My works in progress!

All my unfinished objects!

My new crazy freeform hat!

One of the pleasures of being a Mami

is definitely having a wonderful childhood again!

I can't claim that I've ever grown up

but my little Gwenda is surely the best playfellow

I could imagine!

She just turned 5 months

& she is keeping me busy, haha!

I can get some crocheting done again

after she falls asleep in the evenings, 

so nice sitting next to her in bed

& working on my projects.

Precious time, so it's really getting hard

to publish my finished projects -

I just wanna spend every spare minute

with a hook in my hand 

instead of the laptop on my lap! ;-)

That's how I started my hat,

I had a lot of Noro yarns leftovers.

(I made quite a lot of Noro hats

for friends & family,

love working with this yarn,

it feels like painting

a picture in Monet style!)

I got me a styroform head for 2£,

pretty helpful or such a project.

(You can also pin your pieces

to a hat and crochet them together

but it's nicer to see it growing

on a head while pinning needles in it!)

I crocheted loads of funny tiny "hats"

& trumpets... 

They look like mushroom heads!

I love mushrooms!

I only used one pattern at the centre in this hat,

here you can see a Swirly Heart,

a fab pattern by Marina Hoffstrom (Snovej)!

I thought it could be good to identify

how to wear it!

Another pic of the pinned head...

Then I just crocheted the

puzzle pieces together...

In the end I added an extra round

all around the hat.

(Not only for aesthetic reasons -

my head is just a bit bigger than

the one of my mannequin!)

 Another close up of the Swirly Heart -

this time in the finished hat! ❤

...the back...

...one side...

...& the other side!

Now I'm dreaming of a Noro coat

with these yarns & this style

but this might take some time! ;-)

Back to the baby

& see you soon:

❤Your friend Dada❤

My African Flower Soccer Ball for Michelangelo!

Gwenda is 16 days old now & we were both pretty surprised 

how big this football has become!

We thought it would be average football size

but wow:

Almost as big as the little princess Gwenda!

I always wanted to make such a ball since 

I discovered the pattern by Crochetbug!

Just so pretty!

Click here to find the pattern!
It's so easy, after some hexagons & pentagons
you don't need the pattern anymore!
Just perfect for a fresh Mami like me
with a lack of sleep & a baby brain!
You still get some pieces done half asleep
in between two breastfeeds!

We were invited to Gwenda's first party today:
Our friend Michelangelo has celebrated his first birthday
& I think I really picked the perfect pattern
for his present.
The kids were throwing it,
squashing it,
used it as a pillow
or were just jumping around on it!
Mami & Daddy will have to make another one
for the first birthday of our little princess!

I used Stylecraft Special DK yarns for this ball.

The actual challenge of this project was to create

the pentagons & hexagons in a way

that the border colours are different

while attaching.

I recommend crocheting them together as you go!

I've used the visible join method,

makes quite a nice contrast! ;-)

I hope you are all doing fine

& I'm sending much love to all

my princesses & princes!

Your friend Dada!

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

❤❤❤