YOUR Personal Freeform CAL! - Week 19

You need a personal freeform blanket, too?
Whenever you start it,
I will always post your pictures
on my page Dada Neon Crochet & add it to our CAL photo album!
No time pressure at all!
If you wanna join this freeform adventure you can find the first project here!

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 I hope all of you had a great week!

Mine was pretty good!

Lots of new stitches,

one more guest from Scotland!

(Sarah's boyfriend Adam has joined us!) :-)

My brother surprised me with a visit,

this has made me so happy!

It's great to have such lovely support

& we have spent a real good time together! :-)

I just had to create another 20's hat,

I really fell in love with this pattern!

I'm thinking about crocheting me 4 more -

in my beloved neon colours of course!

You can find the free pattern here on Hopeful Honey's page! ;-)

And I could finally present my huge version of

Lookatwhatimade's fantastic Sophie's Garden Pattern!

For all who wanna have such a blanket, too:

Here are some details about my project...

Of course you can also make a normal sized version,

please try it, it's so much fun!

I don't spend much time on Facebook at the moment,

I hope I don't miss too many notifications of you.

I'm still present on the page

but I need much time for paperwork

& the rest of my time is dedicated to crocheting -

the best therapy anyway! ;-)

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My weekly "Thank you!"
to my lovely CAL Club members!
We have official 33 CAL friends now!
(A hello to our inofficial members as well!)

Lovely greetings to Roberta,
 our multicreative CAL friend!

Many thanks to Jodie,
the project for this week was based on your idea
& it was a real pleasure to create it! ;-)
 Greetings to our CAL friend Ulrike!
Aww, Gwenda! Your childhood puzzle piece is such
a beautiful work again!
I can't wait to see your completed CAL in the end!
 Thank you to Sandy (Sandy's Sundries & also her beautiful Etsy-Shop) -
I've just seen I've missed your birthday,
a belated Happy-Birthday-Hug!
Alicia of Marcalic's Creations -
hope you have had a great week!
I've bought me a spinning wheel now!
Sooo excited, hope it will arrive in the next days...

Thank you to Marina & her wonderful Freeform Crochet World Group
& her Freeform Crochet World!
 She is also offering us fab tutorial on Snovej.com
(Snovej Crafts on Facebook!)
Lovely greetings to our CAL friend Anouk of Een steekje verder!
 A lovely "Thank you!" to my friend MariaElena -
it's so much fun to have our little chats!
Hugs to my funny princess!
 Much love to my friend Lin with her beautiful page Crochet in Colour
(here is also the link to her Etsy-Shop!)!

Such a pleasure to see you bright & colourful makings,
it's so wonderful to see so many wonderful creations grow!
 Greetings to Shawn of Dragonbird Creations,
 you have grown amazing things again!
I love to visit your page,
there are always such unique stitches to find!
And so much fun!
Lovely greetings to Lisbeth in Denmark!
Your beach-yarnpainting is sooo beautiful!
I guess many of us have the sea
as the favourite place to stay, too!
Lovely greetings to Jane & Scotland, her wonderful country!
Tracy of Eden Reborn - also to find on All Our Own Crafts Gallery now -
You have made so many fingerless gloves, amazing!
I've just crocheted me some too a last week! ;-)
Lovely greetings to Jenny (Craft Cove & also represented on her blog) -
I hope I can finally complete your beautiful pattern this week!
 Greetings to Donna & her art page Walker's Whimsies
(She is also an admin of Marina's Freeform Crochet World Group now!),
you have an amazing taste in all kinds of art!
I'm always happy to find gorgeous artists on your page!
 Lovely greets to Anne,
love to see your unique makings!
Greetings to my friend Zelna of Zooty Owl -
this time I will make it in your next Happy Days CAL blogpost!
Time was working against me
but I've already started my Mandala Squares! ;-)

Congrats to our CAL friend Monique of Yemanja -
 I hope you have a wonderful celebration time,
Yemanja exists 5 years now, yippie!
Hugs to Saskia ("MalleSas" in her artist life)!
I love your creative makings,
your freeformed hood is so cool!
Thank you so much for your lovely support!
 Of course also greetings to Cilly & her beautiful dog!
I love it when animals are modeling for
your CAL pictures! ;-)
A heartly greet to Michi (fab page "Knittenfee"!!!) -
I'm still stuck in the progress for my portrait,
will take some more time,
too many projects, you know what I mean! ;-)
Greetings to our CAL friend Brenda!
A huge "Hallo!" to Enna (Mishook aka Strikkeliese & in the blogworld Mishook) -
I hope everything i fine around you,
last night I've shared your first puzzle pieces again,
such a wonderful photo!
 Lovely greetings to Nancy of Needleful Things!
I've seen your first experiment with tapestry crochet,
just beautiful!
 Greetings to our CAL friend Judy as well-
I hope you are fine!
Of course also a greeting to our talented CAL friend Nora!
Jacqui of Hooky Delights. -
I love the psychedelic wallpainting you are creating for your son!
He can be so happy to have such a creative mother!
Greetings to Denise of Wickedcrochet (her to find on Etsy!)
Thank you again for your beautiful inspiration
for last week's project!
Alex is just sitting next to me!
I would love to show you some new puzzle pieces of him
but he is working on an amazing yarnpainting...
So wow, I hope I can show you some progress pics soon!
Lovely greetings to Lisa of Knotty Girl Yarn Art!
I think you have already a lo of fun with his project!

And....Yippieh!!!
I can present a new CAL friend!
Lindy has decided to take part in our freeform adventure!
I wish you a wonderful experience on our freeform playground!
Here are her first gorgeous works,
I love to see that all of you have such an unique style!
Fabulous yarn choice, Lindy!

Let's have a look at some new progress pictures, yay!

 And here you can see Gwenda's gorgeous

childhood puzzle piece!

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So, but what is the project for this week?

Jodie gave me a wonderful inspiration!

Some of you might remember

that I wanted you to start the puzzle piece for week 1

with yarn in your favourite colour...

It was only a small part in the middle of the project.

This week we will play around a lot with our favourite colour!

Jodie suggested we could try a lot of different stitches

to receive a real special puzzle piece!

It was so much fun!

I wanted to try new stitches as well

but first I've started with some favourite stitches...

The Popcorn Stitch, my beloved Bullion Stitch,

the Basketweave Stitch (I love to play with it!!!)...

It was already so big

& I was in the mood to freeform stitches

with 3D-effects so I didn't try a new one

but improvised...

So much fun to create stitches by yourself!

I can only tell that it was such a great

& also really a new experiment for me!

Because I love using different colours...

I love creating new stitches

(I always try to reconstruct stitches

by looking at a photo -

actually I don't know if it's actually

made in another way.

Doesn't matter if it looks that way!)

For those of you who like crochet videos

to learn new stitches I have to recommend

a wonderful page:

New Stitch A Day!

I don't use the videos but the collection of stitches

in the "Crochet Stitchionary" is awesome!

I love to scroll down in this selection

because it's so inspiring & all the beautiful stitches

are on one place to get discovered!

Even if you prefer photo tutorials

have a look at the stitches on this page.

If you fell in love with a stitch

you can just use your favourite search engine

to find a stitch description...

Haha, I guess you already know that my favourite "colour" is neon!

I just had to use all neon shades!

If you have more than one colour you really adore

or maybe a colour combination go for it.

But try to stay with one colour for a while! ;-)

If some of you have more than one favourite colour

you could also start with Marina's 2-4 color spiral tutorial!

I came to this idea when I was already in progress

but maybe someone of you want to start with such a spiral! ;-)

That's how mine looks in the end...

Somehow like a frog!

I can't wait to see YOUR favourite colour projects!

Hugs to Jodie, such a good idea! :-)

I wanted to ask you to take a pic

of your puzzle piece collection...

It doesn't matter if they are already attached or not!

As you all know I would love to have a book dedicated

to our YOUR Personal Freeform CAL.

I have to send awesome pics

when I'm writing to editors,

would be great if you could do me this favour!

If you want to you can be on the pic, too!

I love to see CAL pics with you! ;-)

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I love to prepare YOUR ideas so let me know 

what else you want to have in your CALs!

Stay awesome you talented princesses & princes,

it's a pleasure to have such gorgeous playfellows! 

Hugs from your friend Dada (or Julia)!

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Let me see your art in Marina's Freeform Crochet World Group, on Dada Neon Crochet or Ravelry