Christmas has come and gone. I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and their loved ones. Like most years I set out to crochet something nice for my family and friends, but this year I did not have that much inspiration and ‘only’ managed to make new patterns for Christmas candy canes. While I found this rather frustrating I noticed that together they form a heart, which is actually the most important thing to cherish and remember during the holidays. Lets keep and spread this warm feeling throughout the coming year!

Christmas came early this year! I am so happy with my new custom made crochet hook. It feels like a magic wand!

This crochet hook was made from bamboo by the artisans from www.bamhout.nl and I cannot wait what crochet projects will be created using it.

The last three pieces of the ‘child play dice’ are done! The last thing remaining is to crochet all six sides together! 🧶

Maybe I should set up a small production site for the Bifidobacterium amigurumi that I am sending as gift to friends and family who recently became proud parents. Bifidobacteria are usually quite abundant in the gut of babies where they help stimulate a healthy immune system.

Ever since I became an uncle, already one year ago, I have some new inspiration for crochet projects. Most of them are just ideas in my head that will stay there until my neurotic self approves them for production.

This time, I started working on a children’s toy. The nerd in me wanted to make this… well… nerdy, by incorporating some numbers or geometric figures. I ended thinking make a dice as it may help children be gain familiarity with this shape and numbers.

I found crocheting a cube is not that easy. You can start with a magic loop and working in the round, but in my hands this did not give a symmetrical cube. Alternatively, you may want to use ‘granny squares’, but this results in rather large openings and I found this less suitable for a shape work that should not leak its stuffing.

In the end, I will try to crochet squares Starting in the round, but crocheting them together as one would with granny squares. I hope the result would be something kids would like to play with as much as I enjoyed making it.

Some of my rewarding days are spent on little things in life. A good example of this is that I organized my yarn in wooden crates today.

Organizing these silly things gives me so much joy and satisfies my introvert nature. Now that this is done, picking yarn for future crochet projects will be so much easier.