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During the last  #ldjcrochethookup  on Instagram, hosted by Ashley of  lazydaisyjones  (you can find her blog  HERE ), on DAY 23 we had to submit : MITTENS !!! I never crocheted a pair before !!! Luckily I found this Japanese crochet book with this picture on the cover ... .... and inside (on pages 6 and 7) I find the pictures of these lovely mittens ... So, I collected my 4mm hook and the following yarns : Patons FAB DK shade 02342 petrol Katia MERINO MIX  shade 4 red I had to modify the original pattern, adding a couple of rows both for the mittens and thumbs, and it came out nicely, with a floral design on the back of the glove .... They are very easy and quick to crochet and the crocheted cord (in a contrasting colour) gives a nice touch to this pair of mittens !!! A lot of you ask where I buy my Japanese crochet books .... Well, my collection is made of books I bought while living in Jakarta (Indonesia) and when t...

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...

I've been using this shape in crochet before ( HERE) and I wrote a knitting pattern ( HERE), but then nothing more.... But on Instagram, because Ashley from Lazy Daisy Jones hosted #ldjcrochethookup in April, I had the occasion to use diamonds again!!! In fact, one day, all the participants had to show a crochet toy, but I didn't have one, as I always knitted all the softies I've done along the last ten years.... so, what to do??? I opted for a simple thing as a "lovey security blanket"(a very quick project, made in one afternoon!!), resembling "The Frog Prince" by Brothers Grimm ... I had to crochet 8 diamonds in half double crochet stitches (I was following the pattern found on "500 crochet blocks" by Hannah Elgie and Kath Webber), sewn together with a simple over stitch. I avoided the amigurumi technique to crochet the frog face and I opted for a classic circle (made of 4 rounds) in half double crochet stitches. ...