all about knitting and more…

Sometimes there are days, you need something little positive to cheer up yourself.

Small handmade items or recipes are perfect for such days:

1. Vintage Spool Note
2. Hang Tag Notebooks
3. Button Bracelet
4. Yarn Button Tutorial
5. Tumbling Bunnies
6. Groovy Cake
7. Earrings Tutorial
8. Geometric Sting Craft Stars
9. Yarn Pumpkin
10. Yarn Ornament
11. Fork Pompoms
12. Pixie Tutu
13. Yarn Fonts
14. Rising Sun Necklace
15. Lace Denim Shorts
16. Holiday Garlands
17. Beaded Chain Bracelet
18. Flower Thimble Necklace
19. Baby Gator
20. Knitting Needle Clock
21. Bücher falten
22. Book Art Tutorials

Need more links? Check out these ones:

• Yarn Dress
• What Kind of Yarn are You?
• Knitting Love
• Fiber Art as Playground
• Playtime
• Fotostream

Have fun with the tutorials and patterns! They are useful for dark days.

Summer has arrived in Germany, finally!

Time to upgrade your balcony and garden!

There are lots of funny ideas and patterns in the internet.

Upcycle your old stuff and yarn scraps:

1. Caramel Apple Party Garland
2. Pom Pom Garland
3. Feather Butterfly Wreath
4. Knitted Butterfly
5. Recycled Bottle Cactus Planters
6. Candy Garland
7. Allerlei Filzdinge
8. Yarn Ball On Display
9. Quick Mini Yarn Parasols
10. Dino
11. Ballon Mobile
12. Granny Square Cookies
13. Polystyrene Wall Art
14. Yarn Snowballs
15. Play Teepee
16. Flower Vase
17. 10 Ways to Make a Garland
18. Holiday DIY Projects
19. String Art
20. Branch Weaving
21. Knitted Spirals
22. Yarn Men
23. Summer Dahlia Wreath
24. Crochet Bunting
25. Pom Pom Flowers
26. Self-Watering with Yarn
27. Mini Crochet Bird

Have fun with the patterns!

I love searching the web for unusual patterns with yarn.

If you are interested, check out these links:

1. Mini Yarn Ball Buttons
2. Rag Doll Halloween Costume
3. Freeform Poncho
4. Chihuahua Queen Hat
5. Rainbow Yarn Tree
6. Waste-Not Garland
7. Rapunzel Wig
8. Fishtail Braid
9. Locks of Yarn
10. Yarn Love
11. Chunky Yarn Wreath
12. Bunny Pencil Holder
13. “Sock” Yarn
14. Knitted Chairs
15. Remnant Necklace

There are so many lovely and useful heart patterns for Valentine’s Day in the internet:

1. Valentine Covertible Hat
2.  Lovebird Beanie Hat
3. Hidden Heart Gloves

There are lots of patterns for decorations, jewelry and others, too:

1. Valentine Heart Garland
2. Little Sweet Hearts
3. Knitted Short-row Hearts
4. Wreath
5. Mug Cosy
6. Wine Bottle Cosy
7. Textured Heart Kitchen Set
8. Necklace Charm
9. Knitted Heart Necklace
10. Hearts Brooch
11. Heart
12. Valentines Day Bear
13. Check out the heartmania: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts

Want a “lovely” blanket? This way:

1. Sunburst Granny Hearts
2. Granny Heart Square
3. Line of Hearts

Do not forget your pet: Dog Sweater

If you prefer clear words, instead of heart symbols: Love is the Word

For little messages or small gifts:

1. Envelope
2. Heart Bag Pattern
3. Scrappy Heart Bag
4. Heart Gift Box

You like crafting with yarn and paper? Check out this patterns:

1. Crochet Paper Valentines Edging
2. Adding a Crochet Edge to Paper

I like especially this pattern:  Waxy Stained Glass Hearts

Are you heartbroken  right now and hate Valentine’s Day? This your pattern:

My bloody Valentine’s Day Card

Anyway … Happy Valentine’s Day!

Last year I knitted and crocheted little trees for decoration. This was perfect for using up little green scraps.

Recently I have had pain in my hands while crafting and these little project saved me:

Mini Christmas Tree

Hanging Christmas Tree

Pint Sized Christmas Tree

Whitney’s Pine Christmas Tree

The kids in my flat loved especially this tree:

Purled Christmas Tree

I had decorated it in front of my door and they often squeezed it. So the shape of this little tree often changed.

Made a few christmal balls, too:

Christmas Ball #1

Christmas Ball #2

Christmas Ball #3

Those little project can be made during the year between two project. All you need are small scraps and a little bit extra time. When christmas is near, there is often a lot to do and definitely no extra time.

Because of the pain in my hands, there was no christmas gift knitting last year and these little objects were perfect to fight my christmas blues.

There are lots of patterns for christmas ornaments. Check out these ones:

Christmas Tree Ornament

Crochet Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree Minions

Tree Ornament

Santa’s Chocolate Orange Tree Decoration

Crochet Christmas Tree

Country Christmas Crochet Garland

Albero per Natale

Amigurumi Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree Cards

Granny Tree Skirt Crochet Pattern

Crochet Christmas Trees

Felted Tree

Chain Tree

Christmas Tree Knitting Pattern Tutorial

Crocheted Christmas Tree Cards

Tree Garland

Christmas Tree Ornaments

Little Knit Tree Ornament

And by the way … Easter is coming soon:

Easter Garlan

The internet is an interesting place. Found some nice things:

Baby Sheep Stitch Marker (so cute!)

Crochet Flowers (for all crochet flower freaks, like me)

Häkeldeckenlampe (awesome!)

Art Yarn Wreath

Just a few useful links:

1. 4 Needle Sock Pattern Generator
2. 5 Needle Sock Pattern Generator
3. Knitting Pattern Convertor
4. The “How Many …?” Knitting Tool
5. ClockLink.com

Unusual embroidery in Spain:

Embroidered Sea Butterflies

Embroidering a Forest

Embroidering Nature

Embroidered Sea Shells

This yarnbombed bus looks so great:

Streetcolor

Knitting or crocheting cleaning items seems to be unusual (in Germany). I’m not talking about kitchen towels, dish- or washcloths.

So far we knitted a few kitchen towels and two duster covers . But there’s a lot more to knit and crochet, check out these patterns:

1. Foamies
2. Basic Towel Ring
3. Plarn Soap Dish
4. Twisted Loop Double Knit Reusable Duster
5. Spot Shots
6. Facial Scrubbing Disc
7. Fish Soap Holder
8. Broom Handle Duster
9. Simple Bath Loofa
10. Loop Stitch Duster
11. Loofah Scrubbing Strap
12. Star Towel Holder
13. Lil Lamb Steelwool Holder
14. Moss Stitch Back Washer
15. Menstrual Pads
16. Toilet Mate
17. Froggy Bath Puppets
18. Soap Sleeve
19. Sea Anemone Bath Puff
20. Scrubbing Bubble
21. Flower Facial Scrubbies
22. Soap Turtle
23. Dishpan Hands
24. Bubbly Scrubbie