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ü   2.5mm crochet hook ü   %100 cotton double knitting yarn ü   Teething ring ·             Sc : single stitch ·             dec : decrease – crochet two stitches together      inc : increase – make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch    1. Start with a magic ring. Make 6sc in the ring. 2. Sc2 in each stitch (12sc) 3. (Sc3, inc )* Repeat * 3 times. (15 sc) 4. (sc4, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (18 sc) 5. (sc5, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (21 sc) 6. (sc6, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (24 sc) 7. (sc7, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (27 sc) 8. (sc8, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (30 sc) 9. (sc9, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (33 sc) 10. (sc10, inc)* Repeat * 3 times. (36 sc) 11. - 14. Sc1 in each st. (36sc) 12. (sc10, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (33 sc) 13. Sc1 in each st. (33 sc) 15. (sc9, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (30 sc) 16. Sc1 in each st. (30 sc) 17. (sc8, dec)* Repeat * 3 times. (27...

There are so many things in my mind about  my etsy shop , business, how to do promotion, products I need to make and so on.. I was drown with the ideas and my long long to do lists. By chance I found out  "rich mum business"  web site by Ranae and after watching her webinars, youtube videos I realized the mistakes I am making over and over.. This time I am getting serious about the business and moving on,  one bite at a time  :) I still have loads of things to do and sometimes 24 hours is not enough for me, especially with two kids :)  I decided to use instagram more active as a promotion for my shop and my products. I started posting more often and got new followers. I also found out a new company called  Three Bears Yarn , they were looking for crochet testers to test the patterns. Yay! I contacted them by email. I tested a blanket pattern made by  Denise Potter . I really liked the cotton yarn they sent me. They are soft and easy to croche...

I am making some small gifts for my etsy shop and started with making keychains. I wanted to make kokeshi doll but I dont like sewing the small pieces in amigurumi. So I made my own pattern with less sewing parts :)   The gauge is not important with the pattern, depending on your yarn-hook choice the size of kokeshi doll will change.  I used 2.00mm crochet hook and fingering weight yarn and she is 12cm long. The pattern is made in a continuous spiral, without joining rounds or turning. Use a stitch marker or a piece of yarn to mark the beginning of a round. Move the marker up when you complete the round. St : stitch Sc : single crochet Dc: double crochet dec : decrease – crochet two stitches together inc : increase – make two single crochet stitches in the same stitch.         Main part (Body and Head) Round 1 :  Using pink yarn, start with magic loop, make 6 sc into it. [6st] Round 2 :  Make two stitches into each sti...

When girls sleep in the evening, in peace and quiet I have my yarn and crochet or knitting needles. I don`t have only one project at a time, there is a basket on my table full of projects waiting their turn to be finished. Also, some other is in my head jumping up and down singing "knit me too, knit me too". :) Sometimes I fall asleep right after the girls without no craft time. Nowadays I am addicted to amigurumi. I am making dolls, rattles, softies as a gift for friends. I get inspired for new pattern ideas while making them, I have my notes but need time to try and write the instructions. They need to wait for a while until I finish some of my projects. :) Here is some I have made. ~ I love, love this doll.  It is an easy one that you don`t need to sew legs, you join them :) Sewing is my weak point with amigurumi, I hurt my fingers.  I have made a few differences from the pattern. I made proper hand part larger than arm. I didn`t make a proper dress, I made the a...

I bought some crayons for Little M when she was 14 or 15 months old. I waited a few days before I gave to her thinking about some potential dangers like chewing the crayons or drawing on the wall. Then I gave up thinking and decided to let her play with them.  She really enjoyed and still enjoys drawing. I also bought her some coloring books, but instead of coloring the images she prefers drawing her own picture on white areas. She can draw a head with eyes mouth and sometimes big ears calling them grandma or grandpa.  Last week, when she was drawing next to me, telling me about her picture(!),  an idea came to my mind: I should make some animal pencil toppers for her. I ran to my leftover yarn box and found the colors I wanted, then started to make a bear. I tried a few times to get the exact size, head of bear wasn`t big enough but Little M still liked it and played with the head till I finished the frog. Then I made a bunny. Little M was watching me and ju...