tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622814390948583562017-07-27T23:17:10.139-07:00Little things made with love♥Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-71956894348610289212013-09-09T02:58:00.000-07:002015-01-09T09:00:13.688-08:00And the winner is...<span style="color: #444444;">Thank you so much for taking part in my <a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/2013/08/book-review-and-giveaway-rowans-learn.html">giveaway</a> and for all your lovely comments! I enjoyed so much reading them! This time I have used the<a href="http://www.random.org/"> Random Number Generator</a> for picking my winner and he has chosen.....</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C5JbtdQ0Sto/Ui2HIXV7FKI/AAAAAAAAC4A/oUtdPcwJV7o/s1600/winner.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C5JbtdQ0Sto/Ui2HIXV7FKI/AAAAAAAAC4A/oUtdPcwJV7o/s200/winner.JPG" height="200" width="172" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"> ... HEATHER!!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9M49dA4M3VI/Ui2HOVtkRhI/AAAAAAAAC4M/FsEMzSHoZLs/s1600/prize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9M49dA4M3VI/Ui2HOVtkRhI/AAAAAAAAC4M/FsEMzSHoZLs/s400/prize.JPG" height="400" width="368" /></a></div><br /> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Congratulations Heather!!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Please send me your postal address via email</div><div style="text-align: center;">and your prize will be on it's way to you soon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Have a wonderful week everybody!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Barbina</em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><br />Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-87004004082415263322013-08-26T00:52:00.002-07:002013-08-28T09:25:11.340-07:00Book Review and Giveaway: Rowan's Learn to Crochet Sampler Afghan <br />Today I will talk a little bit about Laurinda Reddig's latest book<span style="color: #0b5394;"> Rowan's Learn to Crochet Sampler Afghan</span>. Laurinda is a very talented crochet designer and teacher. You can find her beautiful blog <span style="color: #990000;">ReCrochetions</span> right over *<a href="http://rememberingrowan.blogspot.de/">here</a>*.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAyLHtBZUQQ/UhXitijfNTI/AAAAAAAAC2w/Pg2kzibE_6Q/s1600/book1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAyLHtBZUQQ/UhXitijfNTI/AAAAAAAAC2w/Pg2kzibE_6Q/s320/book1.JPG" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>I'm giving away a free copy of the book today--</h4><h4>so keep reading to find out more!</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>If you are following my blog for a while now, you may remember <a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/2011/08/finished-my-first-blanket.html">my first blanket</a> and how I have enjoyed making it. With the help of this book you are able to make one of your own now too! <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Oq06v1o0bnQ/UaRk5ahkecI/AAAAAAAACc0/TJlY7iy-2rA/s1600/blanket1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="284" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Oq06v1o0bnQ/UaRk5ahkecI/AAAAAAAACc0/TJlY7iy-2rA/s320/blanket1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Skill level:</span><br />If you want to learn to crochet and you just need someone who takes you by the hand and teaches you everything from the very beginning this is the perfect book for you. But also more experienced crocheters will find a lot of new stitches to learn. <br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Content:</span><br />You are learning to make 16 different stitches to create the 16 sampler squares for the afghan. Laurinda walks you through all the ways to insert your hook into the stitches to create the most common stitches including basic stitches, combination stitches and textured stitches. All very well explained along with 30 step-by-step photo tutorials for every stitch. In addition to this Laurinda is teaching you how to read crochet patterns by explaining all of the common things, you will find in other crochet patterns. You also learn to make 4 easy baby blankets with 4 different edgings and how to work in the round to crochet a cute little baby hat. <br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Review:</span><br />What I really like about this book is, that you have all the information you need for making this beautiful afghan in one book. You can take the book, some yarn and a crochet hook, cuddle on your couch and you are done. I remember, when I started to crochet, I sat in front of my computer most of the time, because I had to look up every stitch which was used in my pattern. But here Laurinda guides you through all the steps of afghan-making from how to make a slip knot to how to block the squares and sew them all together. And if you don't want to make a complete afghan, you can use the stitches you have learned for other fun projects like dishcloths or potholders or whatever comes to your mind!<br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">My projects from the book:</span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--p6JA4krsHY/UaRlEsAojsI/AAAAAAAACdE/W8F4WCG_eg0/s1600/babyblanket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="289" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--p6JA4krsHY/UaRlEsAojsI/AAAAAAAACdE/W8F4WCG_eg0/s320/babyblanket1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rey of Sunshine Blanket</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gW1TNWfHVIg/UhXkk_iiaCI/AAAAAAAAC3M/H1j91-IUBVI/s1600/babyblanket2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gW1TNWfHVIg/UhXkk_iiaCI/AAAAAAAAC3M/H1j91-IUBVI/s320/babyblanket2.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Treya's Treasure Blanket</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y840y03gCaE/UaRlGSu2TmI/AAAAAAAACdM/gEwwLh86Jk0/s1600/wasch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y840y03gCaE/UaRlGSu2TmI/AAAAAAAACdM/gEwwLh86Jk0/s320/wasch.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some washcloths</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y5Hpk43gzY/UaRlKp6PJvI/AAAAAAAACdU/tHktFHoaa-Q/s1600/washcloth.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Y5Hpk43gzY/UaRlKp6PJvI/AAAAAAAACdU/tHktFHoaa-Q/s320/washcloth.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some potholders</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sggp3nUcWWk/UaRk8_WbBYI/AAAAAAAACc8/xg4ojG2ngXA/s1600/littlehats.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sggp3nUcWWk/UaRk8_WbBYI/AAAAAAAACc8/xg4ojG2ngXA/s320/littlehats.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and two baby hats</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #cc0000;">Book details:</span><br />Rowan's Learn to Crochet Sampler Afghan by Laurinda Reddig is published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 3, 2012) and has 74 pages.<br />The book is available as a Left or Right-handed edition.<br />You can buy a copy from the book at *<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ReCrochetions-Presents-Rowans-Crochet-Sampler/dp/1479223603/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377390580&sr=8-1&keywords=rowan%27s+learn+to+crochet"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">amazon</span></a>* or *<a href="https://www.createspace.com/3959758"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">createspace</span></a>*. Proceeds from the sale of the book are going to Rowan's Milk, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education on Lactation After Loss to mothers who have lost a baby, and their health care providers.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Giveaway:</span><br />Laurinda has kindly provided me a free copy of her book (the right-handed edition), for one of my readers! So for a chance to win, just leave me a comment below until<span style="color: #0b5394;"> Sunday, 08.08. 2013</span>. The giveaway is open for everybody around the world! One lucky winner will be drawn at random on <span style="color: #0b5394;">Monday, 09.09.2013.</span> <br /><br />Good luck to all of you!<br /><em><span style="color: #e06666;">Barbina</span></em>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-60917712798734786232013-08-15T01:14:00.001-07:002013-08-22T03:06:04.024-07:00Bunny Girl at the beachWe are back from our summer holidays at the sea and there are still a few days left until the school starts again next week. We were so lucky with the weather this year and enjoyed every minute of our trip.<br />I took little bunny girl with us, because I wanted to take some pictures for the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/little-cotton-rabbits/2641044/1-25">Little Cotton Rabbits Ravelry Group Photo Contest</a>. It doesn´t matter that my picture didn't won, because we had so much fun taking the pictures of her. I really want to do this again some time!<br />So, do you want to see them?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xxV6rx3TPYE/UgtlXq5A_2I/AAAAAAAACuE/OsiZ-j5zCa0/s1600/bunny9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xxV6rx3TPYE/UgtlXq5A_2I/AAAAAAAACuE/OsiZ-j5zCa0/s400/bunny9.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>Bunny Girl was so excited to see the ocean for the first time,</h4><h4> that it was hard to take a picture of her!</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h4></h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><h4><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w-50s46zZ9M/UgtkHUmm_jI/AAAAAAAACtk/r2Yh21NVMew/s1600/bunny7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w-50s46zZ9M/UgtkHUmm_jI/AAAAAAAACtk/r2Yh21NVMew/s400/bunny7.JPG" width="400" /></a></h4></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>She was running around exploring everything, even the roof of our beach tent.</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVyQsNOESsk/UgtkdefEmlI/AAAAAAAACts/huc1OxcN34A/s1600/bunny12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LVyQsNOESsk/UgtkdefEmlI/AAAAAAAACts/huc1OxcN34A/s400/bunny12.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>At first she was a bit anxious and didn't want to touch the water..</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HTrwU3G9ogY/UgtkzDAxoyI/AAAAAAAACt0/2zv5R5_q99E/s1600/bunny4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HTrwU3G9ogY/UgtkzDAxoyI/AAAAAAAACt0/2zv5R5_q99E/s400/bunny4.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>but after a while she enjoyed it a lot!</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGxHruDawkk/UgthczXXFLI/AAAAAAAACtE/hsd2LGdvdV4/s1600/bunny1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="350" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGxHruDawkk/UgthczXXFLI/AAAAAAAACtE/hsd2LGdvdV4/s400/bunny1.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>She also loved to make sand-angels,</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8eUln1hsNc/UgtlHFpZ8xI/AAAAAAAACt8/Apuxh9Er7vY/s1600/bunny5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="355" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8eUln1hsNc/UgtlHFpZ8xI/AAAAAAAACt8/Apuxh9Er7vY/s400/bunny5.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>and little boat trips with my son!</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O7U4atemG3k/UgtlxgCzEgI/AAAAAAAACuM/j3DJJDoGjLk/s1600/bunny10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O7U4atemG3k/UgtlxgCzEgI/AAAAAAAACuM/j3DJJDoGjLk/s400/bunny10.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>But the most fun for her was making sand castles with us!</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--S072aX3tSg/UgtmL1Asb4I/AAAAAAAACuU/tWSMknd6NGE/s1600/bunny6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--S072aX3tSg/UgtmL1Asb4I/AAAAAAAACuU/tWSMknd6NGE/s400/bunny6.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4>So finally, my entry for the contest! :)</h4></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you so much for your visit today! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please come back next time, I'm having a GIVEAWAY!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Alles Liebe!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Barbina</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-76819580101985527052013-07-12T05:18:00.000-07:002013-07-12T05:18:24.658-07:00New beginnings...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I couldn't resist, I have started a new blanket last week! I just can't help it, crochet blankets are my favourite things to make! It is going to be a simple granny square cover for my sons bed. I took him over to the yarn shop and let him select the colours. He chose a lots of greens and blues, but also red and pink, which I didn't expect, but really love! :) This blanket will be my new one-a-day project, as I will make only one square in the evening and join it as I go. So it will take me around 18 weeks to finish it, but hey, there is no hurry! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cPzVnSuJ5ug/UdrYkiPQcdI/AAAAAAAACi8/wAFwM6wIGFg/s1600/page.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cPzVnSuJ5ug/UdrYkiPQcdI/AAAAAAAACi8/wAFwM6wIGFg/s400/page.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And this leaves me some time for other things, like finishing all Christmas presents before December (hopefully!!) I'm planning to give everybody in my family a handmade gift this year. And the first one is already finished! I made a water-bottle cover for my little sister. I hope she will like it! I have used this pattern <a href="http://knittinginflashes.wordpress.com/patterns/dots-and-stripe-purse/">here</a>, and just made it a little longer to cover the bottle and add a few rows of ribbing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MAFN5B4NWQY/UdrRpgVhkjI/AAAAAAAACic/ZYL8GMxOqtE/s1600/waterbot.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MAFN5B4NWQY/UdrRpgVhkjI/AAAAAAAACic/ZYL8GMxOqtE/s400/waterbot.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And finally, I have started to use my sewing machine! The poor thing is waiting to get used for more than a year now and I was simply to scared to start. Last week I thought why not doing it like I have learned to crochet and knit, starting with easy little things and leave the complicated stuff for later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I found <a href="http://mousechirpy-polkadotpineapple.blogspot.de/2009/01/tutorial-fancy-facial-tissue-pocket.html">this</a> pocket tissue holder tutorial for a start and it was really easy to do! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZcr1nlC1D8/UdrRy0S9uAI/AAAAAAAACik/ffjLiEGPbMA/s1600/sewing1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZcr1nlC1D8/UdrRy0S9uAI/AAAAAAAACik/ffjLiEGPbMA/s400/sewing1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Summer holidays have started here this week and I'm looking forward to a lot of time outdoors exploring the nature with my little son! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pQhZ9AU90QQ/UdK_pHa0pxI/AAAAAAAAChM/9y9P8Fv567k/s1600/IMG_3530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pQhZ9AU90QQ/UdK_pHa0pxI/AAAAAAAAChM/9y9P8Fv567k/s400/IMG_3530.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-taUh6jrokv8/UdK_y1FASOI/AAAAAAAAChY/OPFTgetIh_E/s1600/IMG_3531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-taUh6jrokv8/UdK_y1FASOI/AAAAAAAAChY/OPFTgetIh_E/s400/IMG_3531.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Take care everybody and thank you so much for reading!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">♥ <em>Barbina</em></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-10455683785023276862013-06-21T09:22:00.000-07:002013-06-22T00:45:40.294-07:00Little Flower Baby Blanket<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My little flower blanket is finished!!! Oh, I had a lot of fun making it! And I haven't bought any yarn for this, which will please my husband a lot! Ok, my Catania Cotton stash is quite big! I just love this yarn and every time I see a new colour at our yarn store, I can't resist buying it without even knowing what to do with the yarn later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My favourite part in blanket making is arranging the squares in the end and testing different square combinations. This is always so much fun! And it doesn't matter to me, that the squares always end up in a different order after sewing them all together. Every time I mess this up! For the first time I have used the colour grey for a blanket and I really liked it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C30zWHZQEf4/UcMm4v8z5mI/AAAAAAAACfk/_CBfVZGGouQ/s1600/lfb2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="111" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C30zWHZQEf4/UcMm4v8z5mI/AAAAAAAACfk/_CBfVZGGouQ/s400/lfb2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">36 squares with 22 different colours</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LBoHrrhqnaE/UcMm3Xsir1I/AAAAAAAACfc/jbwIT3QBX-U/s1600/lfb3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="355" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LBoHrrhqnaE/UcMm3Xsir1I/AAAAAAAACfc/jbwIT3QBX-U/s400/lfb3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my final arrangement ??</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D-fiklZrfxg/UcMm7db4AJI/AAAAAAAACfs/nfchIBLRJbA/s1600/lfb4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="383" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D-fiklZrfxg/UcMm7db4AJI/AAAAAAAACfs/nfchIBLRJbA/s400/lfb4.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">before washing and blocking</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have tried out different fancy edgings for the blanket, but I liked the simple shell border the most!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cHyLKw-KgDI/UcRs9uCYXyI/AAAAAAAACgM/QK2drauXzBc/s1600/lfb5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cHyLKw-KgDI/UcRs9uCYXyI/AAAAAAAACgM/QK2drauXzBc/s400/lfb5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DoS23pWR7cE/UcRs-nY-pDI/AAAAAAAACgU/RKZ57F0JFrU/s1600/lfb6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DoS23pWR7cE/UcRs-nY-pDI/AAAAAAAACgU/RKZ57F0JFrU/s400/lfb6.JPG" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">done :)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Yarn</span>: Schachenmayr Catania Solids 100% Cotton</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pattern:</span> my own, you can find it<a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/p/flower-square-pattern-pattern-is.html"> <span style="color: #0b5394;">here</span></a></div><br />Thank you so much for your visit today! I hope you all will have a great weekend! <br /><br /> <em>♥♥</em><em><span style="color: #cc0000;">Barbina</span></em>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-52228348660430570422013-05-17T04:24:00.000-07:002013-05-23T02:07:36.516-07:00Knitted Toy Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I'm learning something new at the moment! I'm knitting little animals! I always wanted to learn that, but wasn't sure if I could do it. A few weeks ago, I had a day off, kid and husband free, so I sat down and tried! I have started with Susan's wonderful <a href="http://www.maryjanestearoom.com/p/mjt-patterns-to-buy.html">'CORNISH Mice' pattern</a> and had so much fun, that I can't stop making them! :) I love to knit all those cute clothes and shoes and dress them up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9fd8oPFt-HM/UYphq7yBMNI/AAAAAAAACM0/WQQs-Y7_fwk/s1600/mice2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9fd8oPFt-HM/UYphq7yBMNI/AAAAAAAACM0/WQQs-Y7_fwk/s400/mice2.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTd1EUghO7k/UZSZTjXCzoI/AAAAAAAACPo/MVKCZHauk6I/s1600/maus1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTd1EUghO7k/UZSZTjXCzoI/AAAAAAAACPo/MVKCZHauk6I/s320/maus1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>For Mothers Day, I treated myself with the newest<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunny-girl-in-a-dotty-dress"> pattern</a> from Julie from Little Cotton Rabbits. My bunny girl is not as perfect as Julies original, but I love her a lot. I guess, you will see a lot more animals here in the future.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GKHkD65t9bM/UZSYJN2vzdI/AAAAAAAACPQ/jpcZBwMghWk/s1600/bunny1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GKHkD65t9bM/UZSYJN2vzdI/AAAAAAAACPQ/jpcZBwMghWk/s320/bunny1.JPG" width="219" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZa6S8CICVk/UZSYW8_wtaI/AAAAAAAACPY/F1HEqvGnEfg/s1600/bunny2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZa6S8CICVk/UZSYW8_wtaI/AAAAAAAACPY/F1HEqvGnEfg/s320/bunny2.JPG" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--WIFJrbp1zQ/UZSgtUjl6PI/AAAAAAAACQI/iXXqx07j5FM/s1600/toys.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--WIFJrbp1zQ/UZSgtUjl6PI/AAAAAAAACQI/iXXqx07j5FM/s400/toys.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br />In my last post I have shown you my little flowers! And this is what I'm going to do with them! I have started a new baby-blanket using my Little Flower Square <a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/p/flower-square-pattern-pattern-is.html">pattern</a>! I will show you more of it in my next post.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wdE3btvLPBE/UZYIW1zm-dI/AAAAAAAACUA/s6ZIxiCJKHY/s1600/fsb.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wdE3btvLPBE/UZYIW1zm-dI/AAAAAAAACUA/s6ZIxiCJKHY/s400/fsb.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Before I go, I have to show you my front view! This is what I see while I'm brushing my teeth at the moment! I can't get enough of all that yellowness everywhere and this wonderful smell around the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4ITW0xnDN8/UZSf2a9Mm7I/AAAAAAAACP4/QUZckBFw510/s1600/view1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I4ITW0xnDN8/UZSf2a9Mm7I/AAAAAAAACP4/QUZckBFw510/s640/view1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you so much for visiting me here today!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you all will have a wonderful time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx<em>Barbina</em></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-87224561221653526532013-04-25T02:03:00.000-07:002013-05-08T07:41:41.190-07:00Sea-Blanket<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Hello my friends!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally, I have finished my ripple baby blanket!! It reminds me on our holidays at the sea last year and makes me smile, every time I see it. I can´t wait for the summer to be there again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iHa73c9Mnwc/UXgU5TX2ZYI/AAAAAAAACJI/uZRBDJQKfYQ/s1600/seababy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iHa73c9Mnwc/UXgU5TX2ZYI/AAAAAAAACJI/uZRBDJQKfYQ/s400/seababy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ceBdzFlrCq8/UXgU_H5_gXI/AAAAAAAACJQ/rPHkHLGzIN0/s1600/seababy1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ceBdzFlrCq8/UXgU_H5_gXI/AAAAAAAACJQ/rPHkHLGzIN0/s400/seababy1.JPG" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Pattern:</span><a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/neat-ripple-pattern.html"> Neat Ripple Pattern</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://bunnymummy-jacquie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/sail-away-crochet-pattern.html">Sail Away Crochet Pattern</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Yarn:</span> Stylecraft Special Baby Aran (Mint, Blue, Cream)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">At the moment I enjoy making lots of flowers for my next project. Ooh, I love to make flowers, I guess I made a lot more than I need. I will show you more of it soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DXV5n_lo2PM/UXgVGxJI8BI/AAAAAAAACJY/jE20c0f_CF4/s1600/littleflower.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="375" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DXV5n_lo2PM/UXgVGxJI8BI/AAAAAAAACJY/jE20c0f_CF4/s400/littleflower.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S7vqxf-O_e8/UXgVOHj0mVI/AAAAAAAACJg/lUVUPlNSusY/s1600/littleflower2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S7vqxf-O_e8/UXgVOHj0mVI/AAAAAAAACJg/lUVUPlNSusY/s400/littleflower2.JPG" width="370" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ueF8jRoYPqo/UXjuZ17d_PI/AAAAAAAACJw/LbZU7RMKRBY/s1600/sw2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ueF8jRoYPqo/UXjuZ17d_PI/AAAAAAAACJw/LbZU7RMKRBY/s400/sw2.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Millions of wild daffodils at Eifel-National-Park</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you so much for visiting me here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a good time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>♥Barbina</em></div><br />Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-3499174260773959282013-04-16T05:45:00.001-07:002013-04-25T08:44:36.199-07:00Little Granny CushionHello everybody!<br />My little crochet cushion is finished!!! Oh, I had a lot of fun making those cute little grannies, all 64 of them!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VgKP3w2MA8/UW0m5yOPRkI/AAAAAAAACB0/R-HshZVne70/s1600/kissen4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VgKP3w2MA8/UW0m5yOPRkI/AAAAAAAACB0/R-HshZVne70/s400/kissen4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />My plan was to use every colour combination only one time but-- uh-- didn´t work! Although I made a plan and did a lot of calculations, don´t ask me why this happened! Are you able to see all the doubles?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xcBCHSrChvg/UW0m1bdH7pI/AAAAAAAACBo/57hyYo2ebcQ/s1600/kissen3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xcBCHSrChvg/UW0m1bdH7pI/AAAAAAAACBo/57hyYo2ebcQ/s400/kissen3.JPG" width="391" /></a></div><br />I kept the back very simple, just a big granny square, and added a little Mai-Rose at the corner<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O20Wlv_BRTY/UW0m95gCMiI/AAAAAAAACB8/hywCsi_BOog/s1600/kissen5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O20Wlv_BRTY/UW0m95gCMiI/AAAAAAAACB8/hywCsi_BOog/s400/kissen5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7BwlivAb0_s/UW1DJfFw-pI/AAAAAAAACCQ/V2Mk0kNZQ2s/s1600/kissen3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7BwlivAb0_s/UW1DJfFw-pI/AAAAAAAACCQ/V2Mk0kNZQ2s/s400/kissen3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally spring has reached us too. All the snow melted away and it is getting warmer day by day . It is so nice to go outside now and see all the animals and little flowers everywhere. We are having a lot of frogs here at the moment and you have to be very careful not to step on one of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4dinFBKIkWA/UW0OHd_yYtI/AAAAAAAACBI/pqxDp9goDuQ/s1600/14.4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4dinFBKIkWA/UW0OHd_yYtI/AAAAAAAACBI/pqxDp9goDuQ/s400/14.4.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">..at home</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally, I have some belated thank you´s to give: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">To <span style="color: #990000;">Nata </span>from <a href="http://natasnest.blogspot.de/">Natas Nest</a> for giving me the <span style="color: #0b5394;">Liebster Blog Award</span> and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">to <span style="color: #990000;">Christina</span> from <a href="http://fromthehearthroom.blogspot.de/">From the Hearth Room</a> for passing the <span style="color: #0b5394;">Super Sweet Blogging Award</span> on to me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Both are having wonderful blogs, you have to visit them soon! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Danke liebe Nata! Thank you so much Christina!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many thanks for visiting me today! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a wonderful rest of the week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥<em>Barbina</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-59162523550554870262013-03-30T12:05:00.000-07:002013-07-22T01:56:51.644-07:00Happy Easter Everybody!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Our little house is ready for Easter now! I did some sewing, crocheting and knitting for Easter during the past weeks and tried my best to get the Spring into our home. It is still very cold outside and I don´t think this will change soon. I hope the weather is much better in your part of the world!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ul76ozmc3d4/UVbnpOHU-DI/AAAAAAAAB4U/mnqu99dyIIc/s1600/easter2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ul76ozmc3d4/UVbnpOHU-DI/AAAAAAAAB4U/mnqu99dyIIc/s320/easter2.JPG" width="203" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.april-kind.de/2013/03/tutorial-hasenpost.html">Tutorial</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U6S5H_4zJc/UVbns5KQNEI/AAAAAAAAB4g/1Y5zQdOKTnY/s1600/easter3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U6S5H_4zJc/UVbns5KQNEI/AAAAAAAAB4g/1Y5zQdOKTnY/s320/easter3.JPG" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://piecesofmylife-victoriag.blogspot.de/2009/04/well-after-having-spent-morning-trying.html">Pattern</a> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_LXiFZWKv6c/UVbnkx-3ALI/AAAAAAAAB4M/ljoHFiOJVOc/s1600/easter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="183" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_LXiFZWKv6c/UVbnkx-3ALI/AAAAAAAAB4M/ljoHFiOJVOc/s320/easter.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunny-egg-cosy"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Pattern</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394;"> bunny, </span><a href="http://www.petalstopicots.com/2012/03/crocheted-easter-eggs-pattern.html"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Pattern eggs</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rku3BavWRH0/UUw9dPYhJ8I/AAAAAAAAB3Q/32-Zn5ZhywA/s1600/val7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rku3BavWRH0/UUw9dPYhJ8I/AAAAAAAAB3Q/32-Zn5ZhywA/s400/val7.JPG" width="190" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-tin-cover.html">Pattern</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tiIIp1jIB1w/UVcxSctju1I/AAAAAAAAB4s/TxNIiyWam_A/s1600/kissen5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tiIIp1jIB1w/UVcxSctju1I/AAAAAAAAB4s/TxNIiyWam_A/s320/kissen5.JPG" width="202" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thegreendragonfly.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/nibble-nibble-hop-hop/">Pattern</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HLZb-0wySsY/UVcxWWX3hcI/AAAAAAAAB44/ePP1vL19DGU/s1600/kissen6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HLZb-0wySsY/UVcxWWX3hcI/AAAAAAAAB44/ePP1vL19DGU/s400/kissen6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I hope you will have a wonderful Easter weekend!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take care!! xx<em>Barbina</em></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-39462755560184379122013-02-08T09:07:00.000-08:002013-03-29T11:28:09.457-07:00Valentines Day Crochet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have started to decorate our house with lots of hearts for Valentines Day next week! My birthday will be on Tuesday, so it´s nice to be surrounded by hearts everywhere on my special day! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uxlR6uHZHUY/URNun1rgDPI/AAAAAAAABzw/i8aEUsOzRhk/s400/val1.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can find the heart pattern<a href="http://sandra-cherryheart.blogspot.de/2011/06/granny-heart-tutorial.html"> <span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><h4></h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-58AIq7AWEnk/URNuwU1u6TI/AAAAAAAABz4/ZJ4XjYtgY_E/s1600/val2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-58AIq7AWEnk/URNuwU1u6TI/AAAAAAAABz4/ZJ4XjYtgY_E/s400/val2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little birds are from <a href="http://www.marloscrochetcorner.com/birds.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></a>, the hearts from<a href="http://jose-crochet.blogspot.nl/2012/09/free-pattern-heart.html"> <span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fVWXBCo_N80/URNu0_607_I/AAAAAAAAB0A/1nx5PsN7P5U/s1600/val3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fVWXBCo_N80/URNu0_607_I/AAAAAAAAB0A/1nx5PsN7P5U/s400/val3.JPG" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More about this one<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2013/01/rose-heart-hanger.html"> <span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rW3SxSG_8xY/URNu85vU9_I/AAAAAAAAB0I/7V0B3cEP5gs/s1600/val4.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rW3SxSG_8xY/URNu85vU9_I/AAAAAAAAB0I/7V0B3cEP5gs/s400/val4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R2dgd0xKatE/URUtIUtYsvI/AAAAAAAAB00/DuXmk00Jy4s/s1600/val6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="378" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R2dgd0xKatE/URUtIUtYsvI/AAAAAAAAB00/DuXmk00Jy4s/s400/val6.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This heart pattern can be found <a href="http://easymakesmehappy.blogspot.de/2011/01/crochet-pattern-little-heart-plushy.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjjgbotQ6zY/URNvAbO9sHI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/lr7QiCKp-c8/s1600/val5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yjjgbotQ6zY/URNvAbO9sHI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/lr7QiCKp-c8/s400/val5.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My happy pic of the week: The snow is back! : )</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much for stopping by at my little place! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you will have a wonderful weekend and a very special Valentines Day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Love,<em> Barbina</em></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-80205281450284775652013-01-31T08:49:00.002-08:002013-04-18T01:27:56.790-07:00A cushion in progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After quite a long time I´m having a new colourful crochet project! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year I`ve made a wonderful swap with Deborah from </span><a href="http://simplymissluella.blogspot.de/"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simply Miss Luella</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. She made this amazing </span><a href="http://simplymissluella.blogspot.de/2012/08/return-of-fiesta-ware.html"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wall hanging</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for me. It is so beautiful and fits so well into our living room! It always makes me happy, when I see it. So, my idea was, to make one or two crochet cushions for our sofa using the same colours as Deborah used for the wall hanging. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8404151651_6d784ed180_z.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8404151651_6d784ed180_z.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chuZx6JNz90/UW-ueGFDONI/AAAAAAAACHU/1CV-gm-LOL0/s1600/oad4yarn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chuZx6JNz90/UW-ueGFDONI/AAAAAAAACHU/1CV-gm-LOL0/s400/oad4yarn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is the first time I´m using pure wool for crochet and it is so wonderful to work with those soft little balls.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pk5ee1FfRlQ/UQeT067oC8I/AAAAAAAABx4/SDPMuoHdWJI/s1600/oad4.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pk5ee1FfRlQ/UQeT067oC8I/AAAAAAAABx4/SDPMuoHdWJI/s400/oad4.2.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How is your weather at the moment? We had so much snow last week, that we couldn´t go anywhere even there was no school for a day. But now it is raining and everything is melting away. Soo sad!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8405243712_5ba15b0366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8405243712_5ba15b0366.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you so much for visiting me here today! I hope you all will have a wonderful rest of the week!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Keep well! <em>Barbina </em></span></span></div><br />Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-65141540230318266652013-01-11T07:56:00.002-08:002013-04-18T01:30:37.958-07:00Belated New Year wishes!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cK1QcnrNloY/UOWj6LgvFhI/AAAAAAAABvA/eHl6y5BxejE/s1600/hny1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cK1QcnrNloY/UOWj6LgvFhI/AAAAAAAABvA/eHl6y5BxejE/s320/hny1.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /><br /><h3><span style="color: #e06666;">I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year! Thank you so much for visiting me here during the past year and leaving me all these wonderful words. You are amazing!!!</span></h3>I hope you had wonderful holidays together with your loved ones! We just came home from a long trip to our family, where we had a great time with lots of good food and lovely presents. Today, I have to sort out the chaos here a bit! I´m looking forward to Monday when school starts again and I will have more time to crochet.<br />Were you lucky to have a white Christmas? After 6 weeks of heavy snowfall here, there was not a single snowflake left on Christmas Eve! :(<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3XzNny1SshY/UW-u4AQOsXI/AAAAAAAACHc/cRpYsBpeiTk/s1600/ce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3XzNny1SshY/UW-u4AQOsXI/AAAAAAAACHc/cRpYsBpeiTk/s400/ce.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Have you send in your squares for the Beautiful Blogger Blanket 2013 already? It is still time to join! Just click on the picture at my sidebar and you will get all the details!<br />And maybe you are lucky and you will win such a treasure like this!!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5YQaB8jmxIU/UW-vHApZ0TI/AAAAAAAACHk/VQhoe8iN57g/s1600/BBW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5YQaB8jmxIU/UW-vHApZ0TI/AAAAAAAACHk/VQhoe8iN57g/s400/BBW.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I hope we all have a great New Year together filled with love, joy and creativity! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hugs, <em><span style="background-color: white;">Barbina</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1064620521"></span><span id="goog_1064620522"></span> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-46073968192145778342012-12-25T07:26:00.001-08:002013-03-29T11:29:31.700-07:00Happy Holidays to all of you!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RQGbWpPRFTk/UNnCAA8OCUI/AAAAAAAABt4/trF6mcfWja0/s1600/tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RQGbWpPRFTk/UNnCAA8OCUI/AAAAAAAABt4/trF6mcfWja0/s400/tree.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish you and your families a magical holiday season! Filled with love, peace and happiness!</h3><h4 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TCxAePHXvYU/UNMOW7BHx8I/AAAAAAAABrc/Dboyfr--50g/s1600/adventcal.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TCxAePHXvYU/UNMOW7BHx8I/AAAAAAAABrc/Dboyfr--50g/s400/adventcal.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Pattern links: </div><ol><li><a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-snowflake.html">Crochet Snowflake</a></li><li><a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/christmas-pudding/">Christmas Pudding</a></li><li><a href="http://theroyalsisters.blogspot.de/2009/11/grandma-tree-tutorial.html">Grandma Tree</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christmas-ornaments">Christmas Ornaments</a></li><li><a href="http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/sweet-heart-sachet">Sweet Heart Sachet</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=cache.lionbrand.com/printablePatterns/70709AD.pdf">Gingerbread Person</a></li><li><a href="http://amiguria.blogspot.nl/p/free-pattern-christmas-stocking.html?_iwcspid=128958">Christmas Stocking</a></li><li><a href="http://www.riotofdaisies.com/?p=42">Mistletoe Ornament</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.annemarieshaakblog.blogspot.nl/2012/12/christmas-bear-pattern.html">Christmas Bear</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mini-mitten-set-ornaments">Mini Mitten Set</a></li><li><a href="http://whiskersandwool.blogspot.de/2011/11/christmas-wreath-ring-christmas.html">Christmas Wreath Ring Ornament</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=members.optusnet.com.au/we2/xmasbearornament.html">Christmas Bear Ornament</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/little-robin-christmas-tree-decoration">Little Robin</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/simple-star-ornament">Simple Star Ornament</a></li><li><a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=5910&lang=us">Christmas Mushroom</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christmas-time---bell">Christmas time bell</a></li><li><a href="http://little-things-made-with-love.blogspot.de/2012/12/granny-snowflake.html">Granny Snowflake</a></li><li><a href="http://mygurumi.blogspot.de/#!/2012/12/december-4th.html">Candy Cane Ornament</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christmas-ornaments">Christmas Ornaments</a></li><li><a href="http://ursulamarkgraf.com/crochet/how-to-make-your-own-gingerbread-house-tags-free-pattern">Gingerbread house</a></li><li><a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/little-balls.html">Little balls</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=cache.lionbrand.com/printablePatterns/80966AD.pdf">Amigurumi Santa Ornament</a></li><li><a href="http://tecrin.blogspot.nl/2012/12/pattern-ridiculously-easy-christmas-tree.html">Tiny Christmas Tree</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quick-and-easy-christmas-ornament">Quick and Easy Christmas Ornament</a></li></ol>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-38253084014861888432012-12-12T08:17:00.002-08:002013-07-21T23:26:13.293-07:00Calendar-Garland Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello my friends!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As you can see I´m still having fun with my advent-calendar garland! :) And it turned out that my son loves it too. First thing he does in the morning is running to my garland to see what I have put there. And then a lot of redecorating starts! Like, oh the gingerbread man wants to stay next to the teddy bear and something like that. I gave up to get them in the right order again and just leave them like that. I will show you the whole garland next time. We still have a lot of snowfall here and the light is so bad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIF_OWsOv6I/UMcO-9I3MAI/AAAAAAAABnc/_vWqkYsUyU4/s1600/adv4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIF_OWsOv6I/UMcO-9I3MAI/AAAAAAAABnc/_vWqkYsUyU4/s400/adv4.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-82jFPzbXwR4/UMcPtsz2HdI/AAAAAAAABnk/FJizfGT5Blc/s400/adv1.png" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-et2BfK7Ht9Q/UMcQkoWi99I/AAAAAAAABn0/FU-Sg3fUHj0/s1600/adv2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-et2BfK7Ht9Q/UMcQkoWi99I/AAAAAAAABn0/FU-Sg3fUHj0/s400/adv2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Pattern links: </div><ol><li><a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-snowflake.html">Crochet Snowflake</a></li><li><a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/christmas-pudding/">Christmas Pudding</a></li><li><a href="http://theroyalsisters.blogspot.de/2009/11/grandma-tree-tutorial.html">Grandma Tree</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/christmas-ornaments">Christmas Ornaments</a></li><li><a href="http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/sweet-heart-sachet">Sweet Heart Sachet</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=cache.lionbrand.com/printablePatterns/70709AD.pdf">Gingerbread Person</a></li><li><a href="http://amiguria.blogspot.nl/p/free-pattern-christmas-stocking.html?_iwcspid=128958">Christmas Stocking</a></li><li><a href="http://www.riotofdaisies.com/?p=42">Mistletoe Ornament</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.annemarieshaakblog.blogspot.nl/2012/12/christmas-bear-pattern.html">Christmas Bear</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mini-mitten-set-ornaments">Mini Mitten Set</a></li><li><a href="http://whiskersandwool.blogspot.de/2011/11/christmas-wreath-ring-christmas.html">Christmas Wreath Ring Ornament</a></li><li><a href="http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=members.optusnet.com.au/we2/xmasbearornament.html">Christmas Bear Ornament</a></li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a wonderful rest of the week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Barbina</em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-3345656478798615962012-12-03T08:54:00.000-08:002013-07-22T01:58:05.902-07:00Advent Calendar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thank you so much for all your nice words on my last post! I enjoyed reading them so much! <br />I have manged to finish our Advent Calendar on Friday, so here it is!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G0TLj0Abulc/ULy1Dg3Fi6I/AAAAAAAABkA/BmNVV_sgJzU/s1600/adventcal1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G0TLj0Abulc/ULy1Dg3Fi6I/AAAAAAAABkA/BmNVV_sgJzU/s400/adventcal1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />It´s just a simple count down calendar, where you cut off the daily number every day. I don´t have a pattern for the crochet part, I just made it up as I went along using Laurinda´s Reversible Intarsia technique to make it. You can read all about it <a href="http://rememberingrowan.blogspot.de/search/label/Reversible%20Intarsia">here!</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UiLhHuMuj-Y/ULy3CcpXNVI/AAAAAAAABkI/A681mfod9kk/s1600/adventcal2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UiLhHuMuj-Y/ULy3CcpXNVI/AAAAAAAABkI/A681mfod9kk/s400/adventcal2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And this is my calendar!!! I will crochet a little ornament every day and hang it there. Hopefully there will be 24 little ornaments on Christmas. I will keep you posted how I´m getting along!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awphk6dtjHg/ULy5A4sPlDI/AAAAAAAABkQ/4QIo9fIZttY/s1600/adventcale1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="55" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awphk6dtjHg/ULy5A4sPlDI/AAAAAAAABkQ/4QIo9fIZttY/s400/adventcale1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aGsjdw3FzbE/ULy5UWsdvKI/AAAAAAAABkY/UQzIq6ey3e4/s1600/adventcal3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aGsjdw3FzbE/ULy5UWsdvKI/AAAAAAAABkY/UQzIq6ey3e4/s320/adventcal3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1. <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/crochet-snowflake.html">Crochet Snowflake</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2. <a href="http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/christmas-pudding/">Christmas Pudding</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3. <a href="http://theroyalsisters.blogspot.de/2009/11/grandma-tree-tutorial.html">Grandma Tree</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Oh, and this little elf moved into our house on Saturday! She loves to sit on the window watching the snow falling down and sometimes she is creating a little mess during the night! If you want to make one for you too, you will find the pattern <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lily-the-christmas-elf">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYK6A_Co53A/ULy5qw19XyI/AAAAAAAABkg/nvLg2CFX-Sw/s1600/trixi1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wYK6A_Co53A/ULy5qw19XyI/AAAAAAAABkg/nvLg2CFX-Sw/s400/trixi1.jpg" width="250" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5U3tfwo9Pp0/ULy59dG46bI/AAAAAAAABko/m9urR9bPPeM/s1600/trixi2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5U3tfwo9Pp0/ULy59dG46bI/AAAAAAAABko/m9urR9bPPeM/s400/trixi2.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Thank you so much for visiting me here today! Have a wonderful week and all the best for you!!! <em>Barbina</em>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-25911293385103119202012-11-30T10:18:00.000-08:002013-07-22T01:58:51.165-07:00Christmas OrnamentsHello everybody!<br />I guess, I have just got a bit crazy with Christmas ornament making. I´m having so much fun with it. Recently I made this cute little guy, and we all love him so much.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HhDBUdyif0/ULjmdrp7BpI/AAAAAAAABiY/MV-tcfL5EYw/s1600/pinguin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HhDBUdyif0/ULjmdrp7BpI/AAAAAAAABiY/MV-tcfL5EYw/s320/pinguin1.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freshstitches.com/holidaypenguin/">pattern</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And this little one.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tcz7sH-AiN4/ULjxb_BfEOI/AAAAAAAABjg/Vmte7_qw73w/s1600/koala1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tcz7sH-AiN4/ULjxb_BfEOI/AAAAAAAABjg/Vmte7_qw73w/s320/koala1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.roxycraft.com/crochet_rory_reindeer.htm">pattern</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Oh and this one!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wwcp5XZubJA/ULju03qVtNI/AAAAAAAABjQ/-kXcLRJvazY/s1600/reindeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wwcp5XZubJA/ULju03qVtNI/AAAAAAAABjQ/-kXcLRJvazY/s320/reindeer.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://allaboutami.tumblr.com/post/13968569776/teddyornamentspattern">pattern</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />And these two I have sent to my secret Handmade Ornament Swap partner. I hope she will like them!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ye1UdmIiXI/ULjt_MPC58I/AAAAAAAABjI/4d1sq4ND6hc/s1600/oswap2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Ye1UdmIiXI/ULjt_MPC58I/AAAAAAAABjI/4d1sq4ND6hc/s320/oswap2.jpg" width="216" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--gpWwFQSn9w/ULjsv5oBcmI/AAAAAAAABjA/SzJcKnnpPlQ/s1600/oswap1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--gpWwFQSn9w/ULjsv5oBcmI/AAAAAAAABjA/SzJcKnnpPlQ/s320/oswap1.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br />Today I´m working on my Advent Calendar, I hope it will be finished until tomorrow, I still have a lot of buttons to sew on!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DGxxuQtUbsI/ULjvzUv9KHI/AAAAAAAABjY/8uWap_ZndDk/s1600/adventsk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DGxxuQtUbsI/ULjvzUv9KHI/AAAAAAAABjY/8uWap_ZndDk/s320/adventsk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will talk to you soon! Hugs and kisses to all of you! <em>Barbina</em></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-68141482865008107032012-11-14T10:00:00.000-08:002013-04-16T09:39:12.998-07:00Handmade Ornament SwapHello everybody!!!<br />Recently I have joined the Handmade Ornament Swap at Christina Lowry´s<a href="http://www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com/"> blog</a>. I didn´t know that there are so many patterns out there for Christmas ornaments! Oh, oh and I´m soo bad in making decisions! So I made a few during the last week, not sure which one will be send to my swap partner. Crochet or knitted, traditional or fun and colourful? I will keep you posted!<br />You can have a look <a href="http://www.alittlebirdtoldme-craft.com/2012/11/swap-progress-link-up.html">here</a> what all the others have made so far!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHtqZ0NYL-Y/UKODsurcGuI/AAAAAAAABh4/AcmEOfOMmfs/s1600/os2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHtqZ0NYL-Y/UKODsurcGuI/AAAAAAAABh4/AcmEOfOMmfs/s320/os2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2JCN12HGrVI/UKODNqkcLnI/AAAAAAAABhs/836b_DcOXVc/s1600/os1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2JCN12HGrVI/UKODNqkcLnI/AAAAAAAABhs/836b_DcOXVc/s320/os1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Last Sunday we have celebrated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin's_Day">St. Martin´s Day</a> here. My son and I are loving this day!<br />We have created a paper lantern together and baked Martinsmänner during the day time.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_h8QrC-kPjs/UKN9-LIv__I/AAAAAAAABgw/tXD9R32n5W8/s1600/martin6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_h8QrC-kPjs/UKN9-LIv__I/AAAAAAAABgw/tXD9R32n5W8/s400/martin6.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>And in the evening when it was getting dark outside the whole village came together. Then we were walking along the streets of our village with our lanterns to a huge bonfire where the story of St. Martin was told to the children. It was very magical with all the colourful lights everywhere. And there was a lot of yummy food!! Which is always the best part for me! :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHy6_r-2zto/UKOAHE5RfvI/AAAAAAAABg4/orThFgZmMH0/s1600/martin1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHy6_r-2zto/UKOAHE5RfvI/AAAAAAAABg4/orThFgZmMH0/s400/martin1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many magical moments to all of you!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Barbina</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-82237433627342250952012-10-29T09:24:00.000-07:002012-10-29T09:37:01.307-07:00Winter is here!Hello everybody!<br />Cold and frosty Winter has reached us here at my place. Look at my poor roses all covered with snow and ice.<br />.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7fAMfsQfLuk/UI6YrZE35hI/AAAAAAAABeE/KfHivJzUvY8/s1600/winter1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7fAMfsQfLuk/UI6YrZE35hI/AAAAAAAABeE/KfHivJzUvY8/s320/winter1.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br />And those pumpkins, I can´t remember celebrating Halloween with snow everywhere. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kOZKhHP6dvI/UI6lPPvUuyI/AAAAAAAABfA/pXacKAFw478/s1600/winter0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kOZKhHP6dvI/UI6lPPvUuyI/AAAAAAAABfA/pXacKAFw478/s400/winter0.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />But it is so nice coming home into our warm house having a cup of tea and do some crochet!!! Love that!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HT_8nfndds4/UI6lrfgh8PI/AAAAAAAABfI/Mn0S_hRfIxg/s1600/winter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HT_8nfndds4/UI6lrfgh8PI/AAAAAAAABfI/Mn0S_hRfIxg/s320/winter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My best wishes to all of you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥Barbina</div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-26874899482600403872012-10-15T09:56:00.000-07:002013-04-16T09:39:35.300-07:00A market bag and a hatHello my friends!<br />I have managed to finish up my market bag last week! I was lucky to get the right yarn colour for the rest of the bag and it matches perfectly.<br /><em>I have bought the pattern for the market bag from <a href="http://www.farbenmix.de/shop/Alle-Kreativ-Ebooks/Haekeltasche-Emilia-Kreativ-Ebook::11033.html">here</a>, but it is only avaliable in german.</em><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0b_5Xc0Emwg/UHwMK1worcI/AAAAAAAABcs/8bBCrU8AyNo/s1600/marketbag2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0b_5Xc0Emwg/UHwMK1worcI/AAAAAAAABcs/8bBCrU8AyNo/s320/marketbag2.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><br />My sons hat is finished too. I have to be honest, I had at least four rip offs until I have got it right and I was really tempted to go and buy short circulars and throw those 5 dpns out of the window. But I wanted to learn it and yes I did!! It is not super perfect, but that´s the charm of handmade, my Auntie would say. :) Anyway, I´m so proud of it and my son loves it, although he was not willing to model for me today. So here it is my first knitting project made with 5 needles, yay!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0M8K3IERsVM/UHwN_aDg61I/AAAAAAAABc8/4ZcXIakWJ-0/s1600/hat1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0M8K3IERsVM/UHwN_aDg61I/AAAAAAAABc8/4ZcXIakWJ-0/s320/hat1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />I also finished another knitted scarf this time it is a present for my older sister.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0gbR8DPsvvY/UD4no1YscnI/AAAAAAAAABE/yTAOOuE3BhQ/s320/mschal1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0gbR8DPsvvY/UD4no1YscnI/AAAAAAAAABE/yTAOOuE3BhQ/s320/mschal1.jpg" /></a></div><br />Autumn holidays have started here and I have decided to make a little ripple-baby-blanket as a holiday project. We are going to visit my father for the next two weeks, so I will have something to do in the evenings (he has no TV and a very poor internet connection, ugs!)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SHWkv-hdJZ8/UHwPPWYWvGI/AAAAAAAABdE/KKDJv5NxKes/s1600/babyripple1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="88" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SHWkv-hdJZ8/UHwPPWYWvGI/AAAAAAAABdE/KKDJv5NxKes/s320/babyripple1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="2Yoppostheader.jpg" src="http://www.ravelry.com/forum-images/supertinks/730i-84fw94" /> </div><br /><br />My year of projects update:<br /><br />•Finishing all my <a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/2012/07/year-of-projects-my-list.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">wips</span></a>---2/16→ oh my!<br />•Making handmade gifts for my loved ones----2/12<br />•Making baby blankets for donation----1/?<br />•Learning to knit socks---- I´m on my way!!<br /><br /><br />Oh and I have got this wonderful award from Maree last week!!! If you don´t know her great blog already, you can find it <a href="http://mareelovescolour.blogspot.de/">here!</a> She is making the most beautiful crochet blankets. I´m so in love with the colours she is using!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bNCNgeL30TU/UHwqzKxAbbI/AAAAAAAABdk/Os5cTemVihY/s1600/the-liebster-award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bNCNgeL30TU/UHwqzKxAbbI/AAAAAAAABdk/Os5cTemVihY/s1600/the-liebster-award.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, see you all in two weeks again! Have a good time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥ <em>Barbina</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-86879010897080387812012-10-01T06:50:00.000-07:002013-04-26T05:40:39.160-07:00Year of projects---Update 1.10.Hello, I hope you are all fine today!<br />It is quite a long time since my last update, I´m so sorry. I have to be more organised now and do this every week! So, what I have done lately:<br />♥ I have finished my first baby blanket for donation! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--mG0fxvx6_Q/UGlgijNRPBI/AAAAAAAABaw/O-b3Naw5D20/s1600/babyblanket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--mG0fxvx6_Q/UGlgijNRPBI/AAAAAAAABaw/O-b3Naw5D20/s400/babyblanket1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I have used a pattern from <a href="http://rememberingrowan.blogspot.de/">Laurinda's </a>wonderful new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/ReCrochetions-Presents-Rowans-Crochet-Sampler/dp/1479223603/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349084891&sr=1-1&keywords=Rowan%27s+Learn+to+Crochet+Sampler+Afghan">book</a>. If you are planning to learn to crochet, this is the perfect book for you! Also, if you want to learn some new stitches! :)<br /><br />♥ Then I have grabbed into my wip-box and found this poor little market bag, which ended up in my box because I run out of yarn and then I simply forgot it there.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCQEr_yFnzM/UGlg955Qn5I/AAAAAAAABa4/aq4yT99n1Uc/s1600/market+bag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCQEr_yFnzM/UGlg955Qn5I/AAAAAAAABa4/aq4yT99n1Uc/s320/market+bag.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Last week I went to our yarn shop, took a new ball, brought it home and realised that it was the wrong colour, ugs! That is so me!!! So I have to go there again, but I will take the bag with me this time!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-ehPV4ltM4/UGlhdwfmyNI/AAAAAAAABbA/RbVp9fP6Vjs/s1600/market+bag2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-ehPV4ltM4/UGlhdwfmyNI/AAAAAAAABbA/RbVp9fP6Vjs/s320/market+bag2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />And I have finished a birthday present for my cousin last week. I hope she will like it!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LyKyrYCYYg0/UD4mNGYXvTI/AAAAAAAAAAs/AdjdaK14chM/s320/jschal3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h4><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tgv-high-speed-knitting">Pattern</a></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />♥ I haven´t managed to knit socks yet, but I will try to knit a hat for my son this week. So I´m going to have a little training with those scary needles. I will tell you next week how I was getting along with it!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wiayKF_CkPc/UGliD46zJ0I/AAAAAAAABbI/M-QmLBioBJg/s1600/hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wiayKF_CkPc/UGliD46zJ0I/AAAAAAAABbI/M-QmLBioBJg/s320/hat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We had a little walk in the woods yesterday and you can see autumn has reached us here and it started to get quite cold. So I have to hurry up with my sons hat!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-okrfa-lWEIg/UGljVjkuDvI/AAAAAAAABbQ/dRiNX4ane98/s1600/woods1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-okrfa-lWEIg/UGljVjkuDvI/AAAAAAAABbQ/dRiNX4ane98/s400/woods1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zaBiwmD1wPo/UGljnOWO0YI/AAAAAAAABbc/uwRGuRFXRDo/s1600/woods2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zaBiwmD1wPo/UGljnOWO0YI/AAAAAAAABbc/uwRGuRFXRDo/s400/woods2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My year of projects update:<br /><br />•Finishing all my <a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/2012/07/year-of-projects-my-list.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">wips</span></a>---1/16→ oh my!<br />•Making handmade gifts for my loved ones----3/12<br />•Making baby blankets for donation----1/?<br />•Learning to knit socks---- ???<br /><br />Thank you so much for visiting me today! I hope you will have a wonderful week !!<br />Hugs, <em>Barbina</em>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-21003108421189558592012-09-18T01:29:00.000-07:002012-09-19T07:56:17.466-07:00Summer Granny Blanket -- Tadaah!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6193/6091611805_663e1e2533_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_ulnvnw="3" height="41" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6193/6091611805_663e1e2533_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Hello everybody!<br />My summer granny blanket is finished!!! And it feels so good! : )<br />Actually it doesn´t look like a summer blanket anymore, it´s more a winter snowy blanket with all that white! But there are so many wonderful summer memories crochet in every stitch, so I guess this name is just perfect for me. <br />I was wandering around the house in the morning finding the perfect light to catch all that colours right, you should have seen me climbing on chairs and tables! I´m so glad nobody was at home today and saw me :) It is really tricky to get a nice picture, oh my...<br />So here it is, 140 squares in 14 rows:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ql4ccKWvhi8/UE72WlJ0vYI/AAAAAAAABZQ/Q7e0phBmHzM/s1600/sgb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ql4ccKWvhi8/UE72WlJ0vYI/AAAAAAAABZQ/Q7e0phBmHzM/s400/sgb1.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEtO0YOImyo/UE78p_NVSnI/AAAAAAAABaE/VnpwrqDEm2o/s1600/sgb7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEtO0YOImyo/UE78p_NVSnI/AAAAAAAABaE/VnpwrqDEm2o/s320/sgb7.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite square, love those colours together</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xbdv2S1AwhA/UE756cLKjdI/AAAAAAAABZk/uX_p--gK3E0/s1600/sgb3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xbdv2S1AwhA/UE756cLKjdI/AAAAAAAABZk/uX_p--gK3E0/s320/sgb3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had lots of leftovers and made a matching cushion.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EKl5Es2rE0Y/UE77kpGvePI/AAAAAAAABZ0/YzBJUZjU07c/s1600/sgb5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EKl5Es2rE0Y/UE77kpGvePI/AAAAAAAABZ0/YzBJUZjU07c/s320/sgb5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ED-6mCXx6Tg/UE78S2NHu-I/AAAAAAAABZ8/39wK_V5QzuQ/s1600/sgb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ED-6mCXx6Tg/UE78S2NHu-I/AAAAAAAABZ8/39wK_V5QzuQ/s320/sgb6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CL4KzUQIGGo/UE77ZkOH3LI/AAAAAAAABZs/9ftf4qsvEbI/s1600/sgb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="168" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CL4KzUQIGGo/UE77ZkOH3LI/AAAAAAAABZs/9ftf4qsvEbI/s320/sgb4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My three One a Day blankets : )</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="color: magenta;"><strong></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color: purple;">Statistics:</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Dimensions:</span> 140cmx102cm, 55"x 40"<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Weight: </span>600g<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Time:</span> 3 months<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Yarn:</span> Rico Baby Classic Dk, 12 different colours and 7 balls in white<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Joining: </span>Lucy´s <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/joining-asyougo-sqaures.html"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Joining Squares-as-you-go</span></a> method<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Pattern:</span> Angie´s<span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><a href="http://www.lemondedesucrette.com/2011/09/22/flower-in-a-square-the-pattern/"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Flower in a square</span></a> pattern<br /><span style="color: #674ea7;">Edging:</span> (2dc´s, chain 2, 2 dc´s), skip two stitches, 1 sc, skip two stitches,...<br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you so much for visiting me today! <br />Have a wonderful rest of the week!<br /> <br />♥♥♥ <em>Barbina</em><br /><br />If you want to join us or see more beautiful One a day projects please go and visit <span style="color: #2288bb;"><span style="color: #2288bb;"><a href="http://gingerbreadgirl-carole.blogspot.de/2012/09/a-late-tuesdays-tallies.html?showComment=1348066382129">Carols blog</a></span></span>!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-55659397321155927272012-08-24T07:12:00.001-07:002013-03-29T11:32:12.526-07:00Lovely blog award<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOFtPy_xnCg/T-XntSCzBHI/AAAAAAAABho/fk3IOl_wfPw/s200/one-love-blog-award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_ht86gn="3" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOFtPy_xnCg/T-XntSCzBHI/AAAAAAAABho/fk3IOl_wfPw/s200/one-love-blog-award.jpg" /></a></div><br />Hello my friends!<br />While I was away during our summer holidays, two lovely ladies have passed this award on to me! Kashi from <a href="http://mamakashi.blogspot.de/">kashi`s corner</a> and Barbara from <a href="http://made-in-k-town.blogspot.de/">Made in K-town</a>. Thank you so much, you both have made me so happy! You know how much I love your blogs and appreciate your friendship!<br /><br />There are four 'rules' for this award:<br />1. Show your thanks.<br />2. Name seven things about yourself.<br />3. Nominate up to 15 blogs that you admire.<br />4. Contact each of those bloggers.<br /><br />My seven things:<br />I thought I will show you some pictures of things I love:<br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿Our house</span><br />It is an old farmhouse, which my grand-grandfather has built many years ago. My grandmother and my mother was born there and this is the place where I want to grow old. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TzwOp7HAmM4/UDdsYdrEGCI/AAAAAAAABUs/VWAzTWUNEuU/s1600/haus1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TzwOp7HAmM4/UDdsYdrEGCI/AAAAAAAABUs/VWAzTWUNEuU/s320/haus1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿My flowers</span><br />They are growing really nice this year!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-82Be6e1WBzY/UDd4D9SwY9I/AAAAAAAABWQ/wFn6OINDep8/s1600/flowershouse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-82Be6e1WBzY/UDd4D9SwY9I/AAAAAAAABWQ/wFn6OINDep8/s400/flowershouse.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿My favourite place at home</span><br />I love to sit here crocheting and watching the kids play <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rCOwvcDv8xM/UDduGx_POmI/AAAAAAAABU8/llSsJDEaCPU/s1600/haus+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rCOwvcDv8xM/UDduGx_POmI/AAAAAAAABU8/llSsJDEaCPU/s320/haus+5.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿My view</span><br />It is nothing spectacular and very quiet, but I like the way everything changes throughout the seasons and I love all those cows greeting me, when I´m opening my windows.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DOh0eX6DUBc/UDeAIMsRbWI/AAAAAAAABWw/jegMNI9uq58/s1600/cows1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DOh0eX6DUBc/UDeAIMsRbWI/AAAAAAAABWw/jegMNI9uq58/s320/cows1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿Chocolate filled with strawberry cream!!!</span> Yum!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zREW2tdpZX8/UDdqNw2bmwI/AAAAAAAABUc/1Buw7gh0x8M/s1600/schoki.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zREW2tdpZX8/UDdqNw2bmwI/AAAAAAAABUc/1Buw7gh0x8M/s200/schoki.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿Herbal-Tea!!</span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zcBSQbvf7Es/UDdw1s64T4I/AAAAAAAABVk/ZE7BKpqznK0/s1600/tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zcBSQbvf7Es/UDdw1s64T4I/AAAAAAAABVk/ZE7BKpqznK0/s320/tea.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: #e06666;">✿Making little things with love for dear friends!</span> <br />This little one is made for you <a href="http://simplymissluella.blogspot.de/">Deborah</a>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Ze6t2t-vkU/UDdpY6gmO9I/AAAAAAAABUU/gM8zqSnizWk/s1600/bunnie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Ze6t2t-vkU/UDdpY6gmO9I/AAAAAAAABUU/gM8zqSnizWk/s320/bunnie.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have seen that almost all of you have got this award already, while I was away. So I´m dedicating it to all my favourite blogs at my sidebar. These are the blogs which I love to visit and always get so much inspiration from all those talented people. Thank you so much to all of you! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a wonderful weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>♥Barbina</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-79706020976453309792012-08-21T05:20:00.001-07:002012-08-22T01:32:10.532-07:00♥Summer Granny Blanket♥ Tuesdays Tallies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6193/6091611805_663e1e2533_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" closure_uid_ulnvnw="3" height="41" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6193/6091611805_663e1e2533_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Hello everybody!<br />I´m so sorry, that I have missed last weeks Tuesdays Tallies! We have decided to visit my sister for the last two weeks of our summer holidays and her internet connection was very poor.<br />But now school has started again and everything is going back to normal here.<br />I have managed to get all squares done and laid them down on the floor and sorted them together with my son. We had lots of fun doing that, it was like doing a huge puzzle. Afterwards I have packed the squares of each row in numbered bags and started the joining.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pc4_LY9eVF0/UDNPB7KIxDI/AAAAAAAABTM/V1SQg3-A_Q4/s1600/summer+granny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pc4_LY9eVF0/UDNPB7KIxDI/AAAAAAAABTM/V1SQg3-A_Q4/s400/summer+granny.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br />I have done one row in white and used Lucy´s <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/joining-asyougo-sqaures.html">Joining Squares-as-you-go</a> method. It went pretty fast and now I have only two rows left to do until I will be finished!!! And I´m glad I will, it is time to do something else now. : )<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CofFls3kCY0/UDNo3bcOXKI/AAAAAAAABT0/Qiv-emq4Y_M/s1600/summergranny2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CofFls3kCY0/UDNo3bcOXKI/AAAAAAAABT0/Qiv-emq4Y_M/s400/summergranny2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: magenta;">Pattern:</span> <a href="http://www.lemondedesucrette.com/2011/09/22/flower-in-a-square-the-pattern/">Flower in a square</a><br /><span style="color: magenta;">Yarn:</span> Rico baby classic dk<br />Thank you so much for stopping by today! I wish you all a wonderful rest of the week!<br />♥♥♥<em>Barbina</em><br /><br />If you want to join us or see more beautiful One a day projects please go and visit <span style="color: #2288bb;"><a href="http://gingerbreadgirl-carole.blogspot.de/2012/08/one-day-project-tuesdays-tallies_21.html"><span style="color: #2288bb;">Carols blog</span></a></span>!Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-7964494713712840512012-07-31T04:29:00.000-07:002012-07-31T09:51:53.395-07:00Back from the sea and Tuesdays Tallies!Hello everybody!<br />We just came back from a wonderful week at the sea! We had such a happy time at the beach! In my mind I´m still sitting there watching my son playing in the sand.<br /><br />I have managed to finish 120 squares by now, I wanted to finish all last week, but I have realised that crochet with sand and suncream sticking on my hands is not really my favourite thing to to! But I guess, I can start with the last row soon. I´m still not sure how many squares I will use, I have started 140, but maybe 12 rows with 10 squares will be big enough. I will lay them all down in rows this week and have a look!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMLjR6FVtjs/UBav6IVvMgI/AAAAAAAABSE/Fqt4OIABIq0/s1600/oadb3.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vMLjR6FVtjs/UBav6IVvMgI/AAAAAAAABSE/Fqt4OIABIq0/s400/oadb3.41.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dcsn4XBeXXo/UBawGw1ddwI/AAAAAAAABSM/Nb-BNN-Qzlg/s1600/oadb3.42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dcsn4XBeXXo/UBawGw1ddwI/AAAAAAAABSM/Nb-BNN-Qzlg/s400/oadb3.42.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZyXs1qnl0XI/UBaxl3sXYpI/AAAAAAAABSU/aFW3LxlVx3s/s1600/beach9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZyXs1qnl0XI/UBaxl3sXYpI/AAAAAAAABSU/aFW3LxlVx3s/s400/beach9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G8DsHW0LYxM/UBax4FbAe6I/AAAAAAAABSc/dnDJZMswKPc/s1600/beach10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G8DsHW0LYxM/UBax4FbAe6I/AAAAAAAABSc/dnDJZMswKPc/s400/beach10.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If you want to join us or see more beautiful One a day projects please visit <span style="color: #2288bb;"><a href="http://gingerbreadgirl-carole.blogspot.de/2012/07/one-day-project-tuesdays-tallies_31.html">Carols blog</a></span>!<br /><br />Wishing you all a happy day and thank you so much for stopping by! <br />I will have a lot of washing to do now, yay!<br />xxx<em>Barbina</em>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162281439094858356.post-60130413366868845972012-07-23T01:33:00.002-07:002012-07-28T03:30:33.094-07:00Birthday Owl<span style="color: #a64d79;">Hello everybody!</span><br />Thank you so much for visiting me today! I´m so happy about everyone who visits me here! :)<br />I have add a few new challenges to my Year of projects list last week! One is to make a little handmade gift for all my family members and close friends, not necessarily for their birthdays, just to show how much I love them and they mean to me.<br />Last week my little niece celebrated her 7th birthday and I have decided to make her a little bag for her hankies to carry them with her to school.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Az7BvdPA7rA/UAwpAfr1upI/AAAAAAAABQU/wQi0uTdnLjo/s1600/yop3.6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Az7BvdPA7rA/UAwpAfr1upI/AAAAAAAABQU/wQi0uTdnLjo/s320/yop3.6.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br />She is an huge owl fan like me, so I have used Aisha Kenza´s great <a href="http://isitatoy.blogspot.de/2011/12/free-owl-pattern.html">Owl Amigurumi</a> pattern, which is originally for a cuddly stuffed owl. But if you skip the stuffing and leave an opening on the back of the owl, you will get a cute little bag! I have used fine cotton yarn and a 2mm hook to get the small size of 9cm. My niece liked her gift it a lot and all her little friends want such a cute little owl now too! : )<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e42olRppLYU/UAwHF9BrqeI/AAAAAAAABPk/4yOHVbEZ2M0/s1600/yop3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e42olRppLYU/UAwHF9BrqeI/AAAAAAAABPk/4yOHVbEZ2M0/s400/yop3.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="2Yoppostheader.jpg" src="http://www.ravelry.com/forum-images/supertinks/730i-84fw94" /></div><br /><br />My year of projects update:<br /><br />•Finishing all my <a href="http://barbinchen.blogspot.de/2012/07/year-of-projects-my-list.html">wips</a>---1/16<br />•Making handmade gifts for my loved ones----1/12<br />•Making baby blankets for donation----0/?<br />•Learning to knit socks----I´ve bought a book last week and a set of those scary little needles!<br />•Learning to dye yarn----☹<br />•Learning to make hexipuffs----☹<br /><br />Now I will have a look what all the other group members made last<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/come-blog-a-long/2226560/1-25"> week</a>!<br /><br />I wish you all a wonderful new week full of sunshine and creativity! <br />We are going on a short trip to the sea tomorrow!!! I can´t wait to sit at the beach! :)<br /><em>♥♥♥Barbina</em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Barbinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790783136719963510noreply@blogger.com17