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Make it ! Mini clown faces !!!

I was thinking about something simple and colourful to do, not time consuming but effective! Something good to gift as party favours, too!!!!! This is the main reasoning behind my mini clown faces, that are not very detailed in embellishments, but you can easily understand what they are….. or not????? ;oD You will need : some white (clown face) and colourful (clown hair) yarn a hook a pair of scissors a yarn needle some pom poms craft glue brooch backs thread and needle to sew pins some cord and baker's twine As usual, I'll use US crochet terms to explain my work! To start, you have to collect your hook and the white yarn : we are going to crochet the face of the clown! Make a slip knot, chain 4 and insert the hook in the first chain done, to form a ring. ( You can find a detailed photo tutorial  HERE , if you need one!) Now, chain 3 and crochet 11 double crochets into the ring.   Just before the "fasten off", you'll have somet...

Knitted party favours!!!!

As someone of you know, my "little" son Tobia turned 10 last monday ( here ) and today we had his B-party!!! For this occasion, some days ago I collected a pair of knitting needles and some balls of colourful yarn... .....but to knit what?? Well, I'll show you through a nice amount of pictures taken during the w.i.p..... If you'd love to follow me in this yarn journey, please, you are all welcome!!! Grab a cuppa with you and relax... So.....aren't they fantastic??? Super easy to knit (and a lot of fun and surprise while shaping them!!), just too many tails to weave in ...!!!  As they are intended to be in the party bags, this mean they are not meant to stay in my home forever....it's hard to give them away!!! I think I'm gonna knit another bunch of them very soon!! ;oD Happy Days!!! The pattern and the inspiration come from the latest book by Jane Bu...