Hi!
I’m such a bad crafts blogger! I was supposed to blog more this year, but empty excuses and laziness got in my way. Apologies!
I will try my best to post something new this summer. But for now… here are two crochet roses I’ve made recently.
Have a great summer!
Hello and Happy New Year!
As promised, I’m trying to post more on my blog this year, and what better way to keep that promise than to craft something on the very first day of the new year!
In the past, I’ve made a few toys on Tuesdays, and so this particular felt plushie toy fits right in, on this particular Tuesday. I also took part in a competition with this angel toy (the point of the competition was to make an angel of some sort). If you’re interested in duplicating this angel, go to Dollmaker’s webpage for the pattern and instructions. Note: I didn’t want to use a sewing machine, and thus my baby angel looks a bit more handcrafted (read: rough around the edges) than the original model toy.
Thank you for viewing, and all the best for the new year!
Hi!
Just thought I’d share this report, this year. My last year was a lot busier, but I did get a lot of views this year, due to the crochet roses, so I figured you might enjoy my blog stats!
Thank you for viewing my blog in 2012! I promise (maybe) to be more active in 2013. I hope. I’m not making any resolutions!
Happy new year to each and every one of you, and I wish that you get everything you want in life in 2013!
Much luck and love,
Kati“Every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they believe are negative. A majority of people revert back to how they were before and feel like failures. This year I challenge you to a new resolution. I challenge you to just be yourself.”
- Aisha Elderwyn
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 17,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film Festivals
Click here to see the complete report.
A birthday card for my grandmother.
Hello!
My summer holidays are almost over, and apart from a few greeting cards, I haven’t exactly been crafting this summer. I haven’t forgotten about this blog, however, and when I get things up and running, I will be posting more crafts during the autumn and winter.
In other news: I just noticed that I’ve had over 8000 visitors here over the summer months, and it’s all thanks to Pinterest. Apparently my crochet roses have made it into their DYI/Crafts section. So hello to all you new visitors, and thank you for viewing my blog!
I’ve also had a few questions about the crochet roses. The pattern, originally, is not my own. (You can find the original pattern by scrolling down on this page:
http://megan.cc/StripMethodRose/
). I’ve made a few changes to the pattern, and I keep making new changes each time I make a new rose. It’s a process!
I suggest that if you want to make the rose, try adding more petals, in different sizes, just to test what looks best with the yarn you use. I usually make petals in different sizes as “layers” of the rose, so for instance, I’ll make a layer (4-6 petals) of big petals first (i.e., add more double crochet (UK treble)), then gradually make smaller ones, and then in the middle, I’ll make several layers of the same sized petals, ending with really small petals for the center of the rose. If you want any help, I can try and assist, but really, it’s all about trial and error. Also, try and roll up the strip of petals so that the base of the rose becomes rather wide (the size of a large coin, for instance). This opens up the rose more.
So again, thank you for viewing, and good luck with making your own roses!
Time for some overly sweet Mother’s Day cards!
Here are two cards that I made for this year’s Mother’s Day. One card for my mother and one for my granny. Fun fact: The card for my mother actually won a competition recently.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Thanks for viewing!
It’s time to put flowers in your hair!
[EDIT: The competition ended. My roses came in second. Thank you for voting!]
This was my entry picture:
It’s been a while, but I’m back.. with more of the same old: high-top tennis booties!
Novita recently added more colours to their Miami-yarn collection, and I’ve been dying to test some of them out! Sadly, some of my favourite (old) colours are no longer sold in stores for some reason (light pink, blue and off-white), but the new colours are rather energetic and perhaps more modern. You can view all of the Miami-yarns at Novita’s homepage.
I’ve made three pairs of booties with only one of the new colours (red). There is also a vibrant green that I’ve tried out, but have yet not finished the other pair. You may view all of my newly finished booties below! (Apologies for the bad picture quality.)
Thanks for viewing!
Hi! Tervehdys!
I’ve made a Finnish blog for the people who wish to read about my crafts in Finnish! Also, I’m mainly keeping the Finnish blog as a “shop”, so not all crafts that appear in this blog, will be in the Finnish blog.
Today I’ve made a few new pairs of tennis booties, so if you wish to see them, go visit:
http://katisurakka.blogspot.com/
Thanks for viewing!
Carrots, anyone?
Hi!
Here’s a really quick recap of my newest project.
I’ve been busy, so I wanted to make something that isn’t very time-consuming and is easy to make, and thus I went back to the high-top tennis booties. But this time, I decided to make them for newborns instead of toddlers.
You can find the pattern for the mini booties here: click! And again, I’ve made some changes to them. I attached the toe top part differently, making it more embedded and the shoe less round at the top. I also made a backward single crochet stitch around the edges (find a tutorial for that here: click!), and instead of going through both loops on round/row 4 of the sole, I only used the back loops in my single crochet stitches, so as to make a sharper edge around the sole.
These booties are made of the same yarn as the bigger ones I’ve made (Novita’s “Miami”), and the soles are about 7.5cm (3 inches) long. If you’re interested in purchasing these, please leave a comment here!
Thanks for viewing!
