Doily update

Ah, glorious times, I post about once a day... from the lovely galaxy tab I use for almost everything. No, it doesn't cook toasts yet... I'm also enjoying Instagram more and more. It's so much fun !

Anyway,  this is a picture update, I'm on the last round of the doily, and it's basically many mini motifs joined to the centre. Many opportunities to do it wrong.... so I have to pay special attention. It also looks like it's flattening by itself somehow...

Tatted hex doily

I was playing with flower motifs, joining as I went, and voilà,  an hexagonal oily !

It's very close to the hydrangea doily in the book "New tatting", bit it's just chance.

New tatting is a book I bought yesterday on google play. I usually prefer to get the paper version of craft books, even if I have many patterns on my tablet. But I didn't want to wait, plus I always have my tablet or my phone close at hand, so it's like carrying the book wherever I go.

More on that tomorrow, with the current project (a pattern from the book, of course !)

Yellow doily

I know I don't put doilies in my home as they don't fit our modern decor, but I know others (looking at mom and grandma...) who are ready to "sacrifice" themselves to indulge my doily making addiction. I don't know who will adopt this one yet.

Yesterday I bought a mini crochet doily magazine (we have plenty in France), and finished this 20cm doily over the evening. 

I am now making the long version, in white. If this one is done in size 10 thread with a 1.25 mm hook, the white one is done in size 20 thread and a 1 mm hook.

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J'adore faire des napperons en crochet, mais ça ne va pas avec mon intérieur, heureusement je trouve toujours des gens pour les adopter. 

Hier j'ai acheté un des nombreux magazines de crochet, et j'ai fait ce napperon en une soirée, en fil 10 et crochet 1.25mm.

Maintenant je fais la version plus longue en fil 20 et crochet 1mm

Is it a doily or a tray?

Still in the spirit of Spring (what? am I repeating myself?) here is a little doily transformed into a tray. It's all cotton, fresh and sweet. You can put easter eggs in there and they won't roll off !!!

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Toujours dans l'esprit fleurs au crochet et Printemps (quoi? je me répète?), voici un napperon où on peut mettre ses oeufs de Paques sans qu'ils ne roulent partout !!!

Back to crochet

You might have noticed that I rotate my crafts....I can just imagine how many of you are wanting for cross stitch to come back.... ;)
But for the moment, it's crochet. Last time I tried to crochet I got carpel tunnel syndrome pains. I thought that wasit for me, no more crochet, I felt quite devasted, and cursed to knitting forever. But then all those lovely flowers from the book "100 flowers to knit and crochet" called to me, and I had to try them. And, hourra, I crocheted all week end, and my handsare fine ! What happened? I'm now using a wrist comforter when using the computer. I guess that helps.

Then I made coasters and doilies, and I now started a flower garland. It's Spring !!!!

Note that all technical details for these projects and my projects past and future are in my Picasa album, so check it out !

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Vous avez sûrement remarqué que j'aime changer de techniques, et c'est au tour du crochet. Je sais que certains se demandent quand le point de croix reviendra.... ;)


Mais pour le moment, c'est le crochet. La dernière fois que j'avais essayé de crocheter, j'ai eu mal à la main et au poignet, et j'ai bien cru que je devrais dire adieu au crochet à tout jamais. Mais voilà que j'ai eu vraiment envie de faire des fleurs du livre "100 flowers to knit and crochet", et depuis, j'ai crocheté tout le week end sans problème ! Je crois que le fait d'utiliser un pose poignet pour faire de l'ordinateur a aidé pas mal.


Donc après les fleurs, j'ai aussi fait des sous verres, des petits napperons...


Tous les détails techniques de ces projets (ainsi que mes projets passés et avenir) sont dans mon album Picasa, alors n'hésitez pas à aller voir !