Crochet Cactus Garden / Ogrodek kaktusowo-sukulentowy na szydelku

Witajcie! Az sie nie chce wierzyc, ze mnie tu caly rok nie bylo! To nie tak, ze nic nie robilam - bo robilam, ale niewiele robotek udalo mi sie skonczyc. Na moim drugim blogu, Margaret Among Colours, dzialo sie troche wiecej, bo bylam przede wszystkim zajeta malowaniem i rysowaniem. Dobra, koniec zbednego gadania. Dzis pokazuje Wam ukonczony w zeszlym tygodniu szydelkowy "ogrodek" kaktusowo-sukulentowy. Nie byl trudny do zrobienia, ale ze sklada sie on z wielu czesci, ktore wymagaly zszywania, przyszywania, wypychania, i ulozenia w calosc, to zajal mi sporo czasu. Ponizej na zdjeciach - czesci jak juz byly jako tako zlozone w calosc, poniewaz inaczej tych fotek by bylo za duzo.  

Hello! I can't believe that I haven't been here for a whole year! It's not that I wasn't working on anything, because I was. I just didn't manage to finish many projects. I was more active on my other blog, Margaret Among Colours, because I was mostly busy with painting and drawing.
    So, today I am showing you a crocheted Cactus Garden, which I finished just last week. It wasn't really hard to make - just took a long time, because there were many small parts that had to be put together, shaped, stuffed, and arranged into something resembling plants in a clay pot. Below, you can see photos of various components, after they were assembled from smaller pieces.
 

 

 

Nastepnie bylo przyszywanie "roslin" do "ziemi", a potem "ziemi" do "doniczki".

Next, I had to sew the "plants" to "soil". Then, "soil" to the "clay pot".

No, i ogolem wyszlo nawet ciekawie. Ponizej - fotki skonczonego juz projektu. Na samym koncu, podaje nazwe i link do wzoru, ktory jest po angielsku.

Overall, it came out looking rather interesting, which you can see on the photos below. At the very end, I posted the name of and the link to the pattern for this project (it is free as I write this). I need to mention, that the instructions are written using UK crochet terms, so please keep this in mind, if you are mainly used to US terms.

 

Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Crochet Cactus Garden  by Artefacts Crochet Design
Yarn/Wloczka:Various acrylics/rozne akryle Stylecraft Special Double Knit

Chalkboard Style Tree Ornaments/"Kredowe" ozdoby choinkowe

Well, here we are. Another Christmas season is upon us. As usual, I tend to make some tree ornaments. This time, I chose a couple that have a chalkboard art aesthetic. Super easy and quick to stitch. I used remnants of some Chinese threads. Not the best, but not tragic either. After stitching, I reinforced the fabric with interfacing, padded it with one layer of batting, and attached to a very stiff cardboard. For  backing, I chose a Christmas themed fabric and mounted it the same way as the stitched pieces. I then glued front and back together, with a ribbon for hanging sandwiched in between. To make the edges look nicer, I attached a decorative cord, which I made from green and red pearl cotton (photos below).
     And that's about it. Wishing everyone a happy, safe, healthy and peaceful Holiday season. 🎄🎅🎄🌟🎄

No... i nastepne Swieta tuz, tuz. Jak zawsze, jestem sklonna do robienia ozdob na choinke. Tym razem wyszylam dwie, w stylu obrazkow rysowanych kolorowa kreda. Bardzo latwe i szybkie w wykonaniu. Nici - uzylam resztek jakis chinskich. Nie byly najlepsze, ale tragiczne tez nie. Po wyszyciu wzoru, usztywnilam material fizelina, po czym przyczepilam kawalek wypelnienia do patchworkow, i calosc przykleilam do bardzo grubego kartonu. Tak samo tez zrobilam z czescia tylna, uzywajac bawelny z swiatecznym wzorem.  Nastepnie skleilam przod i tyl razem, lokujac kawalek wstazki do zawieszania pomiedzy obie warstwy. Aby brzegi wygladaly ladnie i schludnie, przykleilam sznurek, ktory skrecilam z czerwonego i zielonego kordonka (zdjecia ponizej).
     No, i to by bylo tyle na dzisiaj. Zycze wszystkim wesolych, bezpiecznych, zdrowych i spokojnych Swiat. 🎄🎅🎄🌟🎄

Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Chalkboard Ornaments Christmas Collection Part 1   by Hands On Design
Fabric/Material: Wichelt, 32ct linen in Chalk Board Black

 

Granger Toque and Cowl/ Czapka i komin Granger

November. It's getting really cold outside. Time for hats, scarves and such. I present my most recent hat and cowl, made from an amazing alpaca yarn. Unbelievably soft and warm. I bought the yarn from an alpaca farm, Green Gable Alpacas, on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Just over 5 years ago, we visited this farm during vacation, where we had the chance to see the animals, yarns, and meet the farm's owner - Janet. I bought some yarn back then as well, but it's waiting for the right pattern. Regarding pattern choice in today's post, I picked it because it went well with the yarn's colour, as it created a pine cone - like effect. What I really like, is that on the label, it is written which specific alpacas the fibers came from.
    Wishing everyone lots of good health.

Listopad. Zimno juz. Czas na czapki, szaliki i tym podobne. Przedstawiam niedawno zrobiona czapke i komin z przecudnej wloczki z alpaki. Niesamowicie mieciutka i cieplutka. Wloczke kupilam z firmy (Green Gable Alpacas), ktora zajmuje sie hodowla alpak i wyrobem wloczek z ich futra, na Wyspie Ksiecia Edwarda w Kanadzie. Kilka lat temu odwiedzilismy farme osobiscie podczas wakacji, i moglismy zobaczyc alpaki, wloczki i poznac wlascicielke farmy - Janet. Wtedy tez kupilam sobie wloczke, ale czeka ona na odpowiedni wzor. A odnosnie dzisiejszego wzoru, to wybralam go poniewaz fajnie pasowal mi do koloru wloczki, dajac efekt przypominajacy szyszke. Co mi sie bardzo podoba to to, ze na etykiecie zostalo napisane z ktorych indywidualnych alpak uzyto wlokien do wyrobu danej wloczki.
    Pozdrawiam wszystkich cieplutko i zycze duzo dobrego zdrowia.

Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Granger Hat and Cowl by Jenny Noto
Yarn/Wloczki: Green Gable Alpacas Royal Birch

Rustic Welted Pumpkins/Rustykalne dynie

Witajcie! Dyni ciag dalszy... Tym razem zrobilam w takim stylu "kaloryferowym", z tweedowej wloczki, i wyszlo bardzo rustykalnie. Chociaz sa niesamowicie latwe w wykonaniu (bo robi sie w zasadzie tylko sciegiem gladkim), to jednak zajmuja sporo czasu poniewaz co iles tam rzedow trzeba zlaczyc rzad pierwszy, z rzedem siodmym (czy ktoryms tam, zaleznie od tego jakie szerokie te "zeberka" chcemy), co znacznie skraca dlugosc robotki. I tak powtarzamy, az osiagniemy pozadana dlugosc. Swietny projekt do robienia przy telewizji - nie trzeba za duzo myslec, pilnowac czy planowac. Polecam.

Hello! Continuing with the pumpkins... This time I made some ridged ones, using tweed yarns, which resulted in a very rustic style. Although they are super easy to make (simple stockinette stitch), they do tend to take a long time, because every so often you need to knit together first row with seventh row (or whichever row you want, depending on how wide you want the "welts" to be), which drastically shortens the length of the piece - until you reach your desired overall length. It's a great project for TV nights, as there's not much deep thinking, checking or planning involved. I recommend.

Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Welted Gourd and Pumpkin Set by Sarah Anderson
Yarn/Wloczki: Knit Picks Wool Of The Andes Tweed - worsted and bulky(blue)

New Pumpkins! / Nowe dynie!

 

No, wiadomo - jesien sie zaczyna - dynie sie robia! Pierwsze w tym sezonie, robione dla dwoch przemilych osob. Juz przedtem korzystalam z tego "przepisu" dwa lata temu, i robilo sie szybko, i latwo. Tym razem zdecydowalam dynie przyozdobic koralikami i wstazeczkami, aby nadac im dodatkowy charakter.

Autumn is here, pumpkins get made - obviously. First two of this season. Made for two very dear people. I already used this "recipe" two years ago, and they were easy and fast to make. This time, I decided to decorate them with ribbons and beads, to give them additional character.

Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Cute Little Pumpkin Patch by Norman Schwarze
Yarn/Wloczki: Various acrylics/Rozne akrylowe