Sunday, October 24, 2010

Curly Purple Neckwarmer

This is a soft, curly and cozy neckwarmer, fixed with a button. Colors are purple, white and pink. Ideal for cold winter days. It's stylish and cute.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Book : Helping Gifted Children Soar

Name of the book :
HELPING GIFTED CHILDREN SOAR
A Practical Guide For Parents and Teachers  by Caron Ann Strip and Gretschen Hirsch
Published by Great Potential Press , Inc.

I like to read books about parenting and supporting children, especially gifted children. I want to recommend this book which is a practical guide for parents and teachers in helping gifted children . It is an invaluable, informative guide, resource and reference. This book gives much to try at home and in the classroom, and gives answers to questions that are always been asked.

Some headlines from the book :
* The ups and downs of giftedness
* A quick look at some gifted children
* Smart or gifted ? ways to tell
* Testing and screening : How schools identify giftedness
* Parents and teachers : Understanding one another
* Helping gifted children learn
* Making choices : What's best for your child






A colorful and stylish neckwarmer

I like to knit and crochet in batik design, while colors come with a soft design step by step. This neckwarmer has pink, green, orange, yellow, blue and purple colors. It will keep you warm and stylish in cold winter days. It has a rectangular shape and it has two buttons that allows to fit different sizes or styles depending on how want to wear it. The yarn is 50 % virgin wool and 50 % acrylic.



Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Do you like parrots ?

This neckwarmer is so colorful, it looks like a parrot ! It was very amusing to crochet, it's so funny and cute. The yarn consists of 10 % wool, 10 % mohair and 80 % acrylic.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

What a cozy shawl !

I finished my last craft : A soft blue shawl
I want to crochet this shawl with all colors ! Here are some other shawls that I crocheted with this pattern. I named this pattern strawberry shawl

My last project

My last project is a soft blue shawl. I crochet it using a very soft yarn, 50 % viscose, 50 % acrylic. It is soft, cozy and romantic. I can give the pattern if you want, just ask me ! I will explain it step by step.