Pink Stars and Bunnies

Pink Star and her Bunny Love

I love stars, bunnies and the color pink. This baby blanket is for an arabic princess, and since my name in arabic means little star, there was no question on what shape I would make for her baby blanket, with matching colours I made a little bunny to go with it.  

The result is this beautiful crochet 3 colour striped star baby blanket, pattern by Bernat. Hook Nr 3.5mm, Lana Grossa Cool Wool Merino Big Superfein  Colours 601, 605 and 644. The brown colour looks darker on the picture than in reality. It´s also wonderfull wool to work with. You only need to pay good attention to the pattern for the first rows, the rest is always the same, you just need to keep an eye out for the hop overs in between the corners. The Bunny is self made and pattern improvised.

Work in progress

you really only need to pay attention to the pattern untill the first brown row, 

after that it´s pretty easy and the same. 

For a good crochet session, what is more lovely than to have a cup of coffee or like in this case tea. The geisha teamug with strainer was a gift from my little sister. 

Work in progress:

The Bunny -  Arnab ( أرنب )

 "hug me"

starting with a sketch

 her egg shaped head followed, and a little neck

 she got a shirt and a skirt in lovely colours

 Legs were made one by one, 

two ears, and she even got some pretty shoes

arms and sleves for her litlle cute dress

in the end 

two little eyes, 

a nose

a mouth

and with a puff

she was alive

soon to get alot of

love, 

hugs 

and

cuddles

❤❤❤ 

❤❤❤  Big thank you to my mum for helping me with the colour combination ❤❤❤

Cabled Coffee Cup Cozy

After I did my first knitted cable test piece a while back, I did this coffee cozy, but seem to have forgotten to blog it. It´s been in my purse ever since and oftly used, both for hot and cold drinks. It´s an every day reminder that I can knit and cable knitting is much easier than it looks.

Here is a pattern I made up using a knitting needle nr 4 and some merino wool I had in my stash

K = Knit

P = Purl

[RS] = Right Side, the side facing you

[WS] = Wrong Side, the back side of your work

C8R = slip next 4 stiches to cable needle and hold back; K4, then K4 from cable needle

R = Row

Start with casting on 20 stiches

R1: [RS] K4 - P2 - K8 - P2 - K4

R2, 4, 6, 8: [WS] K6 - P8 - K6

R3: [RS] K4 - P2 - K8 - P2 - K4

R5: [RS] K4 - P2 - C8R - P2 - K4

R7: [Rs]  K4 - P2 - K8 - P2 - K4

Repeat row 1-8 untill your piece is about 9 inch long, ending off after Row 1. It´s about 9 times, you have to repeat the Rows 1-8.

Cast of and leave a long tail, use this one to sew the ends together and snug it then on your coffee cup :) 

A really good way to learn and show off your first knitted cables.

Have fun and feel free to use this for your personal use, link me back please if you do one and leave me a comment with a link so I can see your version too :)

Deutsche Übersetzung

R = rechter Maschen

L = linker Maschen

[VS] = Vorderseite

[RS] = Rückseite

Anschlag: 20 Maschen

Der Zopf selbst umfasst stets 8 Maschen, umgeben von jeweils 6 vor und hinter dem Zopf. 

1. Reihe: [VS] 4R - 2L - 8R - 2L - 4R

2., 4., 6., 8., Reihe: [RS] 6R - 8L - 6R

3. Reihe:  [VS] 4R - 2L - 8R - 2L - 4R

5. Reihe:  [VS] 4R - 2L - [4 Maschen auf die Zopfnadel, (hinter die Arbeit legen) 4 Maschen rechts stricken, die Maschen der Hilfsnadel rechts stricken]* 2L - 4R

7. Reihe:  [VS] 4R - 2L - 8R - 2L - 4R

Wiederhol die Reihen 1 - 8, bis der Zopf etwa 23cm lang ist, oder so lang das er um einen Kaffebecher passt. Die letzte Reihe ist eine 1. Reihe, danach kannst Du die Maschen abketten. Lass etwas von dem Faden übrig, weil Du damit das zusammennähen wirst. 

Viel erfolg. Ich habe Merinowolle verwendet und Nadelstärke 4.

Íslensk þýðing

S = Slétt

B = Brugðið

[FH] = Framhlið

[BH] = Bakhlið

C8R = næstu 4 lykkjum eru settar yfir á kaðalprjón, og settar fyrir aftan stykkið, síðan eru næstu 4 lykkjur prjónaðar slétt, að síðustu lykkjurnar 4 sem þú geymdir á kaðlaprjónsprjóninum. 

Kaðallinn er myndaður úr 8 lykkjum með 6 lykkjur fyrir framan og aftan hann.

Byrjið á að fitja upp 20 lykkjur

1. Röð: [FH] 4S - 2B - 8S - 2B - 4S

2., 4., 6., og 8. Röð: [BH]  6S - 8B - 6S

3. Röð: [FH] 4S - 2B - 8S - 2B - 4S

5. Röð: [FH] 4S - 2B - C8R - 2B - 4S

7. Röð: [FH] 4S - 2B - 8S - 2B - 4S

Þessar 8 raðir eru svo endurteknar, og endað á röð 1, þar til stykkið er ca. 23cm eða nógu stórt til að ná utan um brottfaramál. Fella af og skilja eftir langan enda, sem þú saumar svo fyrstu og síðustu umferð saman með.

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Crochet Kitty

I found this pattern for a small kitty on pinterest last night and gave it a try as I was on a small break from my other projects. It's a fast crochet, since you do the body and head in one piece including the ears. Then you just have to make the tail and sew it on.

He reminds me of the icelandic christmas cat (jólakötturinn)

Crochet Ball - Kitty Toy

Loki in the garden playing with his new ball

As he jumped out with the ball in his mouth I thought he would loose it. But no he came back inside with the ball in his mouth and has been playing and cuddling with it ever since.

Ball close up. 

Loki doesn´t let go of his ball.

made the same ball just in pink for Mia, but she wanted me to make it into a small doll instead to cuddle with. So this is another variation of the ball. 

Mia´s Doll-ball close up

It´s very easy to make. You can use any size of crochet hook with matching yarn. Add some stuffing and a small bell inside.

Pattern for Ball:

Rnd. 1: Ch 1, 8 sc in ring (or make a magic circle). Close the ring

Rnd. 2. 2 sc in each st around (Total 16 Stiches)

Rnd. 3: [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] repeat around (Total of 24 sts)

Rnd. 4: [sc in next 2 st, 2 sc in next st] around (Total of 32 sts)

Rnd. 5-10: sc in each st around

Rnd. 11: [sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts] around (Total of 24 sts) - Beginn stuffing!!

Rnd. 12: [sc2tog, sc in next st] around (Total of 16 sts)

Rnd. 13: [sc2tog around] (Total 8 sts)

Sew together

Loki is my sisters prince, he lives in Iceland with her

Mia is my princess, she lives in GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG+´äüppppppppppppppppppppp (she just jumped on my keyboard ;) I guess that is how Germany is written in Cat language ;)