Heart #coasters/ Подложки-сърца за влюбени :)

Изплетох ги преди време и забравих за тях :) Бяха малък подарък за едно ново семейство съседи и роднини. 

I crochet these coasters a month ago and forgot about them :) They had a small gift for a new family, neighbors and relatives

Подложки в ориенталски стил/ #Oriental style #coasters

Скоро си припомних моя комплект Ориенталски подложки - оригинален линк ТУК. 

Новото е този колаж :D

Different crafts

Some nice hand made cards with attractive inside part.

#Crochet #Kitchen #Potholders

These kitchen potholders were my first crochet-works when i came in Sweden. But i post them now - i forget about them. I use them in the kitchen and their cheerful colors make me glad. 

New #Minion #beanie and #mitts

Hi!
I love Minions and love making some crochets with them but i don't have many crochet-works with Minions. 
I love the fact that my Minion blanket is very popular - click HERE. I have a post with crochet instructions too. In a main post i have a link - you can see it too. 

Now i can show you a baby set with a hat and mitts. I like them - not only me actually :)

  

#Slippers and a spiral #hat in blue/ 3Терлички и спирална #шапка в синьо

I crochet some baby slippers and winter beanies. This set is in blue. i decided to make a spiral over the beanie using a Sleep Stitch,

You can find an useless pattern HERE.

И един весел шал за Сабина/ And a jolly #scarf #shawl for Sabina

След сладката шапка с плитка ала Елса от Заледеното кралство, реших да направя и шалче за Сабина в любимите й цветове. Тя харесва розово и синьо. 
Добавих бяло и ето какво се получи:

After the lovely crochet hat with a braid like Elsa frоm Frozen i decided to make a shawl for Sabina. She loves light blue and the rose color and i added an white too. 

And there is a result :) 

А ето и шапката с корона и плитка:

1 Moon...

Шапката на Сабина и косата на Елса/ Elsa's hair&crown and Sabina's hat

Sabina is an incredible little 7 years old girl. My new friend. She has long brown hair and big eyes - the same as the daughter i've always wanted but i have 2 boys :) May Allah protect them all. 

Ok, i wanted to make something cute for Sabina and she told me that her favorite movie is Frozen and she loves Elsa, the main character. 

So i researched and found some nice proposals for work and crochet - i hope - nice Elsa's hat with hair & crown. 

Tomorrow Sabina will see the present and i hope she will like it. 

Here is the main site where i found some nice pictures. 

How to make Melange Rug step by step DIY tutorial instructions

Hej från Malmö + one useful post about some crochet mistakes you don't want to make

Hej från Malmö :)

I  havent been in my blog for a long time - since I moved to  Malmö, Sweden, several months ago.

I love this place! To be honest, I realize that Malmö is not a real Swedish town because of the many foreigners and to much noises here, but I still love it. Now I think about this place as my home. I dont miss Sofia at all. I often talk to my older son and my father, but I dont feel bad about not being in Bulgaria, my birthplace. Maybe some of you are disappointed hearing that from me, but thats because you've never been or living in Bulgaria. 

Ok, lets wrap this up.

I dont crochet much about this nowadays, but I spend my time doing other things and I've done some new stuff here. In future posts, I'll show you.

Now I will re-post this useful material about some crochet mistakes you don't really want to make. Im sure many of you know about them, but a reminder never hurts. smile emoticon

Tunisian blanket with daisies has got an owner now to help Vasko!

Тунизийското благотворително одеялоt намери своя собственик, който преведе сумата по сметката на малкия Васко! 

Така че, ин ша Аллах, тази точно мисия е изпълнена.
Много ми се ще да плета още за благотворителност, но сега където съм това се обезмисля. 
Всяко нещо с подходящото време.
Сега, в таъв случай, ще мисля за себе си и семейството си :)

Cicles of the Sun CAL by Lila Bjorn Crochet

If you missed this nice CAL introduces by Lila Bjorn Crochet, you can pay attention on it and start it now.
The finished blocks are beautiful and has original pattern. I like it very much but now i can't make it.
May be soon in sha Allah,

The CAL not seems easy but if you are beginner and you like it, you can find written instructions with many images.

HERE is a link to this CAL.

Another blankets with Minions

My friend and a crocheter - Tekka P-Fashion  crochet 2 blankets with Minions similar like this afghan. 

Hers are for a charity too. And are more simple than mine. These instructions i gave before are for this one i crochet. 

But now i just want t show you different way to make a similar Minions afghan which is nice and easier than mine :)

This is mine: 

And these are Tekka's blankets:

Blanket 1

Blanket 2

#Minion #Blanket, #crochet instructions, #pattern - updated!

This pattern is my first one and I beg your pardon if you find a mistakes in it. And I will be appreciating if you inform me about them.

I'm glad everyone like this blanket - it is fresh, nice and smiley!

Crocheting is not difficult and is suitable for beginners too.

If you qish you can add the project to your queue on Ravelry:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/minion-blancket

and

You can also take a look to my other project there and add them to your queue:

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/irshad

The blanket was for charity and I crochet it just without a pattern.

The measurements are app. 125/100 sm. But if you need another size you should calculate the size of blocks and depend f your yarn, to calculate the number of a stitches.

For that afghan I crochet 20 blocks – 7 yellow, 7 white and 6 blue. But if you prefer another diagram you may crochet a different number of color blocks.

I mean that – my joining diagram was that one:

And you may choose another kind of a blocks position like that:

  

Or like that:

And so on – you just need to crochet another number of color blocks.

First of all you need 3 basic colors + 1 for Minions overalls and for a border. Basic colors are white, yellow and blue + dark blue, black and grey.

App you need 160m for 2 blocks. I used Yarn Art’s Jeens – 45% acryl + 55 % cotton, 160 m for 50 grams.  The same yarn is Alize Cotton Gold and is more comfortable for work because it has 100gr yarn balls, 350 m.

I crochet it with hook 3.5mm and single crochet but you don’t need to and if I crochet it again I never use SC and 3.5mm hook again.

That’s why I advise you to crochet using HDC and 3.5 mm hook.

The gauge is not important for that blanket.

For that example size 125/100 sm and 4/5 blocks, with white and blue yarn, crochet blocks are made by this pattern:

1)        Ch 44, Hdc in a 3-rd chain, Hdc to the end, ch 2 and turn

2)        Hdc to the end, ch 2 and turn

3)        Repeat r2 (47) times or until you reach desired length, turn, do not fasten off

4)        Edging Rnd: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, sc in every st to the corner, 3 sc in last st to create corner, work  sc evenly down side of square, beg by working across opposite side of foundation rep from * around, work 1 more sc in same st as beg sts, sl st to first st. Fasten off

About dark blue – yellow - black blocks (Minions):

1)      With dark blue yarn ch 44, hdc in a 3-rd chain, hdc to the end, ch 2 and turn

2)      Hdc to the end, ch 2 and turn

3)      Repeat r 2 (7) times

4)      Change the color – with yellow yarn repeat r2 28 times.

5)      Change the color – with black yarn repeat r2 5 times

6)      Change the color – with yellow yarn repeat r2 7 times. Turn, do not fasten off.

7)      Edging Rnd – use an yellow yarn about the yellow part and a dark blue for the dark blue part of a block: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in next st, sc in every st to the corner, 3 sc in last st to create corner, work  sc evenly down side of square, beg by working across opposite side of foundation rep from * around, work 1 more sc in same st as beg sts, sl st to first st. Fasten off

Joining the blocks:

Depends of diagram you choose, begin joining the blocks on the horizontal using only the dark blue yarn.

When you make these horizontal bars, join them on vertical using blue and yellow yarn.

*If you read the pattern before i've made a mistake and Anneloes Rotteveel - big thanks to her - correct the text :)

Minions Eyes:

For my blanket I crochet 10 rounded pieces for the eyes. Some of minions are with 1 or with 2 eyes.

Rnd 1: You may begin with 12 DC in a magic ring or Ch 3, 11Dc in 3-rd ch from a hook, SlSt in a first Dc to join. 
Rnd 2: ch 3, 2 Dc in each Dc around. Sl st in first Dc, to join. (24Dc) 
Rnd 3: ch 2, (Hdc in next Dc, 2 Hdc in next Dc) around. Sl st in first Dc, to join. (36 sc) 

Change with Grey yarn and continue crochet 1 Sc in every Hdc from a previous row. Sl St in first Hdc to join, end off. Weave the ends.

Black center of the eyes:

With black yarn you may crochet 12 DC in a magic ring or Ch 3, 11Dc in 3-rd ch from a hook, SlSt in a first Dc to join. End off. Weave the ends.

You need to attach black parts to the eyes with hot glue or sewing.  Attach black parts on the center or sideward of it.

When the crochet eyes become ready, attach them on the afghan blocks using hot glue or sewing.  

Nice crocheting and if you have more questions, please ask.

You can read the discussion in the main post Child's crochet Minions blanket  

P.S Anneloes Rotteveel translates the pattern in Dutch and it will be ready soon :)

P.P.S. Anne is ready with translation! :) 


P.P.P.S :)

This is Dutch translation and happy crochet to everyone!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17046369/Minions%20deken.pdf

Take a look on my Minion mitts&beanie