homemade@myplace

 Hello ! Hello! Hello!!! This is one of my many returns to blogging and I really hope to be back to this lovely routine, as I found it really satisfactory and fulfilling! Today I`ll give you an idea on how to crochet my last design : it`s a bag, but which kind of? A bucket bag? A backpack? A shopper/tote/market bag??? Honestly it can be all of them, but not at the same time!!! WHAT YOU NEED 5mm hook Colour Tweed Strickgarn from  TEDI, 100g/163m, 74% acrylic/20% wool/6% viscose, 3 balls in cream (yarn B) and 3 balls in charcoal (yarn A). This yarn has lovely colourful flecks! If you can`t find it where you live, I suggest you to use any aran weight yarn to obtain a similar effect. scissors, yarn needle, tape measure, handheld steamer for blocking 3 couples of magnetic snaps (18mm diameter), no need to sewn on 2 black swivel clasps, D-ring ended, H=6cm, ring base=4,6cm Skill level : intermediate Please, note that I follow the US crochet terminology My turning chains are never co...

They are all done, but the first one still need some blocking ….. !!!! The DIANTHUS HEXAGON This motif (#52) is taken from the book  75 Floral Blocks to Crochet by Betty Barnden  and I started one a couple of months ago, just for fun …. … and little by little ( a lot of threads to cut and trim in for each hexagon!) it became bigger and bigger, with my obvious great satisfaction…. …. but, after crocheting 25 motifs I said : ENOUGH !!!! So, right now, I'm a proud owner of a new table centrepiece and I think it will be nice on my vintage wooden table (now in storage!) … I didn't block it yet, so the actual dimensions are : 105cmx62cm I used a 4mm hook and some yarn balls from my stash : Sirdar Wash'n'Wear in light grey, black, red, pink, white and turquoise! LONG OVAL WRIST WARMERS I really love to play with colours and shapes and I like to keep things simple, so I made these quick wrist warmers (my own pattern!) … ...

…. Another mini blanket (143cm x 130cm …. more or less !) !!! It has been a result of a long pondering…. I wanted to work some hexagons (and diamonds, I have to add!) for a long time, but I was not convinced by any motif , even if gorgeous, worked in the round …. even because I didn't want to change colours so many times …. And I really love double crochet as a stitch, so …. …. a simple hexagon motif was born, just using double crochets, row after row, while increasing, decreasing and turning …. really easy and effective, in my humble opinion …. In a couple of weeks, while preparing boxes for the last big move, I completed my 4th blanket (!!!!) … That is …. … named so just because it seems a recycled blanket, from old pieces of fabric sewn together and not ironed …. in my case : not blocked and I love this visual effect, so wrinkled and worn, even though brand new !!! ;oD This blanket is cosy, soft and warm !!! To crochet this little beauty I've used a 6mm...