Please, show me your makes on IG using the following hashtag : #homemadeatmyplaceoriginals or  tagging me @alessandrapoggiagliolmi . Text, Design and Photography : Alessandra Poggiagliolmi All Rights Reserved. No part of this pattern may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

I had this idea, while crocheting a bunch of little people, inspired by some of my drawings of my primary school period … … I could match one of them with the right quote, so that I may send to you all a thoughtful postcard from time to time, like the following one … Do you like this idea ????? I find it just right !!!! ;oD xxxx, Alessandra Please, show me your makes on IG using the following hashtag : #homemadeatmyplaceoriginals or  tagging me @alessandrapoggiagliolmi . Text, Design and Photography : Alessandra Poggiagliolmi All Rights Reserved. No part of this pattern may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

Even if you are not hearing from me very often (internet service is quite a nightmare here!), this doesn't mean I stay with my hands on my belly all day long !!!! I craft every day !!!!! Some days like a crazy, some days more quietly !!!!! In the last two weeks I started a couple of projects with my straight knitting needles ….. I'm following a pattern from one of Fiona Goble's knitting books  SCARVES and COWLS 36 quick and stylish knits  : it's on page 14, the Long striped scarf and I love it !!! I'm using different yarns (  Sirdar Sublime cashmere merino silk dk  ….. discontinued !!!! sorry!) that I bought when still in Indonesia, while the pattern requires other yarns, but still from Sirdar !!! ;oD Another different thing from the original pattern is the size of my needles : I'm working with a 3,5 mm pair, while the pattern suggests 4mm needles! My scarf will be thinner and shorter than the original, but I'm already in love with it … ...

October is just gone .... November is here .... .... and December will join us in a flash !!!! All that just to inform you that I'm mentally ready for Christmas time ... little by little my mood is adapting to the idea of Christmas ( my boys have already written their letters to Santa Claus, aka mamma elf and papa' elf!!!)... so I started to think about a new tree decoration ... Nothing extraordinary, but I think you can find my personal touch in it, right ? I remember myself eating my first gingerbread man as a small kid in Calgary (Canada), during a Christmas party organised by the Oil Company my father was working for ... sweet memories !!!! What I like about gingerbread man cookies is not their taste, but how much colourful they can be depending on the icing, candies or gum drops you use to decorate them !!! Obviously, my gingerbread men are not baked, but crocheted !!! So the icing on my ornaments will be replaced by colourful yarns! ;oD WHAT YOU NEED : ...