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this is a name of the February KnitCrate
I really love that wonderful button. So romantic.
Look what a wonderful yarn you will find in this KnitCrate.
As always, you will find amazing crochet and knitting patterns in this KnitCrate.
The Knitting pattern: the Sand Dunes Hat & Handwarmers by Pipa Yarns & Knits.
The crochet pattern: the Nora Toque & Fingerless Gloves by Carolyn Carleton.
On the picture below shown below, you see wonderful crocheted Cloudchaser socks by Vanessa Ewing.
Buy your KnitCrate here now, the February kit is available to the end of February. They have many types of subscription, e.g., by the month (a one-time purchase), 3-months, or even a full year, etc. and if you use this code: MAGIC20, you will get 20% Off the first month of your subscription. It sounds great, right? I need to say that if you subscribe to KnitCrate through my link, I will get some small commission.
Hi, my dears, in a new year!
Yes, the new year already started and I am really full of question, what this one will be? I wish you, your 2020 will be extraordinary, unique, and successful. The year, you will close by good feelings about yourself.
Yes, the new year already started and I am really full of question, what this one will be? I wish you, your 2020 will be extraordinary, unique, and successful. The year, you will close by good feelings about yourself.
I personally choose the word - hope. Because I really hope that this one will be better. I am still not over of passing away of my honey princess, feeling still so sad inside. Even I know that it is a life circle and understand to all "reasonable" sentences. My heart doesn't hear it. I really would wish my life will calm, and faith will be returned. I lost it somewhere, and my soul really needs it back.
Anyway, there is also one interesting thing. Do you remember my Instagram TOP 9, I shared with you on my social some days ago?
You commented it a lot - thank you for your love again ♥. There was one comment that made me think about it. And it was: "Where did you get your rainbow yarn?". Thank you for your question! And I realized that my rainbow colors disappeared somewhere when I take a closer look at the picture after that. And I thought about why it happened? Maybe it was because I was thinking about my new creations more than before, not listening to my heart, but the brain more. It was essential for me, to my patterns will be comfortable for others, more like otherwise taste, with less demand of colors and additional embellishment. And maybe it caused that I have lost somewhere. I thought about new creations so much, and the result was that I didn't finish either creation and pattern, also - the vicious circle.
I still love my rainbow world, and I have to learn to find the lightness of my creation without thinking about it so much. I need to find freedom in my crocheting again. So this one is one of my wishes for this year.
So my dears, thank you for reading, for all your love and support in last year. Let's go to 2020 together with a hook or needles in your hands and also in mine.♥
Hi, my dears,
so with the last days of the end of this year, the recent KnitCrate review of this year comes. The yarn came perfectly on time before the Christmas holiday, but you know - no time for writing reviews.
Anyway, what is hidden in December's KnitCrate?
Vidalana yarn exclusively made for KnitCrate.
It is a mixture of 48% Merino Wool, 20% Alpaca, 32% Organic Cotton
200 g of the yarn in total. The color is an unusual but cool and perfect for wintertime, white & green shade named Mistletoe.
There are beautiful patterns included in the membership crate. You can knit "Keep me Cozy Legwarmers" designed by Ashleigh Robidas or crochet Wildberry Scarf by Hollie Gesaman and practice a puff stitch. The patters are also ready to download.
My summary:
This KnitCrate perfectly closes my year with KnitCrate. Every month I am looking forward to the little treasury I get in my mail. You will never know what type of yarn or color you will get, and this makes this subscription so fun, expect of exclusive yarn, of course :-). The price is so great and they have never disappointed me.
So if you like this yarn, subscribe to KnitCrate until the end of December. You can also choose from different types of subscriptions: by the month (a one-time purchase), 3-months, or even a full year, Malabrigo yarn subscription, etc. If you use this code: MAGIC20, you will get 20% Off the first month of your subscription. It sounds great, right? I need to say that if you subscribe to KnitCrate through my link, I will get some small commission.
So if you like this yarn, subscribe to KnitCrate until the end of December. You can also choose from different types of subscriptions: by the month (a one-time purchase), 3-months, or even a full year, Malabrigo yarn subscription, etc. If you use this code: MAGIC20, you will get 20% Off the first month of your subscription. It sounds great, right? I need to say that if you subscribe to KnitCrate through my link, I will get some small commission.
Thank you very much, you opened every KnitCrate each month with me. And I would like to also say: "Thank you very much, KnitCrate, for your boxes full of happiness, which only the crocheters or knitters understand." ♥
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Hi, my dears,
let's crochet with me these easy cool placemats.
This pattern is beginners friendly, your kitchen table will love it! And you too :-). As a unique embellishment, you can add a holly flower applique as same as I, which can be pinned to your placemats, making them look more solemnly. Remove the holly flower easily after Christmas and get the casual design for your kitchen table.
What material would you need?
Placemat
I used a mixture of cotton and polyester yarn. It is not too hard to crochet with it, and the portion of the cotton yarn is high, so it wicks moisture away very well and keeps its shape thanks to the polyester.
Yarn details: a mixture of 85% cotton, 25% Polyester. Yarn weight: Worsted/Aran, Yarn yardage: 225 m/ 246 yds, Unit weight: 250 g.
I used this shade: 756 - light gray
Size of the hook: 5 mm (I used a hook size 4,5 mm)
I used 122 g (almost half of the ball) of the yarn for one placemat.
You can buy the yarn HERE or use your favorite thread of the same weight. There are many cool shades in the shop :-).
Holly flower brooch
I used my favorite 100% mercerized cotton Catania Solids by Schachenmayr.
Yarn details: weight: Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi), Yardage: 136 yards (124 meters), Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces). You can buy the yarn HERE.
I used these colors: 205 apple green, 412 moss green, 115 red
Size of the hook: 3 mm
Other tools: scissors, tapestry needle
The dimension of the finished placemat is 31 cm on average. Please remember that the size of the completed project depends on the used material and your own style of crocheting.
Level of the pattern: Beginner
Abbreviations used – US terminology:
Chain (CH)
Slip stitch (SlSt)
Single crochet (SC)
Double crochet (DC)
Treble crochet (TR)
Increasing (inc): crochet 2 stitches in one stitch
[ ] ...x times = repeat instructions in in brackets ... times
( ) = the number of the stitches at the end of the row/round
If you will need assistance, feels free and write to me at vendula.maderska@gmail.com.
Yarn details: weight: Sport / 5 ply (12 wpi), Yardage: 136 yards (124 meters), Unit weight: 50 grams (1.76 ounces). You can buy the yarn HERE.
I used these colors: 205 apple green, 412 moss green, 115 red
Size of the hook: 3 mm
Other tools: scissors, tapestry needle
The dimension of the finished placemat is 31 cm on average. Please remember that the size of the completed project depends on the used material and your own style of crocheting.
Level of the pattern: Beginner
Abbreviations used – US terminology:
Chain (CH)
Slip stitch (SlSt)
Single crochet (SC)
Double crochet (DC)
Treble crochet (TR)
Increasing (inc): crochet 2 stitches in one stitch
[ ] ...x times = repeat instructions in in brackets ... times
( ) = the number of the stitches at the end of the row/round
If you will need assistance, feels free and write to me at vendula.maderska@gmail.com.
Are you ready? So, let's crochet with me :-)
Placemats instruction
Use macrame cotton yarn and crochet in the circle rounds, don't turn the work at the end of the round.
Round 1: CH 4 (first CH 3 will be counted as a 1st DC), 8 DC in the last stitch of the hook (9 DC in total).
Round 2: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first stitch, inc of DC in each stitch around, join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 18 DC in total).
Round 3: CH 3 (count as first DC), [CH 1, 1 DC in next stitch] repeat the group in brackets to the end of the round. Join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 18 DC and 18 CH-spaces in total).
Round 4: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first CH-space from the previous round. [2 DC in every CH-space from the previous round] - repeat to the end of the round. Join first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 36 DC in total).
Round 4: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first CH-space from the previous round. [2 DC in every CH-space from the previous round] - repeat to the end of the round. Join first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 36 DC in total).
Round 5: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first stitch, [1 DC in next stitch, 2 DC in next stitch] - repeat the group in the brackets to the end of the round. Join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 54 DC in total).
Round 6: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first stitch, [1 DC in next 2 stitches, 2 DC in next stitch] - repeat the group in the brackets to the end of the round. Join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 72 DC in total).
Round 7: CH 3 (count as first DC), [CH 1, skip one stitch, 1 DC in next stitch] - repeat the group in the brackets to the end of the round. Join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 36 DC + 36 CH-spaces in total).
Round 8: CH 3 (count as first DC), 2 DC in very first CH-space from the previous round, [2 DC in next CH-space, 3 DC in next CH-space] - repeat to the penultimate CH-space of the round, 2DC in last CH-space of the round. Join first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 90 DC in total).
Round 9: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first stitch, 1 DC in every stitch from the previous round. Join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 90 in total).
Round 10: CH 3 (count as first DC), 1 DC in very first stitch, 1 DC in next 2 stitches, [2 DC in next stitch, 1 DC in next 2 stitches] - repeat the group in the brackets 28 times, 2 DC in next stitch, 1 DC in next stitch. Join the first DC with 1 SlSt (you will have 119 DC in total).
Round 11: CH 2 (count as first HDC), [CH 1, skip one stitch, 1 HDC in next stitch] - repeat the group in the brackets to the end of the round. Join the first HDC with 1 SlSt (you will have 60 HDC + 60 CH-spaces in total).
Round 12: CH 1, [2 SC in first CH-space, 3 SC in next CH space] - repeat to the end of the round. Join the first SC with 1 SlSt (you will have 150 SC in total).
Round 12: CH 1, [2 SC in first CH-space, 3 SC in next CH space] - repeat to the end of the round. Join the first SC with 1 SlSt (you will have 150 SC in total).
Round 13: CH 1, 1 SlSt in back loops only in each stitch around. End the work.
Your placemat is finished. If you wish, you can continue with the holly flower embellishment.
Holly flower applique instruction
Beginning: Use Catania yarn - apple green color and hook 3 mm and crochet CH 11
Round 1: 1 SC in the second stitch from the hook, 1 HDC in next stitch, 1 DC in next stitch, 1 TR in next 3 stitches, 2 TR in next stitch, 1 TR in next stitch, 1 DC in next stitch, 1 HDC in next stitch, CH 1 on the side. Don't turn the work and continue in circle direction. You will crochet in chains from the beginning, but you will crochet in the opposite side of the stitches 1 HDC in very first stitch, 1 DC in next stitch, 1 TR in next stitch, 2 TR in next stitch, 1 TR in next 2 stitches, 1 DC in next stitch, 1 HDC in next stitch, 1 SC in next 2 stitches. Don't turn the work and continue in the circle direction.
Round 2: [CH 3, 1 SlSt in second CH from the hook, 1 HDC in next stitch, 1 SlSt in next stitch of round 1, 1 SlSt in next 2 stitches] - repeat 3 times in total, CH 3, 1 SlSt in second CH from the hook, 1 HDC in next stitch, 1 SlSt in next stitch of round 1, 1 SlSt in next stitch, continue CH 7, 1 SlSt in each CH from the second stitch of the hook, 1 SlSt in next 2 stitches of round 1 again, [CH 3, 1 SlSt in second CH from the hook, 1 HDC in next stitch, 1 SlSt in next 2 stitches] - repeat 3 times in total, end the work.
Bobbles:
Use Catania yarn - red color, hook 3 mm and crochet CH 4
Row 1: insert a hook in 4th stitch from the hook and crochet 5 DC – BUT, don’t finish them, you will have 6 stitches on your hook (see the pictures below, please), then yarn over and pull the loop through all stitches on the hook all at once, make CH 1 and end the work.
Make 3 same bobbles. Let a piece of yarn for tie up the bobbles. Tie or sew the bobbles on the leaf and neaten free threads nicely on the wrong side. Then use moss green yarn and tapestry needle and embellish the leaf following your imagination. Neaten loose threads nicely.
Sew or pin the applique on the placemat, and your work is finished.
Congratulation :-)
I wish you a Merry Christmas. ♥
