Virus Shawl with gradient yarn

I cought a virus...very, very bad ;-)

For the shawl I used gradient yarn from wollfactory.de (which is a german company where you can create your own gradient style or choose from many others ;.) the site is in german, but you can contact the owner if you want to order...( I know, many of you asked...) I used 2 skeins of 5 ply " Sonnenuntergang " (sunset) 1 skein was 200 g/600 m and the other one was 250 g/750 m... It has a total size of appr. 2 m x1,4 m

Ich habe mir einen Virus eingefangen, einen sehr schlimmen...

Ich habe für das Tuch Verlaufsgarn der firma Wollfactory.de genommen. ( Es ist eine deutsche Firma, wo man sich selber die Farbverläufe zusammenstellen lassen kann, oder aus vielen Farbkombinationen wählen kann.
Ich habe 2 Bobbel 5fädr. Garn gekauft. Farbe: Sonnenuntergang.
1. Bobbel 200 g/600 m
2. Bobbel 250 g /750 m
Das Tuch hat die Maße: ca 2x1,4 m

 

Finally done...my Sophie's Universe...

My blanket has been done for a while and in use already so I wasn't able to take pictures :

I had to order more yarn than calculated...but it was worth it...it is 100 % pure whool I ordered from Turkey, and it is very soft...and as you can see only in grey...fits perfectly onto my armchair... I love how all the details, like flowers pop up so nicely.
The size of the blanket is 142x142 cm.

Here are some pictures of the WIP: 
http://sweetheartcrochet.blogspot.de/p/wip-work-in-progress.html

It has been a great experience to crochet a long something that big, without knowing where it will lead...here you can find the complete pattern from Dedri: http://www.lookatwhatimade.net/crafts/yarn/crochet/sophies-universe-cal-2015/sophies-universe-cal-2015-information/

yeah ....it`s springtime...

♥ 

This is not crochet related... but I love these magnolia blossoms...

It is an about 90 years old magnolia tree at my grandmothers garden...The tree used to be much bigger, but a few years ago almost 2/3 of the branches broke down, after heavy snowing, with the leaves still on. The last picture shows the full tree in its origin.

Isn`t it beautiful? Imagine standing under it with the fragrances from thousands of blossoms :-)

new huge project: CAL 2015 Sophie`s universe...

It is on my WIP list right now... It will come out beautiful...

little doilys from leftover yarn...

Do you ever wonder what to do with leftover yarn...Even if it is just a little bit.
I keep collecting small amount of yarn the same type and made some doilys out of it.
The leftover yarn from these doilys came from a bag I made...I don't like how it turned out at the bottom and you can't put too heavy stuff in it...still it looks pretty on me ;-)

 

Anyway, so I have this beautiful cotton yarn....so I came up with this doily...

worry eater / Sorgenfresser Soft toy for kids...

These so called "worry eaters" are soft toys including a zipper mouth pocket.
For parents however the message for children is that worry eater will 'eat your worries' and help promote a more restful night's sleep by gobbling up any worries.
My girl wanted to have one herself, but I thought it was better to make one my own...
No pattern available, I just looked up some pictures and made my freeform worry eater.
It was my first attempt of an amigurimi and it is not perfect, but my girl loves it...

little granny square bag

I made this little bag with left over yarn and used this scheme for help.
There is no pattern to it. These are just made out of simple grannys...

I found this helpful scheme on this website...
scheme- granny square bag
thank you so much for sharing.

This bag is not large and is not in use for heavy shopping.
But I use it for example when I go out for diner.