So, my dad passed away. 

He told me: 

"Vendulko, no one will escape their fate. Be strong, don't be shallow, go deeper. And don't cry!"

Ok, I will try it.

All important men of my life want to see me strong. So, I will be - for them and for my fairies. I will try to spread the light like I am always trying to. 

He was the musician. He gave me the love and the ear for the music. And it lives in my daughter ♥, I feel it. So, I send you the kisses to the musician heaven, dad. 

Rest in peace. No more unease and no demons. 

Always yours, smiling and loving daughter,

Vendulka

See you next time,
Always your, real spring impatiently expecting, Vendulka :-)

Hi my dears,

how are you in new year? I hope, that very well ! :-)

The new year started already, full of awaiting, resolutions, little fear maybe? But we have to be brave and fight with all what comes, right? :-) So I wish you again, you will be brave and live with the passion in love in your heart to others and to yourselves also ♥

As every January, I opened my diary and I am a little bit nostalgic :-) This year I opened wonderful Happy Planner I get from my beloved friend Katka. Thank you so much!

What an great rubbers!

Speaking about the gifts. My new year started by the second Christmas :-) I get wonderful gifts from my friends Josie and Katka and Sarka. Thank you so so so much ♥ I was so surprised and moved and felt soooo spoiled. You are amazing, giiiiirls ♥ ♥ ♥

I will not be boasting so much, but I have to share with you my happiness, because only knitters or crocheters will understand.

From my Josie from Holland

So many yummies and yaaaarn! ♥ Did you ever tried Holland bisquits? OMG! 

Josie also crochet lovely items, so if you would like to visit her shop, click HERE

My personal heaven - welcome in!

And the next day ... from my dearest Katka

Natural lines :-)

Colorful line :-)

And something for joy from Sarka :-)

Thank you very much, my dear girls again ♥. You made a smile on my face and brought the happiness in my heart! I promise, that I will try to design something beautiful using these treasures. I am grateful for the friends I have. Thanks crocheting I knew so many amazing souls. And I am so thankful for them. This is blessing! 

So with the courage and open heart to the next year, my dears ♥

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Do you like Christmas and Christmas creating? I personally do a lot. But to be honest, always I imagine, how I will have prepared all in time and the house will be clean, the garden was done, and also all my orders and I will be calm and I will share the happiness. I don't know, I still can't do it as my mom in my childhood memories. It is a lot of work in front of me, I guess :-)

But back to creating! This year we have a new wreath :-) Easy and quick and I love it. The yarn has a little sparkle in the sun and it looks gorgeous. The bird I rescued from the last wreath, so little cheating with crocheting :-)

So my dears, I am going back to the orders and to my fairies, who celebrated the beginning of the Advent with some infection. My older fairy had yesterday her first speak with the God. She doesn't believe in God, even I do. I took her with me to the church, but unfortunately, we haven't the luck for the preaching (deputy old priest's speech) and both fairies left the church with the cry. So I let it go... And yesterday evening, she told: "So, God, it is the Christmas time and you let me get ill. So, please, make me feel better at least and fall asleep soon, so I don't feel the pain".  She missed the school's trip to the folk museum with the Christmas tradition. She was sooo much looking forward to being there with her schoolmates. She said: "Mom, and what if it will be the memory for all life?". She was so sad. You know, as a mom, how is that feeling, seeing it. But then she said, there are the worse things in the world. My clever and brave fairy ♥

Oh, little insight into our lives ... and now hurry to work :-) 

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Hi, my dears, 

today, it was the special day. Who is following my Insta, they know, I had to tell it immediately - little bragger :-) I was a spoiled girl, today.

First of all, my KnitCrate came. Tralalala :-). I was super curious like I always am. Title of November KnitCrate is:

★ S O M E T H I N G  C O Z Y ★

And what I found, definitely was cozy. Just take a look at that.

It is Uru.Yarn specially dyed for KnitCrate. The colorway I have is called Amethyst, but they have 3 more different colorways, you could take a look here. That color combo is not common, but it is very interesting.

It is very soft 70% Superwash Merino, 10% Silk, 20% Nylon, Sport Weight. And I get 2 skeins of yarn - 230 g in total. Ooooooh ♥

I couldn't resist to watch it for a while, took a closer look from all different sides and in the different light. I spent almost 10 minutes just looking and touching that yarn, thinking about it and imagining, what I will create with it. 

There are two PATTERNS. Knitting and crochet pattern, so you could decide if you take a hook or needles. I think, that I will use the needles this time. Oh, my hooks will be jealous again. But on the other side, they were on fire last days, so I think, that they will deserve some rest :-)

Knitting pattern by Hannah Thiessen - Patina Scarf  Design 

Crochet pattern by Kayla Rankin - Autumn Breeze Shawl Design

Both are written patterns in standard US terms, available in digital form, friendly to download, read and make :-). And I get also sale coupon 25% Off for my next purchase in Kayla Rankin Ravelry Store. Thank you very much! :-)

My summary:

The November KnitCrate perfectly fits November mood. The colorway of the yarn surprised me, but I like it very much. Speaking about the yarn - that is amazing. Exclusive yarn, the mixture of Superfine Merino and Silk in my hands, my heart is dancing :-) It is quite expensive, so get 230 g of yarn and two patterns for 24.99 USD in total, that is the amazing deal. They have many types of subscription so you could pick your most favorite and with my unique code MAGIC20, you will get 20% Off the first month of your subscription. Still, it sounds great, right? 

Just one look... :-)

I need to say, that if you will subscribe to KnitCrate through my link, I will get some small commission. November KnitCrate is available to the end of the November, so you have still the time to subscribe. I am pretty sure, that they prepare some Black Friday Sale also:-)

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Second thing, what happened me today was the postman knocking on the door. I get the wonderful gift from my nice customer Lenka. I felt so blessed, moved and speechless. It is wonderful. Thank you so much ... ♥ ♥ ♥ She knows, that I love Santoro London - Gorjuss design. The little girl living in my heart loves it ...

Thank you for reading, my dears! As I said, my hooks were on the fire and they will be in next days too. And I love it! I wrote down my November - December list, there are around 30 items on the list. Still, I love it! :-)  Keep in touch, my dears, I am pretty sure that they will be some news also :-)

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Hi my dears, 

how are you? 

I was not even enough to enjoy the beauty of colored autumn and now I feel that the winter is coming. It is in the air. I guess this year, it will be the strong one. Maybe we'll have to dress properly :-)

I used new yarn and the third hat is on my hook :-), I used hook 6mm width. It was smooth wooooork. The pattern will be very soon if you are interested in. 

What is on your hook, my dears? And do you know, that I arrange the facebook group named VendulkaM designs through your hooks and needles ♥ - I know, the longest name ever :-), but I didn't figure any other. Any suggestions? :-) where you could share the pictures of your work came out of my patterns :-)

Here it isssss:

I know, the title picture is in the Autumn mood, but I will change it soon :-)

 I am working on orders, I promised, some gifts and some news. I could reveal, that they will be in Christmas mood :-)  Are you looking for the Christmas? I aaaaaam ♥

I will write soon, I just stopped to say Hi ♥

It was a crazy week. I was complaining, that I have no time for crocheting, well the universe answered me and I broke my leg, maybe to I would have a more time. Soooo I have only one message: the universe is always listening - so be careful of your wishes, my dears :-)

Anyway, I couldn't crochet either much. Maybe next week will be better. I have some orders to do. I only finished the hats for my fairies :-)  Because the Autumn is here.

Two Smurfettes ♥

The pattern is almost finished, yes :-)

Thank you for reading my dears.

Till next tiiiiiime :-)

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Hi my dears,

on Friday we took the girls to the training. They are majorettes, I don't know if I wrote about in the past. The training is really intensively, three times of the week in different days and times of both girls before the competition starts, then it will be a little bit more intensively. So yes - a little bit rush. But it is OK, they love it and it is most important for us :-)

Anyway, my little fairy was invited to the Birthday's party, Yeah! And because the first week of the school and training and work etc. and the absence of the time :-), we wanted to buy the present for her friend on Friday after the training.  But when we left the training hall, suddenly a cloud of steam appeared all around us and our car was broken. Yes. And we had absolutely different thoughts and forget to buy something. We bought little something before, but it was not enough, you know.

And Birthday party was the next day :-) And at the evening I totally forget it. On Saturday, after the lunch - my little fairy said - oh, mommy, I am looking so much for the party! Oh my, I forget it again. So I searched for some crocheted gift, we could give her, unfortunately - nothing finished. And, the Birthday's girl is long hair, beautiful little princess, so we decided to make a nice headband for her. And thanks to the Pinterest - we made it! Tralalalalalala :-) 

Thank you so much, for all creative people! 

And thank you for sharing your talent with the world ♥ 

So a little piece of the felt, plastic headband, glue gun, sewing needle and thread, scissors and some self-adhesive decorative stones. Lucky, we are the creative girls and have some supplies at home + 40 minutes including research and the headband was ready.

I followed this tutorial for the big flower

It was my first one and in hurry. So the next time I will make the stripes a little bit tight.

And this video tutorial for the beautiful felt daisy

I haven't white felt, so I used first I have next to me - the red. Well, why not?

Thank you very very very much for the inspiration again ♥

 I added some decorative stones, as you know - I like it colorful :-)

So, this little story had a nice end. After 40 minutes I made our Birthday's present. And I was really happy with the result. And it was really fun. I think, that it wasn't my first felt headband.

Anyway, our car is still broken. Wish us the luck, please.

P.S.: We are still watching the news about Hurricane Irma in Florida. You are in our thoughts and prayers! Be strong and be safe! ♥

Thank you for reading, my dears.

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Hi my dears,

the holiday is over - the time is flying so so so fast!

How was your holiday, my dears?  Well, from my point of view, the summer was so short. We weren't on the vacation, but we made some small trips and spent the summer together, like a family and it is the most important thing for me ♥

In some of my latest posts, I wrote that we will go with our girls to the Prague. Well, I forget to write a note about it.

First of all, I would like to say thank you for the friendship we have with my friend Katka. As I wrote, we knew each other for 6 years only via the internet, thanks crocheting :-) and this summer we met face to face for the first time, yes! Well, it was so natural, like we knew each other through all our lives, at least for me. And I am so happy, that our girls liked each other too ♥ and they are in touch almost daily via phones, even the distance between them is really huge because Katka and her family live in the US now. 

And now my Praque impression. The Prague is our capital, of our small country in the middle of the Europe - Czech Republic. It is on the other side of the country. The atmosphere is so different there. I forget how huge this city is :-) Here is a short view from Petrin Tower, 260 steps and it is really high. But the view is so beautiful and worth every step.

We were in Prague - I mean in the downtown - only two afternoons, so we saw just a little piece of Prague. So there are just small fragments.






Oh, that picture - it is an ugly wall, not repaired very well as you see. And someone draws there a face. And it looks perfect, what do you think? I had to make a picture of this (well, I was alone before this wall, no people around me :-) )










Thank you for reading, my dears. And write me, what was your holiday :-)
And the next time, I should write about crocheting right? Oooh, yes I will. There is some news on my hook.

Yours,
Vendulka