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Adventures in Brioche – A New Project Series

Posted on November 10, 2015 | 12 comments

A few months ago I visited a yarn store in Amsterdam, and while I was there I discovered the knitted brioche stitch and fell head over heels! But because I’m not a knitter I knew it would be beyond me, so set about coming up with a crochet version.

I spent some time experimenting and I managed to come up with a stitch that I like. I decided for the initial project I would make a hat for my daughter and I knew which yarn would be perfect.

A couple of months ago, Scheepjes released a brand new “squeak-free” acrylic yarn called Colour Crafter. There are an amazing 63, that’s right – sixty three – colours, all named for cities in the Netherlands.

To make my daughter’s hat, I’m using colours from two cool cities – Breda (orange) and Apeldoorn (hot pink). I also have two more colours, to make a more wintry manly version for my husband; Emmen (green) and Kampen (brown).

I just love the labels too, but I’m a total sucker for anything rainbow.

I was busy trying to take pics of these yarn to share with you, but I kept being interrupted by my fluffy little picture pooper!

So because I was laughing so hard I only managed to take a couple of pics (that weren’t blurry) before I got started. Here’s where I’m at: Aren’t Apeldoorn and Breda great together? Seriously bright!

ETA: you can find the pattern for this project HERE.

You can pick up the yarn at Scheepjes retailers all over the Benelux, or internationally from Deramores, Wool Warehouse, and very soon (if not already) at Paradise Fibers in North America!

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Come Say Hi at Brei en Haakdag!

Posted on October 20, 2015 | 4 comments

At the weekend I am going to have the enormous pleasure of joining Scheepjes and half of my Blogger Tribe at Brei en Haakdag in Zwolle!

This time round Scheepjes will be hosting a Bloggerplein (Blogger Square) where myself, Annelies, Atty, Carmen, Jellina and Kirsten will be hanging out chatting with visitors and showing off some of our favourite projects.

We’ll all be there on both days, so you can come along and say hi. Please come say hi – this event is terrifying!

Here are some of the projects that I’ll be taking with me:

The Egyptian Star Flower Stool

The Peek-a-Boo Button Wrap

The Rainbow Hearts Tutu

I can’t wait to go, I hope I’ll see you there. It’s not too late to get tickets, grab them here: Breidag Tix

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Egyptian Star Flower Stool – Free Pattern

Posted on October 8, 2015 | 12 comments

I’ve had the patterns for this ready for a week now, but I haven’t shared it because I still couldn’t decide on a name! I made the mistake of asking for recommendations on Facebook, and I think honestly there were around 200 different suggestions! They were all amazing, and it was wonderful what different people could see when they look at the stool. Some saw Aztecs, others carnival, the circus, Arabian style, Moroccan even. I loved all the suggestions!

There were a couple that really stood out – Star Flower, Moroccan Candy, and the Circle of Life. The Moroccan Candy was probably my favourite, but then it doesn’t really give room to use other colours. And I had the inspiration from Lucky the Camel on Holidays in Egypt earlier this year, and I can’t decide if the top of the stool is a star or a flower, so star flower it is! So I’m enormously excited to bring you the pattern for the Egyptian Star Flower Stool!

En dames, voor jullie heb ik het ook in het Nederlands vertaald, met dank aan mijn vriendin Kirsten van Haak Maar Raak! Do be kind, it is the first time I’ve written a design in Dutch.

You’ll need 5 ball of Scheepjes Catona Denim, which you can pick up from Wool Warehouse* or Caro’s Atelier in the Benelux and Germany.

You can find the patterns below/beneden vindt jij het patroon.

Click here for English

Klik hier voor Nederlands

Enjoy, do let me know if you have any questions or issues, and please don’t forget to add this to your Ravelry favourites so more people can find it!

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Ta-Da! It’s the Still Nameless Tapestry Stool!

Posted on September 30, 2015 | 23 comments

I cannot tell you how excited I am about this one!

I just wish I had a name for it? Can you help?

I bought this little stool at Action a few weeks ago with the sole purpose of crocheting a cover for it. Here’s what it looked like before:

Not to my taste at all. I love the look of the legs, but the brown faux-leather, not so much.

I ordered the Catona Denim yarn from Scheepjes as it was a yarn that I hadn’t used before, but I love the colour selection and so had been waiting for an excuse to try it out.

I really enjoyed the challenge of working on a tapestry crochet project, and I think this one worked out beautifully. My daughter also loves it, here she is “modelling it” for me:

The really great news is that I’ve finished writing the pattern, and I’m busy proofing it, and then I’m going to translate it into Dutch! OMG wish me luck, this one is going to be the challenge to end all challenges! It won’t take too long, I hope…

Oh, and please help me come up with a name for this little stool, I’m scratching my head over it still!

What do you think? Will you make one of these? I’d love it if you did!

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It’s Yarn Day!

Posted on September 23, 2015 | 3 comments

Look what arrived a few days ago:

It’s a lovely pile of Scheepjes Catona Denim.

Scheepjes Catona, the start of a new project

I chose a selection of some of my favourite colours with the intention of working on a tapestry crochet project.

Doesn’t it look gorgeous, just as a decoration?

The yarn itself is a 100% cotton yarn, in a very similar style to the famous cotton 8, but with a lovely denim effect and ever so slight colour variation. It’s suited to a 3mm hook and is soft and easy on the hands.

I’m making a stool cover for a little “krukje” that I picked up in Action last week, and I’m hoping that I can even write the pattern for it in Dutch!

Check back next week, I’ll have the finished project for you. I’ve been powering through it and there’ll be more photos on Instagram through the week, so please nip over there to keep up to date! It feels great to be overflowing with Crochet Mojo.

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WiP Wednesday: #rusticlacesquare

Posted on September 16, 2015 | 5 comments

It has been slow progress on the Rustic Lace Square blanket this week. I have a few other projects on the go, and I haven’t really been feeling that excited about crochet this week either, to be honest. You know those weeks, when you just have a bit of a slump. I’ve also been doing a bit of rearranging in my living room because we have so.much.stuff. Drives me nuts. I’m slowly finding a space that I like better though.

Here’s a closer look at the colours I’ve chosen for this project. I went ahead and made all the inside rounds of the squares for the blanket. My plan is to make a 5×7 square blanket; then border it in a way yet to be decided. Still no clue to be honest!

I’m storing all the inners on this cool steel ring so they stay together and don’t get lost.

I posted this one on Instagram:

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and here’s a closeup:

Looking beautiful. More to come next week, providing the weather brightens a bit and I can take some photos!

I’m using Scheepjes Linen Soft for this project, together with a 4mm hook. Perfect match.

How’s your Rustic Lace Square coming along?

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#rusticlacesquare

Posted on September 7, 2015 | 2 comments

It’s a hashtag that has been taking over the crochet corner of Instagram like mad over the last few months. The Rustic Lace Square is a design that nobody seems to be able to find the original designer. Cornel Strydom has been on a Who Do You Think You Are style search to find where it came from. Last I heard the design had been traced to a vintage Scandinavian magazine, but the designer still remains a mystery. It all adds to the appeal if you ask me.

After my friend Carmen showed me her rustic lace shawl a few months ago I knew I had to make something myself. I started experimenting with the yarns in my stash, beginning with the Scheepjes Stone Washed:

The Scheepjes Catona,

Before finally deciding that the perfect yarn would be the Scheepjes Linen Soft.

Then I had to decide what to make. Usually I’m not great with motifs; I lose interest very quickly. But this isn’t your usual motif and my three year old Director of Design wanted a blanket, so a blanket it shall be!

The Design Director was also responsible for the palette (“Pink Mama!”), so I ordered all the pastels in Linen Soft range:

I still haven’t decided what I’ll do about a border yet, so I’ll order the yarn when I finally finish all the motifs and figure it out.

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I’m making fantastic progress and loving every motif as it comes to life.

Come back next week and I’ll have another report for you. If you can’t wait until then, you can see lots of photos on Instagram.

And finally, here’s the motif chart that’s zooming around Pinterest and Instagram:

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Peek-a-Boo Button Wrap Video Tutorial, by It’s All in a Nutshell

Posted on September 3, 2015 | Leave a comment

I am SO excited to be able to bring this video tutorial to you! When I first created the Peek-a-Boo Button Wrap I thought: I should make a video for this, but well, I talk a bit fast (thanks nerves) and I don’t have a video camera, so I didn’t.

But when the opportunity arose for Esther from It’s all in a Nutshell to do this for me I grabbed it! Of course you would know Esther if you use videos with crochet, she’s the voice behind the Sophie’s Universe videos and the recent Flight of Fancy CAL videos. Quite a pedigree, wouldn’t you agree?

Esther published the video today, and you can view it here:

There are also some insanely good tips and tricks on Esther’s site – tips that hadn’t even occurred to me, including her “No More Mistakes” chart here:

In the video Esther used Scheepjes Bloom which is a comparable weight to the Stone Washed XL and a great summer alternative.

Thanks so much for doing this for me Esther, I am grateful beyond words!

Be sure to check out all of Esther’s fabulous posts and videos, she has the coolest tutorial voice ever!

You can find my original pattern here, and the Dutch version here. Enjoy!

The Granny Smith Market Bag Free Pattern and Tutorial

Posted on August 18, 2015 | 16 comments

Goodness, what a title to a blog post!

But it does mean that the pattern is here. Once again I’ve created a handy PDF file that you can download from here safely.

I’ve also created a separate file with a photo tutorial of the special stitch repeat that this design uses. It’s a really simple increase method, but is convoluted and makes me scratch my head and I came up with it!

What You’ll Need

4 x 25g mini skeins of Scheepjes Catona*
1 x 50g skein of Scheepjes Catona*
4mm crochet hook
A tapestry needle to sew in your ends.
Cute scissors (one can never have cute enough scissors).

You can pick up the yarn via any great Scheepjes retailer in the Netherlands, or via Wool Warehouse* and Deramores* internationally.

Click below to go straight to the pattern:

The Granny Smith Market Bag

and the The Granny Smith special stitch

Or, clicking on any of the images in this post will take you straight to the pattern too.

Don’t forget to share your finished bags on social media, you can tag and follow me just about everywhere: on Instagram, Pinterest, Ravelry and Facebook. I love seeing your finished results!

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Meet the Granny Smith and Red Delicious Market Bags!

Posted on August 11, 2015 | 16 comments

Here they are!

I had this idea about a year ago, but it has taken me this long to actually find the time to sit down and figure out my idea on paper and in yarn.

I’m so happy with the results! I had to take my shopping out of the Red Delicious to actually photograph it – I’ve been using it every single day since I finished making it!

And do you know what the best part about these bags are? Look:

They fold up into little purses that can fit straight into your handbag or bike bags and you don’t have to worry at all about all the space they’re not taking up!

The bags are designed using the mini skeins of Scheepjes Catona, which you can pick up at loads of great retailers in NL and Belgium, or via Deramores internationally (they ship everywhere!).

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Adventures in Brioche – A New Project Series