homemade@myplace

Hi there!!!! It seems I`m not able (or can`t find the time) to be here more regurarly, and I`m sorry for that, as I really love this place of mine... anyway, I made another pattern to share with you all! The idea came to me last year, while working on triangle motifs to figure out a simple heart.. this came out very elongated and I decided to use it for a silly hat, good for both Valentine`s Day and the italian Carnevale, at the end of February...!!! This ridiculous hat is a very quick make and I like the fact it doesn`t need to be stiffened to hold its point up!!! The hat is made of 3 panels (1 upside-down heart and 2 triangles), worked using DC (= British tr) stitches and joined as you go (no sewing involved). The upside-down heart is kept on the back of your head when wearing the hat, as you can see from the above picture : there is a kind of tail along my neck on the left selfie of my collage ! WHAT YOU NEED : YARN : King Cole BIG VALUE chunky, 100g, 100% premium...

Do you remember these little beauties ??? Well, if not (!!!!!), you can read all the story about them in  THIS OLD POST  of mine !!! ;oD Anyhow, today I celebrate my first 5000 followers on  INSTAGRAM  !!!! So I decided to THANK YOU, old and new followers, with a new free pattern : yes, a mini pillow pattern, as I was asked various times if there was a pattern for this little thing .... NOW YES!!! WHAT YOU NEED : some chunky and colourful yarns a 5,5mm hook a pair of scissors a yarn needle stitch markers (optional): I put them in each first and last stitches of both semicircles! toy stuffing Remember that I follow the US crochet terminology, thank you! I've been using yarns from my personal stash. You can use any kind of yarn weight, to have a smaller or bigger pillow!!!! If you don't like the "V" shape of the pillow's base, simply crochet less stitches in the semi rounds of the oval : instead of 7 stitches (read first round of pattern), tr...

Yes, today I'm sharing a whole Rudi, not just its head!!! ;oD Both my boys were not completely satisfied (do you believe that???) with the first Rudi outcome and they described to me what they were wishing for.... I tell you, they wanted something more realistic, but I told them that was not my intention.... So, our shared brainstorming session gave birth to the following ornament ... ... both Matteo and Tobia like most the grey Rudi, as it has a better defined tummy !!! They were even asking for hooves, but I said that suggestion time was expired, so .... ;oD WHAT DO YOU NEED : 4mm hook some DK yarns yarn needle scissors buttons (eyes) thread and needle to sew buttons and bells on mini bells pompom maker (optional) baker's twine Remember : I follow the US crochet terminology ! Thank you !!! RUDI'S BODY You can choose if you prefer a monochrome tummy or a bicoloured one : it's up to you!!! In any case, pick up a colour of your cho...