Crochet daily wear - Spring/summer

It took me quite some time, but my beautiful shell motif scarf is finished!

This pattern comes from a Japanese crochet magazine: Crochet daily wear - Spring/summer

I used a 3.5 mm hook and Annell Coton 8 yarn.

I bought this one at Julija's Shop in Antwerp, but I noticed you can also buy this one and tons of others on ebay. Me and my mum ordered two more magazines on ebay and when they arrive, I'll show you!

Anyway, when I saw this scarf in the magazine, I immediately fell in love with it. There's a tunic in there that I love as well. I've started, but I think it's going to take a long time, with my exams coming up and it being the biggest project I've started.

I'll keep you informed!

A gorgeous dress and some work in progress

About three weeks ago, there was an event called 'Stoffenspektakel' in Ghent. It's like a market with lots of stands that sell all kinds of fabrics. Since it's only an hour drive from our home and because I study in Ghent, my mom and I decided to go and have a look. And it was unlike anything I've ever seen! The fabrics are really cheap, my mom got some in a gorgeous nude pink colour for €2 per meter. I never thought that was possible!
Also, they had tricot with lovely colours and designs. We've been looking for that to make a summer dress, but it's so hard to find, especially when you're as picky as me. But I chose two different designs, one is light blue with small flowers and the other .. well you can see below, it's too hard to describe.
My mom sewed a dress for me, we got the pattern from the magazine Knipmode, and we found the pattern I have always dreamed of. And this is the result.

It fits perfectly!

I even got a matching top to wear underneath.

 

And I can show you some work in progress:

I was browsing on ravelry and I stumbled along this Cozy Pet Bed. Immediately, I knew I had to make this for my two cats! They both love to sleep on anything that's knitted or crochetted, and one of my cats always needs some thing to lean on. For example, he loves to sleep in cartboard shoe boxes, that way, he is supported from all sides.

The tube that goes around is filled up, for extra support ;)

Mine is made with two yarns held together,
one is purple, the other changes colour: black-grey-purple

And something else I have been working on is a scarf, called 'Clarity' by Kim Hargreaves.

The yarn is a bit shiny and it's golden beige.

Next weekend, 'Stoffenspektakel' comes to Leuven, and me and my mom are going to make it a mini citytrip. Saturday, we'll discover Leuven and sunday, we go buy some fabric! So next time I'll be able to show you all of the lovely fabrics we bought!
See ya!

Knitted snoods and scarfs

My mom knits a lot, but she only recently started knitting things for me, mostly because I'm allergic to regular sheep wool. But then we started searching for knitting yarn with no or very little wool in it. At first, we didn't find a lot, it was mostly 100% acrylic, but not very soft. We also found a mix of cotton and acrylic, which was softer but it didn't really look like the way I wanted it to look. And then we discovered 'Soyeuse', it's 50% silk and 50% alpaca, it doesn't give me a rash, it's soft, the colours are totally me and it's just plain gorgeous! And a few days ago, we discovered another yarn which was suitable for me: Malabrigo Lace (100% merino) and Silky Merino (51% silk, 49% merino).

These are a few pictures of the things my mom knitted for me

This is a grey triangular shawl, it's a 100% acrylic yarn from 'La lainière de Wazemmes'.

I think this is one of the first things my mom knited for me.

This pink scarf is 60% cotton, 40% acrylic, it's called 'Miami haute gamme' and its from 'La lainière de Wazemmes'. It has leaves on the edges.

This snood was knitted with three yarns togehter, in different shades of brown. One is darker brown, the other two are more light brown or beige. All three of them are 'Charly' from Phildar. 

 This white feather and fan snood was knitted with Soyeuse from La Droguerie. It's really soft and it's one of my favourites, it just goes with anything and any colour.

This is possibly my favourite snood of all times. Its knitted in Soyeuse from La Droguerie and I just love the colour. Sometimes it looks pink, sometimes it looks more purple, sometimes it looks grey-ish, it's just a nude colour and I simply love it. You can wear it as a long snood or you can wrap it twice around your neck if you want it warm and cozy.