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Monday, March 29, 2010

Giveaway Alert




This is the first time Iam participating in a blog giveaway. Nima at Made to Treasure is celebrating her 100th post with a giveaway. There are some wonderful goodies to be won. Please check it out.

Finito

Finally finished lining the bag about which I had blogged in my very first post. Lining this took a lot of time. First I did hand sewing. But then I felt I should go for machine sewing. It does not look perfect, but Iam pretty happy. Here is a picture of the lining.


Hubby helped me to choose the fabric for the lining. He said this fabric has all the colours that I have used for my bag. And he is right.

Also made a crocheted scarf. It was a quick make and Iam very happy with how it has turned out. The yarn I used is a blend of wool and acrylic. Blocked it with the help of a friend in Ravelry. This scarf will be gifted to a cousin of my husband.



Monday, March 22, 2010

Rewind

Have been thinking for a long time to share the details of some of the things I have made in the past, that is before I started blogging. And since they are few in number, I think I can fit them into 1 post. So here you go.
A
scarf which is my first work in crochet. Iam really happy with the results. I love it and wear it all the time.




My first
doily which turned out to be quite big (maybe because I used knitting cotton). But I really liked it.




A table runner which is adorning our dining table. This is again a crocheted piece and the pattern is by me. The main part is plain double crochet. Finalising on the edging part took a lot of time. But again happy with the result.


Now moving on to some knitted projects.
This
scarf was made before I made any of the stuff mentioned above.






Made this cap for Pranav, but after a wash it has become all loose. Doesn't even fit my head. So planning to frog it and use the yarn for something else.




Wednesday, March 17, 2010

New Home For My Crochet Hooks

As I have confessed in one of my earlier posts, I was scared of the sewing machine. A lot of time in the past couple of weeks were spent in overcoming this fear. I have succeeded to a large extent and even managed to sew a crochet hook clutch for me..yippeeee..Iam pretty happy with the results.

















Also made this pincushion.





Gifts for a little one

My friend’s ( my best best friend since class 4 ) little boy is now 4 months old. I wanted to send some gifts for the little one, including something handmade. These are the things that will be sent.
A bib, pattern here




















A summer hat ( which might turn out to be a bit bigger for him), pattern here















And some stuff that I bought.




Hope the munchkin will enjoy his gifts.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Hello

This is my first post and Iam totally confused where to start. Maybe I will get into the flow after a few posts. I have just started to knit and crochet . Teaching myself from online tutorials. And as if that is not enough I have also started to try sewing. I lined a bag that i knit recently. I did hand sewing. Here is a picture of the bag.















Want to learn to use the sewing machine. But the bobbin thread coming from under and overlapping with the main thread is not working and I cant figure out why. All rocket science as of now. I will post pictures of the lining work later.