Flower poncho

This flower square poncho took a while to make, but was worth the effort.

 

I just started crocheting these flower squares...

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.. and kept on making those... as I needed 48 in total!

 

 

Then, I sewed the squares into a poncho and made a little lining.

 

 

Cute, nice and warm for the Finnish summer nights! Happy midsummer.

 

 

Black crochet blouse

I started this project, because I found this really colourful Missoni yarn from my closet. I inherited it from my mom years ago and have not had so far any brilliant ideas how to use it. So, I started crocheting  a flower circle from it.

And ended up making a short-sleeved blouse around it.
I did not have enough colorful yarn for the backside, so the flower circle in the back and on the sleeves is black.

Inspiration came (again) from Virpi Siira's patterns: http://omakoppa.blogspot.fi/

Happy Mothers' Day!

 

Cleaning with colors

These cute little packages with my Sarikka från Kottby logo contain ... 

... dusters and dish clothes ("tiskirättejä")

 

.. different patterns in various colors ....

 

 

...flowers ...

 

 

 

... a great way to practice pixel crocheting...

.. one more ?

 

...  let's wrap it up!

 

 

 

 

 

Flower patch work

Uups .. there's a big hole....

.. and in a few minutes, a flower patch hiding it.

I found my daughters' old, tiny jeans jacket.

 

Hmm ... it needs some tuning.

 

A flower patch on the back?

 

Yes, now it is super cool.

I just need to find a little girl of max 98 cm tall, who would like to wear it.

 

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.

 

Spring dress for a little lady

Little ladies need beautiful dresses for their social events. I made one for my little neighbour and god daughter.

Parts....

Sewn together, with a little frill added on the hem.

 

 

Hmm ... what next. I still have candy colors left ....