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Hi There...

It's been a while since I have been here...been having a moment with lots of basketball, end of school year for 2 teens and lots of work...

I missed you all and have been trying to keep up with my crafting while away with the kids and running around.

I'm still working on my now "table runner" I'm almost done and hope to be able to show you this weekend :) :) :) 

I have also been doing a few things ... surprise ... to put on my etsy www.tacistudio.etsy.com shop this weekend... I'll have a link and my new things posted soon ... can't wait to show you.

While running around I have also delivered two very cute bags to one of my friends...

She has told me she is a fan of my work for a long time ... but she didn't have one of my bags yet...

Well... 

Now she has 2...and I think they look great! 

I know I'm not being modest or humble (which I do strive to be) but they look so cute and I'm so glad she loved them...

Here they are :

One is fabric with crochet flowers...

And this one is Knitted with a fabric lining...

I had so much fun making them!!1

Well, I got to run to my daughter's last basketball game...Hope to see you soon again!!! Tchau!

I love my backyard...

Yes, it is starting to look a bit like summer in our backyard...

I love my house and I love our backyard even more.

It is peaceful, serene and so very green. A beautiful sight of nature...

It inspires me... all the trees, flowers and vegetables give me a peaceful feeling that is hard to describe...

and I owe it all to my husband and all the hard work he puts in place to make this little piece of heaven all our own.

I love when we wake up in the weekends and it is sunny... I can seat outside to have my breakfast and just enjoy all this beauty God have created...

Look at this flowers and all this vegetables growing as the sun hits them... 

I feel so lucky, so privileged and thankful for all that we have.

Aren't these flowers just gorgeous ??? I had never noticed how perfectly well purple and red goes together ... Nature is just so perfect!

My husband and my son built this great steps with reclaimed wood and he puts all the herbs and a few vegetables in there...it looks so great and the herbs are doing wonderful...they love their new home :)

More Flowers... more colors... more inspiration...

And here is where we sit on those nice, warm summer days and enjoy our coffee and each others company and where I do my knitting and crocheting...

Oh...how I love our backyard :)

Thanks for stopping by to see my backyard.

Hope to see you soon again. Tchau :) (oh yeah...this means ciao in Portuguese)  

PS: I have been working on this "scarf" for a month and now that I thought I was almost done my daughter told me she thinks it's too wide... which I agree...

So, now I'm thinking about trying to make it into a table runner...

Granny squares in the edge???

Just a simple edge with double crochet???

Or Japanese flowers in the edge???

What do you think???


Thanks for stopping by...I would love if you leave a comment :)

Ripple Table Runner Tutorial

Well, my dear Sister H have asked me to help her with starting a ripple table runner...

She would love to do one and needs some direction on how to do it...

So, I'm going to try my best to write a small tutorial here.

The pattern is similar to many other ripple patterns posted and written before.

If you want directions in English you can refer to Lucy's pattern from attic24 and you will find a very lovely blanket.

Here I'll be writing instructions for a table Runner(I'm going to write both in English and (Portuguese*) so my sister can read it better)

The Pattern will run Multiples of 14 + 3 stitches
*(A receita vai ser com multiplos de 14+3 pontos) 

So for a table runner you should start with 59 sts (which should be 4 sets of 14 + 3 sts)
*Entao para uma passadeira de mesa voce deveria comecar com 59 correntinhas (cr) (4 conjuntos de 14+3 pontos) 

Row 1:
*(1a carreira)

***1 dc in the 4th row from the needle
*(1 pa na 4a cr desde a agulha)

1 dc into the next 4 chs
*(1 pa nas proximas 4 cr)

dc2tog 2X
*(2pa juntos=decrecendo) 2X

1 dc into the next 4 chs

*(1 pa nas proximas 4 cr)

2dc in the next ch 2X

*(2pa na mesma cr)2X

1 dc into the next 4 chs

*(1 pa nas proximas 4 cr)***

Repeat between ***ending with last repeat and 2 dc into the last chain, turn.

*(Repeat entre ***, terminando a ultima repeticao com 2 pa na ultima cr, vire)

Now you can see the ripple starting and the waves forming???... one wave at a time... it reminds me of the waves of our beaches in Brazil and makes me feel soooo happy!

Row 2

*(2a Carreira)

***ch3, 1dc in the same st

*(3cr, 1pa no mesmo pa)

1dc in the next 4 dc

*(1pa nos proximos 4pa)

dc2tog 2X

*(2pa juntos=decrecendo) 2X

1 dc into the next 4 dc

*(1 pa nos proximos 4 pa)

2dc in the next dc 2X

*(2pa no mesmo pa)2X

1 dc into the next 4dc

*(1 pa nos proximos 4 pa)***

Repeat between ***ending with last repeat and 2 dc in the top chain of the chain 3 from the row 1, turn.

*(Repeat entre ***, terminando a ultima repeticao com 2 pa no ultimo pa - ou em cima da 3a cr da 1a carreira, vire)

Repeat Row 2 until the runner is at your required length.

*(Repita a 2a carreira ate a passadeira chegar ao tamanho desejado)

PS:Change yarn color as desired or every 2 rows as suggested in my project).

*(Troque de cor como desejar ou a cada 2 carreiras, como sugerido em meu projeto)

Since I started a blanket I have actually not made a table runner yet. So, I'll post some pictures of my sister's table runner when she starts it.

Here are a couple of pictures of the ripple blanket I just started yesterday...

It is past 9:30 pm and I'm so very tired now... so I decided I'll put pictures for the 2a. row tomorrow. Hope you can start the project if you decide to start it before I put the second part of the pictures.

Going to make my tea and get to work on my ripple blanket...it's all about rituals and the journey that gets us were we are happy...

Ni night ...

Hope to see you soon... Tchau:)

Japanese Flower Scarf done :)

Do   you remember the Japanese Flower scarf I started a few weeks ago???

Yesssss.... I finished it.

And I am so happy on how it turned out.

I love the plum color around the edges and the linen yarn in the center.

A perfect combination for a cold Spring weather as we have been having here in the NorthWest.

I wanted to try making the flower and didn't want to change too many color. And I love it. Now, the next one will be with a gorgeous mix of color...

So... what do you think???

I'll try to take some better pictures later, but I was so excited to show you this one that I just wanted to have it here...

Hope you like it.

I am so inspired by the blankets that Matt has crochet at accordingtomatt.blogspot.com. He did a beautiful work at combining the colors and it just gave me the inspiration to get going on my blanket so...

I think I'm going upstairs... drink a cup of tea and get to work on my blanket for a little while...

till next time ...tchau:)  

TGIF - Thank God is Friday:)

I had a wonderful, restful weekend last week. It was a long 5 days weekend for me so having to go back to work was very tiring... but I found some time to do a bit of my crochet...relax and enjoy...

I finished another water bottle (this time for my daughter) and I think I like the color combination on this one even better than the one I made for myself...

what do you think?

I also finished these coasters which I'm very excited to use on our outside table when the weather starts being nice again... we had a very beautiful tease on mother's day and we all thought it was going to be warmer, but then it went back to rainy and grey again.

I am happy that I finished it though because as soon as we get a sunny day I'll put it on our table in our back yard...

I just love it...

and can't wait to use them in a sunny day...

I had a long week (although it was only actually 4 work days), but sometimes if you have a chance to relax a bit more it's hard to get back on the swing of things... so I'm so very glad today is Friday and I have a weekend to look forward to.
I'll be back soon and hope you come back to visit again. Tchau:)

Another talented Sister

Yes, I have 2 very talented sisters...

I have shown you a scarf my middle sister, Sarah crocheted for me last week.

Now I want to show a little of what my sister Helida made for me also.

They both love to crochet and they are both great mothers and to honor them and their many talents I have shown a little bit of what they do... and the great things they have made for me.

This are beautiful handmade flowers 

added to my blouse.

This are flowers again in a different color

And these are beautifully embroidered towels with crochet edge that both my kids get every time we go there ... so they don't own a towel that it's not beautifully trimmed :) so happy!

I just love being surrounded by such great talent...  

I'm so lucky and so grateful! :)