homemade@myplace

I left you, some days ago, with an "unfinished business" ( here).... But everything is done now!!! I don't know you, but I cannot find a joining method that I really like for diamonds. I've been browsing around, via Pinterest and various blogs, but nothing really convinces me ... I think that next time I'm going to use diamonds, I will finish them with a round of single crochets (US crochet terminology!) and then I will join them with a simple whip stitch, maybe in contrasting colour ... will see ! This time, btw, I decided to leave the edges of my diamonds rough and I joined them with slip stitches .... there is a little bit of overlapping, but this creates some 3D effect that I don't dislike .... When all sewn/crocheted together, this is what I got ... Then, I collected a wooden rod and some bits&bobs from my box of crochet/knitting tries and I made a panel of colourful diamonds .... a close up at the not s...

When in Italy for the Summer Holiday, I bought some (!!!!) books and one of them was  150 Scandinavian Knitting Designs  by Mary Jane Mucklestone … Well, maybe one day I will KNIT something from this book, but at the moment I just CROCHETED a single motif (on page 114) …. I was still in the second-last apartment and my yarn stash was very limited, so that's why the colours combo…. you know, I'm not a great fun of yellow, but I used it for this scandinavian pixelated experiment … While thinking about a proper border for the Scandinavian lady, I was distracted by another project, simple and really decorative for the home (they are all hanging now from the closets knobs in our new flat!) … …. our  actual closets are white, but in both cases (on black/on white), the decoration really pops out some more colourful versions … …. a group picture with the Scandinavian lady … Eventually, I decided for a simple scalloped e...

Something little, simple and so easy to crochet … and very thoughtful if you gift it to someone you love! As you now, for Valentine's day I made a  heart pouch  to hang around the home and fill it with written messages and cards full of love and today's heart comes from the same inspiration : pixelated images!!! This time I decided to keep the square shape for each motif forming the heart and I started from the bottom of the central strip and then every granny was joined with the "join as you go" method ( you can find more about this method both on  Pinterest  and  YouTube  !!!!). What do you need to start ? just simple things as a hook ( mine : 3,5mm) yarns in two different colours : blue ( LANA GATTO CALICO', colour 939 , 50% merino wool and 50% acrylic, a ball of 50g : all consumed for this project!) and neon orange ( I used 2 threads together while crocheting the border of this Indonesian acrylic yarn : CRAFTY KNITTING YARN) a...