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Lately I love to crochet totes and bags. So I’ve made these 3:

I found the pattern for free at Pinterest. If you count right and work concentrated it’s a difficult looking but easy project. Probably the perfect one for a beginner to get used to drawn patterns. The material is pretty the same and I used the same hook. Nevertheless all 3 are different in size. Strange but it doesn’t matter here.

Now they just need a sewn ticking (is that the right word for an “inside bag”?).

The one in the middle was a present for my sister Christine. I think she really likes it.

I’m really excited and looking forward to the First yarn and fuzz trade show – “market in a case” at Czilla’s yarn place in Leipzig on the 12th of August 2016, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm.

I will be part of it, trying to get rid of “some” of my stash. But what will I take with me? I can’t stop thinking about anything else than that subject. And every now and then I get really excided if another idea pops up my mind. Should I take EVERYTHING I wanna get rid of? But then we don’t need any other sellers, I could start my own event by myself. hihihi And I shouldn’t forget my car is just a small Citroen C3. hihihi

So … Just a little bit of everything?

This event is a first try, so there aren’t any experiences what will happen, what can you expect etc. So far I think, I should take a little bit of everything. Magazines, knitting and crochet needles and other supplies, supplies for lacemaking and of course all kinds of yarn! I’ve got stuff I would just give away, some to trade or sell … That way I should be prepared best for whatever will happen.

Unfortunately I couldn’t find any old cases to hit the theme “market in a case”. Czilla’s idea was, that we bring our stuff in old bags like on the picture above and just open them and sell. I asked all my colleagues but they couldn’t help me at all. I didn’t wanna spend money on the flewmarket for some. They are hell of expensive … too expensive to use them just once. So … I found old and new baskets and I think, they fit the shabby style of Czillas yarn store perfectly too.

The event goes from 10 am to 8 pm, that’s pretty long for a first time, I think. So … just in case … I’ll bring my recent project with me, so I can spend the time usefull and get some work done. My sister will come with me and bring her bobbin lace supplies and show off how to do it.

This is something I also look forward too: To spend a whole day side by side with my sister, enjoying our hobbies together and take to other people with the same  interests too.

I really love the athmosphere of Czilla’s place: A small but light store in the modern shabby chick. You can spend hours there and you’d still find something to discover. It’s so relaxing there. I love that place!

I also wonder if I’ll meet some people from the knitting szene I haven’t seen in a long time. Would be great!

So … I’m already pretty excided about that event.

There is one thing clear already: It’ll be a great day with lots of fun!

I  finished this blanket some weeks ago and I really, really love it. Today I finally took the time to take pictures.

Since we’ve finished the new room this blanket got a new home. I think it fits perfectly in this room and brings in some colorwork. There was so much yarn leftover (about 40 %) that I crochet the pillow (on the left in the pic). Three more pillows in different sizes are in progress…

This blanket is part of the  magazin “Art of Crochet”: For 120 weeks you buy the crochet magazin (5 €) and get a skein of yarn and the instructions for the weekly patch.

Here is my conclusion about this long term project: It was pure fun! I really miss the feeling of looking forward to the weekl new issue. Every friday, when I went home to Delitzsch I picked it up.  I don’t see the high costs of the project  as a total number. The weekly investition was just about what a pack of cigarettes in Germany costs (or 2 in America). But guess, what will keep me warmer in the long run 🙂

At the beginning I didn’t like the colors much. But now I love every single one and think, they work really good together. Well … I had more than 2 years to get used to them. hihihi.

I can wash this blanket in my mashine and have even put it in the dryer once already. She is really warm and so soft.

To say something else than just “love” … I wished there was a better variety of pattern. How about a blanket where every patch has another pattern? Would be great if there was another project like that, kind of the little sister, a  “light” version: For 120 weeks you buy a skein of yarn and get just the  instruction for a patch and probably some ideas for how to finish, an edging etc. (and not a whole magazine again). I would get it instantly!!!

I would have loved to find more ideas for a possible edging in the magazine. They just did 2 rows of single crochet. That’s it. I don’t think, that’s “moderate” for a big project like that. I did 1 row single treble and 2 rows of a double treble pattern. But then I got impatent, so I finished. .-)

I used the same pattern for the backside of the pillow:

This project got me started to get crazy for crochet blankets. Another one (white with flowers and clover) is already finished crochet-wise. Just needs to be sewn together.

Blanket no. 3 is done by 50 %. It’s in blue – one of my newest favorit colors.

But back to my finished one … I love this blanket so much. On cold days like today  it really keeps me warm.

Earlier this year we thought the two plants wouldn’t live but now they started producing cucumbers like a factory: 🙂

I can’t believe, it has been almost a year since I wrote last time. But it’s true. Just today Walter and I talked about our pretty dahlias in the garden. All of them survived the winter. We are so happy about it.