Random rambling: Hooked on idea!

crazy
fantastic
obsessive

That great feeling when you get THAT idea :)
you work, you try this thing out, you probably fail .. and yet the idea is so persistent you can't stop, you have to try out something else to make it, have fun .. and eventually - success!

I LOVE IT! ;)
and yes creative madness is addictive :P

Random rambling: yarnends ...

O my ... NO ..
or that is what I usually think when some project comes to a close...

But not this time, this time I allowed myself the time to weave them in not jet starting the next BIG thing and they seemed to disappear on their own ... as I spent those hours patiently working on hiding them in I found myself wondering about a lot of things ... one of those obviously was what should be the next thing and why ...

Honey comb variations!

There is a first time for everything ...

I am finally ready to share my latest creation with you ;)
I hope me and my pattern - Honey comb variations - are ready to take on world :P

You can buy the pattern on RAVELRY or ETSY ;)

Make your own stylish blanket/throw!
Each honeycomb starts with a triangle, that gets rounded and then hexagonalized. And then three of these forms a bigger triangle! (sounds way scarier than it is)

Roundabout pie

I saw a pie here ... and fell in love with the idea of arranging the veggies in circles and then I made my own - of course I didn't follow the original instructions. Apparently I take pride in reinventing the wheel. :P

Now after quite a few pies I have a routine set for my own vegetable pie :)

Base:
3 sheets of frozen puff pastry

Filling:
1 egg
160g curd

200g cream cheese (in Latvia the clear choice is "Dzintars" for all of you who doesn't live here .. well I just hope you have something similar in your stores too)

Decoration:   ;)

1 beet (boiled, cut in strips)
2 potatoes (boiled, cut in strips)

2 carrots (boiled, cut in strips)

1/2 zucchini (cut in strips)

100g cheese (cut in strips)

100g sausage (cut in strips)
drop of oil

as you can see - decorations list may
and should vary from pie to pie ;)

Wavy crochet bunting ▼▽▼▽▼

I bought a lovely variegated yarn and took it with me when I visited my parents and in the car I doodled and crocheted and frogged a lot of random things .. I had no idea what I wanted to crochet and if I wanted to crochet at all .. and then after 7hours in the car when I was almost home again I felt like the yarn wanted to become bunting (it seems like I am having a bunting-fever over here)

Abrevations used (US terms):

ch – chain stitch

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

dc – double crochet

htr – half trebble crochet

tr – trebble crochet

tr3tog – trebble crochet three together

st(s) – stitch(es)

Row 1

Ch 30.
Turn.

Row 2
Sc in 2nd chain from hook. * Hdc in next st. Dc in next st. Htr in next st. 3 tr in next st. Htr in next st. Dc in next st. Hdc in next st. Sc in next 3 sts. * Repeat from * to * 2 more times (second time around there will be space for one sc at the end instead of three).

Turn.

 

Row 3

Ch 3. * Htr in next st. Dc in next st. Hdc in next st. Sc in next 3 sts. Hdc in next st. Dc in next st. Htr in next st. Tr3tog. * Repeat from * to * one more time. Htr in next st. Dc in next st. Hdc in next st. Sc in next st. 

Turn.