My first doily!

I'm sorry about the delay. I was going to make the next post about my pillows, but I decided to wait because of Christmas. But anyway. This post will be about my first doily. Me and my flatmate Tea realized we needed something to have on our sofa corner "table." And off course I went to Ravelry to find something easy and quick. And here is the result:


It is in fact very easy. As usual I used the Østlandgarn yarn. And I think it worked great. It would seem finer if I had used thin cotton thread, but it is expensive, and the doily would not be as big.

Fathers day is celebrated the second weekend of November in Norway, and I made a fruit basket for my father as a fathers day gift.



This time I made a different basket and it turned out a bit bigger than the one I made last time. But the fruit did not turn out any bigger so I think I need to make some more fruit to fill it up.

Hamburger

This is the last project I finished before the summer. It is also the last crocheted food project I have finished. I don't know if I'll be making any more crocheted food, but we'll see. Chances are that Odin would like some more. Anyway. It is, as most of my other projects, made out of Østlandsgarn from Nille, since this is the cheapest available yarn. It is made after the recipe from the book Tasty Crochet.

Update!

It is really long since the last time I wrote something here. The reason is that I've moved, and have not had the energy to crochet. A lot of things have happened since last time. I've moved down a floor with my dog, friend and our landlady. And this is where the shit started. We were meant to move down to a newly remodeled apartment, but the handymen weren't as handy as they said they were, and the apartment still isn't done. We have no working kitchen, no door like the other or closing at all, bathroom tiles not aligned and a lot more faults! My new room is a lot smaller than the one I had upstairs to, and Zelda have had to sleep with me, because of all the workers that have been running in and out for the last month. On top of all this my antidepressants have made me restless and really been tearing at my energy. Also. Eirik, my boyfriend have gone to Canada, and he is going to stay there 'till may of next year. Yay! I've started a new school year also.

But now I'm back on the thread and honestly can understand why I didn't pick it up before! The next two posts will be a project I finished before the summer and one about the one I'm on at the moment!

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Earrings, again.

Now I can blog about my fathers birthday gift: potholders! I used a pattern that I think is copied from a book. (I borrowed it from a friend, so I'm not really sure.) I used a lot thicker yarn, so they came out a lot thicker than the original, but they are at least very isolating! As you can see they are made using two threads of two different colors. It starts up by the ring, working back and forth in the back loops only. Because I used thicker yarn and doubled it I used twice as much yarn as the pattern said. But I think they are lovely, and I'm most likely going to make a pair for my self in black and purple. Or maybe hot pink and black? We'll see.

Yesterday I felt a little better, so I decided to make some earrings of the yarn I bought last week. Using this pattern(It is basically the granny square.) I made a pair of each color.

I also took pictures of some of the other earrings I've made. The paw print earrings I've been talking about. And heart earrings from this pattern. As you can see they are meant to be a lot smaller, but I didn't have thin enough yarn. Yarn is expensive, so I tend to use what I've got. The black heart earrings are some of the first things I've made in a good while, where I've used cotton yarn in stead of wool. The paw prints I've also made in hot pink and gray. The pink I gave away to my mother and the gray is around here somewhere, I'm just not sure where. I also found a picture of some earrings similar to the first earrings I posted, just different colors, obviously. The green themed one I made for my mother, and the black and pink is mine.
Also yesterday, as I was so full of energy, I laid out all the crochet pattern books I have on the table and took a picture of them.

And I would like to point out that the pictures are horrible, huge and way off in just about any way possible in this post because I beat my mac asunder and in a last shot at saving it I formated it. It did in fact work, but I lost all of my applications, that included photoshop. After trying two of the free photoediting apps available I wanted to kill my self, and therefore I will not edit any pictures until I get my photoshop back.

Paw print necklace.

O'hai. Yes I know, I'm a bad blogger. At least I always have pictures in my posts.

Now I almost blogged about my fathers birthday gift. Not good. I'll have to blog about it after the fact.

But anyway. I know I forgot to show you the paw print earrings I made, and I really should. Because they gave me the idea of making a paw print necklace. And you know what? It turned out better than I thought it would. I made it in pink, because it is a gift for my boyfriends little sister who turns 10 soon. But I do imagine it would look great in just about any color. Especially black. The paw pattern is here. The string is just chaining until it is the desired length, and then some more for the loop to put the button through. I bought a matching oval button, for easy fastening. I also considered to make the string longer and just tie it in the back, but for a 10 year old the button is probably the best solution.
This week I have been feeling bad, due to side effects from my antidepressant. But one of the days I didn't spend in bed I went out shopping. I bought some birthday presents for some of my best friends, an expensive sweater for myself and, Surprise, surprise; Some yarn. And buttons. The almost white yarn was cheap, the one next to it I bought for the colors and the two remaining was one sale and also won me over by color. Not sure what I'm going to use it for, but probably some earrings and other great ideas of the future. There are also four snap fasteners(If wikipedia is correct) for future handbag projects. In the little white envelope there are four plain black, small, round, two holed buttons for necklaces.

Also the latest week I've registered my hooks on Ravelry, they have a beautiful chart, where you also can ad notes for every single hook. I love it!


I've also fallen in love with this pattern; A short cape.(This is a link to Ravelry, the pattern is a free Ravelry download, but I'm not sure if you can see it.) I really want to make this one. I just think it would be great for winter. And this pattern for a long cape. (Also a link to Ravelry) It is published in this whatever it is. The only thing about this is that it is obviously reserved for Americans, since I can't find a place anywhere online that will ship to Norway! GAH! I want to make a long cape!!!

Edit: The link doesn't work, I know. I stole some pictures instead. If anyone is offended, please let me know!

Yarn, books and tiny projects

Today I got my books! Okay, so one of them aren't exactly books, but hey! It still contains pattern to many different socks. Can't wait to try it out, but I think I'll wait till winter. After all I won't need them until then.

I also bought two new boxes for my yarn today. When I went home to my mother last week I visited my grandfather. He had gathered all the yarn my grandmother had, and I could choose freely. Of course I took it all. I think I am addicted to yarn, seriously! So I had to sort my yarn, and I decided to sort it after color and not type of yarn. I still know what kind of yarn I have, and I think it will be easier to search by color.

And the black and mixed colors I didn't have room for. When I stacked the boxes they were not as steady as they are supposed to be, because they are so full they bulge!

Since last time I've made some more earrings. I took a picture, but the lights was to bad, so I'll have to show it later. But I made pawshaped ones, square ones and heartshaped ones. I have also made cauliflower and broccoli from this "recipe." My last work in progress is a black necklace that I hope I can finish tomorrow. But I can't make any promises, as my boyfriend is coming tomorrow, and I haven't seen him in over a week. I know it isn't long, but I've been lonely and I've missed him.

The crocheted food project!

Okay. I predicted that I was going to make earrings the next month. But I went home to my mother and younger brother last Friday. My brother had just gotten some pots and pans to play with. But I had seen some crochet patterns making different foods and dishes, and thought it would be a fun thing to make for my brother. So these last days I've been making food he could serve with his new toys.


This is a slice of bread with cucumber slices and a slice of tomato. When I started this "project" I didn't have white and yellow(For sunnyside up eggs) but my mother had beige and brown yarn so that I could make a slice of bread. I first made it with only one "layer", but it just curled up and didn't work, so I made it double.(I'm probably crocheting to tight or using a hook that is to small. And this picture is taken before I made it double, it looks a little better now.) I used the pattern from this page. The slices of cucumber I composed on my own, starting with ch 2, then 6 sc in first ch, and just increasing the next round, switching color for the last round. The tomato slice pattern I found here. By the way, my brother had a friend over today and they came up to my room asking if I could make another slice of bread, because they wanted to make a sandwich. Having already used up (Almost) all of the beige yarn I had to use off white for the center of the bread and the rest of the beige as the crust(And it was not enough so the last side of it I had to make in off white) So now I has one slice of ordinary bread and one slice of white bread. I'll add a picture later.


This is actually the star of this project, but since I have no real system of my pictures it comes in second, forgive me. It is a hot dog in a bun with ketchup(I'll make the mustard later). And a pancake/lompe. He likes his hot dogs best in lompe(Seriously, I don't think there is a word for this in English, but check the wikipedia link) and therefore I thought he should have one. It also doubles as a pancake, if he would rather serve that. The hot dog pattern, with bun, I found here. The ketchup is just a chain of red yarn, in stead of being crocheted on. After all, no one cooks hot dogs with the ketchup or mustard on! The pancake/lompe I made on my own, it's just a spiral and increasing. Again I think I should have had a bigger hook, because it curles, but my brother said it was okay.


So here is my beautiful piece of toast once again, now with an egg on top. Also a whole, uncracked egg, and a leaf of lettuce. The sunny side up egg pattern I found here. The whole egg here. And the lettuce here. The fried egg was kind of a challenge, because of the yolk. I didn't make the last round of the pattern, because I thought it was to big. It was also a little hard to stitch on, but turned out ok. The lettuce I made because I actually promised my brother to make him a hamburger, but I have not yet found a pattern for it that I like. But anyway, the lettuce will fit in between the burger and the bun.

I ordered this book, because I like the pattern for the burger in it. How I know? Well, on Ravelry you won't only find the free pattern for your search, but also patterns from book, or that you have to pay for. I've already wanted to buy this book, now I just have an excuse.

I also ordered a book on how to crochet socks, and another book on amigurumi. You know what, I'll take a picture of my books as soon as my new order has arrived to show you guys.

But; I must say I love Ravelry. The search engine for patterns is great. You can find patterns to just about anything there!

Edit: I also made a few pairs of earrings, but I forgot to transfer the pictures, so they have to come in next post.

This weeks project.

So, after the weekend I still had some work to do, so I had to postpone the crocheting. Wednesday I could finally start crocheting again. I didn't feel like continue on the hook case, so I started making a red Mushroom. I started of course, right before my eyes shut them selves at night, and I haven't finished it yet. But I promise, I'll finish it. And I would have already, if it hadn't been for the package I found in my mailbox on thursday:

 It is 250 hooks, to make earrings. I found this pattern, and got really inspired, as I have a friend of mine they would be perfect for. The hooks are beautiful, silver and bright! Okay, I'm obsessed with making things these day, and I get impatient with all my ideas and only two hands to work with. But at the moment I have a feeling it will be mostly earrings, in different shapes, colors and sizes. Here are the first two pairs.

Both pairs are gifts. The purple themed one for my landlady and the other pair for my friend.

Note: I changed the pattern a bit, because when I made them after the pattern they became to big, and curled up. In stead of chaining 4 I chain 3 and I use double crochets in stead of triple crochets. I still crochet 13 stitches around, and connect them the same way.

Hook case

I'm not yet done, but I decided to post a picture of the progress. It is moving slowly, because I have gotten something else to do, at least 'till the midst of next week. I decided to post the picture because I'll be gone this weekend, so next update probably won't be until Monday, if I've gotten anything done at all.

The picture isn't the best, and the colors are all wrong. The correct color is similar(same code, but not same batch of coloring) to the grapes and the dark purple crab. I also filled it with all my crochet hooks, to show off. Yes, I know, the pockets are not all same hight, I have no idea what happened, but I have an idea how to fix it.

Since the case is to be stiffed up by cardboard that has to be crocheted in, I won't bring it this weekend, but rather try to find something small I can work on.

Woooops!

I've almost forgotten to blog. As I mentioned earlyer I went home to Løten on tuesday last week. Me and my boyfriend stayed at my fathers girlfriend/fiancés cabin for 5 days together with my dog, Zelda and her mother Mira. It was 5 lovely days, even though the weather could have been better and there were outdoor toilet and no shower. Not even reseption service on our mobile phones. Aaah, relaxing! Of course I brought yarn and had printed some patterns, but we spent time together and most of the days outside and by the lake, I just didn't have the time to crochet anything.

Zelda(Black) and Mira

Since I got home on sunday I started a new project, of course. This time I'm making a crocheted crochet hook case. The pattern is free, and also this time I found it on Ravelry first.

Finished

Now the fruit basket is finished. The basket it self have been drying off on the bathroom floor, and turned out really nice! My first tucked, fulled or walked(still don't know which word is the correct one) item!


Also adding a picture of my crabs, who are just multiplying like mad!

Fruit basket!

On saturday(I think), I got the idea for making a fruit basket for my uncle, as he and my aunt have just moved in to a new house. I'm going "home" (Back to where my family lives) this tuesday, so I have to have it ready for then. I found the pattern for the fruit here.

I first made the grapes. They were quite easy. But I was not happy with the pattern for the stem, so I made my own. No, it is not perfect, but I thought I was going to run out of time, so I just hurried to get it done.
The day after I had to go buy orange yarn for the orange. They didn't have orange in the yarn I usually use(Gjestal Østlandsgarn) so I had to buy a different yarn, in a different store. It wa quite similar, but a little thinner. I felt it, and really I did not have much else to choose from. I thought it would work, but the orange, even though I tried to modify the pattern, turned out way to small! So I made another one, that ended up even smaller, and called them clemetines.

Yesterday I made the pear and the banana. I am really happy with the pear. Actually, I'm really happy with the banana too. The banana was easy to bend to shape after I finished it and the pear just had the right shape!

But I'm most happy with the apple. Must be a MacIntosh;)

The basket isn't finished yet, it needs to dry off. I used a technique that I don't know what the most common word for it is, but according to wikipedia it can be called fulling, tucking or walking. Using green soap(?) and hot water rubbing the wool until it sort of tangles it self together. I made the choice because the basket otherwise had gotten to loose. I hope it turns out to become firm enough. The basket is made after this pattern, with just a few modifications, and I'm not going to make the handle and ornament.

Last nights work.

I'm a bad, bad girl. Lately I've started staying up at night crocheting and listening to an audiobook in stead of sleeping. Last night I made a Erlendmeyer flask and a Bring Spring bunny, as the picture show. I found both patterns at Ravelry, but linked to the external page, as not everyone(Although you really should!) are members of Ravelry. The picture also shows how terrible I am at embrodering my crocheted work. Poor bunny!. I had to give up the measurement markings on Erlend Meyer as it just never turned out good.

I also started making a Pygmy Poof in multicolored yarn, but I have not yet decided if I'm going to finish it, as the yarn I used is very thick. (Viking Naturgarn)

Crabs!

I have them. Okay. Not like that. This is just another project I've started. After finishing a two month long, 252 square large bedspread I wanted to make something a little smaller and quicker. Something I would see finished before I went to bed. And these crabs, although rather useless, were perfect. I finished two before I went to bed. They require a very tiny amount of yarn and stuffing and the eyes are french knots, keeping the costs down. Of course there are some things they can be used for, like fridge magnets and for a baby mobile.



I also made a ball yesterday thinking of making one of Links (From the Legends of Zelda) fairy companions. I just need to think of a way to make some nice wings for her.

Mario Bedspread

This is the first project I'm going to show off. It is also my largest project ever. I used about two months, maybe more. It consists of 252 granny squares and I spent about 1200 NOK(ca 195 USD) on yarn. It was a gift for my boyfriend, who is a gamer, just like me. I got the idea around a month before his birthday and finished a month later, since I was to tired a lot of the time to work with it. He told me it was worth waiting for, though. It is large enough for a double bed, 150 cm in width.

I got the inspiration (And pattern schematics) from Ravelry, but the squares are just ordinary granny squares and can be varied to any square and size after your own wish and plan.

I must admit that I am rather proud of myself for finishing this project! It is enormous!

Hi!

First post on my new blog, now writing in English!

As the blog title might suggest I am a crocheting gamer. I wanted to make a blog that combines these to favourite hobbies of mine. I will mostly be showing off my projects and finished products, but I would also like som input on future projects and tips. All my projects will not be related to games of course. 

A little about me: I am a 19 year old norwegian student living in Norway capitol Oslo. I have a boyfriend and a dog, and is living with a friend of mine. I spend a lot of time online, but also sqeeze in some time in front of the tv, either playing xbox or watching tv and crocheting. And of course I spend som time walking my dog. 

Any questions?