Nellie the elephant

After making the hippo I now also made the elephant.
She's called Nellie. Pretty cute too.

I really like crocheting the individual shapes and then putting them together.
I don't do the "joining-as-you-go" method because I find the seams don't look as nice and, for me at least, it doesn't save any time. Because I use a lot of different colours and I don't want the same combinations too close together I follow the pattern starting at the joining section and crochet new shapes as I progess so I can decide on the colours when I need them.
But if you're only using a few colours it's probably easiest to first crochet the total amount of shapes you need and then start joining them.

The pattern is from Heidi Bears and available on Ravelry

Cake anyone?

I don't like baking too much so with this creation I'll always have a cake ready for any occasion :)
(and no worries about calorie consumption either!)
I used 2 round boxes as filling, so it keeps the shape well.


It's my own design and you can download it here

Eggs and Bunnies

Easter is here again so I've been making some fun things for the kids and decorations for the house.

My own designs:
Crochet carrots to fill with small chocoloate eggs or jelly beans, little mini eggs and egg cups.

Download free patterns

Daffodils pattern I found somewhere free online.

My favourite are the chocolate bunnies.
Pattern here 

3 Friends

How cute are these 3 girls?

This is the newest pattern from Annita Wilschut.

It includes all 3, they have the same body, just the head is different.

It also includes the pattern for the dress.

I like them sitting on the backrest behind me. Matches the colour of the couch pretty good too.

Valentine hearts

Made a bunch of different hearts for Valentine's Day.

This first one is from Heidi Bears, same designer as the Hippo.
I didn't buy this pattern but figured out from the picture and from doing the Hippo how to make this heart.
It's bigger than the other hearts (about 20cm) but I think it could be a small decorative pillow for the grand-girls maybe.

And these heart dolls
from  this website.

Also for the girls,

to hang on their school bags.

The bobble hearts were from a Dutch website (no longer in service)

And last but not least are these tiny hearts. Lots of things you can do with them (fill a bowl with them or hang them on a little gift bag).
I decided to glue them on a stick and set them in a vase like flowers.
Free pattern here