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

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: 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.