The YLA Box!

At the beginning of this month the first ever YLA Box  arrived at my doorstep. As I was over the moon excited I made a little movie on IGTV. You can find it on my Instagram profile which can be found here !

Everything was wrapped in paper with the colour gold. I soon came to know that the designer of this months box was Lisanne Multem. Lisanne is known from the Blog Draad en praat. Lisanne has written two crochet books and she recently launched her own magazine! Isn´t that just awesome? If you would like to see more of her and her work, you can find her Instagram account here.

As I was only thinking about the video at that moment and beeing in full excitement, I totally forgot to take pictures of everything that was inside. So if you´re curious, just take a peek at my video over at IGTV. Thankfully I´ve got other pictures as well, just not from the unboxing.

In the box were three balls of yarn from Scheepjes. Stonewashed XL. It is really soft and strong. The theme of this box was Cactus. See that broken cookie on my gorgeous plate? (The plate by the way was gifted by a dear friend of mine, Anita. She made it herself!) The cookie was absolutely delicious and came in the form of a cactus. Also there were 2 pieces of chocolate. I loved it! And see that cute little stitch marker? It also was a present which I found in the box. 

There also was a crochet hook inside from Knit Pro, a few really cute cards, tea and a magazine. Lisanne her magazine and it´s really gorgeous! I already bought it myself so the mag wasn´t much of a surprise for me anymore, but I really would recommend it. There are tons of gorgeous photo´s inside and wonderful DIY ideas and patterns. It´s only available in Dutch by the way. Sorry my foreign friends!

The pattern of this cute cactus pillow, was easy and well written. I absolutley adore this pillow! Our kids are all fighting over it, but I may just want to keep it myself. 

Here a better photo of the stitch marker. And do you see that cute cactus on top in this picture? It is a lip balm!! Isn´t that just adorable?

As I was finishing up the cactus, I decided to not give it eyes like the pattern said, but little pink flowers! If you´re interested in the pattern, I´ve written it down and you can find it below, at the end of this post. 

This is my finished cactus! I am thrilled and excited that I got the chance to try this one out! I have to say, it exceeded my expectations.

 If you would like to follow YLA boxes on Instagram, here is where you can find their account.

If you´re interested in the pattern of the little flowers:

Dutch / Nederlands

 1. 6v in een magische ring. Sluit de ring met een hv

2. in elke vaste van de vorige toer haak je een hv, 3L, 2stk, 3L, 1hv.

Sluit de toer met een hv en hecht de draadjes af.

UK Terms

1. 6dc in a magic ring. Close with a sl.st in the first stitch.

2. In each dc from the previous row: 1sl.st, 3ch, 2tr, 3ch, 1sl.st.

Close with a sl.st and weave in ends.

US Terms

1. 6sc in a magic ring. Close with a sl.st in the first stitch.

2. In each sc from the previous row: 1sl.st, 3ch, 2dc, 3ch, 1sl.st.

Close with a sl.st and weave in ends.

Have a wonderful new week lovies! 

Much love,

Frederika 💞