Trees of Life

 

These beautiful crocheted mandalas are 3 different versions of a Tree Of Life.

I came across them online and immediately wanted to make them. The patterns are from 2PiRCrochetByLara.

I used Holst Garn Supersoft (colour Nougart) from the Little Red Mitten here in St. Thomas.
With crochet hook 2mm I had to add one extra round to make it fit the 70cm metal ring I found at Lens Mill.

I usually follow all my patterns on my iPad but that was impossible this time. I lost my place in the rounds too often (I had to restart the first one at least 4-5 times). I went to Staples and they made me a large laminated print and I use a marker (that can be wiped after) to keep track. It works perfectly!!

I'm super happy with the results and I'm trying out where they will look best for display.

Cardigan

This was a challenging project. 

All I got was a couple of pictures and the request if I could make it. 

Well I guess I can!!

In a way you couldn't even go wrong because it was so irregular and not following any set pattern. As long as it looked close enough to the picture it was ok.

My sister-in-law was a very happy girl with the result and I felt good about the finished accomplishment.

Another succesful project done!!

Winter Olympics

 

I love watching the Olympics and this year did not disappoint.

I always feel, as a dual citizen, I can just add the medals for both countries.

Holland had 20 (G10-S3-B7) and Canada 21 (G5-S7-B9) so our total was 41, which brought us right beside Norway at the top of the standings.

My Dutch Lion, Canadian Moose and Olympic Bunny were standing right by the TV to cheer on the athletes. 

They will be ready to come out again in 2 years for the summer Games in L.A.

Last of 2025

Here are some of the fun things I made this Holiday Season.

My personal favourites were the knitting Christmas trees and the deer head.

I made about a total of 40 themed dishcloths, little angels and other small decorations to give away to everyone at the Braam Christmas party.

I'm pretty sure it was a success because the basket was empty when I went home.

I have lots of ideas already lined up for Valentine's Day and Easter so no a lot of resting time!

 

Easter is coming

I decided a few years ago to not advertise any more because it became so overwhelming to get everything done (I have a very hard time saying "no") that it took a lot of the fun away for me.

But I had some former customers contact me (which is so enormously satisfying to know they love my stuff as much as I do!!) and I happily finished those orders. 

Then I started working on some fun little projects, planning on giving them out as gifts to the little ones in the family.

I'm also taking a 2 week trip to Holland in April so probably taking some stuff to hand out there.

I ended up writing out a simple pattern for egg warmers with bunny ears, flat knitting and very quick to do so a great craft for starter knitters. 

Look in the pattern section to download