Finished Babette!

I finally did it! Finished completely my Babette! It's called Circus, first time ever I name a blanket, but this one just claimed for a name, for That name.Here it is:

 The smallest squares look a bit bulky, I should have blocked the squares before joining them, I'll have to remember that for the next one!

Detail of the border.

Playing!

My babette

 So after a long time in which this thing wasn't working properly, I'm back! Let me tell you about my babette blanket.
I've wanted to make one of these since the first time I saw them in flickr, but I always thought it was too much work and never was the right moment. But finally about two weeks ago I started crocheting it.
Had to do a bit of planning ahead..

 Started with the big squares, the 12 and 10 rounds ones, not sure why, and before I new it I had enough to complete one block!

I kept crocheting like mad and  in about five days I had enough squares to complete two of the four blocks I had originally planned. I laid them on the floor to arrange the colours and I realized it was big enough for a blanket, so, there it was, I had completed my babette squares in less than a week!

I started sewing them together. The boring part of these blankets, but I tried not to think too much about it and just did it. I had all the blocks sewn together in a couple of days

Well, yes, I still have a few ends to hide, hehe!!

I'm making quite a wide border, I want the blanket to look well "framed" if you know what I mean. Still a couple of rounds and it will be done. Mind you, I'm using it already, it's the good part of making blankets, when they're big enough you can enjoy using them when still working on them!

I'll post  better pictures when it's all finished and ready to show. It's hasn't been all that bad at all, it's true that I've been crocheting like mad for a week, but I`ve really enjoyed it. I highly recommend  this project to all crocheteers in the world. Very very rewarding and a great way of using leftovers. I can feel this won't be my only babette. Stay tunned!

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Granny fever

I've been infected by a severe virus last week, the "Granny fever virus". This is the result of that infection.
                  




Rainbow tissue box

                           

 After seeing a lot of these lately over on Flickr, I just had to make one. Really easy and fast, thanks to the great tutorial you can find here. Thank you so much Michelle for sharing your wonderful ideas!





side 1

 This is what the hexagons have become, a colourful winter bag. Still have to do the lining and the handle, but you get the idea.



 I love how colourful it is, shame I'm not keeping it, a friend saw it and wanted it straight away! It seems I'll have to make another one for myself.

        This one I am keeping. It's a purse to carry hankies, lipstick, you know all that stuff women carry around with us!

 And these are some granny blocks I'm making, just for the fun of it! I really have a LOT of scrap yarn around!!!

And finally, this is another scarf I'm in the process of making inspired by this. This is the first try, a bit too dark for me, I think I'll have to make another one in brighter colours, maybe some colourful stripes,... we'll see....
                                 that's it for today, thanks for visiting and see you around!
                                                      

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Using up some of my left-overs

           D'you know there are certain stages in your life when everybody around you seem to be doing the same thing at the same time? Like starting dating, having boyfriend/girlfriend, getting married, etc?  Well, I'm in the stage when all my friends seem to be having babies! And it's great, 'cause I love making baby things. Small, colourful and funny things for them. They're  quick projects, instant gratification.

For this new baby coming in November I've made a scrap blanket. I love working with scraps, you never know how the final product is going to look!

Well, this is the result. I quite like it, hope they (baby and parents) do like it too.

  For the edge I just made some rows of sc, one dc and some picots, I think they're so cute!

And while I was at this, I've started making colourful little hexagons I don't know exactly what for, but I'm making them, something will come up!

                            And that's it for now, thanks for visiting and see you around! :)