For my teapot

Yes, I finally bought a new tea pot, and I wanted her to feel welcome to my kitchen, by making a little crochet heat mat! And here it is... with a super quick tutorial on how I made it.

Doesn't it look cute in the kitchen counter... love the pop of colour it gives to the black and white kitchen!

So how it was done, really easy:

What do I need?

Thick yarn  and hook to match size. I used a 6mm hook and quite bulky yarn.

Start by making a 6 ring chain (ch), close it with a slip stitch (sl) to form a ring.

Round 1: Ch3 (this counts as the first double crochet), 11 double crochet (dc). Close the round with a sl, cut yarn.

Round 2: With a different colour yarn, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc1 in the next dc from round 1, 2dc in each dc from round 1. Close the round with a sl, cut yarn.

Round 3: With a different colour yarn, ch3 (counts as first dc), dc1 in the next dc from round 2, [dc1, dc2 in the next dc from round 2] 11 times.Close the round with a sl, cut yarn.

Round 4: With a different colour yarn, ch3 (counts as first dc), dc1 in the next dc from round 3 [dc1, dc1, dc2 in the next dc from round 3] 11 times.Close the round with a sl, cut yarn. 

Round 5: With a different colour yarn, ch3 (counts as first dc), dc1 in the next dc from round 4 [dc1, dc1, dc1, dc2 in the next dc from round 4] 11 times.Close the round with a sl, cut yarn.

Round 6: With a different colour yarn, ch3 (counts as first dc), dc1 in the next dc from round 5 [dc1, dc1, dc1, dc1, dc2 in the next dc from round 5] 11 times.Close the round with a sl, cut yarn.

And voilà,you have a lovely colourful item for your kitchen.

Easter bunny mask

It has been a while from my last post, and I will update on our big move back to UK shortly... but in the meantime a little sneak peak on what I am working on for this Easter with my niece and nephews... Easter bunny masks.

We are all getting together and decorating our own masks (I already did mine so I can be free to assist them - actually because I could not wait!!!). Look how pretty mine looks!

And because I am seeing the children only on Easter Sunday, you will need to wait until next week to see their creations. But if you are up for some little arty project at home you can download the template clicking on the picture below.

Click HERE for the PDF download

 And this is how I look wearing it!

I am ready to have fun hunting for eggs with my new bunny mask!

In love pincushion and needle case

For some unknown reason, blame it to Pinterest I guess, my post for the "In Love" pincushion and needle case has had many views lately... and with that the question of where to find the links to the templates and tutorial... So I just thought I would post the link to the tutorials once more for everyone to easily enjoy!