Easter wreath

My other 11-year-old daughter (not the unicorn amigurumi one) designed and made an easter wreath for our door.

She painted the eggs herself and added little chicks and bows all around.

Now easter may come.

Unicorn amigurumi

My 11-year-old daughter is an eager crocheter as well. She just finished her first amigurumi - this unicorn.

I translated the instructions into Finnish, and she did all the work.

Cute, isn't it?

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.

Leg warmers

It is winter and getting cold, although we are seriously missing snow in Helsinki. In ballet, it is essential that the ankles are warm (and after the Achilles operation last spring, I am super-cautious). These cute leg warmers will do the trick. 

.. and these are street credible as well. Will try tomorrow, on my way to work.

Looked cool today!

Poncho like a candy

This candy-color yarn was impossible to resist in a yarn shop I visited in Kallio (Helsinki) the beginning of summer. I bought a few grams in baby blue and a few grams in multi-candy-colors, and started crocheting flower-squares.

I made a few squares, 24 of each color, to be exact.

After that, a bit of sewing together.

And ... surprisingly, I ended up with a poncho. My favourite piece of cloth!

This poncho is a birthday gift for my sister daughter Lumi, who just turned 12. We did the fitting today and delivery will be next Saturday in the party.

P.S. The little model here is not the birthday girl.