Fingerless mittens (crochet)

 Hi there! I would like to show you the last pair of fingerless mittens I made for myself. Sometimes it is terribly cold at my office, and my hands got really cold when I am working at the computer. So I took a leftover of yarn (worsted, I think) and crocheted these mittens.

 

 

First I made a chain of 11 stitches. Then, I made 9 hdc (half double crochet) along the chain. I turned and repeated until it was long enough to cover my wirst, so I closed with some dwarf stitches to make a cuff.

Then I started to work in the round, following this chart:

For the thumb, I started in the 5th row. I made 2 front post double crochet stitches in the first and second stitches of the row (so, 34 stitches in total). In the 6th row, I made 2 front post double crochet stitches in the first stitch, then 2 back post double crochet stitches in the following 2 stitches, and again 2 front post double crochet stitches in the next stitch; so, 36 stitches in the row. For the 7th row, I made 2 front post double crochet stitches in the first stitch, then 4 back post double crochet stitches in the following 4 stitches, and again 2 front post double crochet stitches in the next stitch; 38 stitches in the row. And I kept increasing 2 stitches per row up to the 10th row (included). In the 11th row, I made one front post double stitch in the first stitch, skip the increased stitches and follow the pattern, with 32 stitches per row. I ended after the 16th row, but that is up to you!

Happy Halloween!

 Hi there!

This week I have been doing a crocehted witch hat that was my daughter's costume to attend to school. 

I have followed the youtube tutorial "The Whimsical Witch Hat", by Crochet with illJay.

https://youtu.be/l1gKDUKpItI

And I added a cute spider - Webster pattern, by Drops Design 😃

https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=6367&cid=23

 

And here you are, pictures of the witch hat 

 

Bottle carrier

 Hi there! I want to show you this bottle carrier I made crochetting. I used cotton yarn, Drops Paris (color 35, vanilla). I have adapted the pattern of a skull shawl you can find in many webs and in Pinterest (I have already saved it). 

I am quite happy with the result. It is original and fun. I hope you will like it!

Pencilcase

 Hi there! A long time has passed since the last post, more than a year. It was a busy year, believe me, we even move to another country. Thus, it has been difficult to find time to make new things, and to write a post about them.

Anyway, today I just want to show you a little pencil case, made with yarn scraps in crochet. It is very simple, just a kind of bag made on single crochet, sown to a frame, and a pink skull as decoration. The skull was made following the pattern by Crochet Nirvana:

http://crochetnirvana.weebly.com/blog/how-to-crochet-skulls#.Yl2VpyhByMQ 

Here you can see the result, it's so cool!!