something different :-)

Hello ladies… remember last week I mentioned that I was making crochet things for a baby shoot. Well.. Amy she is a local photographer had yesterday night the session and look how cute baby Jacob looks like. I almost forgot that babies can already lift their heads with just 1 month of age. I wished back than when my kids were babies I had taken them to such a good photographer. Oh well…. I can’t hardly wait how the other things turned out. Its so hard to figure out a size if you just use a measuring tape for the sizing….

what a girl needs …

are some cute accessories.. everyone knows that

My friends adorable daughter modeled some crochet things I have made. She was totally rocking it as soon I put the camera down.. her smile was gone and I asked her.. are you bored and she said “yes”. I said just a couple of more and her smile was right back on. So funny that girls know all the poses. I could not have asked my boys to do anything like that. giggle

The hats have been made sometimes last week.. the scarf already around Christmas.. the yarn is really amazing.. really does not show any pilling or wear.  All items can be purchased over on my ETSY – the hats (brown hat – ecru hat)  are in stock and the scarf takes about 4 days to make. The hats are 100% organic cotton and soft as a feather.

A very useful sleepy kitten

Hello friends… sorry no card today I used all my free time to get this little measuring tape crocheted for my friends birthday parcel. She has a cute little black cat and I thought is reject able measuring tape would be quite useful for her. Well.. as you can tell.. it was my very first time embroidering. Definitely needs lots of improvement hahaha. I had no pattern for “sleeve” or cat the ears took me the longest to get done. I was never happy with the shape – most of them reminded me of bunny ears. this one has to work, I can not get it done better and it is finished now lol.

Needlework

Hello ladies… time for my weekend update on this weeks needle work

First  I want to show my very first owl – finished last night. I thought I would raffle a family of 3 owls (one more with body in green and one with a body in bright blue/teal) next Saturday on Ebay for Brandon. I hope I can get them finished this week. The back side of the owl has the same pattern as the front – they are actually quite large- nice size for babies hands or just to display in the house.
Owl yarn: Patons and Debbie Bliss 100% cotton yarn

Sorry all photos are a bit blurry.. I just quickly took them on the way downstairs this one is already in use for Niklas – made completely out of scrap pieces. the knitting was done quickly but waving all these loose ends in – was really a pain.
100% Debbie Bliss Cotton Yarn – Aran Weight

Stuff in the making – here are some granny flowers – this is going to be a bag for Spring – iam going to line the bag with matching fabric. This project is on hold for now but I have all the numbers of flowers I need.
Yarn: 100% cotton by Sugar n Cream purple, yellow and white

Next is a shawl / Dreieckstuch I started last week Saturday – and iam almost finished with it. Just 2 more rows in the pattern and than I have to do the lace border. I had this yarn sitting for almost 1 yearn – got it on sale, and never had an idea what to make with it until I found a photo of the shawl in the picture below.

The pattern is called “ Trillian” and omg.. it is so easy to knit.. I can actually watch TV while doing it. My yarn is by Lorna's Laces Shepherd Worsted Yarn in color Amish. it is very soft 100% Superwash wool. Like that!
sooo… the girl in the photo below is NOT ME I got it out of the pattern I purchased. The yarn her shawl is made – is very thin.. knitted on only 2 mm needles. I used for mine 11 US sized needles I am going to use 2.5 skeins for the shawl and I will have enough left from the 3 skein to make  matching gloves or a hat. I will see. The set will be gifted for Christmas.

That’s it for today.. I know I promised one of you a tutorial how to make the rose bud I used on my crochet hanger. I have not forgotten. I try to get it all done.
As always with love
Claudia

Pure Luxury

Hei there… I like to post today some of my finished projects I talked about on the weekend. I know my blog is for paper crafters but since I do see my blog also kind of a diary – I hope you do not mind i f I post here and there things made with my second hobby.

Some people think handmade things are fairly inexpensive to get or to make. All of you who work at least 3hours plus on a card and you look at all your supplies stashed on your desk and cupboards know this is not true.

The same it is with good quality yarns.

 

I used to make sweaters and clothes for my boys but now they are so big that it is a big task to just finish one piece and I decided to go with some easy and quick things to make. Now lets talk about the yarns… from bottom to to top you see. Finally everything has been blocked and finished up:
1) red/orange cowl uses 3 skeins of Debbie Bliss Andes yarn – the most beautiful yarn! I loved every minute knitting with this yarn. I am going to keep this scarf for myself because it is so light weight and long enough to pull over my head if it is getting windy. I do usually not wear hats. (Debbie Bliss Andes yarn runs about 14.00 a skein)
2) is a green scarf made from  hand died and hand spun to thin and thick yarn and than I knitted it up – the quality of this yarn is EXCEPTIONAL – I have purchased hand died and hand spun yarns over the past year several times on Etsy but the best quality I found at Fuzzyfibers. I am going to keep this scarf for myself
3) is a super soft Merino yarn with some Cashmere – I knitted it and before I sewed it together I twisted the fabric once – the stich used is also a twist stich. It looks really nice worn and has a great drape. I will give this to my mother.
4) is an other reddish scarf for my mom – she likes green and red it is made from 2 skeins of Madeline Tosh yarn held together and crochet with a large hook to give it a loopy look
5) is made from Debbie Bliss Baby Alpaca yarn – very soft and so airy. It is not going to weigh hair down if draped over the head.

Well and here are some fun little crochet items – I used Debbie Bliss Eco Cotton yarn it. They are already wrapped and on the way to my dear friend Carole.

If I ever make an other coin purse I will line the inside with fabric, to make it look more professional.

See you tomorrow with a paper craft posting
Thanks my dears

an other proud… I MADE that moment :-)

one of my knitted elf hats was purchased by a very talented and sweet lady named Julia Piccone. You should have seen my face when she emailed me this photo the other day through Etsy.
It just does make a big difference if a professional takes photos. WOW.. I love it! Thank you Julia!

I I have some more hats listed on Etsy.
Some of them have earflaps some are without, if you want me to make one for your little one please convo me. The years I used are really special, super soft and all hand died and hand spun, they are all OOAK and can not be reproduced.

Well, iam off to go to a craft show in Novi. Iam looking forward to a great day of meeting some blogging friends. pssst… I have an hair appointment in the morning to get rid of my greys I want to look pretty for you guys… lol

Hats Off, Ladies…

Hello my friends… no card today…
but i had time to take some pictures of the needle work i have finished over the last week during watching TV.

These hats are crochet with 100% cotton yarn. Really fun to make and not that difficult. I have 2 “finished” scarves here, 2 baby coons and 2 more hats… if i would just would like to weave in the threats. I really dislike to do that job on my knitted projects.
Once i m at this point with my work, i just want to move on to the next :-)

 

Luv

Claudi