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Hi there!!! Do you know what is a geode ?? Simply, geologically speaking (!!!), it is a small/big cavity lined with crystals or other mineral matter. Typical are the geodes filled with quartz crystals, very often with agate. The pillow I made, which has no cavity (apart some holes made on purpose to jazz up the pattern),  reminds me of a geode, especially when I look at it on my sofa.. I think the "problem" is due to the fact that I crocheted a round pillow cover, but the pillow to cover was not round... in fact it's a square !!!! ;oD I was curious to experiment the result of the union between round and square and, mostly, I wanted to use some colours, like yellow and lilac, which I'm not really in love with... You have to exit your comfort zone sometimes, right? So, I decided to crochet two circles, using only double crochets (US crochet terminology), arranged in various ways ... At a certain point, the front was done ... .....

Sorry, but it took a while to edit some pictures and to put together all the ideas about this blanket!!! Before the start of last summer holidays and so before the end of last scholastic year, too, I started to think about a way to join diamond motifs together with the "as you go method" ... It was quite challenging, but not impossible : I was sure of that! So, I started to crochet a basic diamond and from that I developed different (!!!) patterns and motifs.... All my summer was dedicated to this research and the result is in a booklet for sale on Ravelry : Designs with Diamonds !!! Today in this post I will give you all my notes about this blanket (my birthday gift for my son Tobia), but there will be no written pattern or tutorial. I just followed one of the main patterns developed for my booklet ! In specific, if you are interested to make a similar blanket and you are willing to buy the booklet on Ravelry (in this case : thank you so much! <3), you have to fo...

Hi my dear friends!! I have to apologize for my long absence from the blog, but we had a lot of problems with internet (will they ever stop????) and my laptop is almost dead, so I'm using the one of my husband... This is even the reason, you will find me more often on Instagram, as you need just a photo and a little caption.... the right solution for me, at least for the moment! I really miss my blogging activity, but my internet reality is not easy! Anyway, I did a photo tutorial for you and I hope you will love it!!! It's all about my mini mandalas (shown for the first time HERE) and they look like the followings I think you got the idea, right? ;oD WHAT YOU NEED: some colourful yarns from your personal stash. I was using acrylic leftovers from other projects and still have some, so other decorations are on the way!!!! a hook, in my specific case : a 4mm hook a pair of scissors a yarn needle a tape measure some stitch markers (op...