Time Goes By Fast...

...when you are working on two homes!

The last year has flown by with very little chance of a blog breather.

Projects are winding down and I hope to start posting about out remodel in

Stjernedalen!

Here's a little snippet of what we have been up to:

This is what it looked like before.

And here's the west side of the house.

More to come as we wrap up the warm weather projects. 

Granny Rose for Baby Cousin

Check out this beautiful Granny Rose afghan made by

Lisette in Australia:

Isn't is a beauty?

She made it for her baby cousin.

That's one lucky baby!

Lisette used the afghan and border pattern from my Etsy shop.

Click here for link to the afghan.

and here for the link to the border.

She used round 1, 2 and the last round of the border.

Thank you for sharing Lisette.

It's so pretty! 

Pink and Red Granny Rose Afghan of Love

Roses for a Mother..

This breathtaking afghan was made by Diane in Arizona for her mother's birthday.

A year and a half in the making!

Check out the beautiful lattice trim and the gorgeous shades of pink and red.
Diane used 10 skeins of yarn including seven different shades of red.
108 squares!

Warms my heart and makes me smile.

Thank you Diane, for sharing your beautiful afghan and your incredible talent.

If you would like to make an afghan similar to this please click here to purchase the two-toned roses Granny Rose pattern or the Granny Rose pillow pattern in one tone per rose here.

Crocheters never cease to amaze me with their talent and love!

Woodland Creatures - Hats

Experimenting with a new pattern:

This was going to be a bunny, but now I can see it's better suited as a fox!

It needs:

Smaller Ears

Different flowers

 I'd like to make the following hats:

Bunny

Sheep

Deer

Fox

More to come!

Journal or Crochet?

Trying to decide which to do....

Journal or Crochet?

Not enough hours in the day!

Stylecraft Classique Cotton DK in:

Fondant

Busy Lizzie (I like this name)

Shell Pink

Hot Pink

White

Soft Lime

Leaf

Decisions, decisions!

Norwegian Landscape Afghan

Finished an afghan to coordinate with...

...this beautiful print by Elizabeth Langreiter.

 It's called Little Red Norwegian Houses and I love it!

(Purchased from www.fineartamerica.com and framed by JoAnns)

Pulled out my Stylecraft Special DK yarn colors to match,
which included:
Aster
Robins Egg
Cloud Blue
Storm Blue
Cypress
Sage
Green
Kelly Green
Spice
Fondant
Lipstick
Claret
Turquoise
Sherbet
And lots of white
(the photo includes black but I left that out)
The border was crochet in:
Cloud Blue

Pattern is called "Boho Chic Blanket"
and can be found at Crochet Between Worlds
and by clicking here.

Then crocheted and crocheted and crocheted for a very long time!

(Including many driving hours back and forth to and from Stjernedal.)

 Must be photographed with Norwegian window geraniums. :-)

Must also be photographed with its new friends.

Too much light - but the best photo I had from when it was still a WIP.

 Not a WIP anymore:

Have a happy colorful day!

Greetings from the Winter Wonderland

From one Winter Wonderland:

to another...

Love, peace, joy and warmth to all of you!