Give away * Winners

Well - I was touched by your sweet reactions
on my little give away.
I really wish I could send a garland to all of you.






















 But alas...























Blindfolded (seriously!) I picked the winners...

The little notebook goes to...






















Baukje!

And the garland goes to...






















Heather from Vintage Grey!

Congratulations & please send me your addresses.
Everybody: thanks for participating & good luck next time!

Oh - before I forget: I will write down the pattern of the garland asap,
so all of you who crochet can make a similar one yourselves.
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A little give away! (Finally)

Although I wanted to have one sooner,

here it finally is. My first little give away.

The first item I'm giving away is this set of nine coasters 

which doubles...

... as a garland (photo below) - in case you're not the coaster type...
(I'll send it as garland - with a long string attached.
But it's easypeasy to remove the string.)

Secondly I'm giving away this cute little Chinese notebook.
(Which is partially lined.)
I use a similar one for scribbling down my crochet notes.

Just leave a comment and tell me what you would prefer to get.
A follow or tweet is appreciated, but not necessary to win.
I'll announce the winners on Thursday the 21th of February.
Until then you can enter the give away. [The give away is now closed!]
(I do find this rather exciting, what if nobody cares for these things at all? Yikes!)

Good luck!
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Let's Ease into this Monday with Some Soft Colours

It's a grey morning here.
The few sunny days last week made me longing for spring...

What do you think of these pastel fabrics?
I purchased them in Laos from a lovely lady who had woven them herself.
Such a sweet memory.

The bobbin with the paper yarn is patiently waiting
till I have a moment of inspiration.
Which can last quite a while. :-)

Have a wonderful week!

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To Dress up a Dull Doily

Somehow I was just not convinced when this doily was ready.
The pattern (from a Japanese crochet book) was cute enough,
but the offwhite made the result, well, just a tad dull.

And although I'm not one for glitter,
I spruced it up with some sequins.
- You know, out of your comfort zone & living dangerous & all that ;-) -

I used a fine gold thread to sew them together,
and embroidered the center of the doily with the same gold thread.
And now I'm ready to go back to my comfort zone.

♦ Thanks for visiting & have a lovely day. ♦

Spring is in the air

... At least, it was in the air, yesterday,
when I crocheted these tulips.

But now, with today's grey weather,
it would be more suitable for me
to be crocheting cats & dogs.

But I'm not moaning. :-)
Whatever the weather might be:
Have a wonderful, loving weekend.
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PS. The pattern is from Redheart, click here for the link.
Happy crocheting!