And the winner is...

Hello lovelies!

It's time to announce the winner of the giveaway! But first a little update haha.

All is well here and everybody is enjoying a deserved holiday. Both Puck and Mr. L. love the stripy blanket that never got finished. It still needs some extra inches but when I want to continue working on it both hubby and dog snuggle under it and make it impossible. Who can blame them right?

I made some heartfelted rings by Tiny Owl Knits! It's a free pattern with a video tutorial to go with it. It was a knit a long and it was so fun to get all the supplies not knowing what the project would be. They are very easy to make and wear, this is how mine turned out: 

The picture was taken in the little sun we got here in Rotterdam. I look very tanned, I can assure you, this is an illusion ;-). You can see both the ring and my "tan" up close in the next picture:

Ok I won't tease you any longer, time to announce the winner! I enjoyed reading all of you comments about the small things you enjoyed. I drew a random number and that number represents a comment. I still don't know how to get this random number thingy on my blog so I made a printscreen:

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And that is........The Craft Giraffe! Congratulations! So get a cup of tea and some needles cause you won yourself the woodland hoodlet pattern! 

I wish you and your families all a very merry Christmas and I'll see you all soon. 

Writer's block

A writer's block, that’s what they call it. 

I’ve been suffering from it lately and I’m fed up with it. I haven’t blogged for almost two weeks! Normally ideas for crochet projects pop into my head all the time, with no time to finish them all. Normally I have to fight my enthusiasm for all the things I want to craft, but right now I’m only fighting my laundry and dishes haha.

It might be due to the fact that all is grey and rainy here in Rotterdam:

I need some sunshine and warmth. Someone buy me a tropical island please! I look like an Eskimo when I walk the dog fighting harsh cold wind and even hail. It does give me an excuse to make some more knitted softness though,…..

….

Nope, even that doesn’t inspire me enough, *sigh*. But, there is one thing that offers some light to the end of this tunnel:

Hexipuff mania!

They are my salvation. No thinking how and what, just puffing away. Each one a small little project with its own colors, squishiness and flaws (look at the huge pink one, it needs to go on a diet haha). They are all unique and I love them. I take them with me all the time. I still have to make the perfect hexipuff bag, for now they are in a little felted pouch that I made.

I wanted to do dome felting after I saw this post on the Crochet with Raymond blog. I will defenitely make another felted bag for my needles! This one isn't perfect but it’s nice and soft, it's like the puffs are sitting in a cloud. 

When you are working on you puff you can turn the hem and the bag will turn in to a basket! 

I even took my hexi-kit with me to dinner with my little brother, eating my favorite dish: sushi! You should have seen the faces of the people sitting next to our table: “why is she making a picture of a little wooly…thingy?” Hilarious!

I have 14 hexipuffs right now, and they just continue growing in numbers. I wanted to make a pillow with them, but now I really want to make a quilt. I really keep it up it will be a reall big ol’quilt by the end of 2012. I’ll keep you posted on the hexi-mania.

Speaking of which, tune in again for my next post. My blog has 50 (!!) followers, my oh my, and that needs some celebration. I'll be organizing a giveaway and the price will be very special and it has something to do with the kindness of Miss Tiny Owl Knits.

See you soon and let’s hope this writer's block will disappear as well as the rain.  

Wonderful day

I had a wonderful day! I'm totally in the autumn mood. I made a little trip with my parents, brother and some other family in to the woods and I had so much fun! I made some pictures and I hope to find some time to share them with you. Although this trip got me totally revived, this wasn't the thing that made my day. I checked my mail and got out the usual leaflets, bills and other daily mail, until my hand touched a very big envelope. I knew what it was right away! My price I won on the wonderful blog from Hazel, Hazel's Crochet. You should check it out, she also participates in the One a day group with a rainbow blanket! She also added a cute little note and a crochet heart! She is such a sweet person. 

She organized a giveaway and I won this book. It is very big and there are sooo many wonderful patterns. I cannot buy this book in the Netherlands so I am so happy I was lucky to win it. Look at some of the patterns:

Some cute penguins...

Some cute softies, look at the gingerbread man! I am totally going to make him.

But there are also pattern of clothing and blankets like this one...

Or this one! 

Time to make a list of Christmas projects that I want to make and I should get started soon. Time flies. 

Thank you Hazel, for your lovely gift :-). 

My first giveaway!

20 Followers! My oh my, when did that happen? I started this blog like many other bloggers, to keep track of all my creative outbursts, important moments and memories in my life and to get in touch with all the other beautiful creative minds in this world. And now there are people that stop by once in awhile to say hello, it warms my heart a little to be honest. So many kind and wonderful people from all corners of the earth. That needs to be celebrated, so I decided to do a giveaway! Wooohooo, I always wanted to do so and now is the perfect time.

I made a little something for this giveaway. At first I just wanted to crochet something simple, but when I got to it another idea popped into my head. Why not add something non-crochet to pimp it up? Most of you know how to crochet already and as a gift it would be nice to get something different. I knew just the thing for it, a little while ago I made some polymar clay charms.

I made ice cream cones, lolly pops and little cupcakes. And this is how they ended up:

Look at all the colors and shapes, looks yammie right? Adding one of these to some crochet sweetness and some ribbon....and......tadaaaaaaa:

Do you like it? I went crazy from bending all the rings in between the different parts. All the rings are bended separately by hand to form little chains. I cut some ribbon and put them in this clip to hold hem. I made the cone shine with some varnish and of course made something crochet. A cupcake, I just love cupcakes! You can use it as a key chain or as a charm for your bag.

Well, if you like it and you want it, this is how you can get it *with pain in my heart, cause I sort of have bad wanties for it myself*:

Post a comment in which you state that you want to participate (make sure you are a follower, if not join the club!). It's that simple. I will be picking a winner on Friday 23rd September, so make sure you enter before. 

Lots of love, Suzanne

PS: for more pictures of the key chain check here on my Ravelry page.

PPS: Everybody can join! No matter how far away you live, as long as you have an address ;-).