Leaping Stripes Mania

Hello all!

Some of you might have noticed I have been absent for some days. I had a bit of an accident while running two weeks ago and my ankle/knee didn't take the introduction to the forest floor too well. My knee is less green/blue and more yellow now though and I can use my ankle a lot better. No sports for another couple of weeks though. Sighs.

On the other hand: the weather is so nasty today, I wouldn't want to go running anyway. It hasn't stopped raining since I got up. Probably good for nature and especially the fields though: It has been incredible dry here for the last couple of weeks. My parents were on holidays in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on vacation for some days and apparently it hadn't rained there for weeks. Poor nature! 

I have a confession to make... I have fallen in love with the leaping stripes and blocks pattern from Tamara Kelly (Moogly) and just can't stop making crochet blankets and beanies with it! 

Four of the beanies have gone to my Dawanda shop but they aren't popular. Perhaps I should have put them into the shop when it wasn't 35 °C degrees outside? Oooppss. 

Anyway, I hope I will sell them at some point, so I can buy more yarn! At the moment I am trying to use my yarn stash as I have soo many balls of yarn! Do you know the feeling? 

I started another blanket (leaping stripes of course) with Stylecraft Special DK last Friday. It is still very much at the beginning but hop over to our instagram account if you want to see a sneak peek!

What are you working on at the moment? Stash Busting too or still in yarn buying mood?

Take care

Anne

Ta-dah! Overlay Crochet Mandala No.1!

Hello everyone! I hope you've all had a good week :) 

Anne and I have not had such a good week - we have both been hit really hard by the fatigue monster. Stupid monster. When Anne comes to visit me in December we are going to crochet ourselves a Fatigue Monster so we can stick pins in it and hit it with a hammer!!! 

To cheer ourselves up we are having a little giveaway on Instagram, to celebrate reaching 500 followers! If you are on Instagram and haven't found us yet, we are @crochetbetweenworlds :) Go find us and enter the giveaway!! 

You might remember that last week, on a rainy and cold day here in Sydney, I posted about my crochet wishlist. This week I really needed some bright colour and quick satisfaction, so I decided to have a go at CAROcreated's Crochet Overlay Mandala No.1. Here are lots of photos of it, because I love it so much :D

Even the back is pretty!

Have you made mandalas before? 

What are your favourite mandala patterns? 

PATTERN: Zig Zag Tote Bag

Thanks everybody! The Crochet Between Worlds Instagram account has reached 400 followers! 

As a special thank you to all our readers, followers and likers, we have a special offer for you on Michelle's brand new pattern - the Zig Zag Tote Bag!

Head over to the pattern page on Ravelry, hit "Buy it Now" and enter the coupon code for a 50% discount:

CBW400

We'd love it if you could give the pattern a bit of love by adding it to your favourites (it's easiest to do this before you buy it!). 

Thank you all so much again, here's to many more posts, patterns, ideas, designs and friends!