A crocheted orange tulip with the red-white-and-blue Dutch flag on its side. Displayed on a wooden background.

A crocheted orange tulip with the red-white-and-blue Dutch flag on its side. Displayed in a white vase on a wooden shelf next to a brass bird.

A crocheted orange tulip with the red-white-and-blue Dutch flag on its side. Displayed in a white vase. Photograph a bit more close-up than the others

Made this very Dutch tulip as an in-between project. Like the result, but did not enjoy crocheting around wire!

Pattern by Marja Waalwijk @tjeempiedesigns

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Thank you! Really pleased with it!!

A crocheted sea slug displayed on a wooden table. Photographed from above; head facing forward. Body is peach, fronds are multicoloured red & purple.

A crocheted sea slug displayed on a wooden table. Photographed from the side; head facing right. Body is peach, fronds are multicoloured red & purple.

Made a new sea slug. Name is Leonidas. Am still experimenting to make one that looks like the Rainbow Sea Slug found in rock pools on the South Coast. This comes close!

My own pattern.

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Two crocheted, smiling octopuses. The bigger one teal on the left, the smaller one red on the right.

Two crocheted, sad octopuses. The bigger one washed teal on the left, the smaller one pink on the right.

A smiling, red, crocheted octopus. Displayed on a wooden table.

A sad, pink, crocheted octopus. Displayed on a wooden table.

I made a small version of the reversible happy/sad octopus! Quite pleased with the result.

Obviously, the design is derived from the pattern for the big one (Emotieknuffel Octopus by @cutedutch )

Thank you! I love how they turned out!

Two yellow octopuses with alternating yellow and multicoloured tentacles. Left one is a lighter yellow than the right one. Displayed on a wooden background

A teal crocheted octopus with a smile. The underside of its tentacles are a lighter colour.

A pale teal crocheted octopus (the reverse of the other one). This one has a sad face. You can see the reverse colour in the underside of its tentacles

It has been a week of octopodes!

The yellow ones are my own pattern.

The blue is one of those reversible ones: one side smiles and the other looks sad. Pattern: Emotieknuffel Octopus by @cutedutch

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Finally finished the Moroccan Dreams Blanket by @createdbycarolien

Really pleased with the result! Love the colours!

Swirly Easter Bunny Crochet Pattern Add charm and whimsy to your Easter decor with a Swirly Easter Bunny Crochet pattern! This guide will walk you through creating an adorable crochet bunny with

Patterns:
Chicken - Easter Surprise Egg | No. 1555-251-3929 | designed by RNata; free on Hobbii website
Bunny - Easter Surprise Egg| No. 1555-251-6210 | designed by RNata; free on Hobbii website
Swirly bunnies -- Free pattern by Janean Trent crochetblog.net/swirly-easte...

A blue crocheted bunny holding yellow egg with two red stripes. Displayed against a creamy background. Photo taken from the front

A blue crocheted bunny holding yellow egg with two red stripes. Displayed against a creamy background. Photo taken slightly from the side

Two crocheted bunnies (one with egg, one with carrot) flanking a black vase with twigs. In front of the vase is a crocheted chick sitting in the bottom half of an egg with the top half leaning on its head.

A black vase with twigs. Hanging from the twigs are seven crocheted bunnies with a swirly pattern. Flanking the vase are two crocheted bunnies, one holding an egg, one holding a carrot. In front of the vase, a crocheted chicken sitting in the bottom half of an egg with the top half resting on its head

Made another bunny. This time I let it hold an egg instead of a carrot. I think my Easter display is ready!

Patterns in reply.

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A light purple crocheted bunny holding a carrot and sitting on a wooden table. Background: wooden Venetian blinds and a black vase. Photo taken slightly from the side

A light purple crocheted bunny holding a carrot and sitting on a wooden table. Background: wooden Venetian blinds and a black vase. Photo taken from the front

Another free pattern from Hobbii (Bunny - Easter Surprise Egg| No. 1555-251-6210), by @rnata6744 .
I did deviate from the pattern a little: no flowers on its head and no egg for it to sit in. (I did not fancy making an egg after my trouble with it for the Chicken pattern). Very much like it as is! 🧶

The final result is attempt no 3 (or was it 4...), and as there is an inner and an outer egg, it feels like I have crocheting egg halves for ever. Pleased with the end result though!

@rnata6744 @hobbii_yarn

That was the easy bit ...
Because the pattern uses a thicker yarn for the egg than for the chicken and I wanted to use the same thickness yarn, I had to adjust the egg pattern. Ugh, egg shapes are difficult!!
Photo is the chicken as described in the pattern

Well, this took some doing! This is a free pattern on the Hobbii website (Chicken - Easter Surprise Egg | No. 1555-251-3929 | by RNata). The pattern is well written, but I just did not like the end result. So I removed the comb and wattle and changed the colours of beak, wings and tail.

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Thank you! It is a beautiful pattern

Thank you! So pleased with it!

Nearly finished! Just the rim to do. Really really pleased with it.

Pattern: Moroccan Dreams blanket by @createdbycarolien

Yarn: Stylecraft Naturals Bamboo and Cotton. Colours: Deep Sea and Ecru

(And yes, we urgently need new carpet ...)

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Thank you! Great pattern

A crocheted drawstring bag in red and cream with a pattern of hearts all over it. Displayed on a blue jacquard chair.

A crocheted drawstring bag in red and cream with a pattern of hearts all over it. Displayed on a blue jacquard chair. In this picture, the bag stands open.

Finished! Really pleased with this drawstring bag for my blocking mats.

Pattern: Hearts All Over by @createdbycarolien

Yarn: Paintbox Recycled Cotton Worsted (colours: Jam and String)

The pattern is a quarter of one of the blocks that form the Colour Your Life blanket featured in the Dutch book Today is Overlay Crochet by Oscar de Bruyn (@ozzycrochet_nl) & Sabrina van den Hooven. The last photo shows the cushion that features the whole block.

A crocheted giftbag in ice blue with a geometric pattern in white. Displayed against a white background on a dark wooden shelf.

A crocheted giftbag in ice blue with a geometric pattern in white. Displayed against a white background on a dark wooden shelf.

A crocheted giftbag in ice blue with a geometric pattern in white. Displayed against a white background on a dark wooden shelf. The bag is shown from the side.

A crocheted cushion in slate grey with a geometric pattern in cream. Displayed on a dark wooden bench

A giftbag that I started before Christmas, but had to put aside because I ran out of yarn....

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A crocheted penguin, one flipper sticking out. Displayed on a marble slab against a whitish background.

Meet Brian (though he probably will get a new name when he meets his new owner).

Free pattern by Alexa Templeton @lex_in_stitches

The third photo shows the cushion next to my Azulejos Tiles cushion (pattern by @kathrynclarkcrochet ), because the colours are the same and they go together.

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The design of one block is flipped from the middle to the corners to form the other. @stretchyourstitch told me that this is a similar design technique to log cabin quilts.

Each side is one of the blocks that form the Colour Your Life blanket featured in the Dutch book Today is Overlay Crochet by Oscar de Bruyn (@ozzycrochet_nl) & Sabrina van den Hooven. The last photo is the blanket as featured in the book.

My betwixtmas project finally made up into a cushion! The not quite squares fit neatly over the square cushion pad luckily. Really really pleased with the final result.

Thank you! Am very pleased with it. It is a great pattern

Both designs are part of a blanket pattern featured in the Dutch book Today is Overlay Crochet The book has 20 designs by Oscar de Bruyn (@ozzycrochet_nl) & Sabrina van den Hooven.

A crocheted, geometric almost-square in cream and grey with a grey rim. The middle looks like a stripey star. Displayed on a wooden background.

A crocheted, geometric almost-square in cream and grey with a grey rim. The design here is flipped from the middle to the corners, so with stripey bits in each corner. Displayed on a wooden background.

Both designs are displayed here side by side. Again on a wooden background

Betwixtmas project. Love that both are the same design, but flipped from middle to corners!

Finally read the graph properly 🤦‍♀️ and discovered that the designs are not square. Am going to try if they fit a 40x40 cushion anyhow or sew a cushion pad to fit. Or turn them into a bag?

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