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I've looked at the yarn left … … and I thought that it was enough to complete my set of pot holders !!!! I was right in thinking that, in fact… … the "flower" was ready in few minutes (the orange part was crocheted at the beginning of January!) and the base for the last pot holder was done after that …. I have a very personalised set of pot holders that remind the suits of a deck of cards … …. and , eventually, they are all hanging in my kitchen …. …. but I'm not yet sure where to leave them …. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way, this is all the cotton left …. …. Not bad, eh ? ;oD xxxx Alessandra If you are curious to know more about my four pot holders, you are more than welcome to visit  here ,  here ,  here  and  here  !!! Thank you !!! Today party link :  Creative Friday ...

… this morning I found the right moment (after a nice chit chat + coffee with a friend of mine!!!!) to complete my third potholder…. I have 3 potholders : diamonds, hearts and spades are done…. …. they just need some blocking and after that they will hang happily in my kitchen, but…. …. I have a little problem now to complete the clubs potholder, because …. …. I don't have enough of this cotton…. GRRRRRRR and GRRRRRRRR !!!!! I bought this yarn a couple of years ago in Italy in a weekly market in Milano….. so…… I have to find a solution!!!!! I need to dig properly in my yarn stash hoping to find something similar to the original one and after that take a decision for my last potholder!!!! Wish me luck!!!! ;oD xxxx Alessandra (Happy Weekend) Today Link :  Creative Friday  !!! See you there, too!!! xxxx You can find previous links to my potholders history in this  post !!!

…. the third potholder is near to be done…. …. in fact, I've started to crochet the base for the spade appliqué'… …. and now that this is ready…. …. I'm not interested in attaching the spade on it… …. maybe tomorrow?????? ;oD xxxx Alessandra If you would like to know more about my new potholders, please have a look :  here  and  here  ! Thank you!!!

…. This morning (both boys back to school!!!!!! YUPPIE!!!!), I started to crochet the rectangle pot holder for the heart…. …as you can see in the above picture, my cat was laying next to me…. just two hairs from her fluffy fur…. little by little the crocheting went on…. …. and the rectangle of single crochets was done, even the loop to hang the pot holder somewhere in the kitchen… After some "sewing", the second pot holder was finished… So, I'm half way to complete my set of pot holders… I'm really pleased how both turned out !!! At least, half pleased for sure : we'll see when the set will be all finished!!!! ;oD xxxx Alessandra

While keeping company to my boys  at the hospital , I had with me a little purse with inside just one ball of cotton, a hook, a pair of scissors and a yarn needle! It was enough to start few motifs (taken from a japanese book!) ……. …..yes, they are the 4 suits of a deck of cards : hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs!!!! Honestly the clubs are still missing a couple of pieces……..!!!!! Yesterday afternoon, I decided to collect some neutral colours to crochet a pot holder for the diamond… I was in doubt if to add a border all around, but I decided to keep it simple even because the sides came out straight and neat….. unbelievable!!!! ;oD I took some pins to fix the right position for the diamond…. ….. and then with a 3,5 mm hook and a thin variegated cotton I sewed it on, using a simple slip stitch chain…. My first pot holder crocheted by me !!!!!! I'm quite happy with it, so in the next days I'll crochet the remanent ones!!!! A simpl...