Howling at the Moon

  In my Instagram feed I see a lot of amigurumi crocheted in chenille yarn lately, which makes the creatures look like they're made of velvet. I wanted to try it for a while and now finally had the time, so I made this little fox.  Yarn: Chenille by Lammy Yarns Pattern: Crochet Fox Amigurumi by Julia Deinaga (I used other colors and crocheted nose and eyes instead of using safety eyes)    ~*~   My Stroopwafel Latte Macchiato was featured by Scrapality , Oombawka Design , My Girlish Whims ,  On Pointsetta Drive ,  Apron Strings and Other Things , Pieced Pastimes and Mommepreneur !    The Oversized Cropped Sweate r that I made for my daughter was featured by My Bijou Life !

Now that it is getting cooler my daughter said goodbye to the crop tops and welcomed the crop sweater. Maybe you remember the My Precious Sweater that I made for her. The color lilac still is her favorite so I bought a new batch, but instead of a crochet pattern I made up a pattern myself, not for the crochet hook, but for knitting needles.       Yarn : Stonewashed Lilac Quartz by Scheepjes Pattern: made up myself Needles : 3,5mm Size : the size is easily to adjust by casting on more (or less if you want a smaller sweater) stitches at the boards of front and back side and the sleeves. After knitting the boards, you can just follow the pattern as it goes. The number of stitches that I put in parentheses will be different then of course.   Pattern Front and back side Cast on 100 stitches First 12 rows: rib stitch (100) Continue in stockinette stitch Row 1: increase in the first stitch and every forth stitch (125) Row 2: purl in every stitch Row 3: increase in the fir...

  A couple of weeks ago I shared a recipe for Dutch Speculaas with you. Today I want to share with you another recipe in which a Dutch delicacy is involved: the Stroopwafel. My favorite drink is coffee, but the variety with just a bit coffee and lots of milk, in other words: latte. Even better: a stroopwafel latte!   What you need 1 stroopwafel (if your bakery or supermarkt doesn't have stroopwafels, then here's a recipe by Martha Stewart) 3 tablespoons sugar syrup 1 teaspoon cinnamon espresso powder milk  whipped cream    What to do Heat the milk, but don't let it boil Put in a cup or glass with two tablespoons of syrup, a half teaspoon of cinnamon and espresso powder to your like Crumble the stroopwafel Add the milk  and mix with the other ingredients Top off with whipped cream Sprinkle with crumbled stroopwafel, the rest of the cinnamon and the sugar syrup

  A while ago, long before Halloween was in sight, I found this pattern for a ghost doily on Pinterest and saved it for later use. Now that Halloween ís in sight, I made the doily this weekend.     Meanwhile my daughters carved pumpkins. The result is very cute, I think.    Don't you love this beautiful Fall Bouquet by the way?   My brother and his wife gave it to me.    Pattern: Boo! Doily by Marsha Glassner (free pattern on Ravelry) Yarn: Capri White by Katia   ~*~   My little Cat in Pumpkin was featured by Creative Jewish Mom , Eye Love Knots,  Eclectic Red Barn , Doodle Buddies , French Ethereal and Artsy Fartsy Mam a!  

  A while ago I saw this post about Lace Up Ballet Flats, I think on Pinterest, and the same day I went to the shoe store to buy ballet flats and to the sew shop around the corner to buy ribbon and to the craft store to buy rings and glue. But after that the whole project stocked. I just couldn't bring myself to assemble everything together for some reason and the shoes disappeared to a far corner of my clothing closet.  Until this weekend when my husband started to make new closets in our house and I had to empty the old ones. There I found the shoes and all necessities still in the same box, so I could start right away and in less than an hour everything was fixed.      Instead of leather cord I used a bit larger rings and satin ribbon and pointy ballet flats, but I like the result even more.  Tutorial: DIY Lace Up Ballet Flats by Collective Gen    

 The first Halloween project of this year I showed you some weeks ago: The Plague Doctor . The Plague Doctor wasn't really a monster, but a figure that really walked around ages ago. He looked creepy enough to scare people away though.   This week I made a cute kitty, that looks much friendlier. Since we have moved to another house, we have enough rooms for our daughters to have a chill room (as my daughters name it) and they really, really want to give a Halloween party in the chill room this year, with their friends staying over and all. This is the first deco for the party! Pattern: Cat in Pumpkin by Magic Filament Yarn: various colors by Katia and Scheepjes ~*~ The Little Rain Cloud that I showed you last week was featured by Creative Jewish Mom , Oombawka Design My Bijou Life and The Cottage Market !    

  A while ago, when I held a pause from blogging because I had so much other things to do on moving and home improvement, I made this little cloud for a colleague of mine that needed a baby present for a boy and wanted something handmade. She found this idea on Instagram and the picture she showed me had crocheted raindrops, but since I had a lot of small felt balls that I used once for a completely different project, I thought it a good idea to use them for this cloud. I really love the colors together of the felt balls.   Pattern: I didn't use a pattern, but if you google "crochet, rain cloud, pattern" you find the same pattern by different designers, but I don't know who came first with this design Yarn: various colors by Katia ; for the raindrops I used felt balls ~*~ The Dutch Speculaas was featured by Creative Jewish Mom !       ~*~     Luisa Elephant was featured by Creative Jewish Mom , Marilyn's Treats ,  French Ethereal and My Bi...