Making progress...FFC

Wow, don´t they look like fun? Now I´m doing lots of tiny "domes" and am getting better and better with those "bullions". I never thought crochet would be so much fun.
This isn´t the final way I am going to arrange them all, cause I am planning to do many many more. First I was going for a small bag, but now I am thinking about doing a shawl or poncho or something like that. Not sure yet.
If you would like to take a look what can be done with those little pieces please take a look at the Gallery at Prudence Mapstone´s website. What she does is breathtaking!

FFC Sloooow Progress

Oh my, this is going to take a lot longer than I thought. Almost all the yarn in my stash is not working for FFC (FreeFormCrochet), well at least not for me as a beginner. It is too bulky or too hairy or too thin or too thick or too whatever. I´ll have to go find some other yarn for this project soon cause I think if I only use those 4 balls of yarn I have right now it will look a bit boring.
So here is where I am now:
Sloooow progress, I know! But I did quite a number of circles that went right into the trash. You live and learn...

Free form crochet - first steps

Today I´ll show you the first few pieces for my free form crochet project. It will become - yes, a bag. These are some round forms and I hope to finish at least 20 more soon. They will then be sewn together and hopefully look like a bag ;-)
I´m still a total beginner, so the forms almost all look the same. I especially like the 3 bullions in the middle. I still have to find out what yarn is best for this sort of crochet project. Luckily I found Camanomade´s blog a few weeks ago. She has some great tips and tricks there for the crochet beginner.
Oh, and today I found Mitsuko´s wonderful blog. You have to take a look at her free form crochet. Absolutely gorgeous! I´ve never seen anything like this before.

Back with new bags

Oh my, has it really been this long since my last post? Well, here I am, back to the world of fiber and fun and hope to be able to post on a regular basis again soon.
The reason I had been quiet for such a long time is mostly health-related. Long story, boring story, so let´s start again from here and see what news there are to show and tell.

To get back into working I started 2 small bags a few weeks ago. One is knitted and then embellished onto felt:
Nothing fancy, but it was fun to do. It´s 30cm x 28cm (11,5 x 10,5)

Next one is even smaller and my first crochet project since school.
It´s 21cm x 19cm (8,5 x 7,5) and done in one piece. I added some metallic beads I found in a drawer.