homemade@myplace

It all started with this little guy, made a couple of years go ... He has similar friends, who populated my blog in various periods ( a  fox and a  matryoshka , just to name a couple), but today I'll talk about this choco bunny only! After I made it, I had the idea to develop it differently, but it was put in a box, instead, and I forgot about its existence until .... Two weeks I was cleaning my "studio" (that is the dining area, where I actually work everyday) and in a box I found that choco bunny : I didn't have any excuse to put it back in where I found it and then pretend I didn't see it, so .... I kept it on my "working" table in front of me for some days and eventually I decided what to do with it! First try was to crochet a big granny circle, just following this free pattern ... My idea was really simple : from a coaster (first choco bunny) to a placemat (my new experiment) good for the table of Easter m...

…. with something different from the previous ones ( here  the photo tutorial) … There are just few differences from the original pattern :  The base ( from round 1 to round 4) presents two colours the whole basket is crocheted in double crochets (no single crochets rounds) the tapestry crochet design starts with round 5 and ends with round 10 : you work 3 stitches with colour A, then 3 stitches with colour B and you repeat the colour scheme until the end of the round. The beginning of next round starts with 3 stitches with colour B, then 3 stitches with colour A : repeat until the end of the round ! Alternating these rounds, you will obtain a stairs/spiral effect! round 11 : you work the slip stitches using both strands of yarn together. Even the single crochets around the handles are crocheted using 2 strands at a time! That's all !!!!! xxxx Alessandra today links :  Link your Stuff!  ,  Busy Fingers Showi...

…. eventually, here we are!!!! This is the result of my first attempt with tapestry crochet (worked in the round, with 2 strands and just 2 rounds using that technique!!!!) … Remember : I'm still a beginner ….. ;oD They are colourful, cute and so easy to crochet : really addictive, I must add!!! I started to be fascinated by this crochet technique since seeing the works made by  Julie Hanson, the blog hostess of "little woollie" , who loves to play with colourful yarns and who makes splendid blankets and washers with this crochet technique! I was tempted by tapestry since then, but what to do and how???? I wanted to keep the design simple and as a beginner I didn't want to work with many strands of yarn at a time …. so …. … I told to myself : have a try with something little … But I'm very lazy in reading instructions, in fact I'm a visual learner and for this reason I thought to try tapestry crochet just recollecting my knitting attempts with fai...