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Yesterday our big boy Matteo was celebrating his birthday .... 17 .... !!!! Leaving aside all the emotions and memories of your (once!) little boy, I was concerned for the right gift to give Matteo on his big day .... not easy, as in Maputo we cannot find what he really likes (have you ever heard of Gunpla ????), so I had to think hard for a simple, but effective idea, until we go back to Italy in June and send a order through Amazon..... ;oD Luckily, I remembered that Matteo loves foxes and he would love to have one as a pet .... Why not to crochet one for his B-Day??? On Pinterest I found what I needed .... First , a fox gift card holder ! Free pattern found HERE !!! .... I liked it most with a pair of green eyes !!!! My husband put inside a couple of vouchers with the pictures of the Gunplas asked from Matteo as gifts for his birthday! Second, a fox jar cosy !!!  Free pattern found HERE !!! Matteo loves to draw and he is always around with his sk...

What do you say ????? Did you ever think about that ?????? ;oD A lot of you thought about blankets ( why not ? Maybe the next one!!!), I was thinking, at the very beginning, at a tea set and then at a "Linus blanket" ( do you remember The Peanuts ? Charlie Brown? Snoopy? etc…..!), but then I had this idea : a waist apron…. mumble mumble…. is it possible? I had to try and so I did !!!! What I liked about the idea was that it was really simple to carry out !!! In few hours it was done !!!! My "model" helped me to take a lot of pictures, just to show you how it fits on …. The first thing that I added to my foxy fabric was the edging ( figured out by myself!!!), starting from one side (red), then the bottom (blue) and last the other side (purple)… How to crochet the edging : I took a 2,5mm hook (same size used for the panel) and with the red yarn I made a slip knot on the hook. I started to work along the right side (when you we...

When I left you last time , I was starting to work on row 11, that  was completed in a blink of the eye … Then followed : row 12 … row 13 … and row 14 … ….  and these pics show you the muzzle's details developed little by little …. …. and then the last row, # 15 was DONE …… I think I can share with you some exhaustive facts about this piece of work, as promised last time we met !!!! ;oD The original design is not mine. In fact, the inspiration comes from a pencil case named Freddy the Fox Zipper Bag/ Case/ Pouch ( here )  handmade by  tinymeat  . I made a sketch on a squared paper, that had gone under some changes from the original : I preferred to use just a pale orange for the fox, no yellow added the top of the tail has one more square/pixel the ears have a different shape (but same number of squares/pixels) blue eyes instead of black ones the point of the chin is white, no oran...

From last week ( here ), you can see my "foxy" progress …… row 8 ! …. and this is row 9 : …. this morning, row 10 was completed, too …. …. actually, I'm working on row 11, but I'll show you the last rows (total : 15) next week, adding even all the details about the project…. if you are interested !!!! ;oD HAPPY WEEKEND GIRLS !!! xxxxx Alessandra Today link :  Link your Stuff!