Crochet phone cases

Today I reached 50 items in my shop, still no sale yet but I am patient. My goal is to reach 150 items. If I havent sold a thing by then yet, then I will stop with my Etsy shop. Maybe I will develop an online shop on my own website for practicing reasons o my developing skills.

This week I worked on 7 colorful smart phone cases. Crochet phone cases are very easy and also fast. Where I work on a maret bag for 1 to 3days, a phone is ready within an hour.

You can find all the crochet phone cases in the phonecase section from my shop.

Three Colored Marketbag

I was again working on a round market bag which can also be used as a beach bag or a tote. I sticked to a same pattern of the last marketbag I have been working on but I changed colors. For this bag I used the colors Oxford Blue, Green and Yellow and I used acrylic yarn to create the bag.

I placed this bag in my shop where its available for purchase and where you can find more pictures. The bag is approx 48cm x 38cm or 18.8" x 14.9" exclusive the length of the strap Strap is 60cm or 23.6" all the way.

I really like how this bag in other colors turned out.

Crochet Red Stars

I crochet little flowers and starting to get the hang of creating more appliques. I created a bunch of stars as well.
These cute, tiny crochet star appliques on your left are 7 cm or 2,75" in size and the used color for this project is red. These stars were made with acrylic yarn.

I placed the star appliques in my shop as well, more colors are available.

Crochet Pink Flowers

It's time for a new blog message. I worked on 1 big and 2 little crochet projects.
I started working on making applique projects yesterday. I have lots of yarn in all sorts of colors , so I can easily combine colors together and I did that this time by creating these three cute little pink flowers shown on your left.
The size of each flower is 2" or 5 cm and they are made with acrylic yarn.

I placed them in my shop.

Retro Crochet Bag

I have worked on another crochet bag a couple of weeks ago. This beige and brown bag has a very retro , seventies look. This bag is made out of eight colored granny squares and they are sewed together into this tote bag.
Its perfect for runny errands, at the mall, or grocery store or just as a market bag.
This bag isn't lined.

Bag is approx 30 cm x 31.5 cm or 11.8" x 12.4" Strap is 89 cm or 35" all the way.

I placed it in my shop

Lavender

Two weeks ago, on february 6th, I bought some soil and lavender seed. I bought it for very cheap, 1 euro, I bought two of those propagator kits. 

The botanical name for my chosen variation is Lavendula Angustifolia and today I finally planted the seeds in the soil. This kit came with instructions. The sowing period is between February and May, so I am just in time for some fullgrown lavender flowers in the summer.

Today I placed the soil for 90% into the basket, placed the seeds inside and I covered the seeds with the rest of the soil in the basket. I watered the soil slightly after pressing it down and I covered it with the plastic cover. 

Lavender grows best at normal room-temperature on the widows sill. This plant doesn't mind growing in full sun light.

The plastic cover will be removed when the plants are about 1 inch high and I will transplant these plants into a pot when they are like 2 inched high or you can plant them just in the garden.

If you want lavender for kitchen use, the sowing procedure is like written above but in this use 1/3 part of the added seeds. Let it grow till the plants are high enough. After use pulverize the compost and you can sow again. When growing lavender inside, make sure that the plants receive plenty of light and warm temperatures. Water only when the plants are significantly dry.

This is how it looks like after following the instructions. I have 2 baskets covered with plastic and inside I have soil covering up the seeds. 

The seeds will take 2 weeks to 1 month to sprout.... so...To be continued on March 20th or earlier I hope....

Update on March 8th: I have no real update yet but the soil does smell realllly good already.

Kitchen Herbs

Yesterday I bought three colored thin buckets with seed and soil in each bucket , placed in a plastic bag. In each bucket a different kind of herb will grow inside of it.

Seeds of Parsley is inside of the blue bucket on the left.
Seeds of Oregano is inside of the yellow bucket in the middle.
Seeds of Chives is inside of the pink bucket in the right.

I filled the buckets with 90% of the delivered soil and moistened the buckets with water. I placed the seeds inside and covered it up with the rest of the soil, pressing the soil down gently. The germination time is 10-20 days at room temperature. I will update this post when there is something to see.

Update on February 16th: It has been exacly 10 days since I bought these three buckets and since today there is new growth to see in all three buckets.
Its hardly to see but those tiny little dots are the growing herbs.

Update on February 20th: It has been 2 weeks now since I planted the seeds. Parsley in the blue bucket on the left is growing like weed now.
Oregano in the yellow bucket in the middle stays quiet. If you look carefully only two little plants are visible.
Chives in the pink bucket in the right is coming out well. It smells like onions already... and I didnt think that true when I bought these buckets cause I dont like the smell of onions in my kitchen/living room.

Update on March 20th: It has been a month since my last update and as you can see, the herbs has growns.
Parsley in the blue bucket on the left turned into a little herb bush.
Oregano in the yellow bucket in the middle is still behind but I have four little plants growing inside the yellow bucket at the moment.
Chives in the pink bucket in the right is growing great and fortunatelly the smell  of onions is less overwhelming. My care routine so far isgie the plants water everyweek and I have placed the buckets on a location where they catch 8 hours of sunlight
 

Crochet granny circle bag

I have finished another crochet bag this week. This white bag is made out of eight colored granny circles/squares and they are sewed together into this tote bag. I used four colors
(pink, green blue and purple) to make  these eight circle squares. Its perfect for runny errands, at the mall, or grocery store or just as a market bag.
This bag isn't lined.

The bag is approx 27 cm x 27 cm or 10" x 10" Strap is 43" or 111 cm all the way.

I placed it in my shop and placed the pattern in my shop as well.

Crochet Yellow and Red wallet

I made a cute little wallet yesterday. I used yellow colored acrylic yarn and finished it off with red colored acrylic yarn. The wallet has a snapclosure and its hand washable.
The dimensions are 3.5" wide by 4" tall.

I placed this little wallet in my shop.

Market Bag

 The last days I was busy crocheting a market bag which can be used as a beach bag or a toke as well. It was a fun project cause I sticked to a pattern untill the end of it for the first time to create the bag.

Anyway, I decided to place it in my shop where its available for purchase and where you can find more pictures. The bag is a crochet in 3 colors: beige, blue, and green. Bag is approx 45cm x 32cm or 17.7" x 12.5" exclusive the length of the strap Strap is 55cm or 21.6" all the way.

Peace Lily

The scientific name for the peace lily is Spathiphyllum. I bought mine in the beginning of November 2015 in a store for only E3.50 and it was already this big. But unfortunatelly I don't know if its the Spathiphyllum Verdi, the Spathiphyllum Sweet Romano or the Spathiphyllum Lauretta. But I do know it was like 75 cm in lenght when I bought it.

When I bought it, it had 1 flower but I had to cut it off because it turned green. However I placed it temporary in the glass with my avocado seed

It's a cheap plant to buy, simple to care for with easy to follow care instructions and will also help filter the surrounding air of various toxins. When it comes to the meaning of the Peace Lily name this is down to the flowers with the white raised spathe looking like a white flag of surrender.
I hope it grows much much bigger but because I don't know which version I have I dont know how big its going to get eventually.
I also have a very little version of the peace lily in my bedroom, its called the Spathiphyllum Chopin. That one is like 25 cm and will say that way. Because I wanted a bigger version I bought this bigger one for in my living room.

Update on Februari 20th:  I have 5 flowers coming up from this plant. When I bought it it only had 1 flower and I had to cut it after it got 'old'.

Rainbow Retro Crochet Bag

This last crochet project I worked on was with extra fun cause I like working with different colors combined. This time I made a bag with the colors from the rainbow. Its as big as the last bag I worked on, 29.5cm x 29.5cm or 11.6" x 11.6" on and its also lined with cotton fabric.

Its again another granny square shaped pattern made with acrylic yarn in all kinds of colors. The strap of this hand bag / shoulder bag is 42.5" long or 108 cm in length.

I placed this bag in my shop as well. I named it the Rainbow Retro Bag

Granny Square Crochet Bag

I have been working on another crochet project, a handbag. I crochet 8 granny squares ina solid pattern in 4 colors, blue, white, beige and brown and sewed the squares together. I also crochet the strap and lined the bag with a cotton fabric. This all sewed together gives the bag a retro look.
The size  of the bag is 29,5 cm x 29,5 cm or 11.6" x 11.6" and the strap is 98 cm long
You can find more pictures of my finished project in my shop

Four Crochet Coasters Yellow Pink Mauve Purple

Next to my granny square scarf I also created four round coasters.
I created these as well with a size 4 mm crochet hook in the acrylic yarn colors purple, pink and yellow.

The size of each coaster is 3.34"or 8 cm and you can click on the picture above and find these cute coasters with more pictures in my etsy shop.

My granny square scarf

Its winter time and its cold. I still have like 20 skeins of yarn in my crochet basket and decided to crochet a granny square scarf.
I have been crocheting 13 granny squares in total in 2 different colors (purple and peach-pink) with a 4 mm hook. Every granny square has 7 rows.
I sewed the granny squares together with a yarn needle in the same pink-peach color and sewed each granny square with the wrong side of each other together.
Finally I finished the scarf by double crocheting the border of the scarf in a purple color.
Now this scarf is like 98.4" in length, thats 250 cm long and 7" wide and that is 18 cm in width.

Purple and Pink Granny Square Scarf

You can click on the picture above and find this scarf with more pictures in my etsy shop

Happy New Year!!!

Hi, It has been a while but from now I will post blogs more often.
I have a lot to talk about. Take care.