SummerByCrochet

Author: Kriszti

  • Crochet bags

    Best crochet bags for the summer

    I managed to make these two bags this summer. I’m thinking of lining them so that the bits and pieces I carry don’t get too mixed up in them. I use the crochet bags when it is warm outside and I go cycling or go for a walk, and my usual handbag just feels out of place to take with me.

    Drops design: Garden paths

    Link to Drops Design Garden Paths

    Drops bomul lin or Paris

     5mm hook

    Drops design: Celebrating spring

    Link to Drops Design Celebrating spring

    Celebrating spring

    I crocheted this pattern in two different base colours:

    I crocheted a beautiful pattern years earlier; this one has made it to the beach. 

    Ananas tas 

    I followed the pattern from this website: Link to Ananas Tas, Made in Assen by Zilla

    The plan for lining: I need a place for my phone, a book, my keys, and a water bottle. 

    Do you line your crochet bags, or are you happy just without it? 

    What is your favourite pattern?

  • Winter knitting

    New Year

    This year began with a lot of knitting. My daughter visited us for the holidays, and I could give her the shawl that I knitted earlier:

    Drops Design Venetienne

    https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=3992&cid=17

    I used the yarn Drops Alpaca.

    And I knitted this hat: Isle Waters, Drops Design.

    https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=11013&cid=19

    And I sent some socks to my parents:

    I knitted a pair of basic woollen socks, following my own pattern, using 2 strands of Drops Fabel yarn.

    Hand warmers for Viki’s friend. I used my own pattern for basic hand warmers, adding an easy pattern :

    I need to rest my hands for a couple of days.

  • The Green Vest

    The Green Vest

    The Family Treat pattern is one of my favourites from DROPS DESIGN. Do you remember the line after the recipes on websites: “I have made this * times?” Well, this is a knitting pattern, not a recipe, but I have knitted the green vest twice; this is the third time. The first green vest was for my Dad, because he wished for one, and he has had green vests from time to time knitted by my Mom. I started knitting for my parents a couple of years ago (five years ago) because my Mom doesn’t knit anymore (but has some crochet projects).

    I knitted a vest for my husband the second time, and now, the third time, it’s for my Dad again. I tried it on before sending it to him.

    I used Drops Karisma, 100% wool, and superwash for the Family Treat pattern.

    The colours I used: sea green, petrol, and Laurel green.

    What’s your favourite vest that you have knitted?

    Lagnäset, Bjurholm

  • A Green Grove Tee

    A Green Grove Tee

    Green Grove Tee – a DROPS DESIGN pattern

    Drops Muskat (yarn group B) colour: 61

    100% cotton yarn

    4mm circular needles

    I needed to know how to knit a double decrease nicely: slip 2 stitches knitwise to the other needle, knit the next stitch, pass the 2 slipped stitches over the knitted one.

    For this beautiful Tee, I used the yarn Drops Muskat that I had at home, and I really liked knitting it. It is a good fit for the cool summer days here.

    Link to Drops Design Green Grove Tee

  • Knitted shawls

    Knitted shawls

    My two favourite DROPS DESIGN shawl patterns:

    I made both shawls for my Mom as Xmas presents earlier; I enjoyed knitting them. Midnight Mingle is made of the yarn Drops Sky, which is soft and warm to wear.

    Midnight Mingle

    Raspberry wrap

    Raspberry wrap is made of Drops Alpaca and Drops Kid-Silk. You really have to focus on the pattern! It was a joy to knit this. The two yarns combined give a good texture. It’s a little on the itchy side, though. You should wear it with a cardigan or a jacket.