Monkey business

22 Thursday Dec 2011

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I was at Accessorize in Waterloo station this morning (buying myself a new handbag – ’tis the season to be jolly after all and what better way to jollify yourself than with a new handbag) when I saw the cutest little crocheted keyrings at the till.

They are on sale at the moment – half price no less!  They’re just adorable don’t you think?!!!

This is Polka Monkey:

 
This is French Monkey:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And here we have Union Jack Monkey:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source: accessorize.com via Natasja on Pinterest

I think I’ll pop back in at Accessorize on my way home tonight…

Crochet on TV (Dexter)

22 Thursday Dec 2011

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More crochet spotted on TV!

This very pretty granny square afghan is in one of the Dooms Day Killer’s victim’s houses in Dexter Season 6, Episode 12.

I really like the off-white and shades of blue, with just a touch of yellow. Whoever made this afghan also chose not to join the squares in the traditional way where the squares are seamed together, but rather used an open, lacey way of joining the squares. I think they used Crochet Cabana’s Lacy joining method which you can find here.

Le Monde Sucrette describes a similar method here, although hers is a single row of zigzag.

You can also create this effect with rows of shells to join, like Carina does on her Craftblog.

You can also have a look at Robyn Chachula’s sample pattern from her Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia for the written and diagramatic pattern for joinging grannies.

I’ve had an off-white-with-bright-colours project on my To Hook list for a while now. After seeing this beautiful afghan, the project has moved up the list! Traditional joining methods have however moved down the list somewhat…

If yarn were meth

21 Wednesday Dec 2011

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My friend Cornel of Craftshare recently posted a picture of a “Keep Calm and Carry Yarn” tote bag on her Facebook page.

 

It reminded me of my own “It takes balls to crochet” tote bag that I bought on Cafepress a year ago. Cafepress don’t sell my tote bag anymore but they do sell these….

I can relate to this:

 

…and to this. I’m forever looking for lost crochet hooks between couch cushions.

Off you go to Cafepress, I know you want to 🙂

Terrific Tuesday

20 Tuesday Dec 2011

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On a Monday I can still remember the fun I had over the weekend, Wednesday is the middle of the work week, on Thursday I start getting hopeful and on a Friday I can taste the weekend. But what about a Tuesday? It’s so…. just there. Weekend memories are too far away and the upcoming weekend might as well be a year away.

What we need is a bit of colourful inspiration to get us going on a Tuesday, don’t you think? A pretty picture, beautiful scenery or colourful imagery. Yup, that’ll liven up Tuesdays and turn it into a terrific day!

From now on I will go through my holiday snaps every Tuesday and find us a pretty picture to add colour and joy to the day.

xxxxxx

Out of all the famous people on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, I relate most with this little green fellow.


Hollywood Walk of Fame, 12 December 2011

Do you feel like a star? You should, because you are!!!

Have a terrific Tuesday.

Natasja

Crochet on TV (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)

18 Sunday Dec 2011

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More crochet spotted on TV!

Last week while on holiday in Santa Monica, trying to recover from jetlag, we watched old episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (it’s the only thing on TV at 4 am!) and spotted this beauty. No, not Will Smith, the granny square blanket.


I’m on crochet spotting duty, even whilst on holiday in foreign lands. 🙂

Terrific Tuesdays

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

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Boats on Graslei, a photo by Natasja & John on Flickr.

On a Monday I can still remember the fun I had over the weekend, Wednesday is the middle of the work week, on Thursday I start getting hopeful and on a Friday I can taste the weekend. But what about a Tuesday? It’s so…. just there. Weekend memories are too far away and the upcoming weekend might as well be a year away.

What we need is a bit of colourful inspiration to get us going on a Tuesday, don’t you think? A pretty picture, beautiful scenery or colourful imagery. Yup, that’ll liven up Tuesdays and turn it into a terrific day!

From now on I will go through my holiday snaps every Tuesday and find us a pretty picture to add colour and joy to the day.

xxxxxx

Boats on the Graslei in Ghent, Brussels – May 2009. If I had a boat, I’d decorate it with bunting in stead of flags ;-

Have a cheery Tuesday!