My shower buddy.

How I made my shower buddy.

I have been asked to make a post showing how I made my shower buddy, and here it is.
First of all I will recommend you to try pure Tunesian crocheting if you haven't done it before because it will be easier to understand the tecknique then.

I used 21 stitches for my buddy and the pattern need a amount of stitches dividable by 2 + 1.

In my pictures here I've used 11 stitches.

Row 1.
Chain 11.



Row 2.
Pick up 1 stitch in each chain, starting in second from hook.( that should give you 11 stitches on your hook)



Row 3.
Bring in new colour by chain 1 in first stitch.( this count as the first loop)
yarn over hook and draw through two loops (one of each colour) then chain 3 yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops -twice, chain 3 - repeat across.

In the photo below you can see the red "bars" 2 and 2 in pairs. These bars are going to be stitches in next row.



Row 4.
Now it's time to pick up stitches again. (same colour) Always start picking in second bar from hook. Be sure to work behind the 3 chain loops. Work across and count your stitches ( always count) you should have 11 stitches on hook.



Row 5.
Bring in first colour and chain 3. Yarn over hook and draw through 2 loops twice. Chain 3... go on across.

Row 6.
Pick up stitches again starting in second bar from hook.
Repeat row 3 to 6 untill you have the lenght you need.



You are actually crocheting two rows with each colour and always be aware that the "nubs" are made in between the nubs in the former row.

Well, Viki this was made especially for you. I hope you do understand this, if not feel free to ask.

Good luck to all of you.

A memory spread in my journal.

A good old friend of mine was visiting.

She was visiting some days or perhaps a week ago. We had some nice hours together. She is going to artschool in August and we talked a lot about that.
I'm quite exited for her and look forward to follow her development. This spread I made after her visit to be sure to remember our time together.
Not that great but important to me.



We've had this thunderstorm last 24 hours and it's going to continue today as well. I really don't like it but can't do anything about it. Now I'm off to my hairdresser.
Wish you all the best.

I'm still in there.

I have really surprised myself.

I'm quite proud to be able to tell you that I'm still working on my slow job. Now I'm more than half way through. I have to admit though that I'm sometimes doing just a couple of rows a day. But it is growing and that's the most important thing for me.
It's going to be my new shower buddy. It's going to schrub my back and if I have the currage I'll make one for my hand too to schrub the rest of me.
I use a hard linen yarn and with all the "nubs" I think it will be perfect for my use.
As I said in an earlier post I could probably have baught it but it's quite nice to have made it, especially since it's such a slow job.



Otherwise I'm sewing. Today I had to get out to buy me a new black pen. I stopped by at a yarnoutlet but left without buying anything. Yaaaay.

What have you been up to lately?
Wish you all the best.

Welcome to Utopia.

Hellooo friends.

I've been rather busy lately. My Monday sewing has become a habit and I've been sewing most of the week.
I'm seriously concidering to open my own webshop but I can't decide wether I believe in it or not. Anyone out there that have experience to share?
I'm concidering the Norwegian Epla. As far as I can see many of the shops don't have many sales, but then again it's easy to spot the pros.
Well I'll have to think it over once again. I have been making some leather purses (coin purses) and I actually sold one the other day. Today I've done some real fun recyceling. I've made some purses out of milkcartons, just to see if I could do it. And then to see if I could improve the result. That's always the pattern, can I and then can I do it easier.
Well I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I'll show you a spread I made some days ago. I just couldn't let that image pass. It's Utopia for sure.



Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Wether I'm an artist ?

Are you an artist?

Lately I've been reading a lot around in blogland about calling oneself an artist or not.
Does it really matter?

Personally I prefer to be me, Laila, and that's enough. I don't claim to be an artist just as much as I don't claim the oposite either. I'm doing what I'm doing that's all.
The most important thing is that what I'm doing I'm doing it for me. If anyone else appreciate what I'm doing it's nice and can lead to even more inspiration but it's all about what's inside oneself. Isn't it?

If I'm really satisfied with something I've done, does another opinion ruin my satisfaction? Does another opinion confirm that I'm not an artist? I don't think so.
What are the boundaries for calling something art? Who can decide that this is art and that is not?

I'll never forget something that happened when my son was 4-5 years old. He often brought home stuff, from kindergarden, that he had made there. Very often I framed his drawings and hung them on a wall to show him appreciation for what he had done.
More than one person noticed one of his drawings and asked me which artist that had made it. Once I told them, the interest was gone. That told me that it isn't always the artwork itself but the person that counts.

At the bottomline it's the artwork that is important, not wether the person is called an artist. Don't you agree?
I'm well aware of the facts that many people won't agree to this and that's fine with me. I would like to hear your opinions though.

This issue inspired me to make this spread as a comment.



Wish you all the best and have a creative day.

A spread in my journal.

Isn't it strange how one can feel a bit agressive first thing in the morning. Luckily a cup of coffee does help.
Sandra had not been working in her journal since she left three weeks ago. She is fully occupied with school and friends, besides it's a bit more easy here where all the supplies are at hers disposal. We did a bit of journaling this weekend too.
I have this birdbook for children so Sandra has been registrating every bird that flew in our garden as well this weekend.
Nice way to get her to know the differens of the different birds. Today she was very eager to go home because her mother had promised her a gift when she returned.
A little bird told me that she was going to get her own guitar, which will make her more than happy. She love to sing and music in general. A guitar was a very wise choice I believe.Hopefully she will learn to play it.



Wish you all the best.

Say hello to my new modelling girl.

Unfortuneatly the new skirt was too small for Sandra.

She loved the skirt and would be more than happy to use it but it was too small to her. It looked like it was sprayed on her so no way it could be hers.
I'll give it to one of the other girls in the family.

The "outfit" Sandra is showing in the photo below was one that I made her a couple of years ago. We were going to Spain and I made this for her to wear while going to and from beach, on top of her bathingsuit/bikini. She did and got a whole lot of attention because of it.

It's a bit small to her now but I think she can use it for that purpose this season too.
Can you see how she loves it in front of my camera?



Here you can see a closeup of the "skirt"
It's closed by buttons at one side. The top is small too but on top of her bathingsuit it's good enough one more season.



I'll have to vake her up now, it's breakfast time.
Have a joyful day everyone.