Latest Forum Posts by: Bastelfan

Gera

Bakery

slipcover set

Funfair

Stress

I had to squeeze in another project—my son wanted a unicorn for an acquaintance, and I’m almost done with it. Just one more leg, the mane, and the tail to go, and it’ll be finished by next week before my vacation. It crocheted up relatively quickly—a whole 4 days (from the leg to the horn, about 40 cm). I usually work on smaller figures, but I need
to use up my nice Catania yarn too—there are a few scattered balls of different colors lying around. Unfortunately, it’s not suitable for large projects unless I crochet everything multicolored.

Dear Ina,
even though it’s late, I’d also like to wish you a happy birthday. I hope you had a wonderful day with your family, complete with cake and lots of treats. Did you let yourself be pampered, and maybe take advantage of the gorgeous weather for a barbecue in the garden? :-)
Stay just the way you are, and I’m always excited to see what other great things you’ll crochet. Wishing you continued success with your shop.

Warm regards from Norway
Andrea / Craft Fan

Medicine

I hope I’m still in the right thread. I also took the time to count the patterns I’ve bought. Oh my gosh, that’s really shocking:

of the 226 patterns I’ve bought (yes, that many), I’ve only finished crocheting 34
and I have 8 UFOs

I have 54 free patterns, and I’ve only crocheted 6 of those.

Otherwise, my motto is: get them first, I’ll find time to crochet somehow. I also only ever get around to it in the evenings. Then something else often comes up, and before you know it, it gets put aside.
There really are some incredibly cute patterns, too.

I still have yarn for my older “Wallflower,” so I wouldn’t need to buy any extra, and it’s a small crochet project, so maybe I can finish it in May before my vacation. So I’d be in.

Right now I’m crocheting my triangular shawl (unraveled and restarted with a new pattern),
. a small crocheted pouch (a wedding bag, kind of like a pompom)
. table decorations for 8 people (made from cardstock, stickers, and cut-outs)
. finishing a wedding album for my parents’ golden wedding anniversary

I’m kind of under time pressure; everything has to be finished by mid-May.

Cuddly toys

Experiments

Well, I don’t usually unravel things either, but recently, while cleaning up, I found a crocheted lace-pattern scarf I’d started. But since I couldn’t find that pattern anywhere in my records, I had to unravel the scarf after all. Luckily, I hadn’t even finished half of it yet.

And I unraveled a triangular shawl I’d started because I didn’t like the pattern anymore, and I started the shawl over with a new pattern. I hope it doesn’t become another UFO.

Malmø

Diving flipper

Fish

Nuremberg

I always have fun when I’m crafting—otherwise, I wouldn’t do it. It’s such a great way to unwind and watch a crocheted figure come to life. I take pleasure in it when I’ve done a good job, and I’m also happy when I can bring joy to others with my creations.
You can let your imagination run wild and play around with whatever colors you feel like using.

Painting furniture

Buttonhole

Hi and good evening—
I just read this here. Well, I also did a lot of paper crafts for a while, but off the top of my head, I wouldn’t have been able to list all the different types. But it’s true—there really are so many wonderful kinds of paper out there.
When birthdays or other celebrations are coming up, I still make all my cards by hand. On top of that, I have a small shoebox full of paper punches. For those, you need thinner, smooth paper—it works great. Regular printer paper works too. I once bought some thick, glossy foil paper on sale here at Panduro, and it punches beautifully.
For string art cards, I use cardstock in a wide variety of colors. You can also make beautiful flowers with origami paper (those pop-up cards). I also have an embossing and die-cutting machine.
You can even embroider cardstock with beads—I’ve tried it all. The only thing missing is the time to do it.

So, even as a beginner, you can create really pretty little pictures using small, inexpensive punches—even kids can use them.
Or, with this hand-crank knitting dolly, kids or crochet beginners can make cords and braid them into plaits or use them for little rugs. There are just sooo many possibilities.
Collect branches on a walk and use them with construction paper to make beautiful mobiles.

wonderful scent

That all sounds interesting here. We’re all infected with the yarn bug, and that’s a good thing, and somehow funny too.
 
I also often buy my cotton crochet yarn online (including bargain offers), since I don’t have a yarn shop right around the corner either. There’s only the Panduro shop on my way to work, but I can’t always get the right yarn there. I mainly crochet with mercerized cotton yarn. I also have a few yarn cakes lying around that I wanted to “save” for larger projects; I ordered them in Germany and had them sent to my parents, since not everyone delivers here. So sometimes I have to be frugal with nice yarn.
So I wouldn’t be able to fit 90 skeins in my home either. My stash is manageable, but I only ever have small amounts of one color. I’m slowly trying to use up my leftovers (the not-so-nice yarn or colors I ordered at some point). You also become more demanding. I always want prettier bright colors, maxi skeins... That’s how it is for me anyway: if I ordered this or that yarn color a long time ago and don’t like it that much anymore now, then I somehow don’t feel like using it for great projects either. Then it gets used for less important projects, e.g. sample pieces for bags or similar things.
Often I see great patterns on CP and want to start right away, but then I don’t have enough of this or that color, which is annoying, and I think, you still have sooo much other yarn, use that all up first.
It’s hard to hold back when you see great yarn. But I’m already insanely excited about our vacation in Germany; of course we’ll go into a yarn shop again, I have to stock up (on yarn that I can’t get here in Norway).
I hope you roughly understand what I’m trying to say. ... it’s an endless cycle, and the pattern list keeps getting loooooonger. :-))

Augsburg

All the best on your special day today—let yourself be pampered and just enjoy the day.

I’m in the same boat as Sofis-Welt. New patterns are constantly being added, and I can’t keep up with working through them. But there are also some tempting patterns

Gera

inexpensive

Surprises are mysterious.

Spooky

I wish you all a happy Easter; hope you get some good rest.
I still have to work tomorrow, Sunday, but I have Monday off, and then we’ll really make
ourselves comfortable on the sofa—delicious food, a movie, and Easter treats—and there’ll be some crocheting
too.
There’s still plenty of snow here, and it’s freezing cold, so we’d rather stay inside.

Happy Easter egg hunting to all of you.

I don’t remember exactly when I first found this site, but it was through Google, because I wanted to know what amigurumi were. I didn’t know that back then.
So I started looking for patterns, and that’s how I ended up on CP. I’ve stayed because this place is so great :-)

posh - ice cream sundae

I correct myself. Lumpenpack - coffee

Rag sack - Coffee

The Easter Bunny noticed this right away and thought she could take much better care of the ducklings than he could. She should definitely give it a try.
The Easter Bunny felt so sorry for the little ducklings, but he is, after all, the Easter Bunny, and what he does best is paint eggs in bright colors.

Ranunculus - Favorite food

Darn, I read this too late—the birthday was already over. Oh well, belated happy birthday anyway!

Better late than never...
I’d also like to send you my very best birthday wishes—and on Women’s Day, too—what a lucky coincidence.
May all your wishes come true, and keep up the great work with your shop. The patterns and ideas are fantastic. I love your characters, and I always enjoy stopping by here.

Yeah, I agree with everyone here. I crocheted a triangular shawl using three small balls of bamboo yarn. Even though crocheted items usually look thicker than knitted ones, it’s wonderfully soft against the skin and doesn’t itch at all. So I like it.

Yes, the weather really gets everyone down. Here in Norway, it’s still snow, snow, snow everywhere you look. I’m totally “burned out” from work, too, and I’m eagerly waiting for some “green” outside and sunshine… My vacation isn’t until May.
That’s why I also like to stop by here on cp and get inspired. Crocheting with colorful yarn really does lift my spirits and helps me unwind a bit.

The leftover yarn is waiting in the basket—is there any nicer place? 

It shines at me with all its lovely colors,
and right now I don’t even know where to begin. 

I simply grab my crochet hook,
and then bike over to my neighbor’s.

My neighbor is amazed—I knew he would be,
after all, I only recently warned him about the hook!

Oh dear, now he’s come down with yarn fever too. 
And oh no, my favorite magazine with the pattern is already sold out!

Never mind, we’ll just take a look online at CrazyPatterns,
the selection is huge—and I’m sure the right thing will be there.

An Easter nest—that would be lovely!
Or maybe an Easter bunny?

Or perhaps a colorful Easter egg instead,
and off we go—on the search once again.  

A colorful Easter wreath would be wonderful too 
slowly but surely, the wish list is getting quite full.

And there are only a few weeks left until Easter!
Oh—and I’ve just remembered, we need new socks too. 

Oh, forget socks! My table needs a new decoration—
bring on the cute little chickens!

And then little caps for the eggs and flowers for the table, 
oh, how lovely my Easter breakfast table will look.

Now all I need is an Easter arrangement
quickly, a glance in the cupboard for a leftovers check. 
Pink, green, yellow, white: exactly what I’m looking for
Or would I be better off crocheting a shawl in those colors?

A really colorful stole would surely be a hit too,
I’ve got enough yarn, so let’s do it.

I'm currently crocheting "Nemo" the fish—he just needs his fins, but other than that, he's done.

I still have today and tomorrow off, and I’m going to enjoy it. In between, I’ll work on a little crochet project here and there (*laughs* and I still have a few UFOs lying around), or shovel some snow—we’ve got plenty of it.

Since my parents are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in May, I still have to gather some material for the anniversary newspaper, which I always put together myself.

Thanks for the tip about the button—that’s a good idea.

Thank you, I’ll give that a try.

I have a question—does anyone have any good tips on the best way to attach magnetic closures to crochet bags?
Since I just used a magnetic clasp for the first time on the crochet bag I finished, I noticed that you can actually see one of the metal parts from the outside (where you bend it together). For now, I sewed a crocheted circle over that spot, because you can also get caught on it if it isn’t bent together properly.
Does anyone have another tip? I’m open to suggestions.

Hippopotamus

too late.

and therefore

have lying around...

Ox