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Last year (as last free pattern of 2016!) I gifted you an oval pattern to crochet ( mini colourful pillow ) and right now, as my first free pattern of the new year, I'm offering you a new oval pattern .... ;O)  The funny thing about this work is not the repetition of the oval shape, but the colours choice, as this is not my usual colourful and bright palette, right? I think is a good thing try something different from time to time and having some neutral colours in my stash, I decided this was the right time to put them in good use!!! WHAT YOU NEED :  some chunky yarn ! I've been using the following ones: ZAMBAK by Kartopu shade K1001 (silver grey) ZAMBAK by Kartopu shade K1002  (darker grey) ZAMBAK by Kartopu shade K940  (black) (2 balls) APOLLO by Schachenmayr shade sisal meliert ID #00005  (beige) SPLASH variegated yarn 50 g (50% acrylic, 50% wool) shade 190 (green prevailing) from Italy LUMINO by Moda Vera shade 80280255  (neon yello...

Last week was the turn of Geoffrey !!!! The pattern is written by Emma (we know each other since our beginnings in Blogland!!!), the witty and brilliant crochet designer of  Potter&Bloom  !!! A group of testers was selected by Emma trough her Ravelry group :  potter & bloom podcast  . You can have a look at the other testers' scarves on their blogs (as for Rosina's , the hostess of  Zeens and Roger  ) or through their Instagram feeds (  zeensandroger  and  plutofigaro ). Hope I'm not missing anyone!! Emma showed a lot of pictures of Geoffrey on her Instagram feed, too ( potterandbloom  ), on her blog (  Potter & Bloom  ) where she writes that the pattern will be available soon for sale, and on her YouTube Chanel (  PODCAST EPISODE 10  ), where my work was mentioned (!!!) . Emma was positively impressed on how I "reinvented" her pattern playing with a lot of colours ... she said that I'm so "creativ...