My sugar skull poncho!

Isn't it an amazingly pretty

sugar skull poncho?!

Even better:

The beautiful poncho this model is wearing

is crocheted & designed

by my friend Petra Perle!

I guess most of you can't read

german patterns

but if you are able to read charts

you can totally crochet this sugar skull poncho!

Here is the -> link <- to the free pattern 

on the website

of the german magazine "Burda style".

If you have further questions

feel free to ask me for help!

[The chart for the skull ends with round 12;

use the chart for the back afterwards.

Rounds 13-23 of the front

are worked as round 16-26 of the back chart.

Rounds 24-29 are made with

round 21-26 of the back chart.

Round 30 = Round 21 of the back chart.

Last round 31 = as round 24 but skipping

3 dc instead of 2 dc]

Nana Nelly Neon celebrates

the poncho as well!

...and actually:

Alex wears this poncho more often than me, haha!

Here you can see the back,

love this pattern!

A close up of the back to see some more details...

Sooo... Dada totally recommends

this pattern!

It never gets boring

because of all the colour changes

& I so loved crocheting the skull!

So, I'm heading back to my current project

& I hope some of you are inspired

to make such a poncho as well!

Petra Perle would love to see

your makings,

send a photo to her

Facebook page!

;-)

Sending love & hugs:

Your friend Dada

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My massive crochet Nana!

Last year I already posted a pic of my huge Nana doll

on my Facebook page

but I still have to show you some more pics

& have to add some details...

Just in case someone else needs such 

a lovely giant Nana!

8 kg of pure joy!

 

What you need is:

A 20 mm hook

Loads of yarn & stuffing

The free Nana pattern

by Nadelspiel by Elizzza!

This pretty Nana goddess is quite heavy:

8 kilogram of yarn & stuffing.

Depending on the thickness of the yarns I've used

I crocheted with 6-8 skeins at a time...

Whenever one of the yarns came to it's end 

I just knotted another yarn to it...

A fantastic way to get rid of scrap yarn

or colours you actually don't like.

(Yay, I don't have any brown yarn anymore!)

You don't need to go to the gym anymore

while working on such a massive sexy Lady:

I can tell you it makes strong muscles

because the Nana is getting so heavy

after a while!

My massive Nana is pretty proud of her curves,

my Nanas are always pretty confused

in general when I tell them that 

many human beings don't wanna have curves at all

& make strange things like strict diets.

When my Nanas see photos of thin supermodels

they are always getting pretty concerned

& they wanna feed these Ladies.

I find my Nanas are pretty clever! ;-)

You are really willing to
crochet such a beautiful Lady as well?!
PLEASE post a pic
to my Facebook page!

Sending massive Nana hugs:

Your friend Dada!
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My Freeform Crochet Coat!

I haven't posted anything for quite a while

as I've been pretty busy.

Online breaks are important to me

in times when so many things are

happening in the "real life".

The reason why you can see me

presenting my new coat on the beach

is that I've moved to Scotland

a couple of weeks ago!

Edinburgh is just such a beautiful

& open-minded place to live

& I already met many new crafty friends!

With this coat I got rid of loads of unfinished projects

& scrumbles I've made over the last years

- I still have more than 400 left which is pretty good

because I'm also working on a even bigger

secret project! ;-)

It never gets  boring as long as you are a crocheter!

I could only take one of my Nanas

with me to the ocean

but of course ALL of them have moved

to Scotland as well!

I always find new doggie friends here

in Edinburgh to play with

but I'm also pretty sad

that my best doggie friend has recently

left us - Samson.

He has been the best nephew for me

you can imagine & it's just heart-breaking

that he had to leave his loving

grandma Barbara.

My future dog has to be a rottweiler,

hopefully it will be such a great cuddler

as Sam was.

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Farewell Samson,

this world is missing you badly.

❤❤❤

Some more coat pics...

...and here you can see Alex

wearing my coat!

Looks pretty awesome on him!

While I was puzzling together this coat

Alex was so lovely to make some

scrumbles for this coat as well!

Here you can see 2 puzzle pieces he made

for my freeform coat!

Sooo, one last pic...

I will try to post more often again

& I wish you a wonderful day with

many beautiful stitches!

Your friend Dada

❤❤❤

Spooner

Too sad.

The crochet world has lost Spooner.

What a great loss for all of his 

crocheting virtual friends all over the world 

but especially for his family & friends.

May 18, 1946 - January 8, 2016

This world needs more colours badly

& David Carter aka Spooner

did his best to spread colours

all over this planet.

He started his crochet passion in 1952

- only 5 years old

& celebrated the skill

he learned by his grandma all his life.

I just adore his crochet dolls,

I was always joking that he is the only person

I know who crocheted more dolls than me!

(These cuties are available here)

You can read more about his life

in Spooner's own words

on his page www.thesecurityblanketco.com

& have a look at his unique works

but before you do so

PLEASE read the following words:

Spooner's daughter Mary Wilbur has created

a fundraising page in December.

Actually because he didn't have a health insurance

& couldn't pay the costs for his medical treatment. :-(

Now sadly his family needs the money 

to cover the costs for his funeral.

I don't have much money 

but I've donated some dollars

& if we all do so

we can help Spooner's family

as a last greeting to a man

who won't be forgotten

& will stay in our hearts.

You can make a donation here on gofundme.

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Crochet in peace Spooner!

❤❤❤

Your friend Dada