Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yarn. Show all posts

Flowerloom ❃

A while back i bought a flowerloom, because i wanted to make vintage flowers. The instructions that i found in the box, weren't great :( So i thought i would surch on the internet, but couldn't really find a great instruction their either (except pictures from pretty flowers that we're made with the flowerloom). Finally a few days ago i found this great video over at Martha Stuarts blog and i could start making flowers. If you like to watch that video click HERE. This is the flowerloom that i have:
found here

ta da... and these are my first three!!
Once you get started it's really addictive ;)

The flowerloom is cheap and so so cute!
Just a perfect gift for yourself or for the
upcoming holidays ;)

Have fun!!

XO. Vera

yarn stash

I just spend over an hour sorting my yarn stash. Well actually, just a quarter of my stash.
Sometimes I remember the days my stash was still small, like this beautiful stash from Making Chicken Salad:


But nowadays, it looks more like this:


(This is actually a little part of my friend Marije's stash :-) )

I use a part of my cd cabinet, a couple of purple boxes, a wicker basket and my couch for storing my yarn. I am looking foreward to the day that I will have a huge cabinet with lots of compartments to store and display my yarn. In the meantine the couch works just fine and I like to daydream looking at great yarn collections of other people online, like these:




What does your stash look like? What do you use to store it?

(All pictures link to the original source)

yarn bombing nature

We have had some wonderfull, sunny days here. I spend most of the time in the garden, working, taking pictures, knitting, crocheting and just sitting in the shade enjoying the weather.
I find the combination of yarn and nature really inspiring (even if it's just the garden). I always need a long, long time before I finally decide what to do with a freshly bought or recycled ball of yarn. But somehow, when I sit outside with the yarn and a crocheting needle, inspiration comes to me. The result is not always as pretty and cute as I imagined, but that's another story.
Maybe the best combination of nature and yarn is yarn bombing nature! Here are some pictures of yarn bombing projects from around the world to inspire you.


I am in love! I want a pond filled with these cute ducklings.



What a great and subtle way to yarn bomb.