Busy busy!

Hi blog friends! It’s been awhile since I posted entry in this blog and commented on other blogs but I have been reading the blogs I am following.

Anyways, last month I went home (to the Philippines) to see my mother and the rest of my family, it was nice to see them again after a year. Although, I was sick when I was there it was okay, because I get to eat my favorite food and fruits, I spent a lot of time with the kids and my mother and chit chat with them all day long!

But before all the adventures and chit chatting with family back home, I did finish all the crochet angry birds and pigs that I was working on couple of months ago. I tried to complete them all but I do not have yarns and I can’t order online too because we are moving to another country….

Speaking of moving! It was exhausting and crazy moving all of our stuff to the states. Well, I did not do all the packing but cleaning, sorting stuff before the movers came, clearing the fridge, gathering all the documents we need, etc. it was not fun at all. I still need to clean this apartment before the end of the month and then move to a hotel and then travel again! Whew! What a month for me.

Okay, enough with story here are some photos I took before I went home.

 Oh my family and I wearing the hats i made! it was fun!


Have a bless day everyone!

Tutorial: napkin box cover

Hi all! I have been working on the pattern for few days now. Wow! Pattern making is not easy and is a serious business LOL! Finally, I think I am done.  I tried to explain it as easy as I can. So, I thought pictures will be best to explain it.

Okay friends, here is my version of granny squares napkin box cover! 

What you need:

4 ply yarn of your choice. mine are dark green, yellow and light yellow.

H 5.00 mm hook

Rectangle napkin box of course.

I started with chain of 4 join to form ring. ch 3, 2DC *ch 2, 3DC repeat * as you can see in the photo below.

Next, as shown in the photos.

 I hope this photos  help and easy to follow.

Thank you for reading. Any question regarding this pattern please just ask and I will respond as quick as I can.

P.S.

You can join your granny the way you want and add flower of your choice on top.

Have a nice day people!

Granny Squares napkin box cover

Hi all! It’s been weeks since I last posted. As you noticed I have change my header and I love it! I have been crocheting a lot but too lazy to take photo or post in here. Anyways, I am so excited because I am going to visit my family in the Philippines this month! It’ll be fun seeing them again :-)

I crocheted this granny square Kleenix box cover last month.  It was made of 8 blocks of granny squares and few rounds of double crochet. I just got the idea when I bought a box of Kleenix. I did not want just a brown box in my table .So, I came up with the idea of crocheting granny squares.I will try to make a tutorial of this cute napkin box cover soon. Now here is may tada! 

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

New addition to hats collection

Have a great day everyone!

late valentines greetings

Yesterday, After a visit to my dentist I decided to walk along the Heidelberg river to downtown. The river was icy so, I decided to take pictures of it. Then i saw this swan and it was moving its feather and shaping heart. So, i thought I'd share. I hope everyone had a great valentines date and received chocolates and flowers. happy valentines day to all and have a good day!

hats

Hello! It’s been awhile since I last posted anything in here. I have been busy but still managed to crochet some hats for my nephews. I crocheted angry bird hats. I followed Teresa’s video tutorial for the eyebrows, eyes, and beaks. I have shown them to my nephews and they’ve loved them.

 My husband said they are different from each other. Next project will be pigs!

Have a nice weekend everybody!

ladybug hair clip

Hi crochet people! I thought this pattern is worth sharing.

Ladybug hair clip using alligator pin. This is a simple and easy gift for a little girl.

To start you need:

White, black and red yarns  (I have used 3 ply yarn)

Hook  E 3.75mm

Tapestry needle

Red felt

Alligator clip/pin

Glue gun and glue of course

Okay let’s begin:

Round # 1  with red ,Slipknot.  Chain 3 then join to form a ring.

Round #2 chain 3 (count as the beginning  TR) Triple crochet into the ring 19X then join to the beginning chain 3. Fasten off. You should have 20 treble crochet .

Round#4. With black. Slipknot and join in any stitch you like. Chain 1 half double crochet in the next stitch. 6 treble crochet on the next stitch, half double crochet to the next stitch, single crochet to the next . fasten off but leave about 1 and half inch for sewing.

For  the last round I added photos because I think it is the best way to explain. It should be like this at the end of the round 4. Don't worry about the whole in the middle the next photo will show you how to cover it.

 I inserted the needle to the middle of 6 treble crochet from round 4. Shown in the photo above.

 Then inserted the needle to the red as shown in the photo. Then pull and tag a little bit.

 For the ladybug spots I inserted the needle and pull 3 times. like doing embroidery. ( do not pull too much)

 Cut the felt and shape it to your ladybug. Then to make the eyes. take the white yarn and do what you did for the spots.

For the last part, glue the alligator pin to the felt and glue the felt to the back of your lady bug. TADA!

I wish I have a model for this. Apology for the grammar. I hope my instruction is clear enough for you. any question about this, just ask me and  I will try to explain as long as I can. have a nice day and I hope this post is worth trying.