Crochet wreath to celebrate 100 years of independence

This year Finland has been an independent country for 100 years. To celebrate that, I took blue and white yarn, the colors of the Finnish flag, and made this crochet wreath.

And now it is hanging on our door.

Crochet Poncho

I have made several ponchos, but none for myself. So, it was time to make one.

As a starting point, I made four flower squares like this one.

Then I sewed two squares together....

... and ran out of yarn. Four squares were not enough to make a nice poncho. So, I went to the yarn store, and bought this lighter lila color to finish the poncho.

This way the poncho got some color and the extra-width it still clearly needed. I ended up with two rectangles of equal size that had an extension piece with lighter color.

I sewed the rectangulars together and finished the ends and the collar with the darker color.

Few silly ballet-like poses in front of my home with the poncho on to finalize the project.

Spring may come, I am ready!

Crochet Coasters

We recently renovated our kitchen. It was a project we were planning for 10 years and finally did it. For the new kitchen, one needs new coasters. So, I made few in candy colors.

Even the Pink Fluffy Unicorn loves these.

New Year, New Beanie

I decided to start the new year with a new beanie. It was made to match my scarf that I made already last year. Fengshui.

Happy 2017!!!

The picture was taken in the elevator of H&M (Helsinki), where there are mirrors everywhere, even on the ceiling.

Pink flower wreath

It is Christmas time. So, of course, I felt like making yet another wreath. It is no that Christmas-like, but who cares.

 

It all got started with a heart. I crocheted a band that covers the heart

The color, baby pink felt too sissy, so I took my spray bottle out and did some spraying.

 

I also crocheted little flowers of equal size and sprayed them a little bit as well.

 

I sew all the flowers on the heart one by one

 

and hung the wreath on my door. Now Christmas may come. I'm all set up for the holiday season.

 

 

 

Halloween gear: Ear band for a werewolf

So it is Halloween period and my girls need outfits for their yearly Halloween disco. I started the job with ears for a little werewolf ("ihmissusi").

I took a normal hairband and covered it with a brown crochet ribbon

 

 

I crocheted ears and filled them with cotton wool.

 

 

 

And this is how it looks on me... the ears are not adult size, clearly.

 

Black bag

I made another bag, adapting a pattern from Virpi Siira's inspiring book: Oma koppa - Neliö virkattuja variaatioita. here is the link to her blog: http://omakoppa.blogspot.fi/

It has a little inside bag and a zipper, so that small things do not fall out. I am not sure if it is practical.. time will tell.

 

A close-up of the pattern.

 

 

 

Sweet flower wreath

Spring is in the air (every now and then..). I wanted to welcome spring by making this sweet flower wreath. There are beautiful examples in the web and inspired by many others, I made my own one.

I got started by crocheting these flowers. The pattern I adapted from:
http://prinsessajuttu.blogspot.fi/2013/05/virkattu-kukka-ohje.html

 

Then I made a long light green base where to plant my flowers and sew it together from the backside..

Then I made 10 little leaves following the simple pattern from this blog:
http://ihankaikkikotona.blogspot.fi/2014/04/kukkia-ja-lehtia.html

The last phase was to sew the leaves on the wreath in pairs and, then, glue the flowers by using a hot glue gun.

Beautiful and very girly - isn't it! A monochromatic version of this, using only black, white and grey could also be cool. For who could I make one? I need to think.

 

Witches of Kottby

Easter is approaching. So, the little green witches are on the move ...

Hmm ... first we need a wreath ... a heart would be nice.

 

Then some eggs. Let's see what we have in the fridge... Perfect.

 

 

 

Hmmm.. something is still missing..

 

A spider web! Now we are all set to welcome Easter guests.

 

Crochet carpet like a candy

I made this crochet carpet for a little girl, called Lotta. Her room has some pastel colors ....

.. so I looked for some inspiration for the color scheme in candies .. (the blue is actually mint green and the red is more pink)

First I made a prototype for Lego Friends girls - Emma and Stefanie - to test the pattern.

Then, 3 kg of tricot was the starting point for the real carpet...

 

 ... and then I sat down and started crocheting... few hours ...

 

 

... when the carpet was ready, some pink tricot was left over. So Lotta got a little pink basket, matching the carpet, as well.

 

 

 

Now, another friend wants a carpet for her summer house. Back to the yarn store ...

 

 



Little crochet witches

I felt like making something small, tiny, this weekend... so I ended up making these little witches....

... for no particular reason. They can fly around, at least, during Easter time. As Christmas is gone, I need to gear up for the next festive season.

The broom looks a little bit more like a cigar than a cleaning device. As long as it flies, it's fine for the green fellows.