#Rainbowfebruary 2

More rainbow crafting in February!

Here's a pot holder made for Annepaalandet, in our private February pot holder swap.

February potholder for Bente-Tove

I sent this potholder from the Zoo to Bente-Tove. 

Pot holder fun!

Thank you so much for your nice comments on my last post. I'm very happy about how my vest pattern has been received on Ravelry. But now something else: This year's pot holder swap is about to finish. Lots of colourful and creative pot holders has been made and changed owner. Here's the January potholder I received from Annepaalandet.

And here are all the potholders I got this year!

And these are the ones from last year, photographed after one year of use.

 

In the Zoo!

In February, the Potholder Swap went to the Zoo - and my swap mate wwent to the Aquarium. Look what I found in my mailbox yesterday!

A little butterfly had escaped to join the party too!

Thank you so much, Hannesol!

Here in the house, they say this potholder is cooler than the one I'm sending away. Good for us! But I hope Bente-Tove will like her potholder too. It will soon be on its way to her. When she's received it, I'll show you, and you can judge for yourself.

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone, in the Zoo or elsewhere!

February FO #7 aka January potholder

Last post in the February FO series. I think I have blogged all my "unblogged" FOs now (except for one secret projects, that I hope to be able to show you in March...). 

January potholder for the potholder swap. No pattern. January's theme was winter, or from granny's kitchen. I hope you can guess which I chose. It was sent to Babben, who also got one of my potholders in last year's swap. 

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Here's the potholder I sent to Duvi in November

The theme was Flower Power.

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Here's what I got in the mail yesterday, from Myrtell. 

I think it goes nicely with the first potholder I received.

(Colours are more accurate in the first photo, 

I'm just playing around with Instagram)

October Potholder from Solbjørg

Here's the October potholder I received from Solbjørg.

A lovely and colourful potholder made over the theme summer memories. 

You can see all the Swap potholders here.

Potholder Swap - October

Here's the pot holder I sent to BeritKristine. The theme I chose was "Oldies and Goldies" - I thought a granny square and a log cabin square was suitable for that theme. The edging is "Krepsemasker", which I believe is called "Reverse crochet" in English (correct me if I'm wrong). It's just single crochet worked from left to right, easy peasy, but quite decorative, I think.

Last chance to join

... the pot holder swap is tomorrow!

Click here to join (for Ravelry members only).

One of the themes for the Ocotber Pot Holder is "Sommerminner" (summer memories) - as these flowers.

Norwegian Pot Holder Swap 2012

Join us on Ravelry if you're interested. (Everybody is welcome, but the group discussions are in Norwegian, so a certain understanding of that languge is necessary.)

Here  are my blogposts from last year's swap.

Colourful and bright, with red

I forgot to blog the last potholder I made in the swap.

Duvi wanted her potholders to be colourful and bright, with red. I think I fulfilled that wish, at least.

Pattern: African Flower Hexagon

I made eight hexagons.

Added one round of double crochet with red

and then sewed them  together through the back loop.

 

The African Flower Hexagon has become one of my favourites now,

it't easy, and fun, with endless colour poossibilities.

And you can make all sorts of things from them, blankets, bags, balls.

Have a colourfull November thursday!

Btw, thanks for nice comments on my kithcen curtains.

It was originally meant to become a bedspread,

but I soon realised that would happen

in such a distant future that I chose to use it diffently

A grey November Saturday

...needs some colour....

... some buns

 .. and some more colour!

The pot holder swap is over, and I have four new pot holdes! So far unused...

The two last pot holders I recieved are the bottom left,

 from Linda, and the top right, from Anne,

both versions of Annepålandets potholder.

Effectivity in pot holder photographing

 This is my 3rd pot holder in the pot holder swap, sent to Knitnetty.

Pattern of central flower: African Flower Hexagon

Pattern of this side:  Fargesterk grytelapp from Olavas verden

I think I can say that the swap has been a success (although I'm still waiting for my third pot holder). More third round pot holders here. And the whole swap thread here. Non-Ravelry members can see some of the pot holders here.

Pot holders #2

Yesterday I sent my third potholder to Knitnetty! So it's about time to show you potholders number two:

Here's the red one I received from AnnetteK .

Nice, red and thick! Thanks a lot!

And this is the one I sent Annepålandet. She wanted blue, and it's mostly blue, isn't it?

I think she liked it.

Pattern is "Something pretty" by mille makes, a Norwegian blogger.

 Inspired by one of Dottie Angel's many thrifty finds.

Here are all the pot holders I have received and sent.

News from potholder planet

I have received my first swap pot holder! Isn't it pretty! BeritKristine sent it to me. Thank you, Berit!

And here's the one I sent to Babben, who has received it all right. I have been trying to photograph both sides at a time, as you can see. Would have been easier with a third arm...

The lizard side is just free fom crochet.  I made a drawing, and tried to make the lizard look like the drawing, more or less. Then filled in with background, decreasing and increasing with different stitches to make it a circle. And then some embroidered decoration. It was fun!

The other side is Annepålandet's pot holder pattern, a big fave!

You can see more of the pot holders here and here (Ravelinks) and on Flickr.

Pot holder geek?

Knitnetty calls herself a pot holder geek. There are more of us out here... Not the worst thing to be, or what? (Btw, I just started crocheting Knitnetty's pot holder for the Pot holder swap. You have till September 1st to join.)

On a Swedish crochet blog, I found a pot holder give away. I want to win the blue ones! (I like the red ones too, but will be receiving four red pot holders in the swap.) The winners will be announced on September 1st also.

Here's a pot holder I saw at Fretex second hand shop recently. Old pot holders are really small. But with thicker yarn, these would make useful pot holders. There are probably many patterns like this available, or you could just look at the photo. Somebody know of a pattern link?

Vintage pot holder from Fretex

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Pot holder week - evaluation

So, did I find a pattern I want to make five pot holders from?
- No

Did I find patterns I want to try?
- Yes, many

Solution?
- Norwegian Pot Holder Swap!

To join, there are two requirements:
One: - you have to be a Ravelry member (which is free, fun, but addictive)
Two: - you need to understand Norwegian (which is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway and not learnt in a fortnight).
And of course you need to be able to crochet a pot holder in two weeks.

I suppose the language is the hardest part. But the idea is free, and you can start your own swap if you like, in English, Spanish or any language you like. (I might even join you..)

We've organized the swap in a Ravelry group.



The participants can ask for specific colours or style in the pot holders they are to receive. (So far bright and colourful is a popular choice, some want red or blue, some want warm earth tones - it will be fun to se what people come up with.)

We have a list of participant, and you shall then make one pot holder for each of the four participants under you on the list. The first within a certain date, the next two weeks later and so on.

That way, you'll get four pot holders in the colours you want. So far we're nine, and there's room for more - you have till September 1st if you want to join! Click here to find us on Ravelry.

And here's some inspirational crochet blogs:

In Norwegian: Olava and Sols(tr)ikke


In English: EmmaLamb, Dottie Angel, Crochet with Raymond and Attic24


You can find more links in the swap's dicussion thread.

Pot holder week - day 7 - Welcome to Norwegian Pot Holder Swap 2011

Annepålandet and I invite you to join Norwegian Pot Holder Swap 2011.

It's organized in the "Nowegian Hookers" group on Raverly. You can read the rules and join here (for Ravelry memebers only).

We hope it will be fun!

Pot holder week - day 6

So - I've been waiting till the end of the "Pot holder week" to show my production, really nothing to brag about. These are the two pot holders I've made this year. So far, that is... We'll see where this inspiration gets me.












Pattern: Granny Mandala , free pattern by Alice Best, a blogger and crocheter from New Zealand, who has a fun and colourful blog.
Yarn: Gjestal Bomull Sport, from my aunt's stash.

Pattern: Little Star Dish Cloth or Wash Cloth by Elizabeth Ann White, another free pattern. (You should have a look at her blog, she has some amazing crochet projects.)
Yarn: Gjestal Bomull Sport, from my aunt's stash.