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Crocheting a heart in a flag for Valentinesday

!!! Waiting for translation!!!In 2017 deed ik mee aan de wereldrecordpoging van het Nijehuis. Daar heb ik toen onder andere dit vlaggetje voor gemaakt. Vandaag is het Valentijnsdag, de dag van de hartjes, dus ik dacht dan is het misschien wel leuk om het vlaggetje hier ook een keer te posten. Je kunt natuurlijk ook…

Cosmic Cal part 1 finished, cottonandcandles.com

Cosmic Cal part 1, incl. Colorscheme Cottonandcandles

A few weeks ago, I started with the first part of the Cosmic Cal 2018, designed by Helen Shrimpton (Crystalsandcrochet). I know, I’m still working on my Sophie’s Universe blanket, but I couldn’t resist to start a new Cal. I really like working on my Sophie and the Cosmic Cal is the same kind of…

Toer 024 Sophies Universe, Blog op cottonandcandles.nl

Part 3 Sophie’s Universe

Now the Sophie is still small, so working on it goes fast, but later when she’s bigger it will be different I guess. It’s a big blanket and it will cost a couple of months to make it, so it’s nice to see some results already. This week, part 3 has 10 rounds to do….

Deel 2 Sophies Universe klaar, cottonandcandles.nl

Part 2 Sophie’s Universe

The first part of Sophie’s Universe is finished. It wasn’t difficult at all and it looks great. The ByClaire soft mix yarn is fine for crocheting, I only have to be careful that it’s not splitting. So I was ready to start part 2 of the pattern. I’m still happy with the colors that I’ve…

Deel 1 Sophies Universe klaarIG, Blog op Cottonandcandles.nl

Part 1 Sophies Universe

Now it’s really happening, I started the Sophies Universe part 1. Every week from now on, I will try to finish a part of my Sophie and make a Blogpost about it. In the first post I already showed you the colors that I will use for my Sophie from the Softmix yarn of ByClaire….

The yarn ByClaire Softmix for Sophiesuniverse, cottonandcandles.nl

New project Sophie’s Universe

For months I have the book from the Cal Sophie’s Universe on my shelves. It’s such a beautiful blanket, I just couldn’t wait to start with it. But first I needed to finish my Study and I was still knitting on a few other projects. Study is finished now and the other projects are far finished,…

Cottonandcandles webshop voor hobbymaterialen

Blog for the webshop Cottonandcandles.com

These days a lot of sites have a Blog next to their Social Media. I doubted for a long time if I would make a one for the webshop Cottonandcandles , because next to the webshop, I also have a Blog about Interior (Goodlives.nl) and also a Blog about lifestyle with things like traveling, food,…