homemade@myplace

In this last couple of weeks I feel unstoppable!!!! I really love to create decorations for Christmas : a lot of fun !!!! Today, I'm showing you how to crochet some gingerbread houses to hang on your Christmas tree or to use for a bunting, a wreath or just to add as a decorative element on the table or on a parcel ... WHAT YOU NEED : 4mm hook some colourful DK yarns from your stash yarn needle scissors mini bells baker's twine Please note I follow the US crochet terminology, thank you !!! You can work your ornament with different weight of yarns, if you like ! The pattern for the house takes inspiration from an "old" photo tutorial of mine :  Make it! Granny House!!!  There are slight differences with the pattern of today, but you can choose the one you prefer! Let's start !!! ;oD CANDY CANES (make two) You can decide to crochet white candy canes or colourful ones (for example : all red) and add the extra colour (slant line) whe...

…. I crocheted few rows of my blanket-to-be…. ….. a growing beauty…. well, at least for me!!!!! ;oD A friend of mine had her birthday, so I decorated her present with a  granny circle "home sweet home"  and a  teeny-tiny heart  …. …. just simple things, that made me smile!!! Happy week, xxxx Alessandra Today link :  Craft Schooling Sunday  !!!!! see you there, too!!!!! thank you !

I was not able to post this newbie yesterday (look  here  about the promise......), so I do it today!!!! I've collected some granny houses and one of my experimental table runners to create a colourful banner!!! It reminds me of my first drawings when I was a little kid in pre-school, so it's naive....and for this simple reason I'm in love with it! Some pictures to share with you... .....while pinning the houses on the table runner.... .....selecting the matching yarns to sew eventually the houses on.... ....starting with one.... ......and continuing with the others..... ...some blocking was needed....then ready for more snapshots.... ......before saying "It's done !!!", I decided to add some trees in the between.... ....IT'S DONE !!!!!!!! ....... ...When my husband will be back from the dentist (!!!!), I'll ask him to help me to hang this banner somewhere in the ho...