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Summer top with ‘African flowers’

30/04/2019 by Charlotte
These squares crocheted in the African flower pattern

It has been a while since I have been crocheting. The other day, however, I decided to crochet a summer top made out of round granny squares. While I was looking for inspiration to the round granny squares I found the african flowers on garngrammatik.dk. Although the african flowers are not round I decided to … [Read more…]

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Easter eggs out of upcycled plastic

20/04/2019 by Charlotte
Crocheted Easter eggs made out of upcycled plastic and wool

It has been a bit quiet on the blog the last couple of weeks while we have enjoyed a great vacation. Now Easter is here and I have made a couple of easter eggs out of upcycled plastic and some leftover wool. The idea for the eggs came when we bought some new mixing bowls. … [Read more…]

Posted in: crochet, Easter Tagged: upcycled plastic

Crocheting on carpet underlay

12/02/2019 by Charlotte
woolen cushion made by crocheting on fabric with wool

For a while we have been missing a sofa cushion for the cozy time in front of the TV. Such a lack is an invitation to creativity and the gap has now been closed with this tambour embroidered cushion. This is my first attempt with tambour embroidery, a method which at a first glance does … [Read more…]

Posted in: crochet Tagged: sofa cushion

Crocheted dishcloths

02/02/2019 by Charlotte
Dish cloth crocheted in grey

You can never get too many crocheted dishcloths – they have a tendency to simply disappear. At the same time the dishcloths are a great way to get new crochet methods tested – when you like me are new to the art of crochet. And don’t forget that the crocheted dishcloths are a great way … [Read more…]

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Crocheted telephone cover – DIY

17/01/2019 by Charlotte
Crochet phone cover with bubble pattern

I have lost my old crocheted telephone cover. Of cause loosing it is not great, however, it is a good opportunity to make a new. For a while I have been wanting to crochet with bubble stitches and therefore the new cover is made with bubbles. DIY – Crocheted telephone cover The cover is crocheted … [Read more…]

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The first Christmas post of the year – crocheted Christmas stars

05/11/2018 by Charlotte
julestjerner hæklet i koksgrå og rød bomuldsgarn

Now I can’t wait any longer, I simply have to write the first Christmas post of the year. I have for a while had some very thin cotton yarn in my yarn basket and the colours are perfect for Christmas decorations. A couple of weeks ago I started experimenting with crocheting these stars with the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative Christmas, crochet Tagged: Christmas stars, crocheted stars

Crochet ghosts made out of leftover yarn – DIY

16/10/2017 by Charlotte

I have made a couple of crochet ghosts for the upcoming Halloween. Our boys don’t have half-term until next week so we have not started Halloween yet, however, it will come soon. I was in Denmark last week and got a lot of cotton yarn leftovers from my mum. The leftover yarn had a lot … [Read more…]

Posted in: crochet, Halloween Tagged: Crochet ghosts
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