Good things take time. It took about nine months from the idea to the completion of the sweater.

The effort was worth it, as the optical illusion of the elephant looks stunning even as a crocheted piece of art.

I finally had another great idea for cute earrings - and the chance to make them.

What do you think of my lucky charm earrings?

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My three funny cacti friends!

My cousins and a friend of mine are the reason for these three cuddly cute cacti.

So wie mein Lebensbaum ist auch der Pullover ein "Ich will was mit diesem Garn machen"-Projekt.

Ich musste nur meine bessere Hälfte davon überzeugen, dass er noch ein Pullover braucht. 

My latest crochet project is finished:

A beautiful "Red Panda"-sweater!

It's multicolored again, but with a different, thicker yarn.

Mein nächstes vollendetes Werk: Der Bringer of Despair aus dem Stoneblade Spiel Ascension Tactics.

Ich liebe das Pferd, besonders die Freihandzeichnung auf dem Schädel gefällt mir sehr.

Have you ever heard of a rhynchocyon?

I only recently lead about their existence, when I was aked, if I could crechet one.

Now I know them, and I can crochet one!

After eight months I can say:
My next work is finished!

This time it's Inox Hatchet from Gloomhaven: Paws of the Lion.

Not perfect, but I think I did a good job!

After many months of crocheting, I may present you my Celtic Tree Jacket.

This time, I did the tree in a different color as the rest of the jacket. It was not always easy to crochet - and all the threads to darn in - but it was worth every hour of work!

Welches Accessoire braucht man zu seinem glitzerigen Zacken-Rock?

Natürlich Glitzer Stulpen!

Zum Glück liebt meine Cousine Glitzer, und hat Freunde an jedem Stück, dass ich ihr häkle.

Schmelzgranulat zwei Mal schmelzen, und schon ist meine Mutter stolze Besitzerin einer süssen Schildkröte und einem genauso süssen Marienkäfer!

Zu den verschiedenen Schmetterlingen kommen noch süsse Drachen hinzu. Die sind ein wenig aufwendiger und ich komme leider nicht so schnell vorwärts.

Mein erster Drache ist dieser süsse verspielte Kerl.

I have a new major project: "Ornaments" for the many empty plant supports in my mother's garden. I have decided to work with melting pellets and polymer clay.

My first piece of art:

Butterflies.

Nicht ganz so spektakulär wie mein letztes Projekt, aber dafür mit umso mehr Glitzer:

Ein Zacken-Falten-Rock für meine Cousine!

Mein keltischer Lebensbaum ist einem mitternächtlichen Geistesblitz entsprungen. Der Pullover hat viel Zeit und Geduld in Anspruch genommen, und ich bin wahnsinnig stolz auf das Endergebnis. Für mich ist es mein persönliches Meisterwerk!

Meine Mutter hat ein Jäckchen für meine Cousine gestrickt - und ich habe die passenden Knöpfe dazu entworfen.

Das Endergebnis? Eine sehr glückliche Cousine!

Dieses Mal habe ich gefragt, über welches Motiv sich der Nachwuchs freuen würde.

Dinosauriers sind aktuell ganz toll. 

Jetzt läuft irgendwo ein süsses Mädchen ganz stolz mit ihrer Dinosaurier Jacke herum!

As a winter jacket, the theme "dinosaurs" was requested. This includes four cute dino appliqués.

A bit delayed, I am now introducing my Triceratops. Cute, isn't she?

As a winter jacket, the theme "dinosaurs" was requested. I am currently working on that. It includes four cute dinosaur appliqués.

Today, I would like to introduce my version of a Pterodactylus.

As a winter jacket, the theme "dinosaurs" was requested. I am currently working on that. It includes four cute dinosaur appliqués.

Today, I'd like to introduce my T-Rex lady.

As a winter jacket, the theme "dinosaurs" was requested. I am currently working on that. It includes four cute dinosaur appliqués.

First, let me introduce you to my Brachiosaurus.

Wishes and ideas mentioned in passing can quickly come true. At least if you express it to the right person.

Once my cousine mentioned a cute idea for earrings, a few weeks later I was able to surprise her with them.

in a nutshell:

I wanted to make my cousin happy so I made her Totoro earrings out of Fimo.

For Christmas, there was Ghost Chess, and for his birthday, Dragon Chess as a T-shirt - drawn with a lot of love and patience.

I find the two dragons really cute, and my father was very happy too.

And once again: my next completed work!

This time, it's the axe of Inox Hatchet from Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion.

Small but mighty, and I think, I did a really good job!

A very summery motive, fitting for the current heat: A cute elephant with three ice creams. He seems to be very happy about having a trunk to carry even more ice cream.

My mother has supplied me with new t-shirts to paint on - of course, completely selflessly.

I returned the first t-shirt on her birthday, painted with a cheerful baby elephant and lots of colorful flowers.

My latest creation is a flower meadow jacket for the next generation. Both the flowers and the inhabitants of the meadow are all appliqués.

So you could say: I sewed just as much as I crocheted and stitched many more threads...

I am currently crocheting an adorable children's jacket that depicts a flower meadow. Of course, it also needs special buttons!

I have modeled my own buttons out of Fimo: cute ladybugs 🐞

At the beginning of the year, I "persuaded" my cousin to let me crochet a summery flower dress for her. It consists of a light blue skirt with flower lace and a sleeveless white top. Additionally, it has a deep back and the entire neckline is also bordered with the flower lace.

I crocheted a basket with a red panda face on it for the laundry room. Now it happily hangs on the towel rack, watching us while we work.

I came across the idea on Pinterest to crochet a cute summer jacket with honeycomb patterns and bee appliques.

I think: the jacket turned out absolutely adorable!

I am currently crocheting a children's jacket in a honeycomb (hexagon) pattern. Of course, it needs equally cute and special buttons to match the jacket.

So, I made sweet daisy buttons out of Fimo and added a little bee on half of them.

I bought a plain, light-colored T-shirt to paint on again. As a motive, I chose a cute dragon cuddling with his cat.

I tested a lot of new markers and I am thrilled with them. The colors have held up after washing!

Something new for the next generation:

a fun patchwork jacket!

I often see patchwork jackets, but I had never tried making one myself - until now. I'm happy with the result and it was definitely fun to make.

My next completed work: The Samael from the Stoneblade game Ascension Tactics.

The first monster figure from the game! Actually, it's the second figure I've painted, but the skulls for the base took a while to arrive...

Apart from a Christmas star that blooms at Easter, we have no Christmas decoration.

With our newly set up crafting corner and my rediscovered joy in Fimo, I started crafting a polar Christmas diorama in December.

My latest creation:

a cute panda sweater!

I am allowed to crochet as much as I want for my friend's daughter - or until I run out of good ideas. Not happening soon!

My next completed work: The Reactor Monk from the Stoneblade game Ascension Tactics.

He is the second mecha figure. I really like what I did with "himself". His strange flame and his weapon are quite good, but could definitely be better.

I made a personalized ghost chess set for my father using Fimo. They turned out really cute and my father was overjoyed.

Of course, we had to play a round right away, and as expected, he won!

My mother loves elephants, and she thought my pandas were so cute. So I made her own version: elephants as chopstick holders!

And of course, I wrapped the whole thing as a Christmas present - if you have a good idea at the right time of the year, make the most of it!

Actually, these cute bees and ladybugs are the reason why I started working with Fimo again. When we planned our crafting corner, a magnetic and blackboard wall was also part of it.

Of course, for that, we needed magnets, and not just any magnets!

My next completed work: The Water Djinn from the Stoneblade game Ascension Tactics .

I am particularly proud of the waves and the Djinn's body. The eyes have once again turned out zombie-like... practice makes perfect!

Our panda brush holders are such a success that we would like to have something similar for the bathroom, where we clean our brushes. The big difference is that there are a lot more brushes lying around in the bathroom. So we needed something bigger: A Tatzelwurm!

My second attempt at painting miniatures is Kor from the Stoneblade game Ascension Tactics.

I've decided that the monster Kor is riding is a rock creature and tried to paint it accordingly.

When we needed brush holders for our craft corner, it quickly became clear that I would make something for us myself.

In the end, we decided on cute pandas in different poses to hold our brushes.

My first attempt at painting miniatures is two horses and their riders - from the Lord of the Rings tabletop game.

The horses were a lot of fun, the riders were significantly more difficult. I know what horses look like, medieval riders less so...

As a housewarming gift for her new room, I painted a bath towel for my cousin too: Not fruit Pokemons, but flamingos!

This time I used fun flamingos by wooster and Marina Karavaeva as a template.

I recently discovered the fruit Pokémons by @mojgonv and finally found the perfect canvas for them!

Now, four corners of the bath towel are decorated with cute Pokémons: Banana-Evoli, Watermelon-Relaxo, Strawberry-Bisasam, and Grape-Tangela.

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This is my "Schlangeweile" (a pun in German, meaning "snake-boredom") from the book "Das NEINhorn und die SchLANGEWEILE" by Marc-Uwe Kling.

I did not follow a specific instruction and my own notes are unfortunately too sparse to create a tutorial.

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Amy Pond from Doctor Who! I love her story, from the kitchen scene until her final decision to be captured by a weeping angel to follow Rory.

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One of my favorite characters of in Doctor Who is River Song. I love her story and how sassy and charming she is - even at the end.

I think my version is quite cute. If you like her too, you can try to follow my pattern.

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This is my cute version of a "weeping angel" from the Doctor Who universe.

I tried to write down my pattern. So if you like it, you can make one yourself.

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This is Nestor, the monster of Loch Ness, from the book "Magische Häkelfreunde" (magical crochet friends).

I am completely in love with him! He can express himself so well and has already won a place in my heart with his smile.

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This is my attempt at a cute Niffler. I was asked by the next generation if I could crochet one for them. I think he turned out to be a sweet little guy who is already looking forward to his new home.

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This is my sweet coven: herbal witch, magician, sorcerer, evil witch, good witch... The herbal witch is of my own making, the others are made following instructions from Jonas Matthies.

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This is Hamish, the hippogryph, from the book "Magische Häkelfreunde" (magical crochet friends).

He has settled in well with the group and has found new, magical friends.

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This is my version of the Pokémon "psyduck". 

I find him quite cute, so if someone wants to try to follow my pattern, be my guest. 

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This is Raiko, the Raiju from the book "Magische Häkelfreunde".

He is a cute cuddly dog with floppy ears.

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The dragons Devon & Devin have welcomed a new addition: Deven.
Devon & Devin are in my cousins favorite colors and have safely arrived in Italy.

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This is Yeti Junior from the book "Magische Häkelfreunde".

His hair took around three hours of work, but it was worth it. Overall, he's a little lanky - and adorably cute!

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This is Madremonte. After I could only finish her upper body at first, she is now, in the new year, finally complete. She struggles to stand alone, but she is happy to be with us.

My cousins surprised me with the crochet book "Magische Häkelfreunde" (magical crochet friends).

The book contains 14 charmingly cute patterns. I will definitely be crocheting at least 11 of them! So, I will be busy with this sweet gift for a while.

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This cute Grim Reaper is based on a pattern by Jonas Matthies. He will soon be getting some companions: a few skeletons, Baron Samedi, and perhaps he will also get along with the vampires?

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Bulbasaur! Now the Pokémon trio is complete.

The pattern is made by me: the body is great, the head is not entirely "Bulbasaur", but it's still super cute

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This is Squirtle based on a pattern by Jonas Matthies. He has already made friends with Charmander. The two are excited to see if they will have more friends soon.

Once you try Cashseta Linea Pura, always Cashseta Linea Pura!

After making a cozy sweater, I had to make a second one. The yarn is great to work with and incredibly comfortable to wear!

The sweater is finally finished and even more impressive than I had hoped!

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This is Charmander based on a pattern by Jonas Matthies. Currently, he's alone, but soon he'll have other Pokémon to play with.

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This is Cthulhu, following a pattern by Jonas Matthies. Along with Gratch, this cute guy is responsible for me looking at the different patterns by Jonas.

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These are Kara and Kora. Kara was crocheted following a Hoooked pattern and Kora was crocheted following a pattern by Jonas Matthies. Both were made using the same Munja yarn.

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This little teddy bear is called "Bear" - I'm not very original when it comes to names of bears...

The pattern is again from Jonas Matthies.

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I named this cute dragon "Gratch." I found the pattern on ravelry and it is designed by Jonas Matthies.

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This cute guy's name is Pepper and is based on a pattern by Hoooked.

When sewn together, it measures about 20cm in length and 15cm in width.

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This big guy is named Heinz and is again based on a pattern from Hoooked.

When sewn together, he is about 50cm long and 30cm high.

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This cute hedgehog lady is named Ida. The instructions are from HeArtDeco and are simple and easy to understand.

When finished, she is cute 5 cm small.

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This cute donkey is called Joe and is based on a pattern from Hoooked.

When finished, he is about 16cm high and 14cm wide (with ears).

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This cute dino is called Lino! The pattern is from HeArtDeco and is written in an easy and clear way.

Once sewn together, he is about 16cm high, 10cm wide and 12cm long.

The big unicorn sister "Elena" was happily received by her new best friend - but she didn't want to go in the bathtub with her.

On the first visit to Onza per Onza, I had admired the yarn "Cashseta Linea Pura" by Lana Grossa: it is super soft to the touch!

After a long back and forth - with myself - I finally convinced myself to buy the wool and crochet a cozy sweater for myself.

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Sir Octus and his brother! The pattern was designed by Sarah Hearn.

If you prefer German, you can switch. I asked and Sarah allowed my to publish a German version.

The set of jacket and pants was finished after two weeks - it only took a month to upload to my blog... That's what happens when I finish crocheting in the middle of the week and don't upload the photos immediately.

By the way, the yarn was still really fuzzy after I finished crocheting everything!

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This cute turtle is named Jake and is one of the "starter kits" from Hoooked - and the instructions are error-free!

When fully assembled, it is about 18cm wide and 22cm long. The shell has a diameter of about 12cm.

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These magical unicorns are named Pink, Bubble Gum, Nara, and Nora and were crocheted according to a pattern from Hoooked.

Once they were fully sewn together, they are approximately 14cm tall and 13cm wide.

Outside it is snowing and in our apartment, the black-pink lumberjacket is being finished. The yarn for the jacket was organized through a pick-up service during the lockdown.

Fortunately, we were able to go back to the store and browse all possible buttons.

What does a woman do when she has freezing cold feet all winter long?

She crochets a pair of socks, then another pair two sizes bigger, fills the space with filling material, and sews it all up. Voila, the super-duper-warm socks are ready!

How often have you read in a pattern that you should mark a stitch or row? I think I haven't had a single pattern without at least one mention of these markers.

In this post, I want to show you the types of markers I know and explain what I appreciate about each of them.

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This cute cow is named Kirby and is one of the "starter kits" from Hoooked - if you need help with the instructions, read on!

When finished, it is approximately 19cm tall, 17cm wide and 14cm deep.

Especially with large crochet projects, you often have to repeat the same pattern over several rows, for example, R1-10: 1sc in each st.

What method do you use to keep track of your progress? I know and use three different methods.

A little heart in his arms shall increase the cuteness factor of Elephant Mo - after all, we want him to make a good impression!

I wasn't satisfied with any pattern I found online. After some experimenting, I now have a pattern for cute little hearts.

If you have ever worked on a larger project, for example a sweater, then you surely know:

yarn ball one, yarn ball two...

balls of yarn everywhere!

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This cute elephant's name is Mo and he's one of the "Starter Kits" from Hoooked.

When sewn together, he's approximately 23cm tall and 18cm wide.

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The cute zebra on the right is named Zizi and already has two siblings.

When sewn together, they are about 14cm tall and 18cm wide.