Hexagons!

While I haven't quite finished writing down the pattern

for my last throw (it is coming, really!).
I thought I'd share some pictures of a work in progress,
a project I left untouched for months, while it was nearly ready...

I won't be able to finish it before my holiday,
because I'm planning a nice big border on this one
(for which I still have to choose a pattern).

So, in case you have a suggestion for a (slightly over-the-top) edging...?
Welcome!

♦♦♦ Take care. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
PS. I posted about this work in progress before: here...

And off to the market I went...

With my new bag  of course.

If you missed my previous post:
Here is the link to the (Japanese) pattern.
It's fairly easy.
The front and back are identical and
crocheted together with a seamless join.

This nice Hungarian blogger recently made the same bag.
She too chose to make longer straps.

Okay, last picture... The bag in actual use.
It stretches nicely!

Thanks so much for dropping by!
Have a nice day.
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Market bag in the making

Still haven't finished writing down the pattern for my last throw,
sorry about that. It's in the making though.


















Also in the making is this fun market bag.
I found the pattern on Pinterest (click here).
It's a Japanese crochet pattern.
Meanwhile we're enjoying a couple of really hot days here in The Netherlands. Lovely!

Take care.
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Another blanket finished! (Only three more to go)

Wow - I'm quite pleased, another blanket is ready!
And oooh, I do really enjoy the tactile sensation of this one...
- You can probably tell by the gigantic number of pictures. ;-)

It's not a huge throw, but fairly heavy nevertheless...
I crocheted quite a few potholders with this pattern,
and liked it so much I wanted to make a throw with it as well.
So I did! (But slightly adapted the original potholder pattern.)

I will (promiss) share the adapted pattern here,
and aiming to do so within a week.

I used a 5 mm hook and all the powder pink yarn I had in my stash of this brand. (They don't have this colour any more, so I had to stop after 20 squares.)
I single crocheted the squares together (back sides),
and added a simple border - maybe too simple?
That's all!

^ This last photo shows you what the backside looks like (on the left)
BTW, I do apologise for the photo overkill. ;-)
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Thanks for dropping by - much appreciated! - and have a lovely, crafty, relaxing weekend.
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The first blanket and sunshine

Thank you for your kind and encouraging comments on my last post.
It means a lot to me that you take the time for reacting

- and that you liked my blanket ;-) - so thanks!

Meanwhile I managed to catch of bit of the glorious sunshine
in our little corner of the world.






















A good book, a throw - in this case, the first one I ever crocheted, with the the first granny square I ever crocheted... and it shows ;-), sunshine and tea. Life can be good.

Enjoy.

Finally - a finished throw

Or rather: finally pictures of a finished throw,
since I actually finished this one rather quickly.
But man, it took me ages to make the photos.






















Anyway, when I came across this pattern online.
I just couldn't resist and I had to make it. Pronto.
Let me elaborate a bit on how & where I came across it...
I saw this Obsession Afghan ;-) mady by Twyla from Two Crazy Crafters,
and loved the pattern at once.
The pattern is from another blog: The Adventures of the Gingerbread Lady.
Where the Gingerbread Lady is so kind to share it with us. (Thanks!)






















It is an addictive pattern. Once I started I couldn't stop.
I decided it would be the perfect stashbuster.
Except that it wasn't...
Because after a couple of rows a certain colour scheme appeared
that I quite liked. So I ended up buying lots more of aqua and ocher yarn, and added a hint of green.
(I just can't do it, letting go of the colour control freak inside me. Oh well.) In the end I used at least ten different shades of aqua, and quite a few ochers too.

Like I said, it's an addictive pattern,
I finished the actual blanket within two weeks.
Then it took me some time to add all the fringes.
(As you might remember: I bored you with it in at least two blog posts.)
I didn't want a 'proper' border because I wanted the stripes to fade out, as it were.
Hence the fringes.

By the way, I found it difficult to make a decent picture of this throw.
Something to do with the stripes?

Anyway, I hope to make much more blanket with this pattern.
I made a few changes to the original pattern:
- I changed colours after every row (instead of every two rows).
- The stripes are in the width of the blanket (instead of the lenght).
- As said, I didn't make a real border.
A hook of 4.5 mm did the job, I used lots of different brands of acrylic yarn. (Some really, really cheap ones as well, think 'Zeeman' if you live in The Netherlands...)
Some yarns are actually a bit thinner then others, but I actually like the structure that gives.






















^ BTW - why does my arm look huge in this picture? ^

I really really really enjoyed working on this one.
So off you go to the Gingerbread Lady to make one yourself!
And I'm off to finish another blanket. :-)

♦♦♦ Have a lovely weekend - or what's left of it...♦♦♦

Sweden

Yes! I did score some lovely yarns in Göteborg.
('Cause that was were I was.)

^ The naturel, powder pink, greyish, very dark brown and yellow/gold linen are from Strikk. This shop carries its own beautiful line of linen yarn.

The silvergrey linen on the left is Kalinka's yarn (it's thinner than Strikk's) and the two smaller, blue skeins are organic, hand dyed cotton.

^ Adding stash to stash...

They had buttons too. :-)

And really, which catlady who loves her veggies and fruits,

could resist these tiny(!) cuties? 

Also I spotted quite some crochet in the wild.
Like on top op this pram - very stylish.

And in the period rooms of the City Museum...

And a gorgeous sewing box. (Sorry, bad photos.)

In short, a lovely weekend indeed...
♦♦♦ Take care! ♦♦♦