What I have learned myself by constantly exploring and re-doing, what I have found through long searches on the vastness of the internet.
The knee-high socks are knitted on 3 mm double-pointed needles using Alize Forever crochet thread. That was one big mistake: the thread is slippery and the needles keep falling out. I had to unravel and redo so much and pick up so many dropped stitches. It immediately reminded me that in Soviet times there used…
A lacy summer dress, hat and knee-high socks for my dear granddaughter.
I think I made this set with more on-and-off enthusiasm than any real momentum 😄 The hat and booties did eventually get finished, and together they look much more cheerful than I felt while making them. The blue-and-white combination turned out beautifully soft, and the little flowered booties made the whole set instantly sweeter. Made…
The dress is crocheted from Alize Forever crochet yarn (50 g = 300 m) using a 3 mm crochet hook. Naturally the first job was a test swatch, though even with that I unravelled the work several times. I made the bodice first. Once the armhole was the right size, I joined the sleeves into…
Finding all sorts of ideas and exciting tutorials still gets me ridiculously excited. And these butterflies arrived at exactly the right time. I had just been wondering what final little keepsake I could make for my colleagues. My plan had been to make each of them a silk handkerchief with a crocheted lace edge, so…
I learnt how to knit the hedgehog stitch and naturally had to put my new skill to use immediately. What could be simpler than baby booties and a hat 🙂 Booties I cast on 40 stitches. Rows 1 and 2 – knit Row 3 – edge stitch, yarn over, knit 18, yarn over, knit 2,…
I’m writing this down while it is still fresh because I forget things terribly quickly. I really needed this pattern and the instructions were in Russian. I asked a Russian woman to translate them, but she only gasped and said she could not translate such specialised text into Estonian. So I copied bits from the…
I have no idea. I cannot even guess where that name came from. The idea and instructions are from Facebook’s Käsitöö group. I used thick sock yarn and 3 mm needles. The needles should probably have been larger, but I wanted a dense result and I knit quite tightly as well. Row 1: edge stitch,…
For the soles I bought faux leather and used a shop-bought boot insole as the template. First I cut out the soles and sew around the edge with buttonhole stitch. I try to keep the spacing very even, but my eyesight is not brilliant, so… I leave the soft furry side on the inside and…
Summer is almost at the door and I had not made a summer hat for my older granddaughter. So I got started. The size depends on the material and crochet hook, as well as how tightly you crochet. I think I crocheted and unravelled it five times before I got the size right. I used…
