Baby Blanket

A friend was having a baby sometime around September.. I didn't know what would be nice as a gift that won't take too much time to prepare so my husband suggested a simple square baby blanket. Considering we were approaching winter, I thought why not?

I forgot to take proper pictures of the blanket before I gave it to her, that's why I can only present some picture of it being folded. I only use double crochet to build it, nothing special. The size of this blanket is about 40 cm something large to 50 cm wide - almost a square..

I got the yarn from the same Buttinette's surprise package as the yarns for my hooded cowl.
No reference of youtube videos or pattern because this is very simple as mentioned above. The yarn itself is very smooth & warm.

Happy Crocheting!

Hooded Cowl

Hi everyone,
I know it has been ages since my last article. I forgot completely to update here as I wrote often in Bahasa Indonesia in WordPress.. Anyway, here I am trying to make up for those lost times :)

First of all, I got myself tendinitis and it held me back from continuing crocheting/learning more about knitting. Doctor told me that I might have it from continuously crocheting. I used to crochet almost 8 hours a day and do it everyday for months. Now I'm incapable of crocheting more than 2 hours/day and sometime I can't even crochet 2 hours everyday, it should be every other day or less.

Despite of it, I try to continue crocheting something so I don't forget the basic (at least). This is what I came up with: Hooded Cowl (inspired from youtube's video which link you can find at the end of my article).

 

The yarn I'm using for my project are herewith:

The video I was referring to is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iodG50LQfU

I don't think I follow exactly what she did in this video, I checked other videos as well but some of the methods used were complicated for me to follow so I made my hooded cowl based on this video more or less.

I used 3 types of yarn, white yarn was bought from Turkey probably more than a year ago. I already forgotten the website from which I bought it (including how much it cost with delivery). Sorry about that, that explains why I don't put the picture here.
2nd & 3rd yarn I bought from Buttinette, they call it "surprise package". Basically you pay for 500 grams of yarn and they might give you whatever.

Happy Crocheting!

2014 Project: Weaving Plate Mat

Considering I have bought some new craft tools (here), I was eager to start soonest possible. I try to choose the tool I think the simplest to work with. In the end I decided to try the knit/weave loom.

Some videos on how to work with the loom can be found in youtube. They are easy to follow because the video gives detailed instruction & the way the instructor works in the video is clear & slow enough.

I wanted to weave a plate mat with my cotton yarn (Gründl-Wolle's Cordino), I bought them in Dawanda from Babka1. The price for each skein was €1,68 for 100 grams.

Here's what I've done with the weaving loom:

Should do some more to create a set!

Happy Weaving!

Useful link:
Warp the Loom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hfYaK-iDGU
Weave the Weft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_C5YTcDLsQ
Bind Off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0sDzqTNo8

2014 New Craft Tools

I've been out of activity due to tendinitis since 2 weeks or more. I try to stop crocheting or doing lots of things with my right hand, to give it a rest.

However in the period of inactivity I've been watching some videos in youtube about a new activity different than what I've done before. I'm not good at knitting with needles so I think I will try the knitting loom etc.

Here's what I bought from Rascol website:

1) Martha Stewart's Knit & Weave Loom Kit/Métier à Tisser et à Tricoter (€49,90)

2) Knitting Dolly, some called French Knitting/Tricotin (€5,90)

3) Universal Netting Fork/Fourche à Dentelle Universelle (€5,30)

I have some ideas I wanted to try out, we'll see how it done.

Happy Crafting!

Useful link:
http://www.rascol.com/laine-tricot/tricotin/14753-metier-a-tisser-et-a-tricoter-martha-stewart.php
http://www.rascol.com/laine-tricot/tricotin/9332-tricotin-grand-modele-transparent-avec-epingle.php
http://www.rascol.com/laine-tricot/accessoires/200-fourche-a-dentelle-universelle.php

2014 Infinity Scarf for Myself

Finally I decided to make another infinity scarf for me - yayy!!
I bought 1 skein of Schachenmayr's Bravo Big (BB) & another skein of Bravo Big Color (BBC) in a shop in Mulhouse sometime last year. I didn't know what to do with them.

Unfortunately I forgot to take picture of them.. sorry :(
But it won't be difficult to find in the internet if you want to see which color I used.
I have less than a complete skein of BBC because I used some part of it for the bolero. That's why I decided to have the scarf mixed from BB in camel (00105) & BBC in violet (00083) then I add a little touch of Gründl-Wolle's Alaska in aubergine (12).

I only took me 1 complete day to work on this (6th of January 2014).
However I haven't been crocheting since I finished this project due to tendinitis. I can't do any crocheting for a while, my right arm hurts a lot.

Anyway, I'm taking it easy now. No rush between projects.

Happy Crocheting!

2013 Project: Flower (Crochet)

Remember that I made myself a poncho?

One spot at this poncho has an imperfection on how I did my crochet :p
Hubby said it's not noticable but it does for me.. I tried to find a way to hide it beautifully.

Checking out some videos on youtube about crochet some accessories & I think I can use a brooch from flower to cover the spot. The user name of this youtuber is sheruknittingcom, she gives detailed tutorial on lots of projects, which are very easy to follow. Just be patient to watch every second of her video and crochet as you watch then after several repetition you'll get the idea.

I tried to take a picture of my work each time I did one phase of work but it's just too complicated.
I wanted to be able to recall how to do the flower without having to rewatch the video everytime. Apparently it's not working lol :D

So here are some of the picture and the final products.

Made the same with different yarn:

Size comparison of both flowers:

I haven't attached the blue flower to my poncho, will do that later (when I feel like doing it) :D
These flowers can be used also for hair ornament, I just attached it with a bobby pin or an alligator clip (not sure if this is the correct word). Anyway you'll get the idea.

Happy Crocheting!

Useful link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo5BOGTklOw

2013 DIY Pearl Necklace Chanel's Style

I was having some kind of pearl fever, I wanted to have a classic style pearl necklace. I've been wanting to try to create a jewelry but all the tutos seems to be too complicated for me to follow.
I tried working with colored aluminium wire but I still don't get a grip how to create a wire jewelry.

I found this tuto and it's easy enough for me to understand despite the fact I don't speak portuguese :D

First of all just buy a chain at the length of your wish. Some jewelry suppliers sell chain with clasp hook, some don't. It doesn't really matter. If you buy chain without clasp hook then you can decide what kind of closure you want to use for your chain. The chain I use, I bought it in ebay.

Next thing to have is the head pin. I use some head pins with 30mm length since my chain doesn't have big holes on them. You'll need these pins to stuck the pearls in. I bought mine in ebay, they seemed like a good price to me.

Third is the pearl itself. I decided to use the white pearls diameter 6mm. I bought them from website butinette, they come in a box (inside there are approx. 2500 pearls but who's counting?). I like using golden - they make it rich to the appearance :) I have bought golden pearl but haven't used them yet.

Here's how the head pin look with the pearl on when I attached them to the chain:

Happy Crafting!












Useful link:
Pearl Necklace Chanel Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWXkPb17t1o
Chain: http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251240428007&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Head Pin ("Clou/Tige"): http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251220947111#ht_500wt_963
Clasp Closure: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/LOT-4-FERMOIRS-5-MM-A-RESSORT-AVEC-ANNEAUX-DORE-ARGENTE-CHAINES-COLLIER-BIJOUX-/190819276949?
Pearls: http://loisir-creatif-fr.buttinette.com/shop/article-FR-fr-BU/24000-25000-25090-(48856,67808,31058)/Perles--6mm-nacre-31058.htm