Garden Chef's Needle and Pen

 “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , The Little Prince Happy Saturday, everyone! Woke up this morning to accomplish my first goal, that is, to accompany my husband for his regular blood examination. On our way to and from the laboratory, while my husband was driving, I was able to crochet 3 rosebuds--- yellow, orange and blue. Wow, I missed doing that for several weeks now, after the Christmas holidays! The truth is, I still owe a few friends the crocheted give aways intended for them. The back-to-work load in the office has been piling up faster than I could catch them, so I badly need a breather at home. That's precisely the reason why I've been posting only about food for several weeks now. Now, rose garden here we go... my new batch of roses in different colors... inspired by the rose buds from Fiber Flux Luggage Blossoms which I featured in my post entitled, Rosebuds...

"...What’s in a name? that which we call a rose  By any other name would smell as sweet…" By William Shakespeare    Hello, I'm very proud to show you the very first rose I have crocheted ever. I must confess that I haven't ever crocheted anything like this before, yet I have always wanted to. It's just that I didn't have any pattern at hand...until   I saw these rosebuds and roses as luggage blossoms in Fiber Flux . I like the idea of rose blossoms for luggage. When I was a young student, my mother used to tie folded or crumpled thin colored plastic bags on the handle of my luggage. The idea is for me to see my luggage sliding down the conveyor from a distance. What a very nice and unique luggage identifier eh? Photos from Fiber Flux Unfortunately, the pattern featured was for knitting. So I had to search for crochet patterns for roses. The search led me to the following blog sites: Free Craft Project   Photos from Fre...