Flexi-Shooees: new yarn colours & Color Block Loopy Star Booties

This last week I received a couple of new yarns for the Loopy Star booties. Every time I receive a package it’s pure joy for me: I open it carefully, look with adoration at my new balls of yarn, touch them, smell them. I know, I know, I’m a yarn addict but you already know it.

Flexi-Shooees: new sole colours!!

This week we have added two new colours of Filaflex to our chart ( a clue: one is blue and the other is brown).

I’ve already told you about the Filaflex, haven’t I? Ups, just in case, one more time.

Flexi-Shooees: new yarn colours!!

New yarn colours for the model Lollipop.

Aha! You surely thought that I had abandoned you. Nope, I wouldn’t dare to, my dearest Earth beings.

Flexi-Shooees are here!

Today's post is just this: no texts, no pics, no nothing.
If you want to see the Flexi-Shooees just click here.

Wish it was Spring Lilac capelet- Winter 14/15

Composition:
Capelet	100% Angora

Measurements (inch):
Capelet	L: 19.3     W: 21.3 / 10.4

Note: length with neck folded as in the picture. First W measurement is for the widest part and the second one for the neck part, both measured when garment is flat.

Wish it was Spring- Light blue capelet- Winter 14/15

Composition:
Capelet	100% Angora

Measurements (inch):
Capelet	L: 17.3     W: 18.9 / 8.1

Note: length with neck folded as in the picture. First W measurement is for the widest part and the second one for the neck part, both measured when garment is flat.

Wish it was Spring White Capelette- Winter 14/15

Composition:
Capelet	100% Angora wool

Measurements (inch):
Capelet	L: 15.7         W: 25, 8.5

Note: length with neck folded as in the picture. First W measurement is for the widest part and the second one for the neck part, both measured when garment is flat.

The CoowlHat or Hatwl- Sold out!

Composition:
CoowlHat	50% wool, 10% alpaca, 40% acrylic

Measurements (inches):
CoowlHat	L: 12         W: 11

My idea of crocheting a cowl that is also a hat is not new but I bet that the name is original. Isn't it?

Now, explanation:

Chichiriviche- Spring/Summer 2014

Someday, when I grow old (hahah! As if I wasn't old enough) I'd like to visit this astonishing place.

Chichiriviche is located in the state of Falcon, in Venezuela. It is a fishermen small town and one of the starting points towards the islands of Morrocoy National Park.

Frappé- Spring/Summer 2014

As Spring is already here and Summer is just around the corner it's time to talk about coffee (yes, yes, wait and see).

As I'm a very positive Earth being, I like to think that the temperature is rising and that it's just the right time to start making frappé coffee and crocheting Summer accessories.

Nemo mesh shawl- Spring/Summer 2014

What is the topic for today? Oh, yes, yes...No, it isn't that. Let me think...No, that's not the topic either. Hmmm...Yes, I remember!

Yesterday I forgot to pick up Little Romulan from school after a long school-excursion day. I felt terribly guilty while I was waiting for my dearest friend Nadia to bring him home- thank you, darling- and for the rest of the evening and part of the night...until I fell asleep.

Voilà le printemps!- Spring/Summer 2014

That is, Hurray, Spring is here!

Finally Winter is gone, days are longer, the sun is shining, the little flowers are bloomimg everywhere,  a new wardrobe awaiting…or not

Cleaning the Autumn

One chilly morning my sister was driving my 3 years old niece to the school. When they stopped at a red light there was a park to their left in which the gardeners were sweeping the fallen dry leaves.

Suddenly my niece said:

- “Look, mummy, look, they’re cleaning the Autumn!"

She’s brilliant, isn’t she? And what a poetic thought!

Blue Ice- Autumn/Winter 13/14

Nice colours, huh?

The variegated yarn that I’ve used in this set reminds me of the big blue icebergs. They show incredible colours and, as it happens with fire, you can spend hours and hours looking at it absolutely transfixed.

And you’d like to know why the icebergs are blue (if not I’m going to tell you anyway): basically what happens is that snow is white due to the air bubbles contained in it and it reflects light. Old icebergs are made of compacted ice, which doesn't contain air bubbles and absorbs all the light but blue. Other colours may be due to sediment layers, layers containing microorganisms or sea water that has frozen in cracks of the iceberg.

That’s all. Not such a big deal, right?

OK so today’s set consists of a highly textured crocheted hat and a mesh infinite scarf that you can wear in different ways. I don't use acrylic yarns but this one is so soft...Besides people allergic to wool deserve it!

Purple Reign- Autumn/Winter 13/14

Sooo sweet! (the cowl, not the model)

Visualize the situation: We're just about to go out and suddenly everybody but me has to do something important- we're in a hurry, clock is ticking and I know we're going to be late- I tell them to get everything they need, push them out of the house, get into the car and off we go...
Then I find out that I forgot my hat at home but it's too late to come back.

Dammit! Now what? It' freezing cold out there and my ears are going to drop off my head in two minutes.

???? Set- Autumn/Winter 13/14

Nadia: beautiful and stylish, my friend

I don’t know if to name this set Flojgrönhansen or Machu Picchu. Nordic or Peruvian? No idea…

But it is really beautiful. I fell in love with the colours of this yarn (you see, I’m a yarn addict, meow!).

I have crocheted this set using the same stitch pattern as this cowl and I still haven’t figured out which side I prefer.

So this is a reversible set of hat with earflaps and a short cowl crocheted in a 100% Wool yarn with lovely colours (I’ve already mentioned it, haven’t I?).

By the way, what name would you choose for this set?

Composition:
Hat	Merino Wool 100%
Cowl	Merino Wool 100%

Measurements (inches):
Hat	For brains of 21-221/2 circumference
Cowl	H:10         W: 12

Temple of the Forest- Autumn/Winter 13/14

Thanks to my friend Nadia. Perfect model!

The name of this set has been kindly suggested by Little Romulan, master in inventing new words. I’m sorry, they are Spanish “words” so there is no translation for them in English. But, trust me, someday his dictionary will be a bestseller.

So today’s set consists of a lace beret and scarf with a diamond motif crocheted in an interesting curled yarn in cream and green shades.

Mad About Stripes ll- Autumn/Winter 13/14

I’m obsessed with the stripes, I know. But, you know, my yarns tell me what they want to be and these were calling for stripes too.

This is a greyish blue- ecru two-tone set knitted in a luxury blend of merino wool and silk. I’ve attached a tassel to the hat instead of the typical pompom for a change. The scarf is an infinite one (yet again).

Mad About The Stripes l- Autumn/Winter 13/14

Hah, I've told you! I love stripes and their infinite possibilities.

The green is greener. This set has been knitted with angora yarn (very, very warm) and the infinite scarf is reversible: light green as the main colour on one side, dark green on the other.

Flower Power- Sold Out!

OK, the name of this set is more appropriate for spring time, so what? 

My brain doesn't like winter but my body says “keep me warm, keep me warm” (high pitch here). So, how do I make my brain and my body happy at the same time? That’s it! The Flower Power beret and scarf set!

The Flower Power beret’s got a flower appliqué and the infinite scarf has been crocheted following a lace pattern of flowers, flowers and more flowers...but as I’ve used a mohair yarn it’s super-warm.