Crochet Wall Hanger DIY

 

Hi guys!

Today I have a weekend project to share with you. 

An interesting wall hanger. 

For this project you need plastic or wooden rings, a (wooden) rod and crocheted flowers. 

Crochet the wooden rings. I have a tutorial for this here.

 

  
Pattern for the flowers:

 

Chain 6 and join to make ring.
Rnd 1: ch3,sk 1, sc1 - you will get 3 chains
Rnd 2: ch1 and on the chain sc1,hdc1,3dc,hdc1,sc1
Repeat this pattern for all 3 chains.

Rnd 3: ch2 and sc on the first hdc stitch on the chain, ch3 and sc on the second hdc on the chain below. Repeat this pattern around. You will get six such chains. 
Rnd 4: repeat rnd 2. Use these as small flowers. For the big flower, go to rnd 5.
Rnd 5: {we will make chains again} ch3 and sl st on the second (center) dc of the previous round. Next, ch5 and sc on the dc of the next petal. 

Rnd 6: ch1 and on the chain sc1,hdc1,5dc,hdc1,sc1
Repeat this pattern for all 6 chains.

And that is it!
Make all 6 rounds for the big flowers or to round 4 for the small flowers.

 

Work on the arrangement of the rings and flowers for your hanger.

 

Attach flowers to rings. I chose to make a chain instead using a simple yarn thread to join them. Attach the line to the rod.

Have fun making it!

Our Summer Bucket List

 

We absolutely adore summer! And since we always plan long vacations, we love to plan things we might do together as a family.

So here's our 2015 summer bucket list: 

1. Travel a lot and discover new places.

2. Take lots of nature photos - we always do - passionately documenting our holidays and creating lots of memories.

3. Collect shells, rocks and driftwood for our future projects

 

as well as flowers to dry for the art we are going to make.

4. Make a Late Night Party at the Beach - my hubs keeps escaping doing this- he hates mosquito(s) / bites and promises to do this next year - so we might get lucky this summer. 
5. Read a lot.
6. Play games the kids like.

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7. Make refreshing fruit infused water.
8.Paint new clay flower pots.
9. Renovate our kitchen.
10. Have a day at the water park. 

Do you have plans for the summer?

7 Free Crochet Bikini Patterns

 Bikini 1

Although there is less than a week till summer officially starts, here's been scorching hot for a while. And I cannot stop thinking of blue seas, white sand and of course... bikinis!

I have always had a crush on crochet bikinis. I find them irresistible though knowing well they are immensely impractical. I don't know if you have ever worn one but they are only good for showing off. Once, when I was young and had the pre-mama body I crocheted a pair. Seeing how expensive they were at the shops, I decided to make one myself but had no idea how to make it, so I asked a neighbour to help me with my idea. It is quite simple, but I am proud because it was the first bikini I had ever done and it turned out great. I still have it and tried to find it and show it to you in this post, but it seems it is misplaced somewhere. I am determined to find it for a future post - because this is not going to be the last post on swimwear, so sit tight for the next episode. 

Are you a crochet bikini person?

Here I have made a selection of seven bikinis I liked and when you click on the links there will be more patterns included so hopefully you find something you like. 

 

 Bikini 2        Bikini 3

Bikini 4     Bikini 5

 Enjoy clicking! 

 

 Bikini 6

Bikini 7

Pineapple Motif Earrings - crochet pattern

Hello friends! Today I have to show you my newest earrings pattern.  

As inspiration to make these lovely earrings for the summer I used the amazing pineapple pattern. There are 2 variations of the pattern  and both are playful and have wonderful and attractive texture. 
 

There are many different uses for these lovely pineapples.

Aside from earrings, they can be used as pendants. I tried my hand at making a necklace with a couple of  the motifs and some metal beads. But they can also be used as applique to adorn t-shirts and dresses or glam up old bags. 

 

The pattern is here.