June 2019. Crocheted totes. I made these specially for going to the pool in summer. Pattern: DROPS Designs 200-1; yarn: Lily Sugar and Cream

March 2019. Neptune Circular Vest - an Annie's Signature Design with Scheepjes Whirl Blue Berry Bam Bam yarn.

January 2019. A fringe cowl made from Red Heart With Love. Pattern from Fiber Flux.

April 2017. Crocheted coasters. I needed some coasters for our table on the porch. It took me a few tries to come up with a suitable pattern. I also sewed a fabric circle on the other side of the coaster.

April 2017. A crochet cardigan. I modified a motif pattern I found on-line and created smaller motif to fill in the spaces between the bigger circles. 

 

May 2015. A colorful capelet.  Yarn: Deborah Norville Serenity Garden Gem. Pattern: from a 1970s Soviet era women's magazine.

May 2014. Hexagon-shaped place mats.

December 2013. A knitted dress and a head band for Saara's new doll. This pretty Christmas present came wearing a flimsy summer dress (very cute though) and looked totally underdressed for our winter weather. So, out came the knitting needles and two nights later the new doll should feel much cozier around here now. I did not use any pattern, just did my best to follow the measurements of the original dress. And it worked!

The same with the headband - no pattern. I fiddled around until I was happy with the result.

December 2013. Crocheted hat with a brim. This is the best pattern I have ever encountered. I found the original instructions at Drops garnstudio website. I did adjust the number of stitches to fit my measurements, but overall, it is a very good  pattern to use both with wool and cotton yarns.

April 2013. A card and a prayer shawl for a friend. Although, I like drawing, I have been out of practice for over a decade and would rather rely on copying a picture. Here, I copied and char coaled an image I found on the internet. The prayer shawl's pattern is one of my favorite from the Lion Brand Yarn Co.

March 2013. Crocheted bracelets. The idea to crochet bracelets came from a number of pictures I have seen on Pinterest and from the necessity to use up leftover thread. For both bracelets I used two strands of no. 10 crochet thread. The yellow and white one is made from rows of double crochet stitch with a chain loop for button closure. For the white one I used chain stitch and bobbles made using half-crochet stitch, and attached a ring clasp. I love them and will wear them a lot. I do not mind if I will make a few more with different color combinations. 

December 2012. Scarves for the families of Sandy Hook Elementary school. I was heartbroken when I heard of the tragedy that took place in Connecticut. I will always be. I responded to a call to make scarves, hats, etc. for the families of Sandy Hook. I am hoping, my little contribution will bring a bit of love and hope into this sad situation. 

Double Your Ruffles scarf stores (and ships) beautifully in circles.

The scarf looks even more beautiful once uncoiled. This is a Red Heart pattern: http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/double-your-ruffles-crochet-scarf

I like the block pattern of this Bluesy Scarf.

The original pattern is from Caron Simply Soft: http://www.caron.com/projects/ss_paints/ssp_bluesy_scarf.html#.UNKg1xNucPo.pinterest

This is a fast and easy scarf to make.Original pattern by Red Heart: http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/special-olympics-rib-crochet-striped-scarf

 July 2012. A knit doll blanket. I got the inspiration from the American Girl catalog.

The inspiration piece.

July 2012. A crochet dress for a 18" doll. Pattern from Annie's Attic catalog.

 July 2012. A dress and a hat for an 18" doll. The pattern originates from the Annie's Attic catalog. The dress has a crochet bodice and fabric skirt, the darling hat is crochet.

 

July 2012. Another doily from Annie's Attic's booklet "Doilies In Color". This one is called "Forget-Me-Not".

June 2012. Initial from crochet flowers.  I had some thread left over from another project and so I just made a number of individual flower motifs. At first, I meant them as embellishments for cards, but this idea about shaping them into an initial and framing the whole work dawned and was seen though with flying colors.

 June 2012. Two more doily designs from the Annie's Attic booklet "Doilies In Color". This one is called Pink Sunset ...

... and this one Marigolds.