greens with some beige

January 7, 2014 by elisabeth andrée 14 Comments

hello welcome to my first blog post of this year. i actually wanted to take a somewhat longer break from blogging, but i could not resist showing you a few photos. firstly i like to ask how you’re doing? were the first days of the new year comfortable and enjoyable?

 

i have not made any resolutions, because i think every day is a new day. here in the netherlands the temperature of the weather is like it is spring but it is actually winter. i have read that it is very cold in certain places in the world with lots of snow and wind. i prefer the temperatures of spring, but for that matter we have nothing to choose…

 

below you can see some pictures of projects and plants, i hope you like them?! but i will start with a little update.

do you remember the storage bag with the fishes? the bag i made for the granddaughter of my cousin renée but i did not have much time to sew a lining. that is why renée sewed the lining herself and this is the result.

Storage bag with fishes

bag with bright green lining

storage bag with toys

looks cheerful, don’t you think?

you can find the tutorial for the storage bag via this link

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hyacinths

a while back, i bought three hyacinths and put them in a green pot, the blue one is open a bit.

and i have two hyacinths that – the label tells – should flourish red, which i placed in two old large water glasses. i have a cover made for both​​ in the same style as the dressed up vases.

‘red’ hyacinths

covers for glasses

bottom of cover

‘red’ hyacinth close up

  

hanging baskets

the plant cuttings have grown a tiny bit, they hang in a small basket on the wall. the other hanging baskets hang in a bunch on the wall too.

hanging basket with plant cuttings

hanging basket with plant cuttings

crochet hanging baskets

a bunch of hanging baskets

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squares

none of the other projects (wips) i have finished, but i started a new blanket. the yarn is phildar charly in the color lin – a dark beige/jute shade – and the blocks are a variation on a vintage round coaster. i have crocheted the first four rows of the pattern and have then made a square of it. it won’t be a large blanket, because i don’t have enough yarn to make a large one and my plan is to make the border in a contrasting color.

crochet squares by elisabeth andrée

crochet squares

crochet square

for more info about and the link to the vintage pattern of the christmas coaster see here and just scroll down a little 

this was it for today, until next time!

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