Cowl in progress

Remember I told you I wanted to make a cowl like the one in Berroco's new collection?

Well, I've started it.

It's grown a lot since I took this picture, but now its stopped because the yarn I had was not enough. I have to go back to the same store where I bought it and get another skein.

I used Bambino from Rosários 4.

Soft waves pillow

I've finished this bed pillow the other day. I crocheted it with the "soft waves" pattern from 200 Ripple Stitch Patterns, by Jan Eaton, which I love and have used before.

Crochet placemats

I looked everywhere for some placemats that matched my plates and didn't found any that I liked.

So I decided to do it myself! Here's how they turned out:

I used a navy-blue worsted-weight 100% cotton yarn I bought at Tricots Brancal (downtown Lisbon) and then my mother suggested that i'd finish it up with a golden thread she had.

I followed Debbie Stoller's recomendations for crocheting a circle in The Happy Hooker.

Hot water bottle covers

One of my favorite objects ever is a hot water bottle! I always have one around when winter time comes. So I decided to make these covers to make them more beautiful and cozy. I used fleece and felt cloth (appliqués).


I kept one and gave the other to a friend of mine.

Pillow and afghan set

My mother knitted this pillow and crocheted this afghan for her own bedroom. She just loves that color!

Colorful baby afghan

My mother made another crochet baby afghan for a friend of hers. As you must’ve noticed by now she has a lot of friends having babies!

New sewing machine - part 2

Ok, so now I've decided which sewing machine I want to buy. Here it is:

It's a Singer 2818, which for some reason I don't know of I can't find on the Singer offical website...

Well, now that I've chosen it you would think the hardest part is over, right? Wrong! I can't find it for sale anyware. Actually, I can't find any Singer sewing machine at all! (I'm talking about local stores, of course, I don't want to order it online.)

People I've talked to in some stores said that the machines are ordered and they are waiting for Singer to send them which seems to be taking a long time.

I guess I'll have to wait too...