Thursday, April 16, 2015

How to use yarn leftovers

Spring house cleaning may reveal lot of yarn ends.
You may use them to crochet granny squares and assemble them to bright pillowcases.
To make them look more professional you can choose pillowcase back color to be in shadows of your
furniture. Just take a look at great variety of colors clicking a link below. Now imagine what a beautiful pillowcase you can make instead of just throw out that yarn ends :)
Sounds reasonable? Then go ahead and have a lot of inspiration!


with sewn-in hidden zipper


They are made of the high quality upholstery fabric with overstitched borders.



You can use even old sweaters :)


Size - 15 3/4" x 15 3/4" (40 cm x 40 cm) 




Monday, April 6, 2015

Crochet with beads: Amber dress from Duplet 147 close-up




by Svetlana Bekreneva


Dress like this, made in complicated mixed crochet techniques,
can not have common patterns. 
This is a product of designer's experience, fantasy and skills.


But you can always find schematic patterns of motives used for dresses like this in Duplet magazine.