checkered crochet cushion

Turquoise & white checkered crochet cushion.

This handmade crochet pillow (including inner pillow) is NOW available in my ETSY SHOP.

size of the chereckered crochet cushion is 35 x 60 cm

And this Louis Vuitton window display in Paris reminded me, that I still had an unfinished crochet project in my studio. Actually, I only had to put the inner cushion in... et voilà!

new design - ribbed & striped beanie - crochet pattern

2021 and a brand new design, easy to make, cool, warm and unisex!

Last week i've made a colorful striped beanie with ribbed texture.

This week i've made another one with natural colors.

The striped beanie is very easy to make, the fabric looks like it's knitted but actually is an easy crochet technique.

You can download the pattern from my ETSY SHOP.

And since we are still in lockdown for a while, it might be a fun project to keep you from getting bored.

You don't need to buy new yarn, because this project is ideal for using up old scraps of wool.

PS for the non-crafters: the two ready-made striped beanies are also for sale

checkered crochet

Current crochet project.

Inspired by my favorite checkered Vans.

Besides working on improvement here and there in the house, guided by our shrinking to-do list, I keep crocheting too...

I'm doing the utmost to stay creative and try to find a bit of variety in the days that are increasingly similar.

attic bedroom

Wednesday morning, 10:30 AM

Curtains blowing in the breeze...

I just L O V E the look of the waving curtains and shadow play.

To capture the atmosphere, I made a video and posted it on Instagram this morning. P L A Y video

(and watch how the left white curtain closes itself in the wind)

striped curtain

Spicy stripes for the curtain in the dormer window on our sloping attic room.

A good crochet project to use the colored wool from marrakech, in very easy filet-crochet harlequin pattern. I started it some weeks ago, not knowing what it would be.

Well, in the end it's a 'crocheted curtain anno 2019' and obviously it was not exactly fitting the window size. Do you see the subtle line? I subsequently made it a little bit longer. That's what I like about handmade; never perfect...

The colorful crochet fabric is made horizontal, but I preferred to hang it vertically.

In our (almost) all-white attic bedroom it's okay to use some colour.
I am thrilled with how serene this space turned out with the filtered light. Great atmosphere!

cheers to the weekend

Friday in the late afternoon.

Back home from work. It was pouring outside.

I had been looking forward to this moment all day: lights on, fresh coffee and continue my crochet project.

Cheers to the weekend!

layout

On my studio floor: harlequins!

I'm working on a maternity gift project for my baby niece. I have a few months to finish the harlequin baby blanket, so no rush to put it together. I will first define a layout and then start slowly to make the parts into a blanket.

Making a babyblanket is so much fun! All harlequins are simple small projects and when you just make one or a few a day, you finally have enough harlequins to make a unique blanket.

I've been working on a brightly colored version with neon pink and orange lately. Neon is back. The catwalks of New York, London, Milan and Paris are proving that the neon trend is going to be sticking around for quite some time.
You can make this multicolored blanket with wool leftovers or you can also make a very natural colored version if you prefer.

The harlequin blanket can be made with all types of yarn and in any size you want.

The harlequin p a t t e r n is available in my ETSY SHOP.

cool crochet october 2018

Accompanied by a great group of enthusiasts, we went into the medina on day one.

During our morning walk to the wool warehouse, we made everyone familiar with the medina-maze. Especially when it's the first time in the Red City it's truly overwhelming, with thousands of influences on all your senses.

Packed with our supplemented wool stock, we landed at lunchtime on the panorama terrace of the Maison de la Photographie, starting with the first project; straw hat with application! I made a palm tree strawhat as example and obviously everyone was free to create their own design.

The CC TEAM* worked diligently in between the delicious lunch dishes and we continued our medina tour to the Secret Garden, to enjoy the incredible green oasis until sunset.


* among the participants no less than 3 mother-daughter couples;

Lisa & Kendall from Stafford, UK
Jen & Marie from Sheffield, UK
Ine & Inge from Hamburg, Germany

4 dear workfellows/friends;
Annie, Gunver, Helle, Jeanette from Copenhagen, Denmark
(Annie originally from the Faroer Islands, which makes her 'leader' on our worldwide workshop participation list)

and 2 best friends forever;
Donna & Jean from Manchester, UK

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Super cute souvenir from New York, practically flat, because it had to fit in the hand luggage suitcase.

I found the crocheted fish at Anthropologie

A friend and former cool crochet workhsop participant, spotted my fish post on Instagram.



She was inspired to crochet these fish scrubbers after seeing the pair of fish and she happened to find a crochet pattern. @1dogwoof wrote up a pattern for the fish scrubbers a few years back. You can find the free pattern on her blog.

And check the fishes my friend @haveeweanywool made HERE.

Don't you think they are cute?

By the way, I use them as pot holders...

slow summer evening

Summer is not over yet...
We are enjoying one of the last August summer evenings.

The turtle pillow was a project I already started in May and it truly turned out to be a S L O W project!

Between the pile of unfinished projects, the turtle emerged and I finally took the time to finish the slow turtle pillow last week.

Isn't he cute, chilling on the daybed?

december days

During the last weeks of December I've made two new beanies, because I've sold all the moroccan beanies. A multicolored one and the other one is matching my mittens.

I also made two warm shawls, a black one and a rusty brown one.
The shawl is very easy to make, the fabric looks like it's knitted but actually is an easy crochet technique.

You start with a foundation chain and make the chain as long as you want your shawl to be.
I've made a foundation chain of 250 chain stitches (ch).
All the following rows are worked in half double crochet (hdc).
The first row of stitches is worked into the foundation chain. Always start with 2 ch for the 1st hdc and continue the row with hdc (it's a long row!)
Second and following rows: 250 hdc, but instead of going through both the front and back loop, you insert the crochet hook ONLY through the f r o n t loop of the previous row of hdc.
After some rows you will see a textured crochet fabric that resembles a knitted rib.
My shawl is 24 rows wide, but you can make your shawl as wide as you want.

If you start now, your shawl might be ready before 2017!

(I used a crochet 5 mm hook and about 300 grams of yarn)

If you want to make the beanie, join the cool crochet workshop...