Free blanket pattern

Of all projects I've made over the past years, I love making blankets the most. This is a baby blanket I made not too long ago. The free pattern and a list of all materials used is available on my blog, click here to go to the blog post. Happy crocheting! :-)

Hearts!

Do you love hearts? Well, I do and I've made a lot of them recently. The pattern of these hearts can be found on my blog.

Granny Square Pattern

Today I've written down the pattern of the granny squares I'm making right now. It's on my blog in Dutch and English. If anyone finishes a square of this pattern, please send it to me and I'll post it on my blog!

Loving Hands Crochet Baby Shoes Charity Pattern

Hi ppeople,

I have just posted a new charity crochet pattern on my own blog. If you haven't considered charity knitting/crocheting before then hopefully this will inspire you.

http://goodtimesithinkso.blogspot.com/2009/10/loving-hands-crochet-baby-shoes-charity.html

Hello!

Hi all!

My name is Zuleika and I love to crochet. I'm very happy to have joined this blog and look forward to contributing.
I'm originally from the small island of Bermuda and have been living in Edinburgh, Scotland since 2005. I have 3 beautiful boys and am self employed. (www.hobbyzu.com)
Just figured I'd introduce myself before I started posting anything. :-)

Now, I don't like posting without photos, so here is one of the many things I'm currently working on. I started afghans for my two youngest sons and am adding to them in between crocheting items for my shop. They've grown a bit more since this photo, but I want to wait until it's a really significant difference before posting another pic. :-)

I'm using the zen spiral pattern from lion brand. It's very simple and easy to follow.
Off to work on some hats, bye for now!

Little Leafy Doily

Here's another little doily I made with a free pattern from the net. I am loving the maroon thread, a nice change from the white and cream doilies that I've grown up with.

P.S can anyone tell me how to make the photos I post go the right way. This is not supposed to be this way. I have no idea how or why this is happening lately.

Crochet Ring Bearer's Pillow

I have been thinking about wedding stuff again, there is just 9.5 months left before my fiance and I tie the knot. I know it's still really a long time away but I thought since I've got time now I should start making some stuff for it. (We also have a whole house to renovate before the wedding Ahhhhh!) I was thinking of making an heirloom ring bearer's pillow using either crochet or cross stitch. I've never made a doily before or crochet with anything other than yarn so using this No. 8 cotton and a 1.25 mm hook was a bit of a challenge. The idea with this is that I will sew a little round cushion and then sew this to the top of it and through the middle hole attach some ribbon for tying the rings. As you can see there are hearts in the pattern to go with the wedding/love theme ( a bit corny I know but cute I think)

The pattern for this doily is here and I found it quite easy to read except for a few bits regarding the pineapple part of the pattern, it says something like (ch 3 and sc in ch 5 space) times 4 but what it means is do this in the next 4 spaces. There are a few other bits like this, you just got to use the photos to guide you.

I would just like to say a bit thank you to everyone for keeping the great posts coming. I LOOOOVE the diversity of projects being shared. Thank you to everyone who visits the blogs and leaves such lovely and encouraging comments. I am sure everyone would agree that such comments keep us going and make us feel just that extra bit special!

Hexagon Granny Baby Cardigan

I was looking online for another baby cardigan pattern. I´m not really interested in ones that require me to sew arms and back and fronts on, I like the more work from the top down kind of patterns because I find I can understand them better. Googling away I came upon this niffty pattern which is made up of two large hexagon grannys. I was quite baffled when I first saw the pattern, couldn´t really work out how the grannies formed the arms but after watching a youtube tutorial it all became quite clear. This pattern above is from Bev and can be found here.

I wasn´t too keen on the holes from the granny square pattern so I decided to make mine from solid hexagrannies. I later found this on the net, a solid hexagranny cardigan. It´s good to see others coming up with similar ideas!

This solid hexagranny jacket is by Cozy´s Corner, and the pattern can be found here.

These last two photos are of my attempt to make a solid hexagranny jacket. So far its been really easy and I can see how it will become a jacket but I worry about the proportions. I think the sleeves will be too wide. I think in order to make the jacket long enough or wide enough the are holes have to be the size more suited for an 18 month old or 12 months old with the body measurements for a 3-6 month old. We shall see how we go.

The floppy hexagon granny and how it transforms into one side of a cardigan!

I hope everyone is still enjoying this crochet along. I am always open to suggestions related to the admin aspect of the blog so keep posting your ideas! Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and making some time for a little crochet as well.

New Baby Cardigan

I started a new baby cardigan the other week and I must say I like the way it´s coming along. It is taking forever though and testing my patience. The second part of the body takes two rows just to make one centimeter length. It needs to be 17 cms so I will need to do at least 34 rows. Ahhhh!!!! I started one sleeve today just to give myself a break from the other pattern. The cardigan pattern itself is half of the one I used for the other baby cardigan and half of my own making. If anyone wants the pattern for the bottom half I can try and write it down but I´ve never really written a pattern before. Again it is done in a 4ply using a 3mm hook. The final size should be big enough for a 1 year old or at least a large 6 month old. I plan to keep this one for my 'one day in the future' baby and I've promised myself I will not give it away as a present as I always seem to do.

Anyhow here are some photos of the project so far.


Hope everyone had a great weekend I know I did spending some time cooking with friends and crocheting on the U Bahn- German underground train system. Can´t wait to see more gorgeous posts! Don´t anyone be shy now hehehehe.

Ok Let the Posting Begin!

I´ve recently moved to what I am calling the land of sock wool, yes I moved to Germany, and I am finding it a little hard at times to find yarn that is not 4 ply and specifically made for knitting socks. I mean this would be great if I knew how to knit properly because I would love to have hand made socks but alas I am a crocheter not a knitter.

Anyhow I went to a local market on Saturday and found a wonderful wool stall with lots of beautiful ´4ply´ wool. I couldn´t just walk by without buying at least one ball so I thought what the hell I´ll just do more rows and work with a smaller hook right?

Here is a photo of what the yarn became...

Birthday present for my fiance´s niece Lena, who is turning 1 on May 7th. Axel bought her the Pipi Longstocking (German Version) t-shirt to go with it!

I´ve made a few baby jacket/cardigans like this using the usual yummy 8ply and they work out a treat. There is a pattern on Yarn Days blog for these top-down baby cardigans. I originally got the pattern from a crochet book but having left it in Australia had to go looking online for another pattern. Actually I hope Rima from Yarn Days will join us here. She always posted photos of her beautiful work on Granny Along. I miss her postings there.

Hope you are all well and ready to start posting about your crochet adventures. I have another baby cardigan that I´m working on at the moment but I´ll leave that for another time. I always seem to crochet more when in Germany... hmmm

Anyhow have a lovely weekend and keep the 'I want to join' emails comming!!!!!