Socks..Socks and more socks

It looks like I have developed new addiction in my life. Can you guess it? It is crocheted socks.

After using the pattern for the Step by Step Socks I got tons of ideas for crocheted socks. Now I have 2 new pairs and I absolutely love them.

The yarn that I used for them is Simple Stripes by Knit Picks and Sockotta Sock Yarn by Plymouth Yarn.

I got an Award from Nena. If I had to give an award to someone it would be to many people. Just look at my friend list on Ravelry or the blogroll on the right and you'll see all the people that I am giving this award to.

Baseball Cap

I love reading  My Recycled Bag blog. Cindy has so many ideas about using recycled materials. One of her latest projects was her Recycled Baseball Cap ( Ravelry link ). I immediately fell in love in her pattern and had to make it. Instead of plastic bags I used Lion Brand Suede Yarn.

And you know what? My mother loved it so much, that she took it away for me :)

Now, I have to do one for me...

Swap things

These are my latest quick projects. 

First, this golden bag that can be used as cosmetic pouch, bag, purse... I crocheted it as a gift for a special person for a swap. The bag is fully lined...I am extra happy for this because I used my sewing machine after a long time.I was scared of ruining the pouch , but It turned out great at the end.I am very happy about that. The pattern is Recycled Purseabilities by Nannybird Crafts.

Actually this is the second time that I am using this pattern and I really enjoy it. Such a simple pattern and easy to follow.

After crocheting the socks form the previous post I had some leftovers form the red yarn and decided to use it smartly. I made this bookmark.

The pattern that I used for this bookmark is Baltic Scarf from Berroco. Somehow, I have used this pattern as an inspiration for many projects. Some of them are my headband, lot of bookmarks that are given away as gifts, two scarfs(first and second one)... 

Back in the craft world again

So after couple of months of being out of Internet, I am back here again.


I remember that those first days with "no Internet " i thought that maybe it is a good thing.

"Maybe it is a good thing, no Internet and I will stop crocheting and I will spend my time studding for my exams"-I said to my self.

Boy, I was so wrong. I have spent three month studding nothing and crocheting nothing... total misery. So couple of weeks ago I have said to myself that It is time for me to get on the road again. Started crocheting again and now studding is easier for me. It is amazing how crocheting is influencing me, maybe even more than I realized before.



After hours spend looking at Revelry's Crocheted socks at the pattern browser I have set my mind in crocheting the Step-by-Step Socks by Amy o'Neill Houck (Ravelry link). I am so happy how they turned out. I have used Regia Yarn that i got from Lisa. I really love this yarn , it certainly has a nice feel where I am wearing my socks.

Addicted with crochet again

Just to tell you that I have started crafting again, and to be specific I started crocheting. Even that the weather is still hot I started crocheting shawls and scarves.
I don't have pictures to show, but I can show you something else. I have started crocheting plastic bags into a rug. I decided to use the "joyful colors" that I have in my plarn stash and you can see the result.



In between crocheting and regular life I have found some interesting blogs to visit:
One Pretty Thing and MMMCrafts. I found interesting things there.

Still tired

So, after spending 5 weeks away for home you come back and feel relaxed and wonderful. That feeling stops after 2-3 days.
You think that these nice feelings would stay forever? No!!! You are wrong there, BIG TIME! Other people see it at different way.
They haven't seen you in 5 weeks and they all want to see you the first day you come back. Off course, you don't have enough time to see them all in the first day and you spend the next two weeks visiting friends and close relatives. This is the time that you realize that you are getting to feels more tired and forget about the long holiday.
This is how it has been for me for the last 10 days. I have spent 2 days in city Tetovo, and 3 days in city Kumanovo. All the other days I have been in my home city Skopje, seeing people that I haven't seen before, studding and surfing the net.
This is how you get to be in a situation to read a lot of good blogs, but no time to comment them.


I haven't been doing much crafts for a long time. I have a lot of started projects, but still don't have the energy to continue them.
Before my 5 weeks break I crocheted one quick bag for a newborn baby. It was pretty easy and fast because all I did is made 2 grannies, joined them together and made one long strap.



While I was away in Croatia I managed to do only one craft related thing. I wrote the pattern for my Ripple Top. I have to write it on my computer so I can publish it as a free pattern. Hope to do that soon, because I had few requests allready.

I am back !

I got back and now I feel lazier than ever.

I have spent 5 weeks in long walks, beautiful views, crystal clear sea, sunbathing, swimming, diving and a lot more. 5 weeks spent in visiting interesting places and 5 weeks of paradise for me.




Before I went on my vacation I received a package in the mail form JanaK. I have received wonderful things like yummy yarns, hooks, needles, magazines and a book for sock knitting. I have no words to describe my happiness of getting these gifts. Thank you, Jana!!

Vacation 2008

I will be gone for a month!
I am leaving on a vacation in a couple of days. As every year, I am going in Croatia and I am staying there for a month.

But this year I feel really stressed about it. To be precise, the packing and the driving stresses me out. Every year the same question: what to take with me and what to leave home? A month is a big period of time so I have to be clever in choosing what to bring with me. It would be super easy if I was going on a 10 day vacation. My luggage bag would be big enough to hold everything that I think that I would need. But for a month, Oh boy, I feel like I need a lot.
The first thing that I put in my bag is Sun Lotions, cosmetics and bath suits (Yes suits, because a lot can happen in a month). After that, I put my underwear and sleeping clothes.
Although it is summer, it can bet chilly at knight so I must put in a pair of long denim-pants and comfortable long sleeved blouse. After I put in one-two books and diving mask inside the bag I feel the rest of the bag with clothes. That means tops, skirts, short pants, blouses...
Off course, I take with me one pair of sandals, snickers, and shoes that are suitable for beach.

So, I will be away for a month and I won’t be having any contact with TV, mail and internet in that time. No, I am not going to a desert island, but I am going to an island. The part of the island where my house is doesn’t have any electricity. People are using solar energy or different kind of alternative energy sources for their needs. At first this drived me crazy, but now I am kind of excited for this fact. This is such an eco solution.

Not everything is bad regarding my vacation. In fact, there are lots of great things there, but this time I chose to speak about them. And these are the only bad things.

Also, the picture above is the view from my house. Great, don’t you think so? Imagine every day waking up like this! Wonderful!

Simple Plarn Curtain – Free Pattern

Materials:
- Plastic bag yarn ( strips cut to 1,5 cm width or 0,5 inch )
- Size 2mm crochet hook
All stitches are Double Crochet



Start with row 1 (54 squares) and continue working the chart to the row 19. Then repeat row4-row19 until you get the desired length of the curtain. Then crochet row2 and then row1.




Download pattern file directly at Ravelry here. You can see a bigger chart there.

Silver envelope bag and headband

In a week I am attending a wedding. I have my black dress and my black shoes. I like how my dress and shoes go with silver jewelry and I wanted to go little further with this look and thought that maybe it would be a good idea if I had some kind of envelope bag that was knitted or crocheted with silver-metallic thread. I started crocheting but somehow my bag didn’t seem elegant enough and I ripped it off. Then tried knitting it and BINGO! There it is my silver envelope bag!



It was really a simple knit, because I knitted an ordinary swatch (remember, I am still a beginner knitter, I am not able to knit lace patterns and knitting is still a complex process for me). In the knitting process I used my old cheap envelope bag to measure the length and thought how it would be a lot easier to sew the swatch to the bag and skip the process of lining it. It turned out pretty well, I like to think so. 



Lately, I have been obsessed with headbands. I think that they go well with my new haircut. This headband is made from cotton and it will be good for summer beach walks. I used the pattern for Beroco’s Baltic Scarf and altered in order to make it less wide.



I find this pattern very easy and have used it a lot for the past year. I made two scarfs and a lot of bookmarks that I gave away as presents.