Some more stuff for Christmas

Hello my dears!

How was your Christmas? I hope it was fun, and Santa brought for you gifts that you wanted ...

And here is the Christmas Tree Ornaments I made for a couple of hours. 

The pattern is very easy:

Ch 4 join in ring.

Rnd 1:   Dc and ch 1 - repeat 12 times.

Rnd 2:  2 Dc and ch 1 in each ch 1 space of previous round. Ch 20 for a handle - in any place between the 2 Dc clusters. 

That's it!!! 

Simple! Beautiful! Colorful!

The acrylic yarn I 've used is Stylecraft Special Chunky, Tivoli Eurospun Block Buster Chunky and King Cole Big Value Chunky.

A 6mm hook.

Try to make! 

And here is a candle cozy!

  

On my mantel in the evening...

So cozy... m-m-m...  

 And below you can see coasters in Christmas colors.

 

Just six granny squares...

 Oooh so hard to get a real shade of red color. I still don't know how to.

And also I have a few new projects, which I'll show you next time.

Kisses!

Olga ☼

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you, 

my dear readers!

I wish you 

the beautiful world, 

kindness,

good health 

and

love!

Take care of yourself  

and your loved ones!

 

 Appreciate what you have!
 

Find inspiration  

in everything that surrounds you,  

and create-create-create!
 

Be happy  

every day  

and every moment!

Sincerely, with love

your Olga-Soleil.

Kisses... 

Hug you...
♥♥♥

Two More Capes!

Hello! How are you doing?
I enjoyed doing my Spanish poncho, about which I said  here, so I made ​​two more of them! 
But I still have not decided what to call them correctly - poncho... cape... capelet... cloak... mantle... I don't know!

This time I used a thinner 100% acrylic yarn, it is Stylecraft Special Chunky for black cape in Black color

 
 and Sirdar Bonus Chunky for red cape in Signal Red color

These yarn I usually buy on-line at Deramores. I adore this shop! ♥ because it is very fast delivery, pleasant prices for the yarn and for the shipping too.
The hook I used is 8mm. Yarn total used is 200g for each cape.
And below is the graphic pattern

and description:

The total amount of starting chain must be a multiple of 4.
I started with chain 72, joining  in ring with a slip stitch.
Round 1: Dc, ch 1, skip 1 stitch. Repeat till the end.
Rnd 2: Ch 1, ♥Sc in ch-1-space, 7 Dc(shell) in next ch-1-space - repeat from ♥ till the end. Join with slip stitch in first Sc.
We have 18 shells of 7 Dc.
Rnd 3: Ch 3(as Dc), ch2, Dc - in same stitch where you joining Rnd 2; ch 2, Sc in 4th Dc of shell, ch 2; ♥cluster(Dc, ch 2, Dc) - in Sc between the shells, ch 2, Sc in 4th Dc of shell, ch 2. Repeat from ♥ till the end. Join with sl st in 3rd ch in beginning of round.
Rnd 4: Sl st in ch-2-space of cluster, ch 3(as Dc) and 6 Dc in same cluster, Sc in Sc of previous rnd, ♥7 Dc in next cluster, Sc in Sc of previous rnd. Repeat from ♥ till the end. Join with sl st in 3rd chain in beginning of rnd.
Rnd 5: Sl st across to 4rd Dc of shell, ch1, ♥Sc in 4th Dc of shell, ch 2, cluster, ch2. Repeat from ♥ till the end. Join with sl st in first Sc.
Rnd 6: Ch 1, Sc in same st, 7 Dc in next cluster, ♥Sc in Sc of prev rnd, 7 Dc in next cluster. Repeat from ♥ till the end. Join with sl st in first Sc. 

Then continue to work repeating Rounds 3-4-5-6.
To finish with Round 4 or Round 6, where work 9 Dc in shell, instead of 7 Dc.

If you wish to make your cape more flared to bottom - the last four rounds make with a hook one size larger. Hang the fringes.

It is all about capes today!


All the best for you, my dear readers!
Olga

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One Winter Day

It was a few days ago ... It snowed during the night ... And in the morning was frosty, white and beautiful! I walked outside the door early, and took a photo of our decorated house...

 In the afternoon we had a walk ... My little girl was very happy with snow!
She took it in her small hand... and knows now that it's cold ...

 

And she knows now that your boots leave footprints in the snow...

We also watched an airplane in the sky...

While I was trying to take photos of grass hidden in the snow, my little girl went away from me ... 

And some more winter photos for you.

And this little snowman  lives in my car now. He jingle for me with his bell when I'm driving too fast.

A nice weekend for you!

Hug you...

Olga

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Many Thanks!

Just short post to tell 

a big THANKS 

for those who have become to my followers! 

I'm very pleased about that!

And  be aware  know that 

I'm going to visit your own blog(or blogs)

as soon as possible.

And also 

many thanks  

to all of you  
 who leaves your comments!  

 They are also important to me,  

just like you!

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And below is

an applique  

made by ​​my sweet girl Anastasia.

She so fond of drawing and making appliques(and many other things).

 The Christmas Reindeer by Anastasia

I wish you a good mood

and pleasant weather  

and the beauty around.

Olga

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P.S.: While I was writing this post I had one more followers! :-)

Star Garland is Done!

Hello my dears!
Today is Saturday and I'll show you my Star Garland fully finished! I couldn't decide which pictures to choose, so I'll show you all of them.

Here is a progress of done work.

Here is the pattern.

I wish you a warm and sunny end of the week-end (if I can say that... )

 Olga

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I'm linking at Crochet Boulevard

Pink Headband

Hello to everybody!
How are you today? We have a sunny day! I hope you have a good weather too...
I want to tell you that I'm spending a lot of time surfing the web... Sometimes I don't want to do anything else, just sit at the computer around my hooks and yarns and cup of mint tea and look for crochet(and other) inspiration.... and immediately try to do something that I really liked... And with this thing what you see now - it was exactly the same. I saw in  this blog a very beautiful headband... then I looked here for an original pattern... then I took my favorite 6 mm Clover hook and Stylecraft Acrylic yarn in Fondant  color... and Ta-Daa!!!

A Pink Headband for my oldest pink-girl Anastasia is done!

The description you can find in above blogs, and here is a description how to do a bow:
I joined ch 26 in ring. Worked Dc total 3 rounds. I wrapped the yarn in the middle and attached to the headband. Very quickly, easy, nice. The headband became rather dense and warm, but at the same time flexible. And as my daughter doesn't like to wear a hats, this thing she liked so much!
  

Here you can see work in progress and clearly seen the pattern.
Pink days for you! 
Olga
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Rainbow Hat and the Pattern

Hello hello hello! 

It was first snowing yesterday... O-o-oh... It was so cool! The snowflakes were huge! And we were very pleased watching this beauty...But after a short time, the snow has melted... 

And another event was yesterday. In the center of our town, the big Christmas tree lights were lit!

And here is my new Rainbow Hat! Lastly, I have a hat too, not only my girls... Hooray!...

 The yarn I used is 100% Acrylic, total of 60g only.

The colors I used from the hat's bottom to top:

Black  (Stylecraft Special Chunky)

Bright Pink (King Cole Big Value Chunky)

Sunshine Yellow (Tivoli Eurospun Block Buster Chunky,

Lemon

Aspen

and Aster in Stylecraft Special Chunky.

Here is very easy pattern.

With a 6mm hook.
USA terminology:
ch - chain
dc - double crochet
st - stitch
hdc - half double crochet
 

Starting (Lemon color) with  ch 4, join in the ring

Round 1 (Sunshine Yellow):  12 dc in ring

Round 2 (Bright pink):  2 dc in each stitch till the end of round (total 24 st)

Round 3 (Black):  1 dc, 2 dc in next st. Repeat till the end (36 st)

Round 4 (Aster):  1 dc in each of the next 2 st, 2 dc in next st. Repeat till the end (48 st)

Round 5 (Aspen):  1 dc in each of the next 3 st, 2 dc in the next st. Repeat till the end (60 st)

Rounds 6 - 12:  dc in each st around (60 st) - colors repeat from Lemon, Sunshine Yellow, etc...

Total 12 rounds of dc. The last three rounds are in Black color.

In the last round  switch to hook 5mm(one size smaller) and work hdc in Black in each st around (60 st)

 See you soon...

Kisses...

Olga...

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I'm linking at Crochet Boulevard