Banana Petit Four with....chocolate treat!

Just in time for the new pattern, I finished the fourth Petit Four in Grietje Karwietjes Petit Four Crochet Along....just a lack of time, because it was yummy again: a Banana Chocolate Petit Four with chocolate sprinkles on top. Because I wanted to make all my petit fours from yarn only, I altered the topping (I didn't want to make the same sprinkles as last week...) and added a bit of cream and a little chocolate:

I used to love these little lacy chocolates when I was a little girl and was always hoping that my piece of the cake would have one....

I'm off now...crocheting this weeks petit four!

Hasta luego!

Crocheted sea life

"Can you crochet me some starfish, Mrs. Crochet?" asked my dear friend, Mrs. Felt. "Well, of course I can Mrs. Felt", I replied, "but can you felt me some stones to put them on then?" So I started crocheting starfish....it was so much fun! Then some fish followed, a crab, and some shells. And being a very impatient girl....some crocheted stones too....

So now I'll crochet some more sea creatures to put on the felted stones soon.....to be continued!

Hasta luego!

Spanish style crochet

We have just moved to another location with lots of new possibilities for our work. Apart from renting out a Landrover Defender with roofshelter, we also have a small campsite now. On it is a large caravan (sleeps 4) which I have pimped Spanish style. Of course I wanted to crochet something for it. I came up with a pillow, a tissuebox cover and a clothes hanger. I designed them all myself. 

The dots are very easy to make. All the stiches are double crochets, the dots are 4 double crochets made in one. Like this: yarn over hook, insert into stitch, yarn over hook, pull through stitch, yarn over hook, pull through 2 loops. Repeat until you have 5 loops on your hook (4 double crochets made halfway), yarn over hook and then pull through all 5 loops.

The lovely Spanish Dachshunds, Pablo & Juanita, are made by my dear friend Erica, a.k.a mrs. Felt...

Just to get an impression of the Spanish caravan, this is one of the beds:

Hasta luego!

Baby cuteness

My dear friend Astrid gave birth to a little baby boy and I wanted to make him some cute gifts. So I made him a Dachshund (pattern in Dutch), a washcloth and a tiny basket (both my own design):

I also made a starsgarland (I already gave Astrid a hearts garland in the same colours during her pregnancy). The stars I made from a tutorial by Michelle. The cute felt Dachshund in pink and blue were made by Erica, a.k.a. the wonderful Mrs. Felt from Crochet meets Felt. So I think we can say......the Crochet meets Felt range of baby products is born! More to come, because we're exploding with ideas. That's what creative minds do, don't they, you're working on something and the next idea is already filling your head!

Hasta luego!

Rood Wit Blauw

M'n eerste creatieve uitspattingen van 2011 zijn een feit en ze zijn allemaal rood/wit/blauw!
Het begon met deze vogeltjesslinger:
Een Crochet meets Felt coproductie, de vilten vogeltjes had ik al liggen, die had Erica al op mijn verzoek gemaakt met de bedoeling een kleine slinger te maken (eerder maakte ik al deze kleurige variant die iets langer is).

Zoals zo vaak als ik met een haakproject bezig ben en de kleurtjes katoen liggen samen in een mandje, ontsproot er ook deze keer gelijk een idee voor m'n volgende haaksel, dit speldekussen:

Ik zag 'm voor het eerst op het blog van Marianne en die was zo lief me de link met het patroon te sturen.

Maar de manie was nog niet over.....op een geweldig Engels haakblog zag ik een slinger met hartjes aan de schoorsteenmantel hangen. Ik heb andere hartjes gehaakt, van een tutorial op een geweldig Australisch haakblog....je reist wat af in Blogland!

Dit is mijn hartjesslinger geworden:

Wat zal volgen? Wil ook heel graag weer eens scrappen, maar het is zulk heerlijk weer hier en haken buiten is veel gemakkelijker...

Hasta luego!

Crochet meets Felt

De creativiteit van anderen zien, doet je eigen creativiteit borrelen! Dus toen ik bij Erica deze geweldige aardbeimuis had gekocht (gevuld met rijst, dus onder andere te gebruiken als presse papier) ontstond bij mij meteen het idee voor een bijpassend servettenbakje. En ziehier, een nieuw resultaat van Crochet meets Felt:
En met Erica's vilten vogeltjes heb ik deze gehaakte slinger gemaakt:

Hasta luego!

REDNESDAY - Crochet meets Felt

A very belated REDNESDAY entry....but then again, we still have some 12 minutes of wednesday left her in Spain..... This weeks entry is a co-production with my dear friend Erica. Together we have set up a Facebook fanpage, called Crochet meets Felt. We inspire each other so much, it was the logic thing to do, working together. Erica made the lucky pepper, isn't it adorable? I made these old fashioned potholders from a pattern my mum gave me....must be at least 30 years old! But by using fresh colours they fit perfectly in a red-lovers-kichen.
Are you a Facebookmember? Erica and I would love for you to become a fan of our page! You can use either the link above or the button in the sidebar. Thanks in advance...

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my rednesday entry of last week, sorry I couldn't respond, I hardly had any internet connection when I was over in Holland. Will try to catch up with all of your lovely blogs, promise!

And for all you red lovers: don't forget to check out Sue's blog, she's rednesdays host.

Hasta luego!