Flowers - how to crochet

We have very cold winter now. It's -20C. But the sun is shining and the spring will come soon. I missed flowers so I have felt some roses of wool.



In my craft I often use flower inspired themes. I like to felt flowers, crochet flowers or make flower's pattern on scarves. I'm planning to decorate some baby clothes with flowers. And I find in Lana's blog easy crochet flower tutorial



Easy and very pretty flowers - would be nice as decoration for clothes, bags, pillows or something else.

Wool warm hat - balaclava helmet

Warm wool hat are the must have for those who lives in cold climate. It’s about me:). Winter begins in November and ends in March here in Russia. I mean winter when temperature is bellow zero. Some time ago I felted scarf-cowl-hoodie of merino wool. It's nice for winter.


Recently I discovered that there is very similar design - helmet balaclava.
I read about it in Lana's blog. She likes knitting and crochet. You may find very interesting posts in her blog about how to knit, crochet, last fashion trends and many wonderful free patterns as well.
I have found excellent balaclava helmet free pattern here



She gave clear instructions how to knit helmet balaclava using basic knitting stitches.

I know that Balaclava is small beautiful town on the Black Sea coast in Crimea.



I found through internet that hekmet's name came from this town's name. British soldiers saved from cold wind and frost wearing such helmets during Crimean war (October 1853–February 1856).

Now warm hat helmet balaclava are very popular among snowborders, skiers, alpinists.



You may buy one from sport shop or knit or crochet of wool by yourself if you can. Here are my handmade felted hat - balaclava).

Wool felted scarf Eco color natural

Since I have moved to new house out of megapolis I have great opportunity to make pictures outside. Here are two of them. You may see how beautiful winter we have this year - much snow and frost.

Scarves are available in my shop.

Wool felted scarf wrap hip wrap Eco color natural, originally uploaded by Jane Bo.

Nuno felted Scarf Brown Turquoise OOAK

Nuno felted Scarf Brown Turquoise OOAK / Войлочный шарф "Бирюза и шоколад", originally uploaded by Jane Bo.

This beautiful scarf wrap will be nice accent in every outfit. Color combo of brown-choco with turquoise and rich texture make your style eye-catching.

The scarf is hand-felted of extra-fine australia merino wool (18mic) and several different fabrics using nuno-felting technique. It's soft and warm. Schiffon, silk, laces are felted onto the wool and give beautiful textures.

Brown Blue art nuno felted scarf / Войлочный шарф Земля и Небо

Brown Blue art nuno felted scarf / Войлочный шаscarf, wool, felting, felted, nuno-felting, brown , blue, шарф, войлочный, нуно-войлокрф Земля и Небо, originally uploaded by Jane Bo.

This wool felted scarf like Earth and Sky. Made to order.

Nuno Felted triangle scarf / kerchief Brown Turquoise Red Wine

Nuno Felted triangle scarf / kerchief Brown Turquoise Red Wine, originally uploaded by Jane Bo.

I like this design - you may wear it in different ways - like scarf, hip wrap, shawl and even like head scarf. The scarf wet-felted of fine merino wool using nuno-felting technic. Silk, laces, sari silk yarn, silk fibers make great textures on the surface.

Nuno felted scarf Cobalt Waves wool and silk

Nuno felted scarf Cobalt Waves wool and silk, originally uploaded by Jane Bo.

This OOAK scarf is felted of extra-fine merino wool and natural silk as a base using nuno-felting technique. It's very soft and airy.

Bright cobale blue and turquoise colors reminds of blue sky or sea. Scarf is OOAK item as it is fully hand-felted and hand-dyed by me.