Sunday, May 27, 2018

flower Nr. 138

Flower n.138 for the collective endeavor #365daysofcrochetflowers is mine :)


Abbrevations used (US terms):
Col - colour :)
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
htr - half triple crochet (yarn over hook twice, insert hook in said st, yarn through 2 loops, yarn through 3loops.)
tr - triple crochet
sl st - slip stitch
picot - ch 3, sl st in first ch
st - stitch
sp - space (in 4th round all stitches are worked in between stitches of previous round) 
bl - back loop
bp dc - back post double crochet

Monday, May 21, 2018

LovelyCAL: part 5

Stop. Think! Listen ...

Have you heard that saying: Each day spend an hour in nature, if you are really really busy - two.


Yesterday I was running around like a squirrel and going crazy because I couldn't figure out few things I was suppesed to (I'll just skip the boring details) .. got mad, ate waaaay too much chocolate and then I dropped everything and just stopped. Plain stopped for almoust 24 hours, forced myself to enjoy downtime and at the end I did :) and after - miracle happened - in about half an hour of productiveness I figured out all of those things that bugged me before! (now I just have to do them :D but the crazy part is over)

So - weave in ends and enjoy it! It is good for you to have some down time! and weaving ends is really good downtime, that still counts as crafting 😜 And if you get to do it outside it should be real nice - that's where the magic happens - it was for me because I live in that part of the world that has spring now..

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Tulip

aka, flower nr.126


Abbrevations used (US terms):
Col - colour :)
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
htr - half triple crochet (yarn over hook twice, insert hook in said st, yarn through 2 loops, yarn through 3loops.)
tr - triple crochet
sl st - slip stitch
picot - ch 3, sl st in first ch
st - stitch
bl - back loop

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Tiny flower

aka - flower nr.121 :)


it is cute, tiny and works up fast .. try out!

Abbrevations used (US terms): Col - colour :)
ch - chain
sc - single crochet
hdc - half double crochet
dc - double crochet
sl st - slip stitch
st - stitch

Round 1: Col A, magic ring, ch 2 (counts as hdc), 9 hdc in magic ring. Sl st in first hdc. Fasten off.
(10 hdc)

Round 2: Join col B in any hdc. *Ch 4, sc in 2nd ch from hook, hdc in next ch, dc in next ch. Skip one st from previous round, sl st in next. Fold petal to front, sl st in skipped st.* (One petal made, nine more to go) Repeat from * to * 9 more times.
(10 petals: 40 ch, 10 sc, 10 hdc, 10 dc, 20 sl st)

Btw, second row (aka - petals) are worked 2 steps forward one back on first round..
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Happy crafting!
p.s. I'm tight crocheter using DK weight yarn and size 4 hook.

Wednesday, May 09, 2018

LovelyCAL: part 4

Previous post was all about heart parts to smoothen side edges of the blanket. Now we'll smoothen up top and bottom edge as well.


so close to finishing now - it's exciting!!!