funky!

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/05/refashioned_crochet_embellishe.html

Darning!

this is a really fantastic tutorial on how to darn. something i have never learned before, i've always tried to sew things and pull holes back together. this is amazing and i'm definitely going to give it a go soon!


http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/03/darn_it.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954

Shrove Tuesday

in a hunt for pancake recipes i found bits and piece on the tradition of shrove tuesday, which led me finally to the answer i've been looking for for ages: the answer of how the calculate when easter falls!

according to this site, easter falls on the sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.



now i know, it's off to find the perfect pancake recipe for dinner.
happy pancake eating!

wow!

this is without a doubt the most amazingly gorgeous bag i've seen



http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=287652.0

WANT!

i need winter projects.

and i think this might be the first one ... :

http://safetybootsandcrochet.wordpress.com/alyssas-shawl/

at the moment i keep having ideas, but none seem to get me interested enough to get started. i am crocheting hexagons here and there, which one day (maybe 2011!) will become my second blanket, but i want something to get absorbed in. i really want to start quilting but something is holding me back. probably because in order to plan a pattern, choose fabrics, i really need a full day to myself and that never happens!

so maybe the shawl could be the perfect thing, as i have wanted one for a while, and this one doesn't look too complicated for someone who's terrible at following patterns!

what a great idea!

oooh i wish i'd seen these before i bought christmas crackers. i am definitely going to be making some of these in the future .

http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseballs/

inspiration

these easy mini apple tarts look yummy - i may be making some soon!

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/recipe-nearlyinstant-apple-cinnamon-minitarts-068904

you may know i love penguins - and this amigarumi version is the cutest i've ever seen!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Crochet-a-Baby-Penguin-Amigurumi/

this year, my tree is very homemade and fun, but looks a bit like a kid made it. next year i have determined i will have a bigger tree, only white lights and then some homeade things like this:

and this:


ah roll on christmas 2009. and another thing. next year i am definitely taking more time off in december!