homemade@myplace

 I know it`s not a pattern written yesterday, but in February 2018...The fact is that I did post it on my old IG feed, so you can`t find it anymore, and this is the right time of the year to revive it ! WHAT YOU NEED Some DK leftover yarn (sorry but I don`t remember which one mine was from... it doesn`t matter, trust me!) a 4mm hook scissors and yarn needle The pattern is written following US crochet terminology. Please note that the turning chains are never considered as proper stitches! Tr5tog = It`s a decrease,in this specific case used to give the top curves of the heart. It`s done by working each stitch up to its second to last step and then pulling through all remaining loops. Pattern: Make a slip knot on your hook and chain 3. Row 1 (RS): wrap yarn around hook and insert tip in first chain, work 2DC, turn. [2sts] Row 2 (WS): 2ch, 2DC in first st, 2DC in next st, turn. [4sts] Row 3: 2ch, 2DC in first st, 2DC, 2DC in last st, turn. [6sts] Row 4: 2ch, 2DC in first st, 4DC, 2DC ...

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...

A while ago (read this post, if you wish to be aware what I'm talking about), I crocheted some little houses, which then were forgotten in a box, once no more needed (as for the blogpost, dated 15 of October 2013!).... .... but in one of those days that you decide it's time to do some clean up, I found them again and I knew, this time, what to do with all of these little houses !!! I split them into two groups, each one with 7 houses. The first group had a prevail of blues, greens and grey ... The original  pattern is the following (US crochet terminology) : make a slip knot on your hook, chain 4 and slip stitch in the first chain to form a ring. chain 3, crochet 10 DCs into the ring and slip stitch in the top of your first DC made chain 8 (chain 3= DC and chain 5 more, to form the first arch), in same stitch crochet 1 DC, crochet 3 DCs in next 3 stitches, chain 5 (2nd arch) and crochet 1 DC in following stitch, ...

Two weeks ago (more or less) my nonna Miranda ( my grandma) went to the hospital because of ischemia .... Luckily, after a week there, she came back home with no consequences (she is allergic to a lot of drugs and sometimes she finds the one that really hurts her ....).... I was in contact with my mum everyday just to check how nonna was (Maputo is not really close to Milano...) and to avoid panic or guilt feelings as I couldn't be there, I started to crochet a long scarf, full of hearts (and in the colours my nonna likes most), to express my love for her .... I hope to find a colleague of my husband going to Italy now for work reasons, so I will give him the scarf for my nonna (office headquarters are in Milano, so ...) .... The pattern is not mine : you can have a look HERE , where you'll find a photo tutorial and a precious graphic scheme. Thank you Charlotte !!! I've been working with different hook sizes (4mm for fringes, 4,25mm for base and 3,75m...