Tree of hope

It finally got better weather and it was possible to finish the hearts in the apple tree.
I thought this was a excellent idea for our 2020 hearts for hope ❤️ over at Instagram


It's an initiative to make, create, spot, and search for 2020 hearts - to symbolise hope in 2020.
They can be sewn, painted, knitted, drawn in the sand, crocheted, chalked on the pavement, found in the shape of a stone or a leaf - a shadow, a cloud!
When you start looking for hope you find it everywhere, and you can make your own too!
So please will you join us in spreading hope during this crazy time?
Share your hearts by tagging #2020heartsforhope

My tree has already been damaged by deers so it's already funny 😉🙈
So I got the crazy 🤪 idea to make hearts 💕 out of the branches.

And now the tree is covered in hearts and makes heart shadows
I decided to put my big hearts with light in the same tree and a crochet heart with a free pattern from Kate.
The heart blew away during a storm, but I found it at the other side of the garden.

Free crochet pattern from Kate

My hubby's shirt had some new holes for me to mend 🙈

And I did finish the pair of socks I was knitting for myself
It's actually the second pair I have ever made for myself 🙈 all the other pairs I have made is for someone else.

Wishing you a lovely new week 🌻 ❣️
Katrine 🌼 🍃 ☀️ 🙋🏻‍♀️

Heart with beads

I have a lot of beads as I used to make jewellery.  

But they don’t do any good in a box, don't you agree?  

I have spent some time thinking what to do whit all of them, the small once I use to decorate clothes when mending. It's the bigger once I didn’t know how to use. 

I needed a birthday gift for a friend and I didn’t know what to give.  

But then I remembered I had some wire clothes hangers and thought they make good hearts.  

I found some metal wire that was not to thick and started. 

I made 2 large hearts  

Then I thought I would like smaller hearts too. 

And found a thicker wire and made hearts out of it.  

So far, I have made 4 smaller hearts. 

I’m putting them up in my Shop if you like to buy one  

I don’t have a real shop, so you still need to email me or dm me on Instagram   

Prices include free worldwide shipping.  

If you want to try make your own heart, I have made a little tutorial. 

You need thick wire or wire clothes hanger  

Thinner wire, you don’t need any fancy expensive one. I got mine at the florist. (we don’t have any craft stores here )  

Pliers for cutting and bending. I used my jewellery pliers, but you can use regular once. 

Beads with a large enough hole for the wire you don’t need fancy beads. A old necklace or two can be cut and you will have a lot to play with.  

The bigger hearts need a lot of beads. 

Start with shaping your thick wire to a heart.  try to find the middle and make a v shape  

I used my nose pliers. Then you need to make the half circles. 

I used an old bottle and stretched the wire around it  

Then you will need to take one end and twist it around the other  

And you should have a wire that looks like a heart. 

Then it’s time for the thinner wire. 

Cut a long piece and twist the end around the heart, then twist it around the thin wire to secure the end thread bead on and pull it over the twisted part. Make a bend on the wire so the bead stays in place.

 Keep on adding beads and make twist or bends as you like. It’s smart not to have too long span before you get to a side and twist your wire around the heart. 

Keep on adding beads. When you see your wire is running out, make sure you will have enough to reach the heart wire. End the wire opposite from the start.  Add a bead, twist a few times around the heart wire, then twist the thinner wire around itself. Push the bead over the end and make a bend under it to keep it in place . 

When you have filled the entire heart. Add a twine to hang it in your window 

Have fun making hearts . If you make a heart with my tutorial I would like to see your work . If you are on instagram  you can tag me @trollkjerringa1 or use the #2020heartsforhope
Thanks for reading 
Wishing you a great weekend 
Katrine 💗🌷🌷💗🙋

Crazy or not

I think I might have taken this heart ♥ business might have gotten out of hand...

As I was walking my dogs 🐶 🐶 I started thinking about the apple trees and how to make some more hearts 💕
Walking dogs is an excellent way of thinking about your next creative project as they rarely disturb you with a lot of talking.

So back home I found some twine and my rose scissors ✂ and got to work 👍

My hubby thought I was totally insane and left before I would come up with something worse 😜

I agree I'm a bit weird but I think it's pretty cool 😎 too 👍. I plan on making more hearts later, so it will be filled with hearts
💕

I also made a mobil out of the crochet hearts 💕
I am going to send it for a friend
I have a few new heart ♥ ideas.
But think I need to finish embroidery my hubby's jacket.
If you spot or make a heart ♥ and are on Instagram please #2020heartsforhope
Wishing you a lovely day 💚 🌹 💚
Katrine 🌼 💚

More hearts 💕 and a bit of mending

I hope you are having a lovely Easter 🌷 🐣 🌷
I have made some more hearts 💕
I crochet a few from a Pattern I found on Pinterest.

 Me and Suzie  have launched an initiative to make, create, spot, and search for 2020 hearts - to symbolise hope in 2020.   Over at our mending community Mendingmayhem at Instagram.

They can be sewn, painted, knitted, drawn in the sand, crocheted, chalked on the pavement, found in the shape of a stone or a leaf - a shadow, a cloud!

When you start looking for hope you find it everywhere, and you can make your own too!

So please will you join us in spreading hope during this crazy year? 

Share your hearts by tagging #2020heartsforhope and please tag #mendingmayhem too.

Feel free to share this initiative.
So if you are on Instagram please join us to raise hearts.

Since the weather got warmer our snow chicken melted. I still wanted to share some hearts with people passing by so I made two hearts out of some branches and put some solar light on them. I'm really pleased with how they turned out

I finally found time to replace a fabric with holes on a friend's pillow. I hope he likes the cadillac.

I also had to repair my hubby's denim jacket, it's very much worn and it got a lot of holes since last time I mended it.
First I machine darned the holes but I didn't think it looked so good and made elbow patch.

My hubby is definitely over the mend my clothes invisible 😜 as he also wanted an embroidery on the back.

Wishing you a lovely Friday
Stay safe and well
Katrine 🌼 💚

2020 hearts of hope and a huge Easter chicken 🐔

Do you want to help us raise 2020 hearts of hope during the corona crisis?
Me and Suzie 7though it was a good idea to keep the spirits up and for people to have something creative to do.
So we are asking you to make hearts for hope. Sharing them with us using the #2020heartsforhope on Instagram
You can create your heart or hearts any way you like our you can find a heart and just take a picture 🖼
We are hosting from our mending community    Mendingmayhem But you don't need to follow to share your picture.


I did crochet a few hearts, that I put up when I was walking my dogs today.
Usually I would say the finder could keep it. But I think it's not a good idea right now, so please just leave it. But you can take a picture and tag me at Instagram if you like.

I found a heart too ❤️

Yesterday we got so much snow 🌨
Very annoying, since we would rather have spring. But instead of being annoyed I thought I would make some fun with my family.

And we made this huge Easter chicken out of snow.

Most of the heavy work, was done by my hubby and his atv 😘as I can't manage to shovel so much snow anymore.
Bossing around by teenage son, who claimed to be to old for such things 😉🤣
Though he helped painting.
It's good exercise too 👍


Thanks for visiting ♥️
Have a lovely Sunday friends ❣️
Stay safe and healthy
Katrine 🌼 💚 🌼