Manai Madonai 94!

My home town Madona is celebrating it's 94th birthday! :)

I still visit it about 2 a year and have really fond memories from my childhood there.

Alphabet :)

O, yes! it is finally here!
Full English alphabet from my letters :)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Letter of the week: X and Y

First in mind comes chromosomes and then about a nanosecond later algebra :D
how about you?

Aaaaaand these are the last letters to complete alphabet! woooohoooo! full alphabet with links to all the letters coming soon ;)

1st part (aka, pattern for slash :D ):
Row 1: Ch4, sc on second ch from hook, hdc in next st, dc in next st. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 10 times.
Row 13: Ch 2, dc&hdc tog (dc in same st hdc in next), sc.

Fasten off.

(part 1 consists of 13 rows)

Letter of the week: K

lets just get to it - you start with an I ;)

Letter of the week: Q

Q
quick quiet queue ...
I'm currenly in library - beeing so productive - loving that it is sooooooo quiet here - something I cant get at home pretty much never :D and there is light everywhere and those books .. all those lovely books ... i am quite temped to forget everything on my queue and just read, read, read .. but most likely I'll just take some home with me ...

To keep the productiveness flowing I will stop rambling abuout my 3 hours of freedom and start telling you about Q
Pattern for Q is pretty much the same as for O .. only this one comes with a tail (you'll make it in a 2nd row, and that is the only row that has been chaged).

Letter of the week: B

Beautiful Big Bright Blanket :)
just because all the beez :P

& Here is a throwback to remind myself and all of you how, when and why I started with my obsession with letters :)
I am always amazed how the idea of something grows into something else .. and how fast time flies by ..

So a pattern for letter B

Letter of the week: T

T in latvian TĒTIS (father)
Tree, Trust, Tea, Tease, Tangled, Triceratops :D

Around the time we changed the staircase in our home, there where a loooooot of interest in hammering so I took the advantage of that and put my little man to work :) I put few spots on piece of wood and Oli hammered nails and after that I let them colour in with those small rubber bands usually used for bracelets .. (i really wanted to "colour" in with string as anyone who loves pinterest would have noticed all around there and everywhere else)
Btw, I had thought the hammering part would be the most fun for the kids but as it turned out, they loved the "colouring" way more!

after all of that I decided that it is time for me to write up pattern for T :)
so here it comes ->

& this one is pretty much as simple as first one I showed you -> I ;) 

Letter of the week: R

aRRRRR!
the pirate letter has finally come up! :D

and as it happens - R - stands for recycle too :)
so this letter is presented on a block for my latest ScrappyRug - rug made from TidBits, leftovers and recycled yarn from old sweaters and such :)

Letter of the week: P

PeeeeaNUTbutter :D
I remember first time I ever tried peanutbutter I thought: Why would anyone ever eat such a stupid thing ... I was teenager at the moment - not to mention - hooked on anything chocolately :D
now I will choose peanutbutter&jelly sandwich 9 out of 10 times I eat a sandwich and that one other time nutella :P not much has changed - sweet tooth has won the game! :D

Pattern for letter P:

Letter of the week: D

DEVIOUS
o, my ... am I really that bad ? :P
but maybe my unconscious mind is just trying to help me by telling that all the letters to write this one are already available!

D E V I O U S !

Pattern for letter D:

Letter of the week: G

Gorgeous! is the first name that comes to mind that starts with an G :)
and autumn is gorgeous if only for a moment ...

Pattern for letter G
pretty much the same as for letter C (+6 simple new rows)

Row 1: Ch 4, sc in 2nd st from hook, hdc, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, dc&hdc tog (dc in same st hdc in next), sc. Turn.
Row 3: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 2, dc&hdc tog (dc in same st hdc in next), sc. Turn.
Row 5: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 6: Ch 2, dc&hdc tog (dc in same st hdc in next), sc. Turn.

Row 7: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc. Turn.
Repeat 6th and 7th row 1 more time.

Row 10: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.

Repeat 10th row. 5 more times.
Row 16: Ch 2, dc&hdc tog (dc in same st hdc in next), sc. Turn.

Row 17: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc. Turn.

Repeat 16th and 17th row 1 more time.

Row 20: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.

Row 21: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc. Turn.
Row 22: Ch 2, dc&hdc tog (dc in same st hdc in next), sc. Turn.

Repeat 21st and 22nd row 1 more time.
Row 25: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 25th row 2 more times.
Row 28: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc.

Row 29: Ch 2, dc2tog on previous rows last dc. Dc in the stitch where the previous rows last dc was made in. Turn.
Row 30: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc.
Fasten off.

(overall letter G consists of 30 rows)

Letter of the week: Z

Zzzzzz ...
above all else at the moment I am craving sleep, full night of dreamless sleep .. and then some more sleep .. zzzZzzz

Pattern: 

Row 1: Ch5, on the third (and fourth) chain dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 5 times.
Row 8: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. ch 1 hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's.
Row 9: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc on previous rows tr. Turn.
Row 10: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 10th row 7 times.
Row 18: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. ch 1 hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's. 

Row 19: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc on previous rows tr. Turn.
Row 20: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.

Repeat 20th row 3 times.
Fasten off.

(overall letter Z consists of 23 rows)

Letter of the week: N

Nice!
NNNNNN is here to stay ;P

Pattern:

Row 1: Ch5, on the third (and fourth) chain dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 8 times.
Row 11: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. Ch 1, hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's.
Row 12: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc on previous rows tr. Turn.
Row 13: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 13th row 7 times.
Row 21: Ch 1, sc on next 3 st. Ch 1, hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's.
Row 22: Ch 2, dc2tog, sc between dc's on the side. Turn.
Row 23: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 23rd row 7 times.
Fasten off.

(overall letter N consists of 30 rows)

If confused about straight parts check out letter I 

corners similar to 1st and 3rd corner of WorM ;) but I'll post some more pics of the corners just in case ...

Letter of the week: A

And the naming game is ON:

Annabella
Adriana
Aurelia
Aurora
Adelaide

and many more I like (I won't show you because they do not start with A :P ) ... hubby says none of mine could be the one and only for our little princess and thank god after more than two months of indecision he has his own favourite. A name I hadn't even considered (to be honest I hadn't even noticed it), but each day I like it more and more ... so probably me and my 30 possibilities will have to cave in and accept the one he has chosen ...

Pattern for letter A is pretty much the same as for letter V just turn it around and add "-" similar like I did for H ;)

Letter of the week: V

Vella ducis *
* devils dozen is perfect as I have managed to write patterns for 13 letters so far! :)

Vision!
let's hope pattern for next dozen letters will come faster ...

Pattern: 

Row 1: Ch 4, sc on 2nd st, hdc, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 9 times.
Row 12: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. ch 1 hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's.
Row 13: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc on previous rows tr. Turn.
Row 14: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 14th row 6 times.
Row 21: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc & hdc tog, sc.
Fasten off.

(overall letter V consists of 21 rows)

Some pictures...

Letter of the week: F

Family
Friends
Fishes
and an unFinished page in colouring book for adults :P

Pattern: 

Row 1: Ch5, on the third (and fourth) chain dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 3 times.
Row 6: Ch 11. Dc in 4th ch from hook. 10 dc. Turn.
Row 7: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 7 th row 4 times. (do not turn after last repeat)

Row 12: Ch 2, dc2tog on previous rows last dc. Dc in the stitch where the previous rows last dc was made in. Turn.

Row 13: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 13th row 4 times.
Fasten off.

(overall letter F consists of 17 rows)

Letter of the week: J

I just noticed I have forgotten letter J ..
(it might have happened because pattern for letter J is almost the same as for letter U)

Pattern for letter J

Letter of the week: E

Eep!

Pattern: 

Row 1: Ch5, on the third (and fourth) chain dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 4 times.
Row 7: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. Turn.
Row 8: Ch 1, hdc on previous rows hdc, dc on previous rows dc. Turn.
Row 9: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 9th row 2 times.

Letter of the week: L

Love ♥
Long days, early mornings, sunshine, colors, dandelions, light.

I love the spring!

***

Kids keep me occupied till they drop .. sometimes I fall asleep before them, my eyes just closes reading them the 75th fairytale .. then later belly baby gives me a push and I crawl to my own bed :D if she hasn't woken me up by midnight then she surely will after 5am ... but in spring that's already morning so I get up and go for my morning coffee :) (in spring I don't mind these early mornings too much :P It's already light outside and I get to spend some time alone :) )

Pattern: 

Row 1: Ch5, on the third (and fourth) chain dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 4 times.
Row 7: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. Turn.
Row 8: Ch 1, hdc on previous rows hdc, dc on previous rows dc. Turn.
Row 9: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 9th row 8 times.
Fasten off.
(overall letter L consists of 17 rows)

the only difference from purely longer letter I is the corner (7th and 8th row) so I made few photos of that :P

Letter of the week: W or M - both! :P

I am way too lazy to make two different patterns for letters that look pretty much the same ... in my opinion W is just upside-down M so here comes two letters for the price of one! :D

Pattern: 

Row 1: Ch5, on the third (and fourth) chain dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat second row 8 times.
Row 11: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. ch 1 hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's.
Row 12: Ch 1, sc, hdc, dc on previous rows tr. Turn.
Row 13: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 13th row.
Row 15: Ch 3, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc.
Row 16: Ch 2, dc2tog on previous rows dc. Dc in the space between dc's. Turn.
Row 17: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.
Repeat 17th row 3 times.

Row 21: Ch 3, dc on same st, hdc on next, sc. ch 1 hdc on the side of dc. Htr, tr in the space between dc's.
Row 22: Ch 2, dc2tog, dc on previous rows tr. Turn.
Row 23: Ch 2, on same (and next) st dc2tog, dc. Turn.

Repeat 23rd row 6 times.
Fasten off.

(overall letter W consists of 29 rows)