{Printable} Spanish Crocheting and Knitting Printable

This printable will make the perfect gift for all the Spanish speaking crocheters and knitters in your life. It's great to use a cover for a binder with patterns, print and frame, use it to decor your crocheting / knitting corner, etc. 

Enjoy!

~ Fabi 

{free Printable} Chevron Christmas Stationary

Hi Friends!

How are you doing? I started off my day with a wonderful 2.5 km (1.2 mi). I got up early and took advantage of the weather and took off. Oh it was good. If you get the chance to walk, do it. I know it's hard in the North because it is extremely cold, but maybe find a mall or a shopping center where you could go walk.  It feels good and it was a great quiet time spent in prayer.

Christmas, Navidad, is around the corner. I love this season and I have enjoyed it so much (well, except for some ornaments disappearing....) but you get the idea. I decorated our tree with some super cute ornaments I found at Target in colors blue, purple, red, and green. Each color comes in solid and glittered. I love them. The kids do too. It's funny, because since I've had to make sure I keep all my ornaments at the top part of the tree it's got me thinking that there is 'plenty of room' for more ornaments, hahaha.

Our favorite Christmas song is 'Silver Bells'...You'll often hear me humming or singing to my Hubby this sweet song. We have some bells in our living room that make this place magical (in my four year old daughter's word).

Also as a Christmas gift to you, I'm sharing with you a stationary I designed this year to send to a couple of friends and family members. Hope you like it and get to use it.  Let me know how you like it! Or if you are in need of any last minute stationary, you can download the file from Dropbox.
Just click on the picture and it will take you to it. If for some reason you run into any issues opening the file, let me know and I'll get it to you some other way.  Everyone likes to receive handwritten letters... :-)

Have a Wonderful Christmas,

1. ~ Fabi

{amigurumi} hot cocoa with strawberry and mint flavored marshmallows

Tessa the Tea Cup has been made in baby pink with an aqua stripe near the rim of the cup. She is a delicate and tender tea cup that holds hot cocoa with marshmallow sprinkles in strawberry and mint flavors.

I found the pattern to the tea cup in an amigurumi book that my Mom gifted me for Mother's Day this year (2013). It comes with a kit she found it at Barnes n Noble. I've browsed through it several times and finally took time to read it more carefully yesterday afternoon while I was waiting at the doctor's office. I read the whole tutorial first (since i had time) and as soon as we got our three children to bed last night I began working on it. I finished up Tessa this afternoon during nap time with my baby girl's help. (okay, so not so baby anymore, she is almost 5 but she is my baby still :) ) She enjoyed cutting up some yarn and making suggestions. I wonder if she'll become a designer some day. As she went to bed tonight she said: "I liked the 'taza' (tea cup) we made together."

Tessa has been based off a pattern from the book called, so the book it's called Yummy Crochet - 12 projects too cute to eat! Ahhh! I'll so have to agree with that statement! The book is a collection of amigurumi crochet projects compiled by Kristen Rask. The book comes with a kit; ya know, pink yarn, hook, fiberfill for the stuffing, yarn needle, safety eyes, and thread. Everything one needs to get started on completing two projects from the book.

In addition to the materials above, I used the following:

Aqua yarn from my stash
Clover G Hook
Fiberfill
6mm safety eyes
tapestry needle
embroidery thread (aqua and pink to match yarn)

Ready to see some pictures? I am so ready to introduce her to you!

Everyone, meet Tessa.

Have you tried any amigurumi? What has been your experience like? Have you tried any of the patterns from yummy crochet ?

Happy crocheting and sipping on hot cocoa during this time of the year. 

~ Fabi