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 Here I am again with a new project for the week : some geometric jewellery! A very quick make, which needs a little amount of yarn, so you can consider it as a stash buster and it`s a great idea if you need to prepare some precious gifts for Christmas time... Birthdays are perfect, too!!! YOU NEED : Rowan summerlite dk , 50g, 100%cotton, 130m, in following shades : rouge, linen, plaster,ocean and summer. Obviously, you don`t need to buy this cotton : any dk cotton from your personal stash will do! 3,5mm hook scissors/yarn needle/tape measure earring fish hooks and jump rings/ small amount of waxed cord or similar white glue/brush/foam tile/pins Skill level : confident beginner/intermediate Dimensions : 10cm (L) x 6cm (W) I follow the US crochet terminology! PATTERN Make a slip knot on your hook and chain 2. Row 1(RS): 2sc in 2nd chain from hook, 1ch, turn [2sts] Row 2: 1sc, 2sc in last st, 1ch, turn [3sts] Row 3: 2sc, 2sc in last st, 1ch, turn [4sts] Row 4: 3sc, 2sc in last st, 1c...

The inspiration for these sombreros comes from Lauren's Mini Sombrero Crochet Pattern . In fact, the first sombrero (the one with the blue edging) is crocheted following the original pattern, while the next ones (pink and yellow edgings) have in my personal variations to Lauren's pattern. My sombreros (all of them) were made using a 3,5mm hook and cotton threads. You need, also, a pair of scissors, a yarn needle, a stitch marker (as working in spiral, it's a good idea to identify the first stich of the round) and a small amount of toy filling. All the sombreros are crocheted using a pale blue cotton thread and the colourful edging is made with single crochet stitches (=SC, abbreviation) (US crochet terminology) and picots (each made of 3 chains). Every 3 single crochets, you make a picot! First Sombrero Is the one with the blue edging I simply followed Lauren's pattern. The only difference is the final embellishment, as I preferred picots...

At the end of THIS POST I wrote that I had some leftovers from my t-shirt yarn and some royal blue to try .... I did!!!! I started with the royal blue ... some trivets.... For the granny circle, I just followed a free pattern from Kotbury , HERE !!! Both the granny square and the granny triangle, instead, I remembered the patterns by heart (I think I made so many of these in the last years!!!) and I worked only 3 rounds for each. The borders, in all 3 samples, are made of single crochet stitches (US crochet terminology) and the picots are made with 5 chains each! Then I made two necklaces ! The first one was even shown in my Instagram account ... I crocheted a long chain with the blue and the red together, then I made some tassels out of some cotton threads from Bali and I knotted them around the foundation chain and .... voila' !!!! The second necklace had less t-shirt yarn available, so the design had to be slightly different, e...

.... and here it is : my first post of the year!!!! I'm happy to be back, after a long Christmas break in Italy and some fun on Instagram !!!! ;oD As you remember ( here ), I made some handmade gifts for friends and family members and today I've decided to share one of the patterns with you : did you like the crocheted necklaces ??? They were both gifted : one to my mum (the bold turquoise one, because she has beautiful blue eyes) and one to her sister, aka my auntie (the delicate yellow one .... not because of her eyes!!!!). I made one for me (4mm hook and yarn from Sirdar WASH'n"WEAR), too, while checking the pattern for you to follow .... You will need to crochet your own 4mm crochet hook (yellow version)/ 8mm hook (turquoise version) yarn : there are no restrictions! My yellow yarn is from KATIA MERINO BLEND (colour 19), while the turquoise yarn is from SCHACHENMAYR original MERINO SUPER BIG MIX (colour 69) a pair of scissors a yarn need...