Monthly Archives: January 2012
My Gymnastic Girl
| January 29, 2012 | Filled under Kids, Life |
EVERGREEN INVITATIONAL, 2012
What a long, but such exciting and lovely day we spent at rhythmic gymnastics Individual and Group competition our daughter participated! We enjoyed such beautiful and outstanding performances, incredibly talented and beautiful participants and atmosphere. Such memories!
Our daughter got 1st place overall in her age and level! We are really happy that Kristin enjoins gymnastic and feel so proud for our girl! Each level has different rules and number or routines to show. Kristin competed in Level 4 and had 3 routines: floor, ball and rope. She got 1st place in both ball and rope routines, 3rd place in floor routine and 1st place overall!!
Kristin’s floor routine:
Here is also Ball and Rope routines, but unfortunately about the same horrible quality (as well as the pictures). We definitely need to work on this part and probably use something different that just iPhone’s camera ;o)
Happy Sunday everyone!!
Daisy Chain
| January 24, 2012 | Filled under Etsy, Featured |
I love to check Etsy’s Treasury, an ever-changing, member-curated shopping gallery, where members can feature their favorite items or items selected on a theme or whatever they like. And I can’t hide that always thrilled to see my designs included in such wonderful and lovely collections ;o)
Many thanks to Valerie Wick’s for including my Garden Party. Daisy Pin Pattern to such sweet and romantic Daisy Chain treasury, featuring daisies of all kinds!
Fruity Fun. Grape Scarf Pattern featured in two wonderful collections: Grapes and The Vinyard.
Thinking of spring and the beauty of grapevines covering a trellis, the romance of the plant itself and the luscious flavors!
Thanks a lot to Elisabeth Kinney and Deb L for including my pattern.
And make sure to check such darling and lovely Gifts for a little chic princess treasury! Thank you so much to Alessandra Geninatti for including my Minnie Jacket Pattern.
Happy Tuesday everyone! Make your day fantastic!
Out of power
| January 19, 2012 | Filled under Announcements |
Just a quick note that our area is out of power now and I have no access to my computer to process your orders placed at Etsy, DaWanda and Artfire. We really hope everything will be fixes soon. Other than that is we still enjoy snow for last 4 days. Not a typical weather for Seattle. By the moment, I think I like rain better ;0)
I’ll keep you updated. Thank you!
Updates
January, 20. Still out of power. Just checked our home – it’s 46 degrees inside… brrr Thanks to our friends, we were “adopted” last night and still warm and safety ;o)
January, 21. Home, sweet home! Hooray!! We are joking that End of the World 2012 for us has passed, and a new era began. Even the Internet is back! :0) I’ll in touch just in a few!
Parfait. Crocheted Hat & Scarf Pattern for Kids and Adult
| January 17, 2012 | Filled under 2012, Patterns |
Give your special girl the perfect gift with this beret and scarf set, in a delicious blend of dessert colors! Crochet it in sport weight yarn – cotton for spring/summer, or wool for cooler days. This set will draw admiring looks wherever she goes – to a party, the park, the mall, or even on a road trip!
The hat is a lovely confection of mesh stitches with a ribbed brim, frosted with picot edging rounds worked in contrasting colors to refresh the eye. Use turquoise, lime, white and candy pink as shown in the photos, or make up your own color combinations for extra fun! Topped off with tiny dangling pom-poms, this adorable beret will surely be to the wearer’s taste!
Keeping warm, looking cool — function and fashion come together in this asymmetrical scarf! Easy mesh repeats are finished with a ribbed band and loop closure on one end, and distinctive picot edging on the other, for a piece that is both scrumptious and stylish. Accessorize it with matching pom-poms to complete the Parfait look!
This would also be a wonderful gift idea for your family and friends! You can even make your own variations for each person – try using tassels instead of pom-poms, or leave them off altogether for a more classic effect. Whichever you choose, it will always be just perfect!
Not only that – this also was the collaboration with my friend and beyond talented French designer Francoise Lama-Solet, who designed the gorgeous dress. We worked closely together to offer you the perfect set for winter and spring. This set will be awesome for Valentine as well. Make sure to visit Francoise’s store to order your. You will love it!!
… And as always, now is our traditional little Giveaway: first 3 persons, who leave comment on this post will receive any one of these pattern via email in PDF format for FREE!! Good luck and have a Fun!
SIZES
Small/baby (Medium/toddler, Large/child, X-Large/adult)
FINISHED HAT MEASUREMENTS
16 (18, 20, 22)”/40.5 (45.5, 50.5, 56) cm in circumference
FINISHED SCARF MEASUREMENTS
5 (5, 6, 7)”/13 (13, 15, 18) cm wide by 26 (28, 32, 35)”/ 66 (71, 81, 89) cm long
SKILL LEVEL 
YARN
Schachenmayr Catania (100% Cotton; 1.75 oz (50 g)/136 yds (125 m)) or Patons Grace (100% Cotton; 1.75 oz (50 g)/136 yds (125 m)) #158 [62416] – 3 (3, 4, 4) skeins (MC). Omega La Perla (100% cotton; 1.75 oz (50 g)/278 yds (254 m)): #601 white, #621 turquoise, #627 light pink; #629 pink; #645 green citrus – a small amount of each color
* This pattern involves crochet skills ONLY.
10 pages, 6 pictures, 5 diagrams
This pattern has been edited by professional Tech Editor and tested by me. However, please contact me if you have ANY questions. I will happily provide email support for any of my patterns.
Copyright: All rights reserved. Please be respectful to the designer’s right of this pattern. No portion of this work may be photocopied or reproduced by any means without written authorization from My Little Citygirl. The purchaser of this pattern is granted permission to sell the finished product for profit on a limited basis. © Copyright 2012 My Little Citygirl. http://mylittlecitygirl.com.
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My Portfolio, finally!
| January 15, 2012 | Filled under Entering, In The News, My Book |
Even if portfolio is that “Must have” thing, I never had a chance to work on it or ever make a try. I wish I knew that to create pretty simple but stylish and elegant portfolio is possible in less than 2 days…
… and will cost only $37! I love minimal and clean design style and felt in love with peerapong’s premium themes for WordPress immediately. Very easy customizable themes with such stylish and cool features!
Well, probably I’ll be back to work on OOAK design style of my portfolio in some of days, but so far I’m really happy with this one ;o) My portfolio is available at Alla Koval Designs (or click Portfolio in Main menu, here on My Little Citygirl)
Also, I would like to thank you to my friends and incredibly talented artists, especially Annya Uslontseva, Alex Koloskov and Genia Larionova (and their lovely twins girls!), Natasha Titanoff, Christie Archer, Angela Owens and everyone I was lucky to met and work with! I appreciate your kindness, support, and talents very much and I am grateful for all you do.
Sincerely yours,
Alla Koval Designs
I am back
| January 10, 2012 | Filled under Creations, In The News |
… from a little break with my blogging and I have something to share with you!
First, I’ve got yesterday these lovely pictures of my Rapunzel collection! This pattern includes two more designs (still need to take pictures) and will be released in a few. I’ll keep you updated.
Another, Parfait pattern is scheduled to be released January, 16. I’m so excited about this my first 2012 Spring project, not to mention it’s our collaboration with amazing French designer and good friend of mine! Stay tuned ;o)
In the other news
I am so glad how 2012 is turned already busy, exciting and productive! I’ve finished a garment (and almost a pattern) for a book publication I’m participating. Yippee!! Also, I’m on half way with new crocheted blanket/cover and pattern (double Yippee, because I wanted to work on that since so long). Also I have 2 more finished Spring designs, but still need to write the patterns. And yes, I did not forget about Ethno Chic Vest and Grape Top (a crocheted version) I’ve promised. Both are already on my schedule.
I am really looking forward to this year. It’s going to be a year of innovations in some ways. This is the year I plan to work my very first book (finally!! Book sneak peek is coming soon, I’m working on it). This is also the year when I would like to offer you some crochet/knit techniques I use since so long, but never was brave enough to describe them LOL (more on that soon, soon, pretty soon!!) … Well, I have so many plans and so many aspirations and really hope I can manage all of that 
I thank you all for your support in 2011 and I wish 2012 is the best year ever for you too!
Now, get back to work!! :0)
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