Merry Xmas everyone !!!

May this new year bring you peace andtranquility, and as you walk your path may it bring you contentment.


Merry Christmas :)










Have a great day,
Oya Mearns

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Crochet: Single Blanket for an adult :)

Hi there,

I made a single crochet blanket for my very special friend CALE :)
I tried to find a nice cosy blanket pattern for her then I found this one.


I used NAKO Baby Tweed Joyful (81038),
4 mm Hook.
For this project I used total 9 balls of this yarn.

  
Pattern:
I started with 147 chains.
1. Row: all DC (total 147 DC)
2. Row: again all DC, BUT THİS TİME BACK LOOP ONLY ! total 147 DC.
3. Row: please follow the diagram 1 on below. 
4. Row: please follow the diagram 1 on below.
5. Row: repeat Row 1.
6. Row: repeat Row 2.
7. Row: Please follow the Diagram 2 on below.
8. Row: Please follow the Diagram 2 on below.
then Repeat Row 1 - 8

all the way :)

Diagram 1

(1hdc,ch,1dc,ch,1Tdc,ch,1Tdc,ch,1dc,ch,1hdc,ch,sc,ch,sc,ch,sc,ch,...)

Diagram 2

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Scarf for a baby girl

Hello :)

This time I made a scarf to ome of my friend's daughter BADE :)

Last year I made a blanket for her, now she is getting bigger and her mum said to me that she need a scarf:) Then I made this scarf for 1 day!

Easy, and very useful.

I used 1 little bid more than 1 ball yarn, if you don't make any fringes 1 ball is enough.
NAKO, Lolipop, 80430

80cm x 10 cm

147 chains total

All Single Crochet, But BACK LOOPS ONLY !

I have done 10 cm first then after 22 stitch later I create 12 chains and miss 12 stitches continue 10 cm more again...

For the adges I made some Picot Stitches. Here is the Video Tutorial.

At the end I made some fringes and 2 little flower:

I learned from this video

Mini Flower Video Tutorial

  

That's it! Very nice and simple isn't it :)anddd my gift is ready to go :)

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Baby Blanket (Box Stitch)

Hi everybody,

this project is very very important for me because one of my university friend
CAHİDE will be a Granny soon :)

When we were university students, she was married then had a baby boy, on that time I can remember I made a blanket for her baby, now I learned, that baby boy will be a father soon!!! Can you imagine how chuffed I am ! then of course I made this blanket for our baby's Baby :))))

Pattern:

I used this pattern before so that's why I will give you the link of my post.

Crochet: BOX STITCH - Diagonal or Straight.

I used Nako Baby Tweed Joyful - 81046
Hook: 4 mm

               

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Fingerless Gloves/Mittens

and Winter is on the way, so this time I wanted to make gloves for my self, then I searched about it, then I found the easy one and very lovely one. So I would like to share with you too.
Simple,  easy,  most importantly very quick one :)

You can watch a video tutorial on how to make them here as well. (below).

I used NAKO Artist yarn 85940 and Nakolen Dreams 31443
and 4 mm hook.
Pattern : Multiple 4 + 2
I made 24+2 = 26 Ch.
PS: mine is a little bid different then the original video.

Pattern

Round 1
Ch26, sl st in first chain to form a circle -  Ch3, sk2, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st, *sk3, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st* repeat from * to * until last 2 sts, sk2, sl st in top of 3ch to join - (6 fan sets made)

Round 2
Ch3, *[2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next 1ch sp* repeat from * to * until end, sl st in top of 3ch to join - (6 fan sets)

Rounds 3 - 4 ( you can add rounds if you like to long wrist part)
Repeat round 2

Round 5Ch3, *[2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next 1ch sp* repeat from * to * another 3 times, sk next st, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st (centre of fan sets), *[2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next 1ch sp* repeat from * to * another 2 times - (7fan sets)

Round 6-7
Repeat round 2

Round 8
Ch3, *[2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next 1ch sp* repeat from * to * another 5 times, sk next st, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st (centre of fan sets), sk 2 fan sets, sl st in top of 3ch to join - (6 fan sets)

Round 9 - 13
Repeat round 3

Video Tutorials: HappyBerry Crochet

Diagram: 

Have a great day,

Oya Mearns

PS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Colourful Blanket/Shawl with "zig-zag SHELLs"

Helloooo again:)
I started a new project yesterday. This time it will be a nice, cosy, warm shawl for my best friend.  But of course  it can be a very nice baby blanket.

I use NAKO Baby Luks Mınnos yarn - different colors,
Hook: 3 mm
Pattern Source: by Melissa Leapman

Looking at the Diagram/Chart of the pattern is an easy way to do it for me.
So I created this diagram for us: (a little bid funny diagram but you can get it I am sure:)
Pattern: Multiple 6 + 7 I have done 139 Chains.

 

Have a great day,

Oya MearnsPS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: TULIPs

Hello there:)

Finally I have done the "Tulip" pattern. I remember when I saw this pattern on Internet I really looooved it! Then I made a shawl for one of my dearest friend ALEV, as a surprise gift!  She loved it like me.

I love Tulips, so I made a lot of colourful tulips :)

How can I do this?

I used NAKO Baby, Luks Minnoş yarns,

Hook: 3 mm.

Starting: 126 chains (mult 3 chain + 3)

You will find the digram of this blanket' pattern.

At the end, I have done single crochet stitch all around (total 6 rows).

All "V" stitches are the sae color, I used brown; and between tulips I 've done 4 rows Single Crochet Stitch.

 

  

Have a great day,

Oya MearnsPS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: Colourful Granny Stripe Blanket

Helloooo,
This time I made a blanket for my very special friend RHONA !
Recently I have got the "Rhona's Big 50 Birthday Party" invitation then I have started to do this blanket for her, so after 50 we all need a blanket while watching a TV, right? :)))))

I used this stitch before and I explain about it, so here is that post link:"Crochet: "Granny Stripe" Baby Blanket"


I used 3mm Hook,
Colourful NAKO Baby Lüks Minnoş
and I have started with 160 chain.

                    

                     

Have a great day,

Oya MearnsPS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.

Crochet: for Baby Girl Blanket with Solid Squares

Hello my friends,
I am very happy for one of my dearest friend Çiçek! Because she is a grandmother now!
When I have learned about it, honestly I was very excited and very very happy for her!
Çiçek is very special friend for me, because we grown up together. Her parents are Best Friend of my parents! So like she is my sister! Which means I am grandAunty OYA now :)
Our little baby's name is DEFNE! So here is the blanket which I made for her!

            

                    

        

I used NAKO Baby Lolipop - 80430 and Hook size 4.5mm.

I have done this efore so here is my post link:
Blanket with Solid Granny Square:

Link1 : Crochet: Shawl with Solid Squares (3 Chain space at the corners)
Link2: Crochet: Big Blanket with "Granny Solid Square"

Have a great day,

Oya MearnsPS: All my posts will be published for helping to you. BUT of course if you would like toDONATEfor my “piggy bank”, I can then get some more yarn for my projects and share with you. If you do so, you will find the “DONATE” button at the top of the blog :)If you FOLLOW me by email, you can get a message too. You will find the SUBMIT button on right side under the Block Archive.