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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...

I love bunnies, such cute and fun animals. That is why I always refer to bunnies when I am talking about my kids. And now good news! Yay for more bunnies! My sister is pregnant and soon we will meet her very own blue bunny. As an auntie I had to make some toys for him. I made a bunny teething ring which   fabric design version is seen all around. I really love the idea, basic but fun! I also made a bunny rattle from Lucia  Lanuka`s pattern which is also very popular. I sent my presents, including  some lovely little man clothes and a blanket I made,  to my sister before he arrives. I dont have photo of all of them but I am thinking and looking for more boys amigurumi toys which I will share later.  I will be making more for him and this time I will give them to him myself (I hope) when I meet him (probably next summer).  That is con of living in another country. You cant catch the news on time. :(  I have my notes and the pattern for the teething ri...

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 have met new friends recently and I invited them to my house so we can get to know about each other more. They have kids same age as Little M so she will have fun time with the kids. I have a tea party tomorrow with that 7 lovely ladies. I hope to post the recipes that I will make for them on my blog after Friday! Who doesn`t love meeting with new friends? :) As it is the first time they will visit my house, I wanted to make it special and decided to give some small handmade gifts for each of them. At the beginning I was planning to make something with crochet. I checked my pinterest , searched for more on other people`s boards and found some new projects to save on my boards. At the end of 2 or 3 hours I saved many projects to do but had no idea about the gifts. :) Sounds familiar with the pinterest? Finally I decided to make pincushions,but after a while changed my idea of making lavender sachets instead. I had a bag of lavender that I had bought a few months ago 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...