Neon triangle shawl (project for beginners)

Hello everyone! Today something super fast, simple, in bright, energizing colours, cause I am sick and tired of cold, dark, gloomy days and winter in general.

So, this is a piece of outfit perfect for active girls, who like to walk, run, dance, do sport, girls like myself....(who am I lying to? lol!)

Anyways, this is the easiest to make triangle crochet shawl, a basic fishnet that you can learn in five minutes. If you are a beginner or you never had a crochet hook in your hand, but you want to learn how to crochet, this project is for you.

All you need is a ball of not very thick yarn in your favourite colour and a proper size crochet hook.

For my shawls I used Red Heart Bella acrylic yarn, colours neon pink and neon green, crochet hook size 3,5mm. I needed one 50g ball for each shawl. If you want to crochet a bigger size shawl or add some decorations, such as tassels, you will need more yarn.

I decided to keep my shawls as simple and functional as possible, cause they are part of my "activewear".

The spring is coming and it's time to start thinking about some outdoor activities and it's definitely the right time to start burning calories, because we want to look amazing in our summer crochet creations.

Thank you for visiting and see you soon. :)

Crochet triangle shawl, free photo tutorial

Hello everyone.

Finally I made a short video with step by step photo tutorial for the simple crochet shawl I showed you a week ago.

However, I decided to remove old post and crochet a completely new shawl, cause I needed to correct a few mistakes I made while making the first one. Besides I don't want to make you feel confused, cause for the new shawl I used different type and colour of yarn, so it simply looks a little differnet.

Here's a photo of new shawl and a few basic tips. 

To make this shawl you need about 100 grams of thin yarn and crochet hook size 2 or 2,5 mm. The result depends of the type of yarn you use. Remember that natural yarns, such as cotton, wool, bamboo will stretch after washing and blocking, so your shawl will get bigger and more lacy. Acrylic yarns, like the shiny, soft grey one I used to crochet my shawl number two, don't stretch that much. 

And here's the full tutorial.

If you decide to make such shawl, please share the pictures of your work, I'll be very happy to see your creations.

Thank you for visiting and see you in the next post.

Make yourself a cat! (Catlike Icon Maker)

Hello, hello! It's busy me here.

Today I would like to show you something different, which means there'll be nothing about crocheting and yarn in this post.

I've been looking for avatar, portrait makers and generators, cause I needed a couple of silly pictures but I was too busy (lazy) to draw something myself.

Precisely I needed cats.

And here's what I found. This small, free to use thingy is called Catlike Icon Generator and it runs in every popular browser.

Here's the link  Catlike Icon Maker

I made a short video to show you how to step by step create a simple kitty portrait like the one on the picture below.

It's all super easy.  Just pick the cat parts, adjust shape, size angle and position, add patterns, modify colours, add background and some extras if you want and your catlike creature is ready!

Now you can download your picture, save it to jpg or png file and use it as a profile picture, icon or simply print it and enjoy the view.

Have fun making your own, special, completely free cats and see you soon! :)