Spring freebie crochet pattern!

Hello lovelies! I am so happy to wake up with the sun shining, the birds singing.. Spring is here!

I thought it would be nice to do a freebie! My Flower Rattle usually costs $4.00 to purchase, but for this week, you can download it for free! (link below)

I made this lovely rattle a couple of weeks ago for an Etsy customer:

 

The story is, that she's getting married, and she has a baby flower girl that she also wanted to have a flower. The colours match the bride's bouquet. Isn't that just adorable?

So if you want to make one yourself or one of your , please download it for free this week! Share it with your friends! I'd love to see how yours turns out! Click here for the pattern!

DIY Anthropologie Inspired Summer Clutch {Free Crochet Pattern}

Hi guys,
I just wanted to share this awesome free pattern I found on Tangled Happy. It's a DIY Anthropologie Inspired Summer Clutch {Free Crochet Pattern} !

Just look at it, aren't they gorgeous? I love the neutrals with the splash of colour!

Featured!

Hi guys!

As you know I'm on holiday, at the moment, but I just got an email from homespun magazine australia with  their June issue including my feature!  This is the first day we have internet connection, and I just couldn't resist posting a short message!

Somehow I cannot post pictures on this device, so I posted some pictures on my facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lily-Razz/728366390547637)


I am so honored to be featured! I'm doing a happy dance right now!

I won't be able to come online much for the next couple of weeks, but I'll talk to you when I get back!
Have a great day!

Homespun Magazine Australia!

Hi guys!

I didn't want to say anything yet, but my Fish Candy Crochet Pattern will be featured in next month's issue of Australia's Homespun Magazine! ** excited jumps **

Fish Candy - gratis haakpatroon

Hey hallo! Hier is de Nederlandse versie van mijn Fish Candy haakpatroon! Met dit patroon maak je een visje ter grootte van je hand. Leuk om met kleur te mixen en matchen, als sleutelhanger te gebruiken of om een mobiel mee te maken. Of stop een paperclip door het mondje of staartje, en hengel met een magneetje alle visjes op!

 

 

For the English version of this pattern, please click here!

Fish Candy - Free crochet pattern

Hello there! Today I'm sharing my fish candy pattern with you! It's a fun and easy pattern, and a great stash buster! If you have any questions, please let me know!

 

Voor de Nederlandse versie van dit patroon, klik hier!

Short YoP Update

Hello! This will be a very short update since I don't have too much progress to show.. Of my YoP list items I only worked on Sweet Scarf of Mine.

It's nearly finished and I really like the randomness of the stripes.. I only have to finish the tassels/fringe to it. I already finished on one side, but I think they're too short. So I'll have to redo them. I'm excited that I can almost wear it!

Other than that, I released a pattern this week! It's called Fish Candy, it's  a really simple and easy pattern, but I really loved making/designing something amigurumi-like! I'd love to try to continue making my own patterns..

That's it for this update. Have a lovely week!

WIP Wednesday - Stripes

Hello you. It's time for WIP Wednesday again, and today is all about stripes. Cuz sometimes I just need to get my stripe on.

The Cozy Wrap is coming along nicely, and I love that I decided not to make it in one color. I think it's about 30cm long now, and I have to decide whether I'll make it longer or not..

Free Pattern here

Remember Sweet Scarf of Mine I started last weekend? It was just a few rows long then..

 

This is how it's looking today. It's hard to capture the purple yarn color, but I do like it very, very much..

No yarn cut yet, and still stripey!

Happy WIP Wednesday!

Crochet Christmas Trees, free patterns!

Tell me, which one of these is your favourite?
 

Christmas 'Popsicle' Ornaments by Annemarie

 

 

A trio of Christmas tree cones... by Petals to Picots

Amigurumi Christmas tree  by Lilleliis

 

Grandma Tree Tutorial at the Royal Sisters (picture by Melimelum)

 

Amigurum-tree Ornament by Vickie Howel

 

Crochet Christmas Tree Decoration by Amjaylou 

Christmas Rounds Tree Decorations by Homemade@myplace

Soft Christmas Trees at Craft.net

Hear that? That's my YoP list growing...

I will not add to my list. I will not add to my list I will not.. Okay, I give up.

Maybe it's the cold weather that sparks my enthusiasm to crochet and knit, maybe it's something else but I added ten items to my YoP list! Ten!

It all started with the mits.. Christine from itsaknittingthing made these amazing mits from this iGor Mittens pattern and I just have to make them for fiance! So onto the list they went! But once the ball got rolling I figured, if I'm naughty I might as well be really naughty! ..I really have no idea whether I'm going to be able to complete my list, but let's see what happens!

Not much progress on my WIPs actually, the Bag-Away Blanket is coming along slowly..
 

 

Same for Boxing with Basketweave. I'm into the second skein of yarn, and have decided I'll add a neon edging once the blanket is big enough. It'll either be neon green or neon pink (the pink is a bit off in this picture...)

And the reason why I'm moving along so slowly is because I'm still occupied with the Innocent campaign.. I put all little hats in a big vase because there were too many to store them in boxes, but now, I need to make more because I want to fill up the vase!! Hah! Didn't see that coming!

In the meantime I'm really enjoying this Sunday. It's dark and cold outside, but inside fiance and me have lit candles, Frank Sinatra is singing  in the background, and furry baby Nala is snuggling on my lap while I'm writing this post.. Things could be worse..

Don't forget to check out my give-away!

One charity at a time..

Happy Sunday all! How's life?

I sometimes have a problem of being overambitious... And this week that overambitiousness reared its head... I wanted to craft for three charity foundations all at the same time!

Typhoon Haiyan.
I had this idea and was really excited: selling handmade scarfs to friends and family and donating the profits to a charity foundation for the Philipines!

Knitten.
Knit or crochet a toy and donate them to the animal protection services. They'll sell them and use the profits to save, shelter and protect kittens.

De Goedgemutste Breicampagne.
Info here.

I had to be honest with myself. Although I'd love to, I just can't craft for all charities at once.. I'm already making blankets for the animal shelter, I already donated money to Unicef for the Philipines. So this week I had a blast with my friend making little hats for Innocent. Our work in progress:

 

These little hats are really addictive! We've made many more since then and we'll get together again next Tuesday to make some more hats! It's fun having a partner-in-crime!

 

Do you have a favourite charity?

Of course I also worked on my YoP list! I already posted on WIP Wednesday and an FO Friday so I'll try not to repeat myself and tell you what happened since then. Baby Koizumi and Mommy found their way to their new home! They'll be nestling in with a newborn babyboy who has a owl-themed room! They were received with much joy, tee hee! More on their story here!

I started on the Bowtie Necklace and it's finished! It was an cute small project and I had fun making it! Little Bow Peep :)

I really wanted to cast on a knitting project and since I'm a newknitter, I tend to opt for something small or easy. I started on my Bag-Away Blanket.

And since I had a friend who invited me to her baptism today, I decided to crochet her a cross bookmark.

That's all for today! Updated list can be found here! Have a lovely week!

 

FO Friday!

Bonjour mes amis! I just completed Baby Koizumi and Mommy and I am really excited to share!

 

 

Koizumi means "little spring" in Japanese.

 

 

Baby Koizumi and Mommy like to snuggle inside when the weather is cold. They like sitting on and reading old books. "It will make you wise" Mommy says.

 

 

When I first followed the original pattern (here!) I got the baby-sized owlet which I thought was amazingly cute, but I also wanted a bigger sized owl. So I improvised a bit and voilá! There was mommy! (she's about 20cm high) Have you ever 'supersized' a from pattern?

 

Happy Friday!

WIP Wednesday

Hello you! I have so many WIPs at the moment, I thought I'd write a WIP Wednesday post!

 

Since my last YoP post on Sunday, I've been working on the basketweave stitch - crochet and knit version.. I wanted to learn the basketweave stitch and see the difference between the knit and crochet version.. Crochet works up bigger and quicker than knit, but the crochet.version was also a lot more defined then the knit-version. I´m not sure whether it was the yarn or just my not-so-great knitting skills, but I kept frogging and casting on again! In the end I decided I wasn´t going to do this to myself another time so I´ve decided I´m trying again - at a later time - with bigger needles and thicker yarn. Meanwhile hears a pic of the crochet-version! It´s called ´Boxing with Basketweave´ (which I thought was funny. lol!)

I think I have the hang of it now, and I´ll make this project into a snuggle-blanket and donate it to the animal shelter.
I´ve also started working on Baby Koizumi and Mommy, little amigurumi owlets. So far, I just adore Baby Koizumi, but his mommy is still a WIP. Here´s a picture!

 

And I´ve made progress on my `It´s a Wrap´ infinity scarf. It´s funny how there are no written instructions, but a video on how to make this scarf. Plot twist!

Now for my older WIPS... My Retro Lulu headband is kind of... misplaced? I have one more place to check before I just start on another one. I wanted to make a different color anyway..

My Autumn Everyday Scarf is really calling my name lately.. But I´m also really tempted to frog it completely and use the yarn to make another scarf. I do love the color combination, but I don´t love that I didn´t use a pattern. Dilemma, dilemma..

As for my Tinkerbunny and my Funky Fingerless Mits, I don´t think they´ll be getting much attention this week. Maybe next week! Untill soon!

Projects Galore

This week has been crazy busy. Next to wedding-planning with fiance, I had tons of 'dates' with friends to catch up because we didn't see eachother for a long time, and one dinner with my niece who I hadn't seen for 6years! We both already felt bad for not seeing eachother for so long, but to make matters worse she'd moved to Amsterdam 2years ago and we're living about 6blocks from eachother! Luckily we both made it to dinner this week and we had a great time, like we'd never been apart for so long! And we've already made plans for our next get-together, so no more 6year-break!

Now, on to YoP 'cause I've been busy crafting too! There's been an abundance of projects! First off, I finally finished my Christmas Present Beanies for my nephews and nieces! Yay!

And I finished the final Christmas Present to send to Canada > these hotpads for my Aunt. And off to the postoffice it went! (the box with presents, that is)

 

 

Most exciting (for me at least) was that a friend had asked me to make something she could gift! She doesn't crochet or knit but she'd seen some stuff I made and wants to pay me for 'my services'! Isn't that a kick? And I'm lucky that I found a pattern that says: 'you're welcome to sell from my pattern'

 

Then I decided to make a little something for me, and I made these easy boot cuffs and put the pattern - if that's what you can call it - on ravelry! Here´s a little pic!

 

 

And, since I decided last week that I wanted to learn more different stitches, I've begun on the bastketweave stitch. There's a crochet version and a knit version and I'm doing both at the same time, with a 4mm crochet hook and 4mm knitting needles so I can see the differences between both! Needless to say the crochet version works up much more quickly. 

 

My last WIP started this week is an crochet infinity scarf (no pictures yet). I feel like I´ve gone a bit overboard in my enthusiasm.. I hope I´ll be working away some of my WIPs next week, instead of starting more projects and adding to my WIPs! Happy week everyone!

 

 

My updated YoP list here!

 

Ps! I've just uploaded a movie of my kitten Nala in her crocheted catnest! It's here!