Pot Holders and Coasters from leftover Garnstudio Safran yarns

I have lots of leftover Safran yarn from ‘Knitting - Summer Dress in Drops Safran and Peliza’ project. They’re in pretty colours too. ☺
So, I had been thinking on what to make out of them.
I decided on these cute pot holders from Garnstudio.

I only realised that the pot holder is knitted in circular after reading the pattern the second time.
Luckily I had enough yarn to complete them.

After completing 2 pot holders, I still have enough yarns to make these cute coasters.
They’re completed in garter stitch and I added some beads on the sides to make it even cuter.

Overall projects completed in 2 weeks, finished on 11th April 2011.

Cute Plastic Bag Holder

This is the first project I completed after I moved to my new place. ☺
I had almost 2 months break, to organise things and hunt for furniture and so on.

I threw out most of the plastic bags that I had before I moved and in 1.5 months I already collected so many plastic bags from grocery shopping. I really can’t believe this, so I invested in more green bags and now I really try to take them to go shopping.
Anyway, I don’t have any storage for these plastic bags and I googled around for a solution. Surprisingly I came across this pattern.

Since I have lots of acrylic yarn in different colours, I decided to crochet this plastic bag holder.

My friend saw the bag holder when we had brunch at my place and she wanted one.
So I knitted another bag for her, in different colour.

The project completed in 3 days only, finished on 29th March 2011 and 31st May 2011.

Crochet Slippers in double thread Alpaca

I bought a combination of Garnstudio Alpaca and Vivaldi yarns to make the ‘Hot Pink Stocking St Bolero with Rib Edges with Vivaldi and Alpaca from Garn Studio’. It turned out to be the wrong project. So, I ended up with 2 extra balls of Alpaca yarn. So I crocheted this pair of slippers.

I also added buttons to complement the whole look.

Project was completed in 2 days only, finished on 5th Jan 2011.

Easy Garter Scarf

This scarf is made of a combination of 2 unused yarns that my friend gave to me. I decided to make a scarf as a Valentine’s gift for my boyfriend.
I really love the colour combination and it’s very easy to knit as well.

The project was completed in 6 days, finished on 4th Jan 2011.

Crochet Scarf in Mussel Lace Pattern

A friend of mine passed me a scarf project that she didn’t manage to complete. So I pulled out all the yarn and crocheted this scarf. The pattern is really interesting and it’s one of the scarf patterns available on Garnstudio website.

The scarf is a quick win project, completed in 5 days, finished on 30th Dec 2011
The only thing that could make this scarf better is if the yarn is made from alpaca or merino wool. I always find acrylic yarn a bit too scratchy for me.

Flower Brooch for the Choir Girls

I made this flower brooch using my stashed yarn Cotton Viscose and Glitter (from Garnstudio) for my friends in choir. We were scheduled to sing on Christmas Eve mass and we’re supposed to wear something colourful on our white top. I made these during lunchtime at the office and used a simple pin to make them into brooches.

It’s such a simple project and so popular too.

Patons Soft HazeFingerless Gloves and Pom Pom Beanie

This beanie was made from the last 2 balls of Patons Soft Haze that I bought for the ribby texture vest.
The beanie is a slight modification of the pattern in the book because I didn’t have enough yarn left.
I knitted a pair of fingerless gloves to match the beanie and the vest.

I wore them during my camping trip to Wollemi National Park a few months ago. That was a cold morning and the Patons Soft Haze is very warm.