Archive for the 'Crochet' Category
• Tadaa! Big reveal of the granny square blanket
A week ago the moment was there, I finally decided on the border and the edging and I have finished my first crocheted blanket. I’m so happy and proud I made it to the end.
When I started I decided that the blanket would get a size of 10 rows and 8 columns, I finished with [...]
• Crochet cushion covers
I’m so proud that I actually finished a crochet cushion cover. The cushion cover top left, I made with the help of the instructions by Yvonne of Yvestown. The cushion cover is a present for my mom, but I have to make one for myself too, because I miss him already…
The cover for the floor [...]
• Red, White crochet
1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Shabby Chic Afghan in Progress, 4. Strawberry cupcakes, 5. Granny Along: The road to No-where., 6. Blanket-WIP, 7. Untitled, 8. WIP, 9. Red, White & Blue Pincushion – Front, 10. IMG_3550, 11. Ägghattar!, 12. Christmas birdies!, 13. ten crochet stars, 14. red crocheted vase, 15. Reese Bitty Blossom Hair Clips, [...]
3 Comments December 19th, 2009• Greetings from Texel
Vacation is the perfect time for me for ’slow’ crafting, like cross stitching and crocheting. Those babushka dolls are from the ‘Made in France’ cross stitch and embroidery book. In the book they used white embroidery fabric, but I wanted to try unbleached linen for a more ‘rough’ look.
Those granny squares are a new row [...]
• Duo project with my dad
Those stools are not an original design. I saw them on internet at Wood&Wool Stool and asked my dad if we could make those for our hallway…
He made the stools and I did the crocheting and thrifting of the wood. I found the wood in a container in our street where they were rebuilding an [...]
• Happy crocheting
One of the good things of having a crochet project at hands, is that it is so portable. You can take and work on it everywhere, even on your fathers boat
By the way, today I reached the half way point of the blanket, yoehoe!
• My granny square blanket is steadily growing now
Current blanket
About a year ago I started to crochet my own granny square blanket. I saw a picture on the internet of one with a lot of candy pink, and a strong feeling struck me that I wanted one of those for myself. So I started with buying a lot of Rowan cotton in [...]
• Long time no see
It’s been a long time since I’ve been here. Revalidation is taking a lot more time then I thought. I have to cycle on the hometrainer multiple times per day, I have to walk a lot and besides that I have my stretching exercises. But…. every week it’s going a little better, so that’s a [...]
4 Comments July 5th, 2009• Crochet inspiration
I admire the work of Anne-Claire Petit. She designs funny crocheted things in the most adorable colors. All items are a huge inspiration to me, and some of them I would love to own myself, for example the vase with flowers seigh…..
Yesterday I was so lucky to find some anne-claire petit items on the ‘vrijmarkt’ in Amsterdam. [...]
• I did it, the crocheted hearts garland is finished
I’m so happy, yesterday I could put myself to finishing the crocheted hearts garland. I set myself in a chair in the sun on our balcony, and just started and kept going. The garland is now hanging above the entry door of my studio, that wasn’t a good place for photography because of the poor [...]
10 Comments April 14th, 2009
About me
I'm Petra, I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Besides my day job I’m busy setting up my own business: organising creative workshops and a web shop selling cute and colourful fabrics, ribbon and buttons.
In my spare time I love to crochet and sew. I’m always on the look for new inspiration on the web, in books and in magazines.
I’m sharing my projects because I like to get in contact with other crafty souls for inspiration and maybe a swap.
I'm a student
