What a surprise - a new doily

A couple of weeks ago I made this doily,
the pattern comes from a crochet book I thrifted for 70 cents.
I like the powdery pink, I use it quite often for doilies.

Work in progress...

This is the doily pre-blocking...

And below it is after blocking.
In a minimalistic setting. ;-)
You know what? I prefer this one pre-blocking.
It looks, I don't know how to say it, well,
it just looks softer that way.
(But then again, I might just not like this pattern too much.)

And since we are outside on the terrace already,
here are some Dutch organic tulips for you.

Have a lovely day.
Stay creative!
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So - I hit the jackpot

The doily jackpot, that is...
I often look with surprise at the wonderful potholders and doilies
other bloggers thrift at what seems to be a weekly base. :-)

I guess The Netherlands is not the best country
for finding that kind of second hand treasures.
That - or I'm just a lousy thrifter.

















Until yesterday!
When I found these wonderful, delicate, crocheted doilies...

I bought every single one of them. And love them.
I hope you like seeing them too.

Have a wonderful day!
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About a promise and crochet...

You might or might not remember that there was one thing
I never ever wanted to crochet.
A potholder.
Or so I thought when I first learned to crochet...

Well - unless you're new to this blog,
you know I didn't keep that promise to myself.
Not quite.

There was one other thing of which I thought:
Not in this life.

And there you are.
A tea cosy...

So much for principles, hey?
Enjoy your weekend!
(With a nice cup of tea perhaps?)
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Stacks

Hello there,
How are you doing?
Not much signs of spring yet in this part of the world.

Thought I might share some photos of some of my craftroom stacks with you.
The (only) link with spring being the colours. I know - how original...
Oh well!

Below is my (growing) stack of my latest work in progress...
The corresponding stack of pink yarn is destacking (I'm sure that's not a proper word) rapidly,
so the end result won't a be very big throw.

Wishing you a lovely day.
Stay crafty.

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Oooh, I think I really like this project so far...

Only four squares ready though.
:-)






















Have a wonderful & crafty weekend with lots of love & some good food too!
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A new throw?

Finally I had a few stolen hours to crochet.
Which I should have used to work on a WIP.






















But I started something new instead.
I just love this bobble stitch pattern.
- I often use it to crochet a potholder -
This time I decided to make a throw with this pattern.
Just one square finished though...

Do you have anything on your hook right now?

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Bobbles & Pastels

Wow... It has been a long time...
Too long.
No time for crocheting or blogging.
And I'm way behind answering emails...























Just before this very hectic period started
I whipped up this granny square potholder.
Pastel colours & bobbles on the front, plain white on the back.
























Although I wasn't present online during the last weeks,
there were a couple of very sweet mentions of this little blog:

♦ Anna from Bashmachok's World made this lovely tulip scarf.
♦ Heather from Vintage Grey made this gorgeous Peaches & Cream potholder.
♦ Solvi from En Stovel og en sko made this beautiful doily.
Do check out these lovely blogs from these very talented bloggers!

It's wonderful to be a small part of the international blogging community,
to be inspired by all those talented people out there.
Thank you!

Have lovely day!