Crochet Apple

I really enjoyed making this lovely apple. Once found the pattern, I knew I could not wait. With a cup of coffee and a hook, I started right away. It turned out lovely, isn't it?
How nice it looks to be on a tree! I just love to give it to you all!
Oh, I nearly forgot, you can get the pattern here if you're interested in.

It's time I have to back to my knitting, I have just started and really love to learn.

Enjoy your Sunday, my lovelies!

See you soon, xxx

Crochet Another Pouch

Long time ago I gave a colleague of mine a little pouch as a gift. She loved it so much, and although it's now getting old and shaggy, she still brings it with her every day. I know it's time to replace it with a new one so I made this one for her.

How it looks like with the lining inside. Did I mention I love sewing lining for all my bags? My sewing machine seems just to be used for making that only thing! :)
Fastened it off by pulling the drawstring. Actually I prefer a zipper than a drawstring, but attaching a zipper always scares me! Anyway, hope it will be with her all the way!

Crochet Cute Little Doggie

Hi everyone! Long time no see! I miss blogging so much, miss all my lovelies and that's great to be here with you again!

Today I would like you to meet my Little Puppy, he's very happy to meet you!

"Hello! So nice to meet you!"


A smile is a good sign of happiness, isn't it? "Yes, I am smiling, and welcome you to my close friend's blog!"


"I was watching and listening her carefully when she was telling me about some lovely things in life, and about how she's happy to have you here!"


Oh my lovely Puppy, what are you thinking? You seem staring into space! "No, I just feel sad a little bit, as it's time I have to say goodbye my new friends, I will miss them!". Don't worry little Puppy, you will always in our hearts!

So, take a rest Puppy, have a good sleep, and beautiful dreams will come....!
Oh what a lovely Puppy! I love him so much!

You love him, too? And you also love to have the pattern for your own? I knew I did, when I first saw the pattern here and bookmarked it. But this time, by clicking the link above, you will see nothing on the page, I don't know why too. Luckily, I did make a copy on my hard drive, so I can share it to you all now, please come here HERE to get yours!

Have a wonderful Sunday!
xxx

Beautiful Blogger Award

It's soooooo happy to me when I was given this lovely award from Clara and then Hayley, thanks ever so much for thinking of me "Beautiful Blogger", you really made my day! :)

Well I'll tell you 10 things you don't know about me, keeping with the award conditions:

1. I am a Vietnamese girl, also the only girl in my family.
2. I am 25% French, from my grandfather.
3. I haven't got married yet.
4. I love dogs and other animals, so much.
5. I learned to crochet about one year ago, and deeply fall in love with it.
6. I bring home a ton of yarn and thread but when starting a new project, I bring another one :( .
7. I just started to learn knitting yesterday, and found it's really fun!
8. I go jogging 4-5km every morning.
9. I love coffee and enjoy it every day.
   
10. I also love Louis Vuitton bags but never think about buying one!
    

Phewww, done! Now it's my turn to pass it to 10 blogs, such a hard job! I have to choose only 10 of 10 millions beautiful blogs! So some of them are:

• Penelope from L is for Love
• Casey from plus3 crochet
• Susie from Uit het breitaske
• Sonia from Raine and Sage
• Jacquie from Bunny Mummy
• Teje and Nero from Nero's Post and Patch
• Mopo from La tana di...
• Nélia from Magia do Crochet
• Ames and Tash from Le Tigre Papillon
• Glor from Crochet Galore

I just wish I could write down my list as long as I love, not have to stop at 10, very sorry for that. And, it's my big fun if you take this award and pass it to the other blogs, but please don't mind if you don't want to. :)

Love the Sunshine

It's been quite some time since my last post, about ten days, hasn't it? It seems like ages to me!!!
I was a little bit busy these days, so now I am back to say 'Hi' to you all, hope you have a wonderful time!
This lovely heart motif is from "Beyond the Squares" - Edie Eckman - I mentioned in my last post. It's also the first time I tried a thing with my favorite book. And I love it. Do you think "Sunshine Heart" is a good name? :)

Enjoying flowers in sunshine is really great, they are so bright and beautiful. I took some "Sunshine Pics" today and would love to share you.

This lovely flower is quite popular in tropical climate areas, so once I saw it from Attic24, I just love to tell her there are so many such flowers in my garden. I knew them when I was just a very little girl, and now they're still there, as from all my childhood...
These flowers have just come to my garden recently, and I have no idea what they are called, just love them, the tiny flowers look bright and lovely in sunshine!
These flowers are always growing in clusters, so once they are in blossom, they look like to be in a vase!
And here, also in sunshine, a washcloth with sc cluster edging for my friend, she loves pink, and really loves it. Ah, it's also a big surprise to her knowing I can crochet! :)

Crochet Colorful Bracelets

These bracelets are what I did on the rest of last Sunday, after "Coffee Break!". Once I found a very beautiful and easy-to-make tutorial on The Purl Bee, I knew I could not miss these lovely things, now here they are! Thanks for sharing!

I will make some more for matching my dress colors. Size S or M fix my hand well (for brown and blue one), but I also made size L for the red one, so you will see the button was not placed right at the edge as the others.
But look, it's still OK on my hand! :)
Hope you all have a new wonderful week!
xxx

Coffee Break!

Hi all, how are you? I guess you all have a very wonderful weekend!

It must be great to relax with a cup of coffee, in the fresh Sunday morning, how peaceful it is! And I know, I got that feeling, this morning, with my coffee and a hook :).

Getting the small table-cloth completed is also my big fun this morning, so I would love to share it to you all, hope you enjoy your weekend, and enjoy a Coffee Break! :)

Some small pouches

I love to crochet some small things for my small stuff, and when I saw the pattern from Miva Crochet, I started to give it a go! The blue pouch and the pink cell phone case were made with the same pattern.
Opened them:
And here is another tiny pouch I made for my Mum to keep her some change. It came with no pattern, just work single crochet all around, adorned with some spike single crochet.

Crochet Bag in Blossom

I think about this lovely bag all the time since I first found the pattern on Crochet me. Thank you Julie for sharing it!
When starting, I worried a little bit about the color. But you see, it's beautiful in its own special way! I love it, so much.
Lining inside. I always love sewing linings for all my bags. It's really really fun!Enjoy your new day, friends, and happy hooking!

Crochet Shell Bag

This shell bag pattern comes from a Japanese book I have read long time ago. I decided to give it a try with the variegate color yarn, and it came with surprising design really impressed me!The lining in the same tone of crochet fabric, and the magnetic snaps as well.I and my new bag are going out, ah hah... :)

Morning in the garden

When getting out into the garden this morning, a very comfortable feeling came to me. Fresh air and cool weather, green trees, colorful flowers, ... everything is perfect! Today I would love to share you something about my Dragon Bean trellis.

Few months ago, my Mom sown some seeds in our garden, now they're growing and in bloom. It's a kind of bean, mainly grown in Asia plants like green beans, soybeans... and perhaps its shape looks like the scales of Dragon so it is called "Dragon Bean"! :)

Observing its normal growing process within the morning you will feel so interesting. Buds are just showing...

Then blooming...

In purple...

And in white

So beautiful! So soft! So bright! So much I love...!!!

And where a flower is, there come a bee right away!!! A natural rule...

OOhhhh, so strange!!! There was a strawberry on my bean trellis!!! :)

I took it on my hand... (but cannot eat!!!)

Do you love to get pattern for this nice strawberry?
You get it right here:
Fruit body:
Make a magic circle
Round 1: chain 1, 6 sc in the loop. Do not join. Add a marker in your beginning stitch.
Round 2: 2 sc in each sc around (12 sc total)
Round 3: *1 sc in next stitch, 2 sc in next stitch. Repeat around from * (18 sc total)
Round 4: sc increase every 2 stitches (24 sc)
Round 5-7: 1 sc in each sc around (24 sc)
Round 8: sc decrease every 2 stitches (18 sc)
Round 9-10: sc in each sc around (18 sc)
Round 11: 1 sc, 1 sc decrease (12 sc)
Round 12: 1 sc in each sc around (12 sc)
Round 13: 1 sc decrease in each stitch around (6 sc decrease total)
Stuff and sew shut.
Leaf:
Magic circle.
Round 1: chain 1, 6 sc in the loop.
Round 2: 1 sc increase in each sc around (12 sc)
Round 3: chain 1, * sc in the same stitch, chain 3, skip 2 stitch, sc in next stitch. Continue from * all around, join at beginning chain (4 chain-3 total)
Round 4: chain 5, sc in the 2nd chain from hook, 1 half double crochet in next chain, dc in each of next 2 chains, slip stitch in the next sc (total 1 sc, 1 hdc, 2 dc total). This will give you a leaf triangle, continue for the remainder.
Sew the leaf to the top of the strawberry body. Make a chain loop on top of the strawberry if you want to use it for a key. Secure and sew in the tails.

Crochet Bottle Cover

I have just crocheted this water bottle cover this morning, so interesting! It's nice, isn't it? ;)

Cotton yarn will work best for bottle covers because of its natural ability to absorb moisture and easy to wash. I used 2.75mm crochet hook for this cover.

We will start from the bottom to the top of the bottle.

Bottom:

• Round 1: Make a magic circle, chain 3, 15 double crochet in the loop, join at the first chain-3 (total 16 dc).
• Round 2: Chain 3, 2 dc in each dc around (total 32 dc).
• Round 3: Chain 3, *2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next stitch. Repeat around from * (48 dc total).

You can add extra rounds or subtract to fit your bottle bottom.
Body:

• Round 1: chain 1, Front Post Single Crochet around the chain-3 space, chain 1. * Skip 2 stitches, work 2 dc in the next st, chain 1, 2 dc in the same st (this will complete a shell). Skip 2 stitches, work 1 Front Post Double Crochet (FPDC) in the next st. Continue across from * for the remainder with 1 FPDC between shells. Join with the chain 1 above the FPSC. You will have total of 8 shells and FPDC between each shell.
• From round 2 onwards: Repeat round 1 for the remainder of the length of the bottle cover you desired (For mine, I made 17 rounds).
  

Drawstring: chain 80 (or as many as you like), this will keep the cover in place. Sew little flowers on the ends of drawstring.
Little flowers: (make 2)
Magic circle, * sc in the loop, chain 2, 1 cluster of 3 dc, chain 2, sc in the loop. Repeat from * 4 times (there will be 5 petals of the flower).

Crochet Granny Squares: WIP

Above are some granny squares I have crocheted for my "A Granny A Day" plan. The more I make them, the more I love, so much, very much, nearly be addicted...! :) I always try to make one a day for my different projects (but sometimes I did not, hix), and now it becomes my WIP project (ah yes, for those who wondered: WIP = Work In Progress).I also have a plan of joining them. A granny-bag first, and then a blanket with shell edging, and perhaps something else, any plan can be changed, who knows! But you see, they are cool, although they are spread out or stacked, aren't they?

The pattern for these grannies comes from Attic24, she made a great tutorial for this. I also love the other patterns of hexagons and ripples... Once visit her blog, you will see a rainbow! Thanks for sharing, Lucy!

Crochet Shell Sweater

Hi, there! It's too long since my last post, I was too busy and miss blogging so much! Thanks for stopping by my blog and hope you enjoy it!

This sweater is for my Mom, I am so happy I finished it, after nearly 6 months letting it a WIP project at room corner due to my laziness! I promised to myself this time I have to get it done as soon as I can, and after more than two weeks of patience, and of love, at last it has been completed! I love how it fixes my Mom as well! Phew...! Thanks God! :)

The pattern for this sweater is from shell stitch and so easy to make.
I used 3.75mm crochet hook and cotton yarn.

Do you think the pattern is so pretty? I love it so much. I also uploaded the charts for this sweater just in case.

Disappointed crochet day!

Next week is my close friend's birthday, and I love to give her a special handmade gift. I decided to make a drum-bag, was found on internet and it's really a lovely pattern. I used all my Sunday to crochet with hope of nice present... And the result, you know, I just wanna throw it away!!!

Although I know the yarn quality delivered is not as my wish when placing order, it's not soft as the ads, so stiff and the color is much darker, I tried with patience to get it done. But the more I tried, the more I felt badly let down!

I called the yarn shop and they promised to change another kind of yarn for me within a week. I will return them all, including the "drum-bag", if possible, huhhhhh...!!!

Anyway this is also an experience for me, and for any experience, we always pay bid! :)