Recently I crocheted a thick and cozy winter scarf as a birthday gift for my sister-in-law Ania. When I was looking for ideas on Pinterest I came upon a beautiful scarf made by BehindMyPicketFence. I loved it so much that I decided to recreate the pattern to achieve a similar effect. In order to make ...
It’s only three weeks to go and I’m still not done with all the crochet projects I was hoping to finish before the baby comes. Luckily, this baby cardigan turned out to be a quick, one day job which will keep my little one warm and comfy through the rest of the winter. I took ...
Every Polish family has different traditions regarding the dishes for Christmas Eve supper. It will always be traditional twelve dishes and nothing with meat but what will be served depends heavily on which part of Poland the family lives in and where their ancestors come from. For instance, my family comes from northwestern Poland and ...
It’s the first Advent Sunday and, as every year, today we baked traditional Christmas gingerbread cookies. It was lots of fun for the whole family and a nice thing to do on a rainy day like today. Maciej loved rolling out the dough and cutting out cookies in various forms. We bought super cute cookie ...
Maciej is going to the kindergarten in December. It’s a big thing for the whole family and so to make sure that he’s well equipped for the new adventure (and to occupy my mind with something other than worrying) I decided to crochet a vest for him. For a toddler vest in the size 92 ...
It’s getting colder outside so I decided to crochet myself a rib beanie. I found a very cool pattern on Lutter Idyl and gave it a go. It took some time, but I really like the effect. It’s comfy and warm so I hope it will get me through the winter. I used a bit ...
For my biggest crochet project so far I’ve decided to make a granny cocoon shrug by Maria Valles. I fell in love with it at first sight and was really happy to learn that it’s very easy to make:) It’s one big granny square folded in half and sewed up with some space for sleeves. ...