lalylala blog

Aug

lalylala amigurumi book ‘BEETLES, BUGS and BUTTERFLIES’ in pre-order

Hello bug lovers and crochet adventurers! Grab your research equipment (magnifying glass, flask of tea, crochet hook, scissors and yarn) and follow us into a world full of magic and science, a microcosm of tiny creatures and big dreams! In this book you will find not only a charming selection of crochet patterns to create scrabbling beetles, beautiful bugs and fluttering butterfly crochet amigurumi, but also a wonderful story to read out loud and ponder on: a tale about growing up; accepting change and the power of dreams.

by lalylala in lalylaland, patterns, stories 6 comments

Jul

Giveaway Sailabrations!

Let's sailabrate a GIVEAWAY ⛵️ Did you know the Dutch word 'Scheepjes' means 'little ships' in English? Reason enough to team up with the fantastic Scheepjes Yarn to give you lovely origamirumi lovers the chance to win 1 out of 10 CROCHET KITS for PAPER BOAT FIETE - coming with all the materials and crochet pattern you need to make your own Fiete in all 3 color versions! All you have to do to enter the giveaway is to set sail and head over to my Instagram!

by lalylala in beyond lalylaland, events, holidays, patterns 3 comments

Jun

Rice Seed Blanket – free crochet pattern

Friday! We stay in bed and count down until weekend starts with the FREE PATTERN for this cozy 'Rice Seed Blanket'! You don't have to decide how large your blanket should be in the end - just crochet ahead and stop whenever you feel it's big enough. The 'Rice Seed Blanket' is worked in a round by round like a giant granny square. This gives you the possibility to enlarge it any size.

by lalylala in beyond lalylaland, patterns 2 comments

Jun

A lalylala SUMMER SPECIAL pattern set sail!

A brave little origami-gurumi paper boat set sail. It's FIETE ready to discover the world and curious to find out the truth about the old fishermen’s stories. His adventure started right away, when Oleg the giant squid came up from the depth. He wrapped his giant tentacles around the little boat and drag Fiete under into the deep sea. A swarm of crochet jellyfish crossed and Fiete took advantage of the short distraction to free himself from the tight grip of the giant squid. Completely drenched he escaped to the shore of a tiny but sunny island.

by lalylala in lalylaland, patterns, stories 3 comments

May

watch out for the 4seasons summer SPECIAL pattern

Call me crazy, but there’s something in this photo making me feel like a lalylala 4seasons summer special pattern is hiding in there …

by lalylala in lalylaland, patterns 3 comments

Apr

New 4 seasons EASTER pattern hatched from its egg!

As soon as that strange creature skipped from our garden, we admired the colorful eggs that it had left for us in a small nest underneath the Hazel bush. These eggs looked so weird that we soon started to discuss, what would probably hatch out of them. Dirk was convinced that these must be Rainbow Dragon eggs (an extremely rare species, which is native only to Lalylaland). But even in the relevant literature we could not find any useful, hint. So we had to practice patience... Full of curiosity we came together today to watch the first of the three extraordinary creatures hatching from its egg!

by lalylala in holidays, lalylaland, patterns, stories 3 comments

Mar

Some details about the upcoming lalylala book

Thank y'all for your extremely motivating likes and comments on my lalylala book to come! ❤️ Many of you have asked for more details, so here are some facts: Release will be in AUTUMN 2017. It will be published in UK first, but ...

by lalylala in lalylaland, patterns 18 comments

Feb

sneak peek: lalylala amigurumi book

Phew! To keep this secret over MONTHs was really the hardest thing! But now the work is almost done and I can finaly give you a little peek of what I’m currently working on. It's my first AMIGURUMI BOOK! Woohoo!

by lalylala in lalylaland, patterns 28 comments

Dec

New Year’s Eve crochet pattern launched!

Let's start the countdown! It's 15 days left until the year isover, and we wanted to clear away some old clutter as we found a yellowed folder with a TOP SECRET label in a dusty box. Yippie! There is nothing better than sharing secrets with friends, and today we are going to blab the best best kept secret of Lalylaland! Of course, nobody knew it because of the total secrecy, but Lalylaland was actually the first spacefaring nation! At the very dawn of the Space Age we’ve built an ultra light rocket Ziggy, using our unique twisted fiber technology, and long before space monkeys and dogs we’ve launched the world’s first lalylanaut Luzie the Lucky Cat on her mission to convey our greetings to the universe. The brave kitty visited every planet and tirelessly waved and meowed best wishes, and everybody she met waved back – the Spiders from Mars waved even all 8 legs as they saw Ziggy approaching!

by lalylala in holidays, lalylaland, patterns 0 comments

Dec

CROCHET KITs for music box toy Agatha on Etsy!

I ever wish, I would live in a yarn store … oh wait, in fact I DO :) Come and visit my new second home on Etsy! It is all about crochet sets for my lalylala patterns, coming with all the original materials needed to crochet your own lalylala toy! The first ready-to-crochet-kit is for spider AGATHA. She sings the Harry Potter Prologue Melody (Hedwig’s Theme) and of course the music box insert is included as well as the yarn, 3 pair of safety eyes, soft stuffing, beads and a very special project bag to keep all your goodies together. The bag is also a perfect gift wrapping if you want to give the set or the ready made spider to a dear friend. The crochet kits are exclusively available on Etsy! I hope you'll enjoy them! Happy crocheting!

by lalylala in patterns 0 comments